Scott Leighty ’09 was promoted to the law school following achievements on Elon University’s main campus as the senior alumni engagement officer and assistant director of annual giving.
An Elon University alumnus with a history of successful fundraising and programmatic development in higher education and the nonprofit sector has been named Elon Law’s new assistant dean for development & alumni relations.
Scott Leighty ‘09 was promoted to Elon Law after serving the university as the senior engagement officer and, most recently, assistant director of annual giving on main campus. He begins his new role on November 28.
Leighty will focus on building connections and engaging Elon Law graduates in a variety of ways while cultivating philanthropic support for the law school from alumni and other sources.
“I am thrilled to join the team at the Elon University School of Law,” he said. “Elon Law has been a powerful force for creating positive change in the world and I look forward to engaging our alumni and leveraging the power of philanthropy to create more opportunities for our students.”
Leighty returned to his alma mater in 2017 as the senior alumni engagement officer in the Office of Alumni Engagement where he managed a team of alumni engagement officers and developed portfolios.
He later served as assistant director of annual giving where he focused on a portfolio of donors through the Elon LEADS Campaign. He also has managed faculty and staff giving and class reunions as part of the Office of Annual Giving.
Prior to joining the staff of Elon University, Leighty worked as a campaign manager for the United Way of Greater Greensboro, and as a director for Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. He is a board member with the Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship in Greensboro, and he previously served as president of Elon University’s Young Alumni Council.
Leighty studied political science at Elon and later earned a Master of Education in Higher Education Administration from North Carolina State University. He lives in Greensboro with his wife, an administrator in Guilford County Schools, and their two young children.