Jennifer Dales named chief development officer at CNS in Novi

Jennifer Lynn Dale of Belleville has been named chief development officer for the Center for Neurological Studies (CNS) in Novi.
CNS is advancing scientific research of neurovascular disease through the use of advanced MRI techniques.
The announcement was made by CNS founder and chief executive officer John Russell.
At CNS Dale will have responsibility for the design, development, implementation and administration of a donor-centric philanthropy program. She has spent more than two decades in professional fund-raising, including assignments at Meridian Health Plan, United Health Care, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, and Henry Ford Village Foundation.
Prior to joining CNS she was director of business and fund development at New Center Community Services in 2018.
Dale has received awards for creativity and innovation from the Michigan Society for Healthcare Planning and Marketing where she is the vice president and an EMMY from the National Academy of Television Arts & Science for her documentary, “WatRUfightn4?”. She was a 2017 nominee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leaders Fellow and was a member of Crain’s Detroit Business “40 under 40” class of 2009.
Dale received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Michigan University and a Graduate Certificate in Non-Profit Management from Eastern Michigan University. She is active in a number of professional organizations including the Greater Detroit chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.