I have several updates to share regarding the Special Events & Stewardship team as follows:

Having recently completed her 16-month term as interim leader of the Special Events & Stewardship team,Mary Fisher will return to the Chicago Development Office as Senior Program Director, Special Events & Stewardship. In this stewardship-focused role, Mary will be charged with leading the team’s efforts to create and execute strategic and impactful stewardship plans for leadership, principal, and transformational donors to the University, working in close collaboration with front-line fundraisers. In addition, Mary will continue to manage the Student Life stewardship program, partnering closely with the University’s Division of Student Affairs, and will resume her role as the stewardship liaison to the Midwest Regional Development team. Please join us in thanking Mary for her dedication and leadership.

Please join me in congratulating Stephanie Mead on her promotion to Program Director, Special Events & Stewardship. Since 2014, Stephanie has played a vital role within the team, expertly managing Development’s hotel room blocks while providing concierge-level service to our Notre Dame benefactors and University guests. Stephanie provides strategy and management of the event budgets, and has recently started administering ticketing for Advisory Council members, Trustees and special events guests during home football weekends in close collaboration with Jill Calderone. Stephanie also leads several events for the team throughout the year, including the UR Summit Celebration and Faculty Dinner. Stephanie’s contributions to the University are significant and we are thrilled to recognize her leadership and service.

We are happy to announce that Beth Ferlic will be taking on a new role within the team as she has returned to graduate school to pursue a Masters in Counseling. In her new role, she will oversee programmatic principal donor stewardship and strategic partnerships with Principal Gifts. She will work closely with principal gift officers to provide intentional and creative stewardship to the University’s top donors. We are grateful for Beth’s leadership and excited that she will continue to serve our benefactors in this capacity. We are posting the role of Director, Donor Communications, Recognition & Stewardship, and welcome any referrals or questions.

In Notre Dame,

Katherine

Notre Dame will be hosting a Pep Rally at Eddy Street Commons on Friday, September 29th. The rally is scheduled to take place from 4pm – 7pm. Eddy Street will be closed from Angela to Napoleon from 6am-10pm, Vehicle towing will start at 6am. The Napoleon and Burns Street gates will still be accessible for garage access.

In addition, Angela will be coned off to a single lane. A stage will be set up between O’Rourke’s and the Bookstore. The DBR Group will have fun activities set up for kids, O’Rourke’s will have a Miller Lite truck on the street with an area roped off for 21 and over. Ultra Fab will hold a concert between 4pm -6pm, after which the ND Fighting Irish Football team and staff will take the stage.

Once again, the parking garage will be open and accessible through the Burns and Napoleon entries, regular rates apply.

The Green Belt program at Notre Dame has been the main vehicle for delivering process improvement results across campus. Project leaders from campus departments participate in Green Belt training and, with coaching support from the Office of Continuous Improvement and strong project sponsorship, lead teams to deliver improvements to key processes.

The next session of Green Belt training starts October 25th. Please see the attached document for more information about Guidelines for a Green Belt Project and Green Belt Leader Criteria.

If you have a potential Green Belt project, please contact Dean Ernzen to discuss the project charter.

Green Belt Overview_Fall 2017

With sympathy, I want to share the sad news regarding the passing of Mary Jane Añón’s mother-in-law, Maria Luisa Regueira. She passed away on Tuesday, September 19 in Montevideo, Uruguay and will be laid to rest in Spain at a later time.

Please join me in keeping Mary Jane and her family in your prayers during this difficult time.

Drew Buscareno

Dear colleagues,

Please join me in congratulating Andrea Bullock, who has accepted the position of Assistant Vice President, Strategic Marketing & Media Manager at 1st Source here in South Bend.

Andrea’s unmistakable leadership over the past three years has driven annual records in donor count totals to the University, and resulted in the implementation of innovative fundraising methods, including new mobile technology, point-of-sale giving, and a best-in-class university giving day.

We will miss Andrea’s many contributions to this team, but wish her well as she begins this exciting and well-deserved leadership opportunity with 1st Source.

All the best,
Ryan

Friends,

It is with great enthusiasm to announce that, effective immediately, Gavin McGuire will transition to Program Director, Innovation and Strategies. Reporting directly to me, Gavin will manage a variety of initiatives to further innovation across our team, creating and implementing disruptive fundraising innovations resulting in growth in philanthropic revenue. Moreover, Gavin will lead our team’s wellness initiative and bolstering of culture endeavors, strengthening of workplace experiences for every member of our team.

Gavin will also work closely with me on portfolio management, cultivation, and stewardship efforts. He will partner with many of you on cultivation and creative strategies around IDEA Center priorities, assisting in my role as liaison to Bryan Ritchie’s new team. Finally, Gavin will manage a variety of special projects as they arise.

Since 2013, Gavin’s work ethic, commitment to excellence, and fun personality have been phenomenal assets to our team. Most recently, his work on the Notre Dame Trail was exemplary and created a once in a lifetime experience for many in this family. Gavin’s enthusiasm for the Notre Dame mission and our team is contagious and inspiring.

Please join me in congratulating Gavin on this new opportunity!

My Best,

Micki

Donor Service has an open position for Donor Services Support (Temporary). If you know of any one who may be interested in exploring this position please visit jobs.nd.edu and/or contact Ann Moran or Sue Prister.

thank you

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Anne Dockery, an administrative assistant in our Chicago office, has accepted a new position with the Poetry Foundation. Having supported a number of Chicago based fundraisers during her three years with our department, she will be joining her new organization on September 25^th. Please join me in wishing Anne well and thanking her for her years of dedicated service and support to the Regional Development team.

-Laura Midkiff

Regional Development has an open position for a Administrative Assistant based in Chicago, IL. If you are interested in exploring this position please visit jobs.nd.edu and/or contact Ann Moran or Laura Midkiff.

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Dear Colleagues,

I am excited to announce that Amy Schell will transition to the Organizational Effectiveness (OE) team effective immediately to serve as the Senior Director, Financial and Data Management.  As a key process owner within the OE team, Amy will have direct oversight over teams responsible for gift and pledge management, biographic data integrity and strategy, finance, and administration.  Through this role, Amy will work to implement a new set of innovative, creative, donor-centric and transformative initiatives that elevate the team’s contribution to the overall goals of the department.

Amy has served as an integral leader within the Division during her 11 plus years of service to the University.  During her six year tenure on the Annual Giving and Strategic Marketing team, Amy has provided leadership in the fundraising of unrestricted and recognition society gifts to the University.  Amy’s commitment to the mission of Notre Dame, work ethic, and hunger to constantly improve has made an impact on those around her.  I look forward to working with Amy in her new role.  Please join me in congratulating her as she embarks on the next phase of her career in serving Notre Dame.

While this transition is effective immediately, Amy will no doubt continue to be a source of knowledge for our colleagues on the Annual Giving team.  Ryan Brennan will look to post Amy’s former position in the coming days.  Please contact Ann Moran or Ryan if you have an interest in discussing the position.

All my best,

Brad

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Natella MicolaVonFurstenrecht RECRUITING COORDINATOR, ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT

Special Events and Stewardship has an open position for a Program Director, Cultivation Events and Stewardship. If you are interested in exploring this position please visit jobs.nd.edu and/or contact Ann Moran or Karen Sunshine.

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Annual Giving has an open position for Associate Director, Athletics Annual Giving. If you are interested in exploring this position please visit jobs.nd.edu and/or contact Ann Moran or Amy Schell.

Thank you,

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Natella MicolaVonFurstenrecht RECRUITING COORDINATOR, ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT

The Kelly Cares Game Day Chase is this Saturday before the Georgia game. Eddy Street, parts of Angela and Napoleon will be closed starting at 5am Saturday morning for the race. The plan is to have the streets reopened no later than 11am.  For staff needing access to the garage during this time frame, the Burns Street entrance will be available. Please click on the Course Map for more detailed information on the streets impacted by the race.

For the game, the SBPD has road closures 1-2 hours before and after the game. Plan on closures in and around 5:30pm-7:30pm & 10:30pm-12:30am.

As a  reminder, cars left overnight on Eddy Street will be towed in the morning starting at 5:30am.

Kite Realty will have numerous staff members on site in and around the garage throughout the day. If concerns of any kind arise please contact Andy Gilmour at 574-250-0898

I write to share that Laura O’Sullivan will be announced today as the Chief of Staff to Mayor Pete Buttigieg! We are so proud of Laura, and excited for her new leadership role in the community. We are also most appreciative of her professionalism and creativity demonstrated in her event management roles first in Annual Giving, co-leading the first Notre Dame Day among many accomplishments, and more recently in Athletics Advancement. As we celebrate Laura, we will be posting a revised program director role soon reporting to Karen Sunshine in Cultivation Events & Stewardship. Laura’s last day will be Friday, September 22. Please let Karen know if you have any questions or interest.

Yours in Our Lady,

Katherine
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Katherine Lane SR. DIRECTOR, SPECIAL EVENTS AND STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT

Dear Colleagues,

This Saturday, September 9, 2017, the Badin Guild will host a tailgate-style lunch with a cash bar for Badin Guild members.   The event will be from noon-2 pm at the Jordan Hall of Science Galleria.  Special guest Thomas Bear, Ed.D, Senior Director, Enrollment Management will speak at 1 p.m.

Please see the list of registered attendees for detail on benefactors who will be attending this event.

Please note that registration is now closed and we are at capacity for this event.  For more information, please contact Laura Snell.

Today we say good-bye to our dear friend and colleague, Joni Metzger. She is retiring from her position in Donor Services effective September 8. Joni has been a gift processor in Donor Services for twelve years and before that she was with NITA (National Institute for Trial Advocacy) for ten years. During her time with us in DS, we came to rely on her meticulous attention to detail, her thoroughness in every task she was handed, and especially her dry wit and quiet humor. She will be deeply missed, but we wish her well as she and her husband, Jr. head out to new adventures with her sweet grandchildren and her two adorable kittens. Please join of us in Donor Services as we thank her for her hard work and many accomplishments and wish her all the best as she departs the University and settles into the retired life.

Dear Colleagues,

As you have seen, your email signature was changed earlier this week.

Unified and centrally controlled email signatures will ensure that Campaign storytelling is consistent, and that Campaign messaging is highlighted in every email sent.

• Email is our most frequent touch point and communication channel
• Unified signatures add consistency and professionalism to each email
• Every email drives attention to what’s most important to our Campaign.

If you don’t see your signature change or you need to make edits to your information (adding class year, updating title and phone number), please reach out to Lin Wang at 574-631-4961  or lin.wang@nd.edu by the end of next Tuesday, September 5, 2017. We will make all the edits and push the corrected signatures next Wednesday to complete the implementation.

Thanks!

Jim Small

Prospect Management has three open positions for Prospect Management Consultant, Prospect Research Analyst, and Senior Prospect Research Analyst. If you are interested in exploring these positions please visit jobs.nd.edu and/or contact Ann Moran or Brad Goff.