Seth Watts
Executive Director Of Advancement at University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSeth Watts is a seasoned advancement leader with seven-plus years at the University of Florida directing fundraising, alumni engagement, events, and strategic communications across design, health, and marine bioscience units. As Executive Director of Advancement he leads cross-functional teams, aligns strategic plans with institutional goals, and has been instrumental in executing the college’s "Go Greater" campaign in partnership with the UF Foundation. His career traces a steady progression through development roles at UF, University of Kentucky, and UCF, demonstrating consistent success in major gift cultivation, planned giving, and volunteer engagement. He holds an MBA and a marketing BSBA, blending data-informed strategy with relationship-driven fundraising. Notably, Seth brings a rare combination of hands-on campaign execution and high-level partnership-building that accelerates philanthropic impact for faculty, students, and research initiatives. Based in Gainesville, he balances institutional stewardship with a practical focus on measurable advancement outcomes.
6 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Associate’s Degree, Business Administration, Associate’s Degree, Business Administration at College of Central FloridaB.S.B.A., Marketing, B.S.B.A., Marketing at UCF College of BusinessM.B.A., Business Administration, M.B.A., Business Administration at Saint Leo University
Github Skills (31)
nonlinear10
simulation10
computational-science10
hpc10
sbml10
parallel-computing10
co-simulation10
c-library10
cpp10
amr10
scalable10
scientific-computing10
sparse9
linear-systems9
snl-applications9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
LLNL/MultiscaleTopOpt
Jun 2019 - Sep 2019
Contributions:8 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
sethwatts/mesh_stuff
Feb 2024 - Feb 2024
Fork of mesh_stuff by samuelpmish
Contributions:4 pushes in 1 day
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