James H. Moore, Jr.

James Moore, president and CEO of the University of Illinois Foundation, provides strategic oversight and leadership of the systemwide development program for the University of Illinois and its three campuses in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, and Springfield. He previously served as president and CEO of the University of Arizona Foundation and the University of Northern Colorado Foundation. He also held senior-level positions at Northwest Missouri State University, Clarkson University, University of Arizona, and Iowa State University. A veteran advancement professional with more than three decades of experience, Moore has also served the profession as a volunteer, speaker, and author. His service to the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), included membership on CASE’s National Committee on Institutionally Related Foundations, the CASE Commission on Philanthropy, and the CASE Board of Trustees. His 12-year service on the CASE Board culminated with serving as chair of the CASE Board from July 2019 to July 2021. Moore is the 2015 recipient of the CASE Commonfund Institutionally Related Foundation Award. In addition to his volunteer service to CASE, Jim has served on numerous thought-leadership councils, authored book chapters on institutionally-related foundations, and has been an invited speaker and facilitator at several Association of Governing Board (AGB) Leadership Forums. In 2023, he was appointed as a faculty member of the Big Ten Fund Raisers Institute.