BANK STREET COLLEGE SELECTS JOHN BORDEN

AS VICE PRESIDENT FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

New York, April 18, 2005-- Bank Street College of Education has announced the appointment of John Borden as Vice President for Institutional Advancement. The College's Division of Institutional Advancement furthers Bank Street's mission through fundraising and internal and external communications, including public relations. Also reporting to Mr. Borden is the Publications and Media Group (P&MG), which partners with publishers, new media companies, and television producers to create educational materials for children, teachers, and parents.

An experienced advancement professional, John Borden has directed development, alumni relations, and communications programs during a career spanning nearly three decades. He has planned and managed major development campaigns at Columbia and Yale Universities; established development and external relations departments at Columbia Teachers College and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion; and reshaped and reinvigorated programs at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, and, most recently, Adelphi University.

"John is an exceptional professional who brings a wealth of experience and talent to Bank Street. I look forward to working with him to build and strengthen support for the important work of this unique institution," says Augusta Kappner, President of Bank Street College.

His background includes responsibility for all aspects of university and healthcare development, including individual annual and major gifts, corporate and foundation relations, planned giving, capital campaigns, and advancement operations. He has worked extensively with volunteer leaders, and has helped to strengthen the fundraising capabilities of boards. He has also managed alumni programs, and public affairs and government relations efforts.

The mission of Bank Street College is to improve the education of children and their teachers by applying to the educational process all available knowledge about learning and growth, and by connecting teaching and learning meaningfully to the outside world. In so doing, we seek to strengthen not only individuals, but the community as well, including family, school, and the larger society in which adults and children, in all their diversity, interact and learn. We see in education the opportunity to build a better society.

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