Spence Medford

Spence Medford currently serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer at The Henry Ford, a position held since November 2010, following experience as Vice President at Swedish Covenant Hospital and the SCH Foundation from April 2006 to November 2010. Prior roles include Senior Director of Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago from January 2001 to March 2006, and Director of Community Support Organizations at Northwestern Memorial Foundation from March 1999 to December 2000, focusing on major gift fundraising and non-profit management. Spence also contributed to alumni relations and the annual fund as Assistant Director at DePaul University's Office of Advancement between May 1996 and February 1999, and initially worked as Acquisitions Assistant at DePaul University Richardson Library from 1991 to 1996. Spence earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in American/United States Studies/Civilization from DePaul University, graduating in 1995.