Colleagues,

We are excited to share that, after much reflection and consideration, Katy Orenchuk has accepted an opportunity to move from her current role as Senior Director of Academic Advancement to take on a Regional Director role, working with a portfolio of highly engaged and generous Notre Dame benefactors, effective July 1. As many of you who have worked with Katy know, her love of Notre Dame, women’s basketball, all things art-related, and fundraising runs deep. Katy joined Development in 2019 as the inaugural AAD for the Museum, School of Architecture, and the DeBartolo Performing Arts while later adding Hesburgh Libraries to her portfolio. Katy served as a strong advocate for the arts as she supported the fundraising priorities and the Notre Dame Arts Council.

In the summer of 2022, Katy moved into the role of Senior Director of the Academic Advancement team and has spent the last two years leading the team through the priority development process with the launch of For Good. Katy has led new innovations in the area of fundraiser education of priorities through the successful, curated Immersions and broader sessions, such as “Priorities and Pancakes” and Lunch & Learns. Additionally, Katy led the AADs through a structural reorganization this past year in order to be responsive to the For Good priorities and create professional pathways for the team.

In following her passion, Katy is excited to move to the field and get back to front-line fundraising. Prior to her role at Notre Dame, Katy spent 13 years as a fundraiser in Washington DC and Chicago. She has her BA in history and political science from the University of Notre Dame and obtained her MA in Arts Administration from the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University in 2006. She became certified as a Fund Raising Executive in 2018 and has maintained that certification.

We are excited for this move for Katy and hope you will join us in congratulating her.

In Notre Dame,
Michelle Joyce & Sara Liebscher