Vice President for Development
Roswell Park Cancer Institute 

Executive Director
Roswell Park Alliance Foundation

Cindy Eller joined the Roswell Park administrative team as the Director of Development in 1989. At that time, she led the effort to establish a public trust, the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation, as the designation beneficiary to manage and distribute all charitable dollars intending to benefit Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Now serving as Vice President for Development and as Executive Director for the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation, she has overseen the creation of a Development Program that has realized over $156 million to date and has an active annual donor base of 65,000 households.

Ms. Eller is an active Board member of the National Association of Cancer Center Development Officers (NACCDO), a national organization of over 70 cancer centers. Most recently she served as Chair of NACCDO, from 2004- 2006. In this role, she also served as a leader in helping to create the National Cancer Research Alliance, a co-op of 12 major comprehensive cancer centers. This co-op was established in 2007 as a separate legal entity. The CRA will pursue national cause marketing corporate fundraising partnerships to raise funds for the cancer cause nationally.

Ms. Eller is also active in the local market, serving as an officer on the Executive Committee of the WNY Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. She is a frequent presenter and teaches a Major Gift component for the Canisius College Fundraising curriculum.