Gene Aug, PH.D., CFRE
Vice President

Dr. Gene Aug has over 30 years of experience in organizational management, marketing and fund development in schools, parishes, and other non-profit institutions. His extensive experience in student recruitment and public relations includes his work with the Springfield Catholic Schools in Missouri, where he initiated a recruitment and public relations plan that resulted in an increase of enrollment of more than 50% over a six year period.

Dr. Aug has given in-depth workshops on recruitment and public relations, and has in-serviced many boards, parish councils, and administrators. He has been called on by numerous dioceses and schools throughout the Midwest for consultative advice regarding enrollment and public relations plans.

Since joining Ruotolo Associates in 1991, Gene has worked with a number of parishes, Catholic schools, and other non-profit organizations throughout the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. In a fund development role, Dr. Aug has been instrumental in raising millions of dollars through capital, annual and endowment campaigns. Some of his Catholic school clients include Marist High School and St. Francis de Sales High School, Chicago, IL; Archbishop Prendergast High School and St. Maria Goretti High School, Philadelphia, PA; Notre Dame Regional High School, Cape Girardeau, MO; Springfield Catholic Schools, Springfield, MO; St. Mary's Ryken High School, Leonardtown, MD; St. John the Baptist High School, St. Louis, MO; and All Saints Preparatory Academy, Louisville, KY.

As Vice President, Gene's responsibilities include operations, sales and supervision of Midwest accounts. His specialties encompass annual giving programs; development program assessments; planning, marketing and feasibility studies; and capital campaigns. In 1994, he received the firm's Culture of Excellence Award.

Dr. Aug received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Missouri at St. Louis. He received his Doctoral Degree in Educational Administration from St. Louis University. He has practical experience as a teacher, principal, coordinator, director of schools, and executive director of development.

Gene lives with his wife and two of his four children in Springfield, Missouri. He is active in his parish and diocese, and currently serves as a Development Board Member for the Springfield Catholic School System.