Lyddan joins development team

Brooks H. Lyddan has joined the Rollins development and alumni relations team as associate director of development. Lyddan comes to Rollins from Mercy Care Foundation, the fund-raising arm of Mercy Care, which serves the medical, dental, and social service needs of the uninsured and underinsured community. At the foundation, Lyddan served first as annual giving and membership manager and then as development officer overseeing major gifts and planned giving. In the latter post, Lyddan managed a portfolio of more than 75 major donors.

Prior to Mercy Care Foundation, Lyddan worked in journalism and in public relations in New York and New Orleans. Atlanta, however, is her hometown, and she has close ties with Emory. Her father, William (Bill) Horton III, was an adjunct professor of orthopedic surgery for 22 years. Her mother, Leah McKell Horton, pursued a PhD in religion at Emory. One sister, Lindsey Horton De Beer, earned her MPH at Rollins in 2010, and another sister, Lauren Horton King, is currently chief resident in pediatrics at Emory. Her grandfather, William Horton Jr., graduated from Emory in the 1940s. "I guess it's not surprising I ended up here," says Lyddan. "Emory is in my blood."

Lyddan holds a BA with honors in English and French from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

At Rollins, Lyddan will focus on annual giving and a portfolio of individual donors.