Craig C. Wruck is Associate Vice President of Development & Director of Gift Planning at University of Minnesota Medical Foundation. He is former Director of Client Development for Kaspick & Company, has served as Director of Gift Planning for the University of Minnesota and Vice President of Development for The Saint Paul Community Foundation as well as Vice President for U. S. Trust Company and National Manager of Charitable and Nonprofit Services for U.S. Bank where his work focused on the needs of individual donors and charitable organizations. His career in development also includes experience at William Mitchell College of Law in Minnesota, and Claremont University Center in California.

He is past president of the National Committee on Planned Giving (NCPG) and currently chairs its Government Relations Committee. In 1993 he was chair of the Sixth National Conference on Planned Giving and is a frequent speaker and writer on planned giving topics.

In the fall of 2002 he was presented with a Distinguished Service Award from the National Committee on Planned Giving in recognition of his work in the field. In 1999 he was recognized with a David M. Donaldson Distinguished Service Award presented by the Planned Giving Group of New England.

He is Past President of the Minnesota Planned Giving Council and was a founding member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the newsletter Planned Giving Today. Beyond his professional involvement, Craig serves as a member of the Board of Education for South Washington County Schools in Minnesota.

Wruck holds an MBA from the University of St. Thomas and a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Utah.

Mr. Wruck can be reached at (612) 625-2298 and craig@wruck.com.