Meet Dr. Wesley Wicker

Vice President University Advancement & Executive Director of
The Kennesaw State University Foundation
(Office) 770-423-6976

Wesley K. Wicker has served as Vice President of Advancement for Kennesaw State University since September 1, 2002. Dr. Wicker was also selected as Executive Director of the KSU Foundation on January 1, 2005.    
His current responsibilities include serving as a member of the President’s Cabinet and supervising the departments of:

• University Development,
• University Events,
• The KSU Alumni Association, and
• The KSU Foundation.

Wicker spent the previous five years Vice President of Major Gifts for United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta (1997-2002). He worked in a similar capacity with United Way of Central Indiana from 1995-1997. His development experience also includes five years as Director of Funds for Leadership and Education, Inc., a public foundation headquartered in Indianapolis, IN; and four years as Director of Alumni & Development at Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus.

He earned a doctoral degree in Higher Education Administrative from the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia in 1990, a Master’s degree in History from Georgia Southwestern in 1985, and a BA in History from the University of Alabama in 1981.

Wicker has served as President of the Foundation Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc., a private 501(c)(3) educational endowment. He has served as a faculty member for NAV (the National Academy of Volunteerism for United Way of America); Finance Chairman for the Fulton County School Board Foundation; and, the President of the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta.  He  has chaired The Foundations Seminar in Indianapolis, chaired the Major Gifts Council for United Way of America, and served as both a presenter  at CASE (the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education), as well as a Chairman of the Senior Professional Track of the CASE Annual Conference.