WARWICK, R.I. – September 3, 2026 – Bishop Hendricken High School is pleased to announce that Danielle Higgins has joined the school as Director of Institutional Advancement. She is bringing more than 18 years of experience in institutional advancement, fundraising, communications, marketing, alumni and parent engagement, and special events.
Higgins most recently served as Director of Institutional Advancement at St. Thomas’s Day School in New Haven, Connecticut, where she led the school’s comprehensive advancement program and served as its chief development officer. During her tenure, she helped significantly expand fundraising and constituent engagement and led the strategic planning and execution of a multi-year capital campaign that supported the successful acquisition of the school’s campus.
Prior to St. Thomas’s, Higgins held advancement and alumni relations positions at Forman School, The Foote School, and Hebron Academy, where she focused on fundraising, constituent engagement, communications, and alumni and parent programs.
“I am incredibly excited to join the Bishop Hendricken community and to contribute to a school with such a strong tradition of brotherhood, excellence, service, and leadership,” said Higgins. “I look forward to building meaningful relationships with alumni, families, parents, and friends of the School and helping advance the mission and support the future. of this remarkable community.”
Higgins holds a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations and Mass Communications with a minor in Marketing, from Quinnipiac University.
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