Rollins Appoints New Vice President for Institutional Advancement

WINTER PARK, Fla., Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Rollins College President Brooke Barnett announced the appointment of Amanda Peters Hopkins '03 as vice president of institutional advancement. Hopkins will begin her tenure as vice president on February 15, 2027.

An advancement leader with nearly two decades of experience in higher education, Hopkins currently serves as associate vice chancellor for development at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she leads the university's development enterprise. In this role, she has led the creation of strategies, teams, systems, and infrastructure that have helped drive an 81 percent increase in annual fundraising over three fiscal years and strengthened the university's capacity for philanthropic support. 

Her work has included building and strengthening fundraising programs and organizational capabilities toward sustained outcomes. She has also partnered with university leaders and advancement colleagues to secure more than $100 million in philanthropic support for institutional priorities.

For Hopkins, the appointment represents a homecoming and a return to the Central Florida community where she grew up and began her professional career. She graduated cum laude from Rollins with a degree in political science and received the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Medallion. After earning her law degree from the University of Florida, she returned to Central Florida to practice commercial transactions law at Zimmerman, Kiser & Sutcliffe PA before joining Rollins in 2009. During her eight years at Rollins, Amanda served in progressively senior roles, ultimately becoming assistant vice president for development and interim vice president for institutional advancement.

 "I look forward to partnering with President Barnett and the Rollins community to imagine what is possible, deepen lifelong relationships with the College, and inspire the engagement and philanthropy that will help realize Rollins' aspirations for the future," said Hopkins.

In 2026, Hopkins received the CASE District VI Chief Executive Leadership Award, recognizing her vision, ability to inspire others, and commitment to advancing higher education. She has also served on faculty for CASE's Transformational Gifts Conference and is a graduate of the HERS Leadership Institute.

"Amanda has experienced Rollins as a student, loved it as an alumna, and served it as a member of our staff. That depth of understanding, paired with the advancement leadership she has built over her career, is exactly what will carry our institutional advancement division—and this College—into its next chapter," said Rollins President Brooke Barnett.

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