Fredrick D. Mitchell

Fred D. Mitchell serves as the Vice President of Development for UNCF's Mid-Atlantic/Midwest Division. He oversees the operations and fundraising activities of UNCF's 11 offices located in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest and the organization's Workplace Initiative team.

Mitchell is responsible for raising more than $11 million annually in support of UNCF's national campaign. Mitchell joined UNCF in 2001 as the Regional Director for Corporations in Chicago, IL. Since that time, he has worked as an Area Development Director in Indianapolis, IN, Newark, NJ, Regional Development Director in New York, and the Vice President for the Northern and Midwest Division.

Before joining UNCF, Mitchell was Midwest Area Director with Western Union Financial Services in Chicago, responsible for directing sales, marketing, and daily operations across eight states. Mitchell has received numerous awards for his work in the community and was honored with the key to the City of Indianapolis before leaving in 2005.

In 2010, he was nominated and selected to participate in the American Express Leadership Academy for not-for-Profit Leaders. During the 2014-2015 campaign year, Mitchell and his teams in New York and Indianapolis were credited with securing three large historical gifts for UNCF; these gifts lead to his Northern-Midwest Division being awarded the Division of the Year Award for 2014-2015 for the division's overall performance. In 2016 Mitchell was selected as a co-chair for the National CASE/AADO Diverse Philanthropy and Leadership Conference. Mitchell received the Chicago Defenders 2018 Men of Excellence Award and the Clark-Atlanta University, Class of 83 Virgil M. Scott Legacy Meritorious Award. In 2019 he was featured in the 2019 HBUC Calendar and resource guide. He is also a founding board member of the Beta Psi 1923 Foundation.

He is a founding member, and past President of the Clark Atlanta University Alumni Association of New Jersey and a 40-year member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Mitchell is a native of Seattle, Washington. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration/marketing from UNCF-member institution Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, GA.