Gift Planning Officers

Mark Smith - Senior Director of Gift Planning
(434) 924-1454
marksmith@virginia.edu

Mark joined the University of Virginia Office of Gift Planning in 2000. Prior to joining the Gift Planning team, Mark worked as a missionary in the 1980s, setting up relief programs in Cuba and medical clinics in the Dominican Republic. In 1997 he became Director of Development for Covenant House in Florida. Mark received his B.S. from Winthrop University and his M.B.A. from Nova Southeastern University. He is a member of the National Committee on Planned Giving (NCPG), and the Central Virginia Estate Planning Council (CVEPC), and the President of the Charlottesville Area Planned Giving Council (CAPGC).

Covers: AK, CA (Southern), FL, HI, NC, OR, WA; Virginia: Richmond (city only, no suburbs), Virginia Beach and Chincoteague

Doug McCartney - Associate Director of Gift Planning
(434) 924-3030
dougmccartney@virginia.edu

Doug joined the University of Virginia Office of Gift Planning in January of 2007, coming from the U.Va. Health System Development Office.   Prior to joining the U.Va. development community, he served as Vice President for Development and Foundation Executive Director at Wayne State College in Nebraska.  Doug was a gubernatorial appointee and served as Chief Deputy Director of the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation.  He served as Director of Planned Giving and Deputy Executive Director of Major Gifts for a non-profit in Virginia Beach.  Before entering the field of planned giving, Doug practiced law for 11 years and is a member of the Virginia State Bar.  He is a graduate of the O.W. Coburn School of Law (J.D.’84) and Oral Roberts University, Business Administration and Management (B.S.’76) and is a member of NCPG and CASE.

Covers: CO, DE, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MI, MN, MO, NE, OH, OK, PA, WI, WV; Virginia: Charlottesville suburbs, Madison, Norfolk, Williamsburg