Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that Jay McAllister will serve as our new Director of Academic Advancement for Notre Dame Research.

In this role, Jay will serve as the development liaison for Notre Dame Research (NDR) and as a member of Bob Bernhard’s senior leadership team. He will work closely with NDR staff, center/institute directors, faculty, advisory council members, and field fundraisers to advance key research priorities, including the University’s Strategic Research Initiatives (i.e. SRIs).

Jay comes to Notre Dame from the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University, where he led SEI’s Cyber Intelligence Research Consortium and provided research and development support to cyber intelligence practitioners from government, industry, and academia. Prior to joining SEI, Jay spent six years in strategic, investigative, and operational counterintelligence and counterterrorism analysis for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS).

Jay is a 2004 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, with a bachelor’s degree in economics. He also holds a master’s of science in strategic intelligence from the National Intelligence University in Washington, D.C.

We believe Jay’s impressive background advancing innovative initiatives at a world-class research institute, experience facilitating external research collaborations, and his passion and commitment to the mission of Our Lady’s University will enable him to advance an ambitious fundraising plan for Notre Dame Research.

We look forward to Jay starting in this important new role on Monday, June 27. Please join me in welcoming him to the team!

Yours in Notre Dame,

Jim Morrison