Movers and Shakers: Mote Marine Laboratory Announces New Major Gifts Officer

Jennifer Vigne

SARASOTA – Mote Marine Laboratory is pleased to announce its appointment of Major Gifts Officer Jennifer Vigne – a prominent development professional from the Sarasota-Manatee nonprofit community who will help the Lab’s marine research and education efforts continue to grow.

Vigne will help major donors make the most of their contributions to Mote, an independent nonprofit marine research and education institution, and she will represent Mote in business and community events from Charlotte Harbor to Manatee County.  

Vigne’s work will help raise funding support for the world-class marine research that is priority No. 1 in Mote’s 2020 Vision and Strategic Plan. Adopted unanimously by Mote’s Board of Trustees at the beginning of 2011, the Strategic Plan serves as the blueprint guiding Mote’s innovative and transformative efforts in marine research, education, outreach and policy advice designed to meet the critical needs facing our oceans and positively impact society in this century and beyond. 

Read the Strategic Plan at www.mote.org/aboutus. For more information about Mote Marine, visit www.mote.org.