Jamye Cooper

Jamye Cooper was recently named Major Gifts Officer at UNC Asheville. In her new position, she will focus primarily on the identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of major and planned gifts to the University.

Cooper served most recently as executive director of Folkmoot USA, North Carolina’s premier international festival based in Waynesville. Previously, she was chief financial officer for the Daniel Boone Boy Scout Council in Asheville. Cooper, a Haywood County native, was an accountant for several firms in Maryland before returning to Western North Carolina in 1995.

Cooper holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from East Carolina University. She is an active member of the Waynesville Rotary Club and sits on the advisory board of the Yocona International Folk Festival in Oxford, Miss. The mother of three grown children, Cooper resides in South Asheville.