Roy E. Muir
Senior Consultant & Co-leader, Higher Education Practice GroupJoined Marts & Lundy: 1998
Education: Graceland College, B.A.
Residence: Ann Arbor, MI
Professional Experience
Roy joined Marts & Lundy in 1998 with over thirty years experience in higher education fund development. He began his career as a director of public relations at his alma mater, Graceland College in Iowa. From there he served as associate director of development at Washington University in St. Louis, then as director of development at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., before joining the staff at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1976. As the associate vice president at Michigan, Roy was responsible for planning, managing, and directing the highly successful "Campaign for Michigan" -- the first public university campaign with a goal of $1 billion. The campaign concluded in 1997 with $1.4 billion raised.
Roy is a member of the Board of Trustees of Fisher College in Boston, has served on a number of leadership forums for CASE, and as a member of the Marts & Lundy Board of Directors from 2000 through 2004. He has also served on the Boards of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, the Ann Arbor Hands On Museum, Peace Neighborhood Center, the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, and the Ann Arbor School for the Performing Arts.