Dear Colleagues,

Please join me in congratulating Christina Ryan on her promotion to Director of Prospect Research. In this newly created position, she will lead and grow our Prospect Research team. A member of the team since August 2021, she quickly became an integral contributor, providing quality research to fundraisers and identifying process improvement opportunities in our recurring project-based work. Christina also actively pursues opportunities to enhance the team’s knowledge base and the suite of tools used to conduct research.

She will lead the team that currently consists of Ben Moeller and Megan Andedo. As our Senior Prospect Research Analyst, Ben Moeller will continue to provide direct research support to University Relations Executives, lead the team’s Advisory Council renewal and nomination research effort, and will be responsible for designing the curriculum for and conducting the training of new prospect research colleagues. Megan Andedo, Prospect Research Analyst, will continue to lead the Freshman Parent research effort and will continue to oversee the team’s research on potential prospects identified through the Daily Transaction Report.

After the first of the year, Christina will begin the process of hiring three new Prospect Research Analysts, one to fill the role that she is vacating and two that will be net additions to the team.

Again, please join me in congratulating Christina on her new role!

Andrea Swanagan