Please see the below schedule of important dates about processing transactions and payments around fiscal year end.

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All aboard the Notre Dame Fund Express! You may have read “Fund” as “Fun” – and both are correct! In this role you will raise $4M by wielding your excellent writing, process management, and data-analysis skills to inspire continued giving to the Notre Dame Fund. Please click this link for more details and to apply. This role closes Tuesday, June 8th at 11:59PM. Reach out to hiring manager Katie Kerby if you’d like more information beyond the job posting.

I am pleased to announce that effective July 1, 2021, James Riley will assume the new role of Senior Director of Internal Engagement, Diversity & Inclusion. In addition to his leadership for internal engagement, James’ role will be expanded to include responsibility for the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Unity efforts across the UR division.

James will lead the DEIU Task Force and the 100+ volunteers serving on various DEIU committees to continue embedding a strong culture of DEIU in UR. Many thanks to Shelby Carroll and George West, who together with James, have led the Task Force for the last 10 months with tremendous passion and huge success! They will continue to be heavily involved in our DEIU efforts.

By including the leadership of UR’s DEIU efforts in James’ role, we ensure our aspirational vision will be combined with the processes and resources to create sustained and proactive change. In this newly expanded role, James and his team will curate and develop DEIU trainings for UR staff, including inclusive management and cultural sensitivity development, collaborate closely with teams and senior leadership on new programs and communication related to diversity and inclusion, participate in building a culture that is welcoming of individuals of all races, ethnicities, religions, national origin, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, parental status, age, ability, and veteran status and frequently assess progress through focus groups and climate surveys, provide counsel on fundraising initiatives, engagement plans, and communication strategies to optimize and adhere to principles of diversity and inclusion, partner with the Talent Acquisition team and Diversity Catalysts to provide guidance to hiring managers and committees to ensure consistent approaches are followed in our hiring process, and more.

James will continue to build and manage a trusted Internal Engagement function that creates programs and processes to support the UR employee experience throughout the entire employment lifecycle, including on-boarding, professional development, talent management, internal communication and engagement opportunities.

Also effective July 1st, Kathryn Valenti will assume the additional role of leadership of talent acquisition and recruiting for UR, as the Senior Director, Resource Strategy and Administration. Tara Gilchrist and Sheri Egendoerfer’s Talent Acquisition team will merge with the Finance Administration and Strategy team. The newly formed team will help streamline processes and bring enhanced focus to the use of University Relations’ resources – people/hiring, finance, athletic and event tickets – as we move into Campaign 9.

-Heather

I am pleased to announce several important changes to our Corporate Relations and Foundation Relations teams effective July 1, 2021 which will help us elevate our fundraising for faculty research and scholarship. CR and FR will be merged into one larger team with the goal of doubling production from corporations and foundations over the course of the next campaign to $200M per year.

Michelle Joyce will transition from Senior Director of Foundation Relations to the new position of Executive Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR). In this role, Michelle will lead efforts to develop transformational proposals to advance faculty research at the $10M+ level across CFR, leverage the talent, creativity and potential of of the CFR team, and improve the operations for CFR from proposal development and coordination with Notre Dame Research and Research Sponsored Programs Accounting to stewardship and compliance. Michelle has her BS in chemistry from Notre Dame and her PhD from Duke University in analytical chemistry. Michelle has led the foundation relations team as Senior Director since 2018. Prior to joining the foundation relations as director in 2016, Michelle spent 12 years as a Special Professional Faculty in the Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Facility in Notre Dame’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Amanda Retartha will be promoted from Director of Foundation Relations to Senior Director of Foundation Relations. Amanda has her BS in English from Notre Dame and her PhD in English from NYU. Amanda has cultivated relationships and secured large grants from numerous foundations, including Kellogg and Porticus, and has managed some more complicated foundation relationships with the utmost finesse and professionalism. Amanda joined Special Events & Stewardship in July 2014, and transitioned to Foundation Relations in November 2016.

Josh Tullis, currently Interim Senior Director of Corporate Relations, will be promoted to the permanent position of Senior Director of Corporate Relations. Josh has his BS in chemistry and his PhD in synthetic organic chemistry, both from Notre Dame. He joined the Corporate Relations team as director in January 2017 and has effectively worked on a range of complex corporate sponsored research including the $20M commitment to establish the Notre Dame IBM Tech Ethics Lab in 2020. As Interim Senior Director, Josh has worked to lead the CR team to a top 3 year in production this fiscal year. Prior to Notre Dame Josh has 20 years of combined experience in pharmaceutical drug discovery and real estate development.

Reporting to Michelle as Executive Director of CFR will be Amanda Retartha, Josh Tullis, Ernestine Gardner, Lori Tinkey, and Cathy Windeatt. Please join me in congratulating Michelle, Amanda, and Josh as they take on these leadership roles.

Best,
Drew Buscareno

Phil Courington, Kelly Courington’s dad, passed away on Friday evening, May 21st. He was with his wife and three children at the time of his death and Kelly described it as peaceful.

We remember Phil as a Notre Dame alumnus, husband, father to our colleague Kelly and her twin brothers, and a person who was at peace when he learned earlier this year of his prognosis.

May the soul of Phil rest in eternal peace and may perpetual light shine upon him.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to Feed My Starving Children. This is a local nonprofit that Phil was very passionate about. Over the years he led trips through his church to pack food for hundreds of children around the world.

On June 12th, a visitation will begin at 1:00 PM CST and the celebration of life service will begin at 2:00 PM CST. Services will take place at Flossmoor Community Church in Flossmoor, IL.

Thank you for your support of Kelly and her family.

-Michael Loungo

I am excited to announce that Tony Castrodale has joined the Campaign team as the Program Director, Campaign Administration and Strategy beginning June 1. Tony just graduated from Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting.

Tony is no stranger to our Development team as he has served as a University Relations Intern since the fall of his Freshman year. During this time, he has served numerous teams across our division including Recruiting, Corporate Relations, Storytelling, Special Events, Athletics Advancement, Annual Giving and most recently Campaign Administration. This past year Tony has served as a Resident Assistant (RA) in Keenan Hall and as the Director of the hall’s signature event, The Keenan Revue.

Please join me in welcoming Tony full-time to the Development team.

Best,
Stu

Open until Monday May 31st: Director, Development Administration! If you’re ready for the next chapter in your career, and excited to build on the amazing work of Marilyn and her team, it’s time to step up! If you’d like to learn more before applying, please free to schedule a time with Tara Gilchrist.

Colleagues,

The Development Information Technology and Services team is excited though saddened to announce the retirement of Larry Helmsing. Over the past 10 years in Development, Larry has advanced our IT infrastructure and services that have moved us forward in ways that often go unnoticed. For those of us that have worked directly with Larry, we will miss such a valuable team member who lived out Notre Dame’s mission every day.

Larry’s last day will be Friday May 28th. Please contact Andrew Yocum or submit a service now ticket for anything you might have contacted Larry for in the past. We are currently reviewing candidates for replacing this position. Please join us in thanking Larry for many years of faithful service and wish him a wonderful snowy retirement.

– Andrew Yocum

If you are interested in joining us for next week’s UR Walks, please fill out this form. We will meet at 12:00pm at the Grotto on Thursday, May 27. As there may be some non-pavement, trail walking, we advise that appropriate footwear be considered. Signing up also helps us to contact those who are interested just in case we need to cancel at the last minute due to inclement weather. We look forward to seeing those in person for this fun exercise. Please keep in mind that we will be observing public health CDC guidelines. We ask all participants to properly wear a face mask at all times during the walk and social distance. Happy trails!

Team,

It is with bittersweet emotions that I share the retirement of Marilyn Bassett from Notre Dame, effective July 15. While I am excited for Marilyn to begin her next chapter, I will miss her tremendous leadership as part of our team and her exceptional management of Team DC and the Development Coordinators. In her nearly ten years as a member of the UR team, Marilyn proved to be a reliable teammate – and friend – to many and will be sorely missed by all those who have worked closely with her over the years. Please join me in congratulating Marilyn on her retirement and wishing her well in her future endeavors!

Sara

Dear Colleagues,

A fully revised tax strategies brochure is now available here and may be useful in conversations with your benefactors.

This information was promoted in an email that was sent on Monday, May 17 to ~50K giving society members, FY21 donors, and entities that had requested this information previously.

Please contact Laura Walker with any questions regarding this material.

The May Matching Gift Email will send Tuesday, May 18, to this list of assigned entities who work for matching gift companies, have made a gift since April 24, 2021, and as of today have not yet matched their gift. These gifts represent nearly $64K in potential matches.

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 $25,000) but may be eligible to match their gifts totaling over $990K. 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 matching gift communication, please reach out to Laura Walker.

Team,

I am honored and excited to announce the promotion of two of our own — Jason Scarlett and Jerry Barca — as the new Senior Regional Directors for the Central and Illinois regions, respectively.

Jason joined the Notre Dame Development team as a Regional Director in March 2010 and has steadily climbed through the ranks to become a Tier 4 Fundraiser. He is a 1992 ND grad with a BA in English and Public Policy. After six years as a logistics officer in the Navy, he earned a MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 2000 before joining Eli Lilly, where he held various roles in strategy, marketing, and sales leadership and management. Jason and his wife Kathryn Pilot Scarlett (a proud “Double Domer”) have two sons, William, 14, and Peter, 12. Jason is very excited to be able to continue to work with his Central Region teammates, and I have all the confidence in his ability to lead them to new levels of success.

Jerry is a 1999 ND grad with a masters degree from the esteemed Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications. Prior to coming to Notre Dame, Jerry wrote two books and produced four documentary films, including the ESPN “30 for 30” “Catholics vs. Convicts” and “Hesburgh.” His additional experience includes print journalism and work as a communications director for a New Jersey mayor. In his nearly two years as a member of the New York Metro team, Jerry has demonstrated a keen ability to build strong relationships with benefactors and teammates alike. Coupled with his passion for this work and a competitive spirit second-to-none (and despite his love for the Yankees), I believe Jerry will provide great leadership to Team IL in this next campaign and will be espousing the virtues of Chicago-style deep-dish pizza before you know it. Jerry and his wife Beth live in Granger, Ind. with their four children and two litter-trained rabbits.

Thank you to Jason and Jerry for answering the call to lead, and I hope you will all join me in congratulating them on their new roles.

Sara

Please note that our partners at Kite Realty have informed us that in the next two weeks, they are expecting to see a lot of activity in the Building A and C Loading Dock (from Napoleon to Eddy Street) area due to move out and graduation. As business is picking up, they need to make sure that Old National Bank’s drive is accessible, delivery trucks are able to access their businesses, and the parking spots are available to the correct individuals. Starting Monday, May 17, Kite Realty will be strongly enforcing the private parking signs, 45 min signs, and no parking signs. They will be towing cars parked in these areas. Please also do not park in the “island” of the circle outside the ESC offices, as this makes it difficult for delivery trucks to get in and out. Thank you in advance for complying with these requests.

Colleagues,

Please note the below invitations to the Notre Dame Wall Street & Financial Services Virtual Event were distributed earlier today. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, May 26th 3:30-5pm ET. Feel free to join the virtual event via the link below. Here is a list of recipients, sorted by primary solicitor:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eYtYSii5V9xBSInhepf9P38NLIGtyDRswgviJr1bwi8/edit?usp=sharing

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It is my pleasure to invite you to the University’s 2021 Wall Street & Financial Services Virtual Event. Please plan to join me on Wednesday, May 26, at 3:30 PM ET for a conversation between Jim Parsons ‘96, Notre Dame Trustee, and Anthony Noto, CEO of SoFi, as they discuss the economic impact of the financial markets in the current environment, the evolution of financial technology, and more.

This short program will also feature updates from several other members of the Notre Dame family, including:

• Martijn Cremers, the Martin J. Gillen Dean and Bernard J. Hank Professor of Finance in the Mendoza College of Business
• Erin Bellissimo, Managing Director of the Notre Dame Institute for Global Investing
• Ryan Willerton, Associate Vice President for Career and Professional Development
• D.J. Washington, Director of Employer and Regional Engagement in the Meruelo Center for Career Development
• Meg Baumbach ‘21, Co-President of the Notre Dame Wall Street Club

In a typical year, the University hosts similar events across the country, as we meet with alumni, parents, and friends of Notre Dame working in the financial industry in cities such as Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco. While we are very much looking forward to once again holding these events in person, the benefit of this year’s virtual event is that members of the Notre Dame family from around the globe will be able to participate.

We hope you will join us virtually on May 26 for this informative Notre Dame event, and we look forward to seeing you again in person.

Yours in Notre Dame,

Shannon Cullinan
Executive Vice President

Colleagues,

It is with mixed emotions that I announce the resignation of Maribeth Spittler from the University of Notre Dame effective Friday, May 14, 2021. Maribeth has decided to retire to enjoy time with family, friends, and life! Maribeth has been an integral part of Notre Dame Development for the past twelve years. Her contributions, hard work, commitment, dedication, and grace are worthy of admiration. Maribeth will be greatly missed by all. Filling her shoes will be an almost impossible task. Maribeth is a friend, and I wish her all the luck in the future. Please join me in wishing Maribeth well in this next chapter of her life!

God Bless and Go Irish!

Anita Sareen

Please join me in welcoming some new team members to the Annual Giving team:

Indi Jackson will join the team on Thursday, May 13th as an Associate Director, Leadership Annual Giving on the Sorin Society team. Indi is a 2017 Notre Dame alumna and former Notre Dame student-athlete who joins us from the Fighting Irish Media team where she served as an associate producer. Her passion for storytelling is not only contagious, but will serve her well in her new fundraising role.

Abigail (Abbie) Spica will join the team on Monday, May 17 as the new Associate Director, Law and Graduate Business Annual Giving. Abbie is a 2017 graduate of St. Mary’s College and has worked in sales and recruitment since graduating, most recently with Northwestern Mutual. She and her fiancée will be relocating to South Bend from Grand Rapids in the coming months.

Kasey O’Connor will make a return to the Annual Giving team on Tuesday, June 1 as the new Director of Academic and Athletic Annual Giving. In this role, Kasey will oversee a team charged with raising unrestricted funds for the Law School, Mendoza, and Notre Dame Athletics, as well as the stewardship and engagement strategy for the Badin Guild, Order of St. Thomas More, O’Hara Society, and Rockne Athletics Fund. Kasey will have a particular focus on growing the revenue from and experience for the $25k and $50k levels of these societies, and will co-lead Friends of Ted and Ned with Mary Jane Anon. Kasey has served in numerous roles in both Athletics and Development, including on the Annual Giving team as a leadership annual gift officer from 2018-2019. Most recently, she served as a Regional Director on the Southwest Team.

I’d also like to congratulate the following colleagues in Annual Giving who have been promoted to new roles:

Brandon Tabor will now serve as Director, Annual Giving Programs and Operations. In this capacity, he will oversee 2 teams charged with the execution of all mass communications and solicitations, as well as a focus on growing both total donors and undergraduate alumni participation. Brandon has been a leader on the Annual Giving team for 3 years after several years on the Storytelling and Engagement team. I am thrilled for him to expand his leadership in this way.

Katie Kerby will serve as the Senior Associate Director, Annual Giving Programs. Katie and her team are charged with the growth of all programmatic efforts of annual giving outside of the giving societies, including the Notre Dame Fund, ND Loyal, Notre Dame Day, ND Listens, For Good, and Senior Legacy. Katie, a former UR intern, has served as the manager of ND Listens since 2019 where she helped shape an incredible culture that empowers students and has become one of the top student employers on campus. Additionally, Katie has been a key player in engaging students in creative ways to generate a pipeline of future undergraduate alumni donors to Notre Dame.

Lauren Dolzan will serve as the Senior Associate Director, Marketing Operations. Lauren’s team oversees the development and execution of engagement, cultivation, and stewardship vehicles including email, mail, and digital. This team also plays a critical role in the execution of Notre Dame Day, The Fight, and other crowdfunding campaigns. Lauren has served as Annual Giving’s Project Manager since 2018 where she has invented and implemented processes that guide the execution of all Annual Giving campaigns and solicitations. Additionally, Lauren has helped to oversee the vision, creation, launch, and maintenance of For Good, our new monthly giving program at Notre Dame.

Please refer to the UR Pingboard as these changes become effective for an overview of the new annual giving team structure, and let myself or any of the leaders on the team know if you have any questions. We look forward to collaborating with all of you as we close FY21 and look to FY22. -Brian Diss

Blood Drives Are Essential and So Are You!

The Foundry Apartments is hosting a blood drive on May 12, 2021, 10:30- 4:30 pm, so tell your friends! Anyone who donates will receive a $5.00 Starbucks gift card & a $5.00 Amazon gift card.

Click Here to Sign Up!

As we look forward to more opportunities for in-person collaboration, we want to remind everyone of the campus health & safety protocols that remain in place for the time being.

• Wear a mask 
  • Masks must be worn indoors at all times, except when alone in a private office.
  • Masks are not required outdoors, except during University programming.
  • Carry a mask at all times and be ready to wear it should it become necessary.
  • If you see a colleague without a mask or with a mask pulled down,  we encourage everyone to help by reminding each other of the protocols.
• Physical distancing – 6 feet social distancing is still required when meeting in person.
• Wash your hands
• Use the spray disinfectant 
  • Spray disinfectant is provided in the conference rooms. 
  • It is highly recommended to wipe down the surfaces before and after use of conference rooms. 

 

The UR protocol guidelines are currently being updated and we expect to be able to share the updated document within the next week but there is one protocol being lifted as of today:

• Conference room usage is no longer restricted to only two (2) meetings per day per room.  We will allow for multiple meetings per day in the same room.  
• Rooms should be reserved using the specific room’s Google calendar and availability will be on a first-come, first-serve basis,
• It is incumbent on everyone to disinfect the area (table, chairs, etc)  when you arrive and before you leave the room.  For the health and safety of all, do not assume the room has been disinfected.  

 

We also encourage you to upload your vaccination documentation, as updated and complete information is one of the factors that the University uses to determine health and safety protocol updates.  You can find more on the HERE site.

 

With the warmer spring weather on the way, we are all experiencing fatigue but we are all in this together and together we can make a difference and hopefully forward look at even more restrictions being lessened soon

Come join your fellow colleagues as we get our hands dirty at the Unity Gardens of South Bend. We will plan to meet at the Welcome Center located at 3701 Prast Blvd on Tuesday, May 11th at 9AM and will do a variety of projects until noon. Tools, sunscreen, gloves, and water will be provided but feel free to bring your own if you prefer. If interested, please sign up here.

Happy Birthday to all our colleagues celebrating their special days in May! We hope your year is filled with new experiences and fun!

5/1 – Ashley Baranowski
5/4 – Tashana Kenny
5/6 – Erin Thornton
5/7 – Grace Prosniewski
5/9 – Gavin McGuire
5/11 – Amy Walter
5/14 – Josh Flynt
5/15 – Kathryn Valenti
5/15 – Mary Flynt
5/18 – Ron Linczer
5/19 – Alison Dixon
5/19 – Lori Rush
5/21 – Kiran Mistry
5/22 – Andy Mason
5/22 – Stephanie Washington
5/23 – Annie Geary
5/24 – Kevin McMannis
5/26 – Kate Mueller
5/31 – Jennifer Powell

The City of South Bend will be closing Eddy Street from Angela to Napoleon on Tuesday, May 4^th from 6:30am-10:30am for drainage cleaning. Please know there will be no overnight parking per the city of South Bend on Monday night. The parking garage will be accessible from the Burns and Napoleon entrances during this time.

I am excited to announce that Vahid Sadrzadeh has joined the NY Metro team as a regional director, working with benefactors in New York.

Since 2016, Vahid has worked as an award-winning anchor, reporter and storyteller at ABC57 in South Bend. He is proud to call Notre Dame home and feels called to serve this mission. Vahid is married to University Relations’ own Heather Sadrzadeh of the Alumni Association. Fun facts: Vahid is an Ironman triathlete and a four-time marathon finisher!

Please join me in welcoming Vahid to the UR team.

Thank you,
Ryan