Tom Gutenberger

Tom Gutenberger, Chief Development Officer and Deputy Director for Advancement, joined VMFA in 2018 to lead the museum’s Advancement staff on all fundraising initiatives. Before coming to VMFA, he spent over 19 years as a vice president for advancement in higher education, most recently at the University of Richmond for a decade. He earned his undergraduate degree in business at UR in 1987. His extended career working in development also includes Cornell University, the University of San Diego—where he also earned an MBA—and Union College in Schenectady, New York. With that background, he has a deep appreciation for the museum’s educational mission and has worked with donors who made gifts of art as well as those who supported the universities’ art programs.