Chrysler Museum names chief philanthropy officer

Reneé Duval Fairchild is the Chrysler Museum of Art’s new chief philanthropy officer, the Norfolk museum announced Tuesday.

Duval Fairchild will work with Erik H. Neil, the museum’s Macon and Joan Brock director and president, and with the museum’s development and membership teams.

“Along with her significant experience leading teams and developing strategies for giving, we are looking forward to the energy, enthusiasm and warmth that she will bring to the museum,” Neil said in a statement.

Duval Fairchild most recently was Autism Speaks’ director of corporate initiatives, a role in which she navigated relationships with corporate and foundation partners and built corporate strategies with field teams.

Before joining Autism Speaks, Duval Fairchild was the regional market director for the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC), the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where she led a team across Virginia in fundraising efforts. She was previously ALSAC’s associate director in Virginia Beach.

She has also held leadership roles in development at the Sentara Foundation, the Virginia Beach Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and Volunteer Hampton Roads.

“I am honored and excited to join the remarkable team at the Chrysler Museum of Art,” Duval Fairchild said in a statement. “I am looking forward to working with an extraordinary development team and board of trustees to continue to uphold the museum’s reputation for bringing art and people together through experiences that delight, inform and inspire.”

Duval Fairchild serves on the Virginia Wesleyan University Alumni Council and the board of directors for the YMCA of South Hampton Roads’ YMCA on Granby. She is also a member of the Norfolk SPCA Witches & Whiskers Luncheon committee.

Fairchild holds a bachelor’s degree in art and psychology from Virginia Wesleyan University and resides in Virginia Beach.