We are looking for top talent to pioneer our fundraising activities, both domestic and international for the Associate Director of Regional Development role.  We prioritize successful applicants who are accomplished in sales, account management, and/or non-profit fundraising.  No prior fundraising experience is required.  The individual must have a deep commitment to the mission of the University, a bachelor degree and 5-6 years of experience.  This position is located in South Bend, Indiana. Travel is required (approximately 50%).

If you are interested in this fundraising opportunity, please contact Ann Moran (1-1837) for additional information.

 

Ann Moran

Sr. HR Recruiting Consultant

“Thank you to everyone who participated in the Relay for Life Bake Sale… it was a huge success! Special thanks to all of the Bakers, everything was delicious, and to the people who donated baked goods from local area vendors. Thank you to Jeff Arnold for donating the Pallet Christmas trees. They were raffled off and the winners were Gretchen Neely and Cathy Windeatt!  Thanks again to everyone for your participation and Happy Holidays to You all!”

Kind regards,

Noell Stohler

University of Notre Dame, Department of Development

Dear Colleagues:

Erin Bess Gecewicz and her husband are moving to Chicago to advance both of their careers. I am especially sad to see Erin leave Notre Dame as she has provided great energy, creativity and follow through on important stewardship projects these almost two years.  This departure creates an open administrative assistant position, reporting directly to me, in Stewardship Programs. This important team member assists greatly with web sites, events, communications and programming. We need a jack-of-all trades with excellent computer and communication skills. If you know of any excellent candidates, please send them our way.

Katherine Lane

 Director of Stewardship Programs

Dear Colleagues, 

I am thrilled to announce that Molly Butler will be joining our team on Monday, January 13th as the new Service Director.

Molly graduated from Notre Dame in 2006 with a B.A. in Psychology, and a minor in Theology. She earned a Masters of Public Administration from New York University in 2010, and is currently pursuing her EdD in Education from the University of Minnesota-Duluth.

Molly comes to us from The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota where she has worked since 2010.  As the Director of the McNair Scholars Program, Molly has prepared numerous low-income, first generation, and minority undergraduate students for research and graduate school enrollment.  Through her partnership building with the U.S. Department of Education, she has developed and advanced research funding and internship opportunities for students interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math), humanities and social sciences.  Molly’s background also includes advocacy and educational work with at-risk youth, homeless communities, and her own research led to strategic enhancement of water and sanitation improvements in rural communities in India. From 2006-2008, Molly taught elementary students in St. Louis through Teach for America Corps.

Molly is avid cellist, a dedicated runner with 5 marathons under her belt, speaks French, was a member of the Notre Dame ski team, and loves her poodle, Goose.  Molly is very excited to return to Notre Dame where , as she says, “my heart belongs.”

Please join me in welcoming Molly to the Alumni Association in January!

Christmas Blessings,

Angie

Angie Appleby Purcell, MDiv ’97

Spirituality Program Director

Notre Dame Alumni Association

Relay for Life Christmas Bake Sale – Cafe at Eddy Street from 9:00am – 3:00pm, Tuesday,

December 17th.  Please stop by and get some goodies. For more information, please contact Noell Stohler at 631.3040.

 

 

Please join me in welcoming the newest member to the Athletics Advancement team, Sarah Futa.

Sarah joined our group on December 1^st as my Administrative Assistant.  She holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Purdue University in Organizational Leadership and Supervision.  Most recently, she worked as the Marketing and Listing Coordinator at Re/Max 100.  In this role, she initiated the design, development and implementation of marketing strategies, sales materials, client relationship building tools and process improvement for the team. Sarah lives in Granger and has four children (Evan – 11, 5^th grade St. Pius X Catholic School (SPX); Austin – 9, 3^rd grade SPX; Owen – 7, 1^st grade SPX; and Isabelle – 5, Preschool SPX).

 

We are thrilled to welcome Sarah and her children to the Notre Dame family.

 

Sara Liebscher

Sara C. Liebscher

Director of Athletics Advancement

Associate Athletics Director

Dear All, 

I am excited to announce that Ms. Kayla Ernsberger joins our team as the Event Coordinator on 12/16/2013.

Kayla comes with 3+ years of experience working at the Federated Media radio company in both Promotions and Marketing.  Her responsibilities included planning and executing various radio station events including a yearly B100 Birthday Bash for over 40,000 people.  In addition, Kayla has also spent valuable time recruiting and training college interns at Federated Media.  Kayla also brings to the Alumni Association, her experience gained at Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance as an agent in 2012.

 

Kayla is passionate about being in environments focused on events and in her spare time she has been actively working with the Junior League of South Bend.  She graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Arts, in Mass Communication and Public Relations and is truly excited about working with the NDAA.

Please join me in warmly welcoming Kayla to Notre Dame and the Alumni Association team.

Thank you,

Erin Thornton

Special Events Program Director

Notre Dame Alumni Association

I am pleased to announce that JONATHAN HANNAH, J.D., and CARLA INGRANDO, Ph.D., have been appointed Associate Directors of Foundation Relations effective 25 November 2013 and 9 December 2013, respectively. Brief bios are included below.

As part of the Academic Advancement team, the foundation relations group works across the University to surface, devise, and implement strategic academic fundraising initiatives to bolster the University’s research enterprise. In addition, the group engages in direct fundraising by proactively identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding private philanthropic foundations from across the nation and around the world. Both Jon and Carla bring an aptitude for scholarship and relationships, along with a high level of creativity, technical knowledge, and determination that make them ideal additions to the group.

Like the rest of the foundation relations group, Jon and Carla will carry both a portfolio of foundations and an academic portfolio, disciplines for which they will serve as resident experts, getting to know the faculty and research thoroughly. They will also serve as development/campaign liaisons for certain strategic research initiatives (SRI) and University centers and institutes, providing critical translation and support of priorities for use by the regional development team in a fashion similar to the college-based directors of academic advancement.

JON will carry the Departments of Economics and Political Science in the College of Arts and Letters, the departments within the Mendoza College of Business and the School of Law, as well as the collegiate centers and institutes affiliated with these departments, College, and School. In addition, he will provide liaison support for the Center for Civil and Human Rights (now a University Institute), the Kellogg Institute, and the Kroc Institute.

CARLA will carry the Departments of Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology in the Social Sciences and the Departments of History, English, Classics, German, Romance Languages, Program of Liberal Studies, American Studies, and Africana Studies in the Humanities within the College of Arts and Letters, as well as the collegiate centers and institutes affiliated with these departments. In addition, she will provide liaison support for the Nanovic Institute in partnership with Drew Buscareno.

MEET JON HANNAH

Jon was graduated from Saint Xavier University in Chicago with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, from the University of Detroit Mercy a Doctor of Jurisprudence, and from Lewis University with a Master of Science in Management. Jon’s legal studies concentrated heavily in the fields of International Law and Constitutional Law and served as the chapter president of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies.

A great intellectual experience in law school ultimately led to a position with the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation where he served as a Policy Analyst. Most recently Jon worked in corporate and foundation relations at Lewis University (Romeoville, Ill.), where he also taught undergraduate courses in the business school.

Asked why Notre Dame is the place for Jon, he responds: “While a part of me is very sad to be leaving Lewis, I am thrilled to join the University of Notre Dame.  …  I’m not sure exactly how to describe it, but I feel different at Notre Dame.  There is a spirit in the air that tells me anything is possible… Notre Dame is the center of Catholic intellectual thought [and]… as Father Sorin intended, a source of good in the world.  ”

Jon and his wife Katie are relocating to Granger, Ind., with their 4 year-old son, Nate.

MEET CARLA INGRANDO

Carla was graduated from Furman University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, from the University of South Carolina with a Master of Public Administration, from Vanderbilt University with a Master of Divinity, and from the University of Notre Dame with a Doctor of Philosophy in Theological Ethics. Her research interests surround the age-old question, “what does it mean to live a good life?”

Near the beginning of her career, Carla served as a grants and program officer with the South Carolina Humanities Council, where her work with scholars across a wide variety of academic disciplines inspired her to want to be a scholar. After completing her Ph.D., Carla joined the faculty at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, offering courses in ethics, women’s spirituality, Catholic social teaching, and a seminar for religion majors on John Paul II. Most recently Carla served as a program officer at the Michigan Humanities Council where she directed their signature program, the Great Michigan Read, a statewide biennial reading and discussion series.

On returning to her alma mater, Carla reflects on the mission and impact of Notre Dame: “As a graduate student, I experienced Notre Dame as a place that cultivated and nurtured … a spirit of intellectual engagement and a ‘disciplined sensibility to the poverty, injustice, and oppression that burden the lives of so many.’ I believe that by asking good questions, developing good research models, and disseminating the results of that research, our faculty and students – who are second to none – will make the world a better place.”

Carla and her husband, Dave Winterstein have relocated to Mishawaka, Ind.

I would like to acknowledge the efforts of the search committee who graciously gave of their time and energy to ensure that we found the right candidates for these roles. Since there’s no more important decision than the next person that we invite to join our team, I am incredibly grateful for the support and insights I received from Allison Maddox, George Keegan, Ernestine Gardner, Brenda Hull Cox, Dr. Maria Di Pasquale, Shannon Cullinan, and Lou Nanni. We were also blessed to have the time and expertise of our colleagues in the Institute for Scholarship and the Liberal Arts with whom Jon and Carla will work closely: Prof. Tom Merluzzi, Ph.D. (director), Lori Loftis (assistant director), and Ken Garcia, Ph.D. (associate director). Finally, I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the constant support and guidance offered by our UR recruiting team throughout the process: Gretchen Neely, Jeanne Monsma, and Ann Amico Moran.

Please join me in welcoming Jon and Carla to these important roles on our academic advancement team.

For the entire Foundation Relations Group: Allison, Ernestine, and George,

Rudy Reyes Jr., Director of Foundation Relations

Office of Academic Advancement

Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that JONATHAN HANNAH, J.D., and CARLA INGRANDO, Ph.D., have been appointed Associate Directors of Foundation Relations effective 25 November 2013 and 9 December 2013, respectively. Brief bios are included below.

As part of the Academic Advancement team, the foundation relations group works across the University to surface, devise, and implement strategic academic fundraising initiatives to bolster the University’s research enterprise. In addition, the group engages in direct fundraising by proactively identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding private philanthropic foundations from across the nation and around the world. Both Jon and Carla bring an aptitude for scholarship and relationships, along with a high level of creativity, technical knowledge, and determination that make them ideal additions to the group.

 

Like the rest of the foundation relations group, Jon and Carla will carry both a portfolio of foundations and an academic portfolio, disciplines for which they will serve as resident experts, getting to know the faculty and research thoroughly. They will also serve as development/campaign liaisons for certain strategic research initiatives (SRI) and University centers and institutes, providing critical translation and support of priorities for use by the regional development team in a fashion similar to the college-based directors of academic advancement.

 

JON will carry the Departments of Economics and Political Science in the College of Arts and Letters, the departments within the Mendoza College of Business and the School of Law, as well as the collegiate centers and institutes affiliated with these departments, College, and School. In addition, he will provide liaison support for the Center for Civil and Human Rights (now a University Institute), the Kellogg Institute, and the Kroc Institute.

CARLA will carry the Departments of Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology in the Social Sciences and the Departments of History, English, Classics, German, Romance Languages, Program of Liberal Studies, American Studies, and Africana Studies in the Humanities within the College of Arts and Letters, as well as the collegiate centers and institutes affiliated with these departments. In addition, she will provide liaison support for the Nanovic Institute in partnership with Drew Buscareno.

 

I would like to acknowledge the efforts of the search committee who graciously gave of their time and energy to ensure that we found the right candidates for these roles. Since there’s no more important decision than the next person that we invite to join our team, I am incredibly grateful for the support and insights I received from Allison Maddox, George Keegan, Ernestine Gardner, Brenda Hull Cox, Dr. Maria Di Pasquale, Shannon Cullinan, and Lou Nanni. We were also blessed to have the time and expertise of our colleagues in the Institute for Scholarship and the Liberal Arts with whom Jon and Carla will work closely: Prof. Tom Merluzzi, Ph.D. (director), Lori Loftis (assistant director), and Ken Garcia, Ph.D. (associate director). Finally, I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the constant support and guidance offered by our UR recruiting team throughout the process: Gretchen Neely, Jeanne Monsma, and Ann Amico Moran.

 

Please join me in welcoming Jon and Carla to these important roles on our academic advancement team.

 

For the entire Foundation Relations Group: Allison, Ernestine, and George,

 

Rudy Reyes Jr.

Director of Foundation Relations

Office of Academic Advancement

 

MEET JON HANNAH

Jon graduated from Saint Xavier University in Chicago with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, from the University of Detroit Mercy a Doctor of Jurisprudence, and from Lewis University with a Master of Science in Management. Jon’s legal studies concentrated heavily in the fields of International Law and Constitutional Law and served as the chapter president of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies.

 

A great intellectual experience in law school ultimately led to a position with the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation where he served as a Policy Analyst. Most recently Jon worked in corporate and foundation relations at Lewis University (Romeoville, Ill.), where he also taught undergraduate courses in the business school.

 

Asked why Notre Dame is the place for Jon, he responds: “While a part of me is very sad to be leaving Lewis, I am thrilled to join the University of Notre Dame.  …  I’m not sure exactly how to describe it, but I feel different at Notre Dame.  There is a spirit in the air that tells me anything is possible… Notre Dame is the center of Catholic intellectual thought [and]… as Father Sorin intended, a source of good in the world.  ”

 

Jon and his wife Katie are relocating to Granger, Ind., with their 4 year-old son, Nate.

 

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MEET CARLA INGRANDO

Carla was graduated from Furman University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, from the University of South Carolina with a Master of Public Administration, from Vanderbilt University with a Master of Divinity, and from the University of Notre Dame with a Doctor of Philosophy in Theological Ethics. Her research interests surround the age-old question, “what does it mean to live a good life?”

 

Near the beginning of her career, Carla served as a grants and program officer with the South Carolina Humanities Council, where her work with scholars across a wide variety of academic disciplines inspired her to want to be a scholar. After completing her Ph.D., Carla joined the faculty at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, offering courses in ethics, women’s spirituality, Catholic social teaching, and a seminar for religion majors on John Paul II. Most recently Carla served as a program officer at the Michigan Humanities Council where she directed their signature program, the Great Michigan Read, a statewide biennial reading and discussion series.

 

On returning to her alma mater, Carla reflects on the mission and impact of Notre Dame: “As a graduate student, I experienced Notre Dame as a place that cultivated and nurtured … a spirit of intellectual engagement and a ‘disciplined sensibility to the poverty, injustice, and oppression that burden the lives of so many.’ I believe that by asking good questions, developing good research models, and disseminating the results of that research, our faculty and students – who are second to none – will make the world a better place.”

 

Carla and her husband, Dave Winterstein have relocated to Mishawaka, Ind.

 

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Rudy Reyes Jr.

Director of Foundation Relations

Our sympathy to Stu Fortener on the death of his grandmother, Dorothy Buettner

Dorothy E. Buettner, 92, of Delphos, Ohio, died at 1:05 p.m. Monday, December 9th, at Vancrest Healthcare Center.

She was born April 23, 1921, in Columbus Grove to Thomas L. and Leona (Miller) Jones, who preceded her in death. She married Gene Buettner, who preceded her in death.

Survivors include a son, James (Mary Lou) Buettner of Belmont, Mich.; four daughters, Sharon (Jim) Fortener of Delphos, Charlyn Granger of Coldwater, Barbara (Tom) Case of Coldwater and Jacalyn Buettner of Orinda, Calif.; a sister, Betty Tiernan of Delphos; 13 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Rod Tiernan.

Dottie owned and operated her beauty shop for 27 years and was the first president of the Alpha Delta Sorority in Delphos. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and was a past member of the Eastern Star where she served as Matron for seven years. She was also a Phi Kappa Tau house mother at Bowling Green State University for 13 years. She enjoyed painting, bridge and was an avid fisherman. She was a 1939 graduate of Delphos Jefferson High School.

A memorial celebration of her life will be celebrated at a later, the Rev. David Howell officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to Vancrest Nursing Home in Delphos.