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Aquanetta Betts joined George Mason University in September 2022, where she is the Director of Planned Giving. Prior to joining George Mason University, she served for nearly five years as the Senior Executive Director of Planned Giving for World Vision (Eastern region of the U.S.).
Before her planned giving roles within organizations, Aquanetta worked for 11 years as an estate planning attorney, helping clients by drafting planned giving and estate agreements that reflected their charitable intent. Her practice was focused on wills, trusts, and estates. She is a licensed attorney in the District of Columbia and Maryland.
Aquanetta has served as a pro bono attorney for several nonprofit organizations in the Baltimore, Maryland, area. She holds leadership positions with the National Bar Association’s Real Property, Trusts, and Estates Section, the Baltimore Estate Planning Council, and the National Capital Gift Planners Council. She is a past president of the Chesapeake Planned Giving Council and currently serves on the boards of the National Capital Gift Planning Council and the National Association of Charitable Gift Planners.
Aquanetta holds designations as a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy®, an Accredited Estate Planner®, and a Certified Fund Raising Executive. She earned her Juris Doctorate from Nova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad College of Law, and her Bachelor of Arts in English from Florida International University. Aquanetta’s interests include book clubs, traveling, and mentoring early career professionals.
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