Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to share that Tim Kenney will be joining the New York Metro team as a Regional Director, effective September 12, 2023. We are excited that Tim’s creativity, dedication to the Notre Dame mission, and genuine care for the Notre Dame family will be expressed in new ways.

Over the past four years, Tim has served on the Annual Giving team in several capacities, most recently leading the Sorin to two record-breaking years. Tim’s former position will be posted soon. Please contact Katie Kerby if you have any candidates that may be a good fit.

Congratulations, Tim!

Joe Dietz & Katie Kerby

Dear Colleagues,

It is my pleasure to welcome Lilly Yun to the Gift and Data Management team as Gift Management, Program Coordinator. Lilly’s first day is today, September 11. She will lead gift preparation efforts while assisting colleagues and donors with questions through the departmental phone line (5150) and email (GiveGift).

Lilly earned her Bachelor’s degree from Hillsdale College in Michigan. She comes to us with experience in customer service, PR, communications, and process improvement. We are excited to have her on our team!

Please join me in welcoming Lilly.

Best,
Alyssa Strbjak

It is my pleasure to welcome Jim Furlong to the East team as a Regional Director. Jim’s first day was August 7th, and he will have the pleasure of cultivating relationships with families in Tennessee, West Virginia, North Carolina and within the Atlanta market.

As a double domer, Jim earned his bachelor’s degree in ’07 and an MBA in ’11. During his time on campus, Jim served as a student-manager for the football team, and worked with the Monogram Club in between undergrad and graduate school. Thereafter, Jim worked in athletics fundraising at Penn State, Hofstra, UAB and UCF. Jim and his wife, Julie now reside in the South Bend area.

Please join me in extending a warm welcome to Jim!

Many thanks,
Nadia

All,
I would like to welcome back our newest regional director, Debbie Loughran, to the SouthBest team. Debbie is a Notre Dame ’91 graduate and earned her M.A. in leadership development from Chapman University. Debbie worked as a regional director at ND for the West region from 2014-2019. Most recently, Debbie served as an Associate Vice President of Development at Chapman University in Orange, California. Debbie and her husband, Terry (also a ’91 grad) are proud parents to Kit ’16, Ryan ’17, Kelly ’18, and Andy ’26. Debbie’s first day will be September 12. She will be working with families in Orange County. Please join me in welcoming back Debbie!

Best,

Shelby

Hello UR Team! If you are interested in joining us for our next UR Walks, please fill out this form. Brian Diss will be leading the walk from Grace Hall at 12:00PM. 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 catching up with you while getting in our steps. Happy trails!

Please welcome Nick Weiler to the Development Coordinator team! Nick is a South Bend native. He graduated from John Adams High School (Go Eagles!) and then received his Bachelor’s degree in Social and Behavioral Sciences and Master’s in Business Administration, both from Indiana University South Bend. He’s spent the past few years as an office manager for Varners Greenhouse and Nursery and serves as President for the Racing for Steve-O Foundation. We are excited to have Nick on the team!

Please join me in welcoming him to Notre Dame and the Development family!

Tashana Kenny

Dear Colleagues,

The second fall renewal mailing (renew #2) is dropping in mailboxes starting Friday, September 8 to all our unrestricted and giving society benefactors. As a reminder, this mailing is sent to all assigned and unassigned benefactors whose annual giving is less than $25,000, asking them to renew their previous calendar year gift by their respective fund owner. This mailing is being sent to over 26,000 households and will be followed by email reminders in the weeks to come. If you have any questions regarding our renewal strategy, please reach out to the appropriate fund (Sorin, Rockne, Law, etc.) owner on the annual giving team and they can assist.

Thanks!
Annual Giving Team

On Friday, September 15th at 3:30PM at Leighton Concert Hall, The Thomas H. Quinn Lecture Series will present: Steve Levitt, Economist & Co-author of NYT Bestseller Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. This is a free but ticketed event. Tickets will be available for pick-up at the Ticket Office one hour prior to the event. There are no advanced reservations for this event. Limit 2 tickets per person. Learn more here.

Please join me in welcoming Kathy Link to the Illinois Team as a Regional Director!

Kathy is a proud ND parent of daughter, Maddie ’20, ’23 who is also a current PhD student in the Medieval Institute. Kathy recently moved to South Bend this summer from Pennsylvania. She has spent the last 12 years consulting to Catholic schools on issues of sustainability (enrollment, advancement, and governance). Prior to that, she served multiple non-profits through her consulting firm (focused primarily on advancement and marketing), and taught management and marketing courses at the collegiate level.

She has a true passion for the mission of Notre Dame and we are so excited to have her join our team!

Kathy’s first day in the office was Tuesday, September 5. Please stop by to say hello.

Thanks!
Ashley Gerard