Brad served as Director of Development and Planned Giving at WIU from July, 2009 until his promotion to Vice President for Advancement and Public Services in July, 2010.I'm a number junkie and maybe you all can help me out
See here: http://www.wiu.edu/news/newsrelease.php?release_id=8177
WIU’s endowment in 2009 was $20 million, and in 2018 it had grown to nearly $55 million according to this article: http://www.wiu.edu/news/newsrelease.php ... e_id=15445
Under Brad Bainter’s leadership, WIU’s endowment grew $35 million in less than 10 years.
Another way to look at it -- in WIU's first 110 years, we built an endowment of $20 million. In just nine years, Brad increased that to $55 million.
But that's not all. From the second link:
I would like to see Jack Thomas' explanation for Brad's firing.Currently, the WIU Foundation has documented nearly $41 million in estate gifts, including bequests, life insurance, annuities and trusts, that will benefit Western for years to come.