Welcome Katie Spohr to Special Events!

I am delighted to announce that Katie Spohr will be joining our team as the Associate Director for Special Events on October 1. She will be planning and executing a portfolio of university programs.

Katie is currently the Assistant Director for Indiana University Auditorium in Bloomington, where she is responsible for performances, lectures, and receptions across four venues.

Katie earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama and a masters degree in Arts Administration from IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs. She is excited to be moving to South Bend where her husband is the Volunteer Assistant Coach for the Notre Dame Men’s Tennis program.

-Geni Holmes

Badin Guild New Mexico Reception

Dear Colleagues,

This Friday, September 13, 2019, the Office of Gift Planning will host our Badin Guild New Mexico Reception from 4-6 pm in the Downes Club Landing in Corbett Family Hall.

G. Marcus Cole, Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law will be our special guest speaker at 5 pm.

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

-Laura Snell Walker

 

NDAA Domer Dozen event – Friday, Sept. 13

UR Colleagues,
 
As Bill Gangluff and Jackie Thomas shared during UR Summit, we are excited to introduce the inaugural Domer Dozen, a new young alumni recognition program. A University press release was distributed this morning: https://news.nd.edu/news/alumni-association-announces-inaugural-domer-dozen-young-alumni-recognition-program/
 
If your schedule allows, please consider joining us for “My Path: Stories of Inspiration from Young Alumni” at 2:00 pm on Friday, Sept 13 in the Hagerty Family Cafe at the Duncan Student Center. Ten of our 12 honorees will be on campus, and they will share brief (5-7 minutes) talks about their lives, experiences since graduating from Notre Dame, and what inspired them to pursue their passions after college. The event is open to all and no RSVP is required. You can learn more about the honorees at domerdozen.nd.edu.
 
Thanks for your support and anything you can do to share this exciting initiative with the broader Notre Dame family.
 
All the best,
Dolly

Welcome Maureen Daday to Gift Planning!

It is my pleasure to welcome Maureen Daday to the Gift Planning team as a Development Coordinator. Maureen’s first day will be September 9, and she will be supporting Chris DeTrempe and Jessica Brice.

In 2017, Maureen received her Bachelor of Arts in Music degree from St. Mary’s College and earned a Master of Science in Management degree from Notre Dame in 2019.

Maureen has worked as an Operations Coordinator at Ravinia Steans Music Institute and a Fellow at the Church of the Annunciation. Most recently, Maureen worked as an Operations Coordinator at Keller Williams.

Please join me in welcoming Maureen.

Rich Naponelli
Senior Director

New Opportunities for Four Colleagues

In an effort to continue the momentum from our strong fiscal year-end close and our current year’s production pace that projects to a record first quarter, I want to share our plan to fill the open positions in the Northwest and New York Metro regions.

Bill Ribera will transition from his Senior Director role to a Regional Director position serving benefactors in the Bay Area. As we approached addressing the importance of the Bay Area and creatively evaluating different alternatives, Bill presented this option to us and we enthusiastically agreed that this transition would best serve benefactors and leverage Bill’s extensive experience given his 33 year career in High Tech sales in Silicon Valley. This move will also provide a seamless transition with benefactors and will provide added stability to the team. I am humbled by Bill’s selfless approach to this opportunity and look forward to his continued success.

Given our comprehensive Senior Director selection process conducted earlier this year, plus our ongoing focus on succession planning, we are pleased to announce that Sean Sharpe has been promoted to the role of the Senior Director of the Northwest Region. Sean will be transitioning from a Regional Director role where he successfully served benefactors in the New York and Connecticut areas for the past 2 years. Before joining the University, Sean spent 11 years at Under Armour in sales and product management/marketing roles, plus held key roles at Mizuno, Fila and Ernst & Young.

With Sean Sharpe’s promotion to Senior Director, Steve Sollman will transition from the South region to the New York Metro region in his Regional Director position. Steve has been a successful fundraiser for the University since joining the South team in December of 2016 and has made significant impact cultivating a portfolio based in Austin, San Antonio and Cincinnati. Steve graduated from Notre Dame in 2004 and was a standout baseball player earning All-American, MVP, and Academic All-American honors. Steve spent four years playing in the Milwaukee Brewers organization before returning to the University in 2011 as an academic counselor for student-athletes.

Finally, Riley Koval will transition from the Southwest region to the Northwest region in his Regional Director position and will serve benefactors in the Bay Area. Riley started in Development as a Major Gifts Officer on the Annual Giving team in 2016. Over the past two years, he served benefactors in the Phoenix and Denver areas. Riley is a 2016 graduate of Notre Dame’s Law School where he also worked as a recruiting analysis for the Notre Dame football team.

To summarize, we are confident these moves will best serve benefactors for the long-term in these key areas. Please know we are aggressively moving forward with our hiring plan and have several interview days scheduled to fill the open positions in the Southwest and South regions. We remain committed to developing and growing our current team with talented fundraisers who will advance the Notre Dame mission.

Stu Fortener

September Matching Gift Email

The September Matching Gift Email will send on Tuesday, September 10 to this list of assigned entities who work for matching gift companies and have made a gift since June 7, 2019 and have not yet matched their gift. Please note that individuals on the second tab of the excel file (“Fundraiser Outreach”) have not received the matching gift email message (all gifts exceeding $24,000) but are eligible to match their gift.  You are encouraged to reach out to your assigned benefactors directly to discuss the details and answer questions related to the matching gift process.

If you have any questions regarding this communication, please reach out to Laura Snell Walker.

Alumni Association Year In Review

UR Friends and Colleagues,

I’m excited to share our 2018-19 Alumni Association Year In Review, which highlights the initiatives and programs we had the opportunity to lead, participate in, and partner on during the past fiscal year. Hard copies are being distributed to the PLC and Deans, current and former Alumni Board members, ND club presidents, and advisory council members.

To view a PDF version, please visit the following link: https://drive.google.com/a/nd.edu/file/d/1JRLNir2TUcyG5QpkA6_W3dn2ww7t8XA3/view?usp=sharing 

Thanks for your continued partnership and support of the Alumni Association.

All the best,
Dolly

Dolly Duffy – Associate VP & Executive Director of Alumni Association

IDEA Center Startup Showcase, Friday, Sept. 13 9-11AM

Looking for somewhere fun to send families you work with, next Friday while we’re all at Marcus Cole’s Campaign College? Consider the IDEA Center!

From 9-11AM, ten startups that have “graduated” from the IDEA Center’s commercialization group will pitch their businesses. These companies are the IDEA Center’s best and brightest, are all currently operating, and are looking for advisors and investment. If you have a family who is interested in the startup space, this event is a great showcase of what is going on at the IDEA Center!

It will be easy to come and go at this event, so attendees aren’t making a commitment to the whole two hours. There are natural pauses every time the pitch team changes, so a discreet entry or exit is very easy at those changeover points.

This is the only Football Friday that this event will happen. Please send interested folks to Mitchell Kokko (mkokko@nd.edu, or reach out on benefactors’ behalf), who works at the IDEA Center, to register.

Please continue to sign up attendees for the Innovation Rally and student pitches through BEAT.

Questions? Contact Karen Deak (kdeak@nd.edu), AAD for Research Innovation and the IDEA Center

Leadership is Listening August Water Bottle Winners

Thank you to everyone who submitted feedback to Leadership is Listening in the month of August. We appreciate you taking the time to help us improve our workplace culture. The final Hidrate Spark smart water bottle winners are Pablo Martinez and
Kristin Schoenfeld. While this marks the end of the water bottle giveaways, we continue to seek your feedback on how we can make our office better. Please continue to submit your thoughts and suggestions using the platform. Also, please note that if you have submitted feedback and are not getting a response, there is most likely something wrong with the unique submission link. We read EVERY piece of feedback and respond to EVERY one that has the option of responding to it. If you are expecting feedback and haven’t gotten any, please email Grace Prosniewski at gprosnie@nd.edu to get the situation resolved. Thank you again for your participation!

-The Leadership is Listening Team