Tamara Willis of Harrisburg to Become Elected Officer of the Millersville University Foundation

MILLERSVILLE, PA (12/23/2011)(readMedia)-- Dr. Tamara C. Willis, of Harrisburg, Pa., was recently elected secretary of the Millersville University Foundation, and will begin her two-year term as an officer effective January 2012. Willis, a 1999 graduate of Millersville University of Pennsylvania, is currently the principal at Steelton-Highspire Elementary School in Harrisburg, Pa.

The Millersville University Foundation is a separate entity from Millersville University of Pennsylvania and its mission is to manage and invest endowed gifts for the University. The Foundation's activities are managed by an independent board of directors, which includes leaders from the University, the community and the alumni body at large.

The Foundation is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt public foundation incorporated to receive gifts which benefit Millersville University and to administer those funds in perpetuity in a manner prescribed by the donors. Today, the Foundation manages nearly 400 scholarship and program accounts, and holds assets in excess of $19 million.

For more information on the Millersville University Foundation, contact Francis Schodowski, director of planned giving, at Francis.Schodowski@millersville.edu or 717-872-3820.