Dr. Douglas Spencer advises universities and foundations on planning, evaluation, and fundraising for education.

Dr. Spencer founded two companies – Edu, Inc. in 1993 and DonorWealth™ in 2000. Edu is a national education research and consulting group. DonorWealth™ advises university Boards on major gift fundraising and foundation relations. Edu is based in Ithaca, NY, and DonorWealth™ is based in Naples, Florida.

Edu, Inc. (eduinc.org) specializes in evaluating training in emerging technologies like bioengineering and nanotechnology. The firm conducts congressionally-mandated studies of large national programs.

Recent projects evaluate education programs at National Science Foundation (NSF) Science and Technology Centers. Edu currently advises a program headquartered at Cornell University training graduate scientists and engineers in Flexible BioElectronics.

DonorWealth™ (DonorWealth.com) advises a portfolio of select clients on identifying donors for fundraising campaigns. The practice also helps clients develop donor-tracking and campaign management systems. DonorWealth worked with 12 colleges in the State University of New York since 2000.

Dr. Spencer was a doctoral researcher and an instructor in the Department of Education at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. He served as an instructor in Tropical Environmental Studies for Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Dr. Spencer earned his master’s and doctorate degrees from Cornell. His doctorate is in Higher Education Policy and Planning. His technical training is in international agriculture, horticulture, and botany.