Conshohocken's AIM Welcomes Kevan Turman as New Director of Institutional Advancement

By Allison Bedrosian

CONSHOHOCKEN, PA – AIM Academy recently named Kevan L. Turman as its new Director of Institutional Advancement. Turman, the former Interim Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, begins his new role on August 22.

“AIM Academy has experienced unprecedented growth over the last ten years and I am happy
to be joining such a dynamic Institution with great promise for the future,” Turman said. “I am
excited to help AIM Academy and the AIM Institute for Learning & Research build new levels
of support.”

Turman, 37, holds a bachelor’s degree in English Education and a master’s degree in the Science
of Reading from Lincoln University. He will oversee a $1.5 - $2.5 million annual budget,
including annual giving, scholarships, major gifts, grant requests and special event fundraising.
This effort will include the completion of AIM's $10 million capital campaign for its new AIM
Community Center, which includes a gymnasium, performing arts center and teacher-training
center. In addition, he will supervise a development team responsible for growing AIM’s
endowment, cultivating strategic partnerships, and expanding communications and business
development.

“AIM Academy is fortunate to have the expertise of Kevan Turman as we build and expand the
extraordinary opportunities for the students of AIM,” stated Patricia Roberts, AIM Academy’s
Executive Director. “Kevan’s expertise in building community and academic partnerships will
create opportunities for both our students and our growing alumni base. It is rare to find an
advancement professional who is also passionate and knowledgeable about literacy. We have
found that in Kevan.”

Previously, Turman served as Lincoln University’s Associate Vice President of Development,
campaign manager for the University’s Student First Campaign and Special Assistant to the
President. Prior to returning to Lincoln in 2012, he held the position of Associate Director of
alumni clubs and young alumni programs at the University of Delaware. A native of
Philadelphia, Turman and his wife Kalisha reside in Newark, Delaware with their two children,
Isaiah and Kayla.