Joseph Pierce has almost thirty years of development experience, most recently as the Director of Development at the University of Virginia School of Architecture and Executive Director of the School of Architecture Foundation, where he led a $65M campaign that hit its goal a full two years early.

He was born and raised in Virginia and is a proud alumnus of the College of William & Mary and UVA. Before returning to Charlottesville in 2017, he spent over 25 years in New York City and New England.