Sam Duplessis has joined the Penn Libraries as director of advancement. Mr. Duplessis leads the advancement team and will work to advance the Libraries’ fundraising program in support of its strategic plan. 

Since November 2017, Mr. Duplessis has been regional director for major gifts at the Wharton School. In this role, he has worked with Wharton alumni, friends, and parents across the southeastern United States to raise over $5 million. He has also partnered with colleagues across Wharton and Penn to produce the annual Management 610 alumni program and develop new pathways for engagement with the Wharton Global Youth Program and other pre-college partners.  

Before coming to Penn, Mr. Duplessis was a major gifts officer at Bryn Mawr College and the director of the Alumni Schools Committee and associate director of admissions at the University of Chicago. An avid art collector and arts supporter, he is a past board member of the Center for Emerging Visual Artists, and he has been a guest speaker and curator at the Delaware Contemporary Art Museum. He has a bachelor’s degree in music education from Ohio Wesleyan University and a master’s degree in choral conducting from the New England Conservatory.