East Stroudsburg - The ESU Foundation Board has announced the appointment of two new members. The appointments were effective July 2007.  The new board members are: David Dunning ’74 of Charlotte, N.C. and Timothy J. White ’83 of Atlanta, Ga.

Dunning has been in the global power industry for 32 years and is currently a senior vice president of sales, marketing, and strategic planning for the Fluor Power Business Group, a division of the Fortune 500 Company, Fluor Corporation.  The Fluor Corporation is an international engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance company.  He serves, with Power’s president, on the executive management team for Fluor’s Power Business Group and in the past seven years has closed, both personally and through management oversight, some $15 billion of new energy projects built globally.

Dunning has also personally closed contracts with values exceeding $3.1 billion in revenue and has managed the Power sales group in the successful closure of more than $13 billion of new award revenue.  He also serves on Fluor’s corporate sales board, chairman of the Sales People Development Forum, is a member of the Eastern Region People Development Forum, and sits on the board of directors for Powerspan, a nation firm which develops and markets innovative, clean energy technologies for the electric power industry.

A native of Nescopeck, Dunning has completed graduate executive education programs at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.  He is married to the former Christina Wright and has three daughters Brooke, Lauren and Abby.

White is a senior vice president of Banc of America Leasing, Head – Middle Marketing Leasing, where he is responsible for leasing and equipment financing sales and marketing activities on the east coast in the Middle Market.

He joined Bank of American in 1989 as a regional sales manager in the Northeast. Prior to that, he was Area Manager for GE Capital in the Philadelphia market.  After many assignments managing sales teams across the United States, White was recognized as a top producing sales manager in his group and was named to his current position in 2005, managing a sales team of 30 and responsible for annual production of over $1.3 billion.     

He is currently responsible for revenue generation, P&L, and balance sheet management.  Additionally, White is tasked with the development of new market and products for Bank of America.  Current markets covered are general industries and healthcare and institutions.

The ESU Foundation Board is responsible for the solicitation of contributions and support of ambitious fund-raising programs that augment the university’s financial resources in order to fund strategic projects and initiatives including the $35 million Science and Technology Center now under construction.