Jennifer Pitre '95, '05G

Jennifer Higgins Pitre has over 20 years of experience in all aspects of fundraising. She is currently the Vice President of Philanthropy at Catholic Medical Center, a nonprofit acute-care hospital and regional health system, serving more than 180,000 patients each year, based in Manchester, New Hampshire.

As Vice President of Philanthropy at Granite United Way, New Hampshire’s largest United Way, Jennifer oversaw fundraising for an $8.5 million annual campaign and also led the major giving and gift planning programs.

Jennifer also served as Senior Associate Director of Major Gifts at the University of New Hampshire Foundation in Durham and in her spare time, worked as an Instructor at the University of New Hampshire, where she earned her BA in Communication and her MBA from UNH’s School of Business and Economics. 

Jennifer served two terms on the UNH Alumni Association Board of Directors and she currently serves as a Legislative Liaison for the National Alopecia Areata Foundation.