Laura Bishop Announced As Vice President Of Advancement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thursday, November 1, 2018
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Stephanie Hill, Director of University Relations & Communications
Office: 918.495.7337, Mobile: 918.720.5548
sthill@oru.edu

 Tulsa, OK—Today Oral Roberts University announced the promotion of Laura Bishop to Vice President of Advancement at Oral Roberts University, effective immediately. Bishop has successfully served the University for the past four years as the Vice President of Development & Alumni Relations, serving alongside President William M. Wilson during the University’s historic and unprecedented 50th anniversary “Uttermost Bounds Campaign,” raising more than $50 million—the most ORU has raised in a single campaign.
 
“I am excited that Vice President Bishop will be bringing her unique set of skills and passion for the University to her new role,” said Wilson. “Her background in communications has played a vital role in her success in university development—I look forward to this same growth in the new areas she will now be serving.”
 
As Vice President of Advancement, Bishop will lead the Marketing, Public Relations, University Media Productions, and Development & Alumni Relations teams, as well as oversee GEB, the University’s television network, and Empowered21, a Kingdom initiative the university serves.
 
Bishop previously served as the Executive Director of the National Christian Foundation and Lifework Leadership of South Florida. She was the Development and Communications Director for both Habitat for Humanity of Broward and Westminster Academy, a Christian College Preparatory school. She hosted her own radio talk show for ten years and owned Bishop Public Relations, which served Fortune 500 companies’ marketing, public relations, and communications needs. Laura was also the director of International Television Network. She earned her B.A. from ORU in 1991 and has the distinction of leading two ORU milestones: the 25th and 50th anniversary celebrations.
 
“I am honored President Wilson has entrusted me to advance Oral Roberts University through cutting-edge marketing, engaging communications, strong donor partnerships, increasing the GEB reach, and providing organizational support to Empowered21 as it brings the Spirit-empowered community together around the world,” said Bishop. “These are incredible days at ORU, and I am delighted to serve the president in this new role.”
 
Bishop and her husband David, who owns a television production company, have two children—Emily is an ORU alumna serving as a Press Assistant for Senator James Lankford in Washington, D.C., and Jeremy is a sophomore at ORU.