 | Assistant Dean of Advancement (315) 443-1964 mpcassid@syr.edu |
Melissa Cassidy G’18 is the Assistant Dean of Advancement at the Syracuse University College of Law, where she leads fundraising, alumni engagement, and donor relations for the College. She has been part of Syracuse University’s Advancement team since 2007, taking on roles of increasing responsibility, including Assistant Director and Director of Leadership Annual Giving, and Senior Director of Development for the College of Law before stepping into her current position.
Over the course of her career at Syracuse, Cassidy has secured transformational philanthropic investments for the College of Law, cultivating and stewarding donors whose generosity has created lasting impact on students, faculty, and key strategic priorities. She has played a pivotal role in advancing the College’s fundraising efforts by building the framework for its portion of the University’s $1.5 billion Forever Orange Campaign and fostering meaningful philanthropic partnerships that strengthen the College’s future.
Before joining Syracuse University, Cassidy spent three years at the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. As Associate Director, she cultivated corporate and foundation partnerships that helped sustain the organization’s mission of bringing symphonic music to the community.
Cassidy holds an Executive Master of Public Administration and a Certificate in Advanced Study in Conflict Resolution from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School, and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications, with a minor in History, from the State University of New York at Geneseo.