Tomorrow (Thursday, July 12), please bring your family for a night of fellowship and fun at Four Winds Field as the South Bend Cubs take on the Beloit Snappers. This year, the entire Performance Center has been reserved exclusively for University Relations. This venue overlooks the field from the right-field wall and offers patio and indoor seating for our team to enjoy the game. In addition to our seats in the Performance Center, we will also have seats reserved for our group in Section 102.

Tickets to the game will distributed at the ballpark. Please look for our table set up outside the gate. Gates will open at 6:00 pm and a buffet-style meal will be provided from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm on the lower level of the Performance Center with the game beginning at 7:05 pm. The batting cages will be available at no charge and everyone in attendance will receive a South Bend Cubs baseball hat. In addition, the children’s splash park and playground will be available free of charge and the bounce house area is available at a cost of $6 per person.

Please take a moment now to review your calendar invite and verify the total number of guests in your party. To do this, simply click into the calendar invite and click on the EDIT NOTE / GUESTS box located next to the RSVP box in the top right hand corner. Under Additional Guests, please enter your guests and in the Note section, please identify how many children will be in your group. Please note that you will not be able to make this change via your phone. We look forward to seeing you there!

Hello again.

Our colleague John Lloyd has accepted a position with the Office of General Counsel here at Notre Dame. He will transition into his new role effective August 1, 2018.

Following a career in private law practice, John returned to his alma mater four years ago as Academic Advancement Director at the Notre Dame Law School. During his tenure, John has faithfully served Dean Nell Newton, the faculty of the Law School, Development, fundraisers, and University donors. He has leveraged his acute understanding of the Law School to increase awareness of its distinct nature with our constituents, expand the donor base, and meaningfully move forward the annual giving program. As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Notre Dame London Law Program and prepare for celebration of the Law School’s 150th anniversary, we have John to thank for navigating effectively how to best engage our external constituents in these significant anniversaries.

While this move will take John away from our team, he remains ‘under the Dome’…..more literally now than ever. Please join me in wishing John well in this new role.

Thanks for your attention,

Michael Loungo

Dear Team,

I am excited to report that Shelby Carroll will assume the role of Director of the Cavanaugh Council and President’s Circle Program effective July 1, 2018. As Assistant Director and then Associate Director for the past four years, Shelby has demonstrated outstanding leadership, collaboration and a deep commitment to our membership and Notre Dame. In her new role, she will lead the Cavanaugh Council and President’s Circle team of Suzanne DeGuilio and Nick Shelton and oversee all aspects of the program as we work towards our new Boldly goal of raising $25M by 2020. Please join me in congratulating Shelby!

Best, Drew

I am happy to announce that Brandon Tabor has accepted the position of Director, Operations and Technology in annual giving, where he will lead a talented team responsible for driving unrestricted and giving society revenue and new donors to Notre Dame through the implementation of effective processes, segmentation and emerging technology.

Brandon joined Notre Dame in December 2012 as a member of the Storytelling & Engagement team, first as a Graphic Designer and most recently as Associate Director. His creative leadership, strong work ethic and can-do attitude have had a positive impact on much of what we do across the entire division. We could not be more thrilled to welcome him to the annual giving team. Please join me in congratulating Brandon!

Thanks,
Ashley

The position of Graphic Designer in Storytelling & Engagement will be posted shortly. If you are interested in this position or know of an outstanding candidate, please reach out to Brandon Tabor or Jim Small.

A friendly reminder from our friends at Kite Realty:

Martell electricians will be upgrading the parking garage lighting on the 2nd floor starting Monday, June 18th, beginning with the northern most 2 rows and possibly moving into the ramp area. We ask all residents, employees and tenants to please park on the 1st or 3rd floor next week to allow electricians room to work. We thank everyone for their cooperation with these upgrades.

Andy Gilmour, Operations Manager

Our deepest sympathies go out to Ian and Conor Montijo on the death of their grandfather, John Aloysius O’Brien Lt. Colonel USMC (Ret.) on April 26, 2018.

The viewing and Rosary are today, Friday May 4th, with the funeral tomorrow in Tucson, Arizona. The Lt. Colonel will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

The full obituary may be found here

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to announce Kristin Schoenfeld’s promotion to Sr. Administrative Assistant for the East and West teams!

Kristin has been a valued member of Notre Dame Development since joining ND in 2004. She served as an administrative assistant for seven years in Law School Advancement before transitioning to the Donor Experience Team, where she focused on the Order of Saint Thomas More and Rockne Heritage Society. In 2012, Kristin joined Regional Development as an assistant for the East and South teams. Kristin is an innovative partner in creating donor strategies and stewardship plans, managing the day-to-day, and a generous “best practice” contributor to the overall team. We are thrilled to welcome Kristin and her smiling positivity to the East and West teams.

Kristin will officially transition to her new role on Tuesday, May 29, following her “trip of a lifetime” to Hungary. Please join us in congratulating Kristin on this well earned promotion!

In Notre Dame,

Stu Fortener and Anne Griffith

Colleagues,

Printed and email invitations drop this week for the 5th-Annual Giving Society Commencement Reception.

RSVP is open until May 14.

Friday May 18, 2017
Complimentary refreshments & light hors d’oeuvres
3:00 – 5:00pm ET
South Club – O’Neill Hall, Fourth Floor

Please join me in welcoming the newest member of the Athletics Advancement team, Melissa Lechlitner. Melissa is 2010 graduate of Notre Dame and former standout point guard for Coach McGraw. She brought her basketball skills across Angela Boulevard from Saint Joe HS where she led her team to a state championship in 2005 (more recently, she helped the Indians bring home another state championship in 2017 as an assistant coach). Following a three-year professional basketball career that took her to Germany, Iceland, Puerto Rico and Finland, Melissa spent the past five years at Anthony Travel. She played an integral role in their overall business development strategies and growth, while also managing and servicing her own portfolio of 85 universities. She also assisted with alumni and international team tours, as well as post season events. Melissa is excited to return to Notre Dame on Monday, May 14th as a regional Athletics Advancement fundraiser and a member of my staff’s Bookstore Basketball team.

Sara Liebscher

Dear Colleagues,

This message is a reminder to all staff that self evaluations are due Monday, April 30th. Please complete your self review and forward to your supervisor by this date. After you send forward, your performance dashboard should indicate your are complete thru Step 5.

Thanks very much for your attention to this deadline.

Mary Ellen Koepfle