Keely Henderson
Vice Dean of Development and Alumni Relations
As the Vice Dean of Development and Alumni Relations at Columbia Engineering, Keely leads the Development and Alumni Relations team.
Henderson is responsible for engaging and strengthening Columbia Engineering's community of alumni, parents, and friends and all fundraising efforts for the School, including leading the ambitious capital campaign for the School's new Engineering for Humanity Building and expansion to Columbia's Manhattanville Campus.
Keely has 20+ years of strategic development expertise and returned to Columbia in this role in 2017. She got her start in fundraising at Yale University, transitioning to Columbia in 2003 to build Global Initiatives and lead Columbia's 250th anniversary celebrations globally reinvigorating Columbia’s clubs in Asia and France and establishing the London club. From 2007 to 2017, Keely served as Vice President for Development at the Environmental Defense Fund where she led the individual giving team and the Partners for the Planet Campaign. She also served as Managing Director of Development at the Rocky Mountain Institute and Carbon War Room.