Thank you to everyone who submitted feedback to Leadership is Listening in the month of June. We appreciate you taking the time to help us improve our workplace culture. As a reminder, if you have feedback that you would like to submit anonymously, but would still like to be entered into the water bottle giveaway, please be sure to leave another piece of feedback that does include your name. You do not need to submit it on the same day or address the same topic as your anonymous feedback. The Hidrate Spark smart water bottle winners for the month of June are Carolyn Hardman and Cheryl Schlimpert. Thank you again, and remember to keep submitting your feedback!

-The Leadership is Listening Team

Our sympathy and prayers go out to our colleague Katy Orenchuk who over the weekend lost her father, Darl Hall.

Darl was a lifelong rail fan, and especially loved the Wabash River B&O railway bridge. The family is raising funds in Darl’s memory to install a wooden bench near the bridge so there might be a place where people can come together to remember him. If you would like to make a contribution, please follow this link.

Expressions of sympathy can be sent to Katy at her office address at Eddy Street Commons.

Michael Loungo

Congratulations to Ling Sun and Ziheng Wu on the birth of their son, Ryder!

Little Ryder joined the team on June 10th. He was 6 lb. 5 oz. and 19.5 inches long.

Mom and baby are doing well.

 

 

Please join the Strategic Analytics & Prospect Management Team for coffee and doughnuts this Friday, June 7th, as we say goodbye to Mark Dumich as he transitions to his new role at Mendoza.

Treats will be available from 9:00-11:00 in the Prospect Management Corral. Stop by and enjoy some coffee and share your well wishes with Mark.

Colleagues,

I am happy to announce that Joe Dietz has joined the Central Region as Regional Director. When we were searching to find someone to cover an Ohio centered portfolio, we found a terrific candidate right in our backyard.

Joe Dietz, ND Class of 2004, grew up in Ohio and received his Juris Doctor from Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law in 2007. After seven years in private practice, Joe returned to South Bend five years ago as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in the St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office. We look forward to watching Joe leverage his persuasive skills and compelling closing statements in a different arena.

Joe and his wife, Beth, and their two children reside in Granger. Please join me in welcoming them back home to Notre Dame.

In Notre Dame,

Tim Willis

Thank you to everyone who submitted feedback to Leadership is Listening in the month of May. We appreciate you taking the time to help us improve our workplace culture. As a reminder, if you have feedback that you would like to submit anonymously, but would still like to be entered into the water bottle giveaway, please be sure to leave another piece of feedback that does include your name. You do not need to submit it on the same day or address the same topic as your anonymous feedback. The Hidrate Spark smart water bottle winners for the month of May are Geoff Stookey and Cindy Karpovs. Thank you again, and remember to keep submitting your feedback!

-The Leadership is Listening Team

Friends,

Kelaine and Lavarr welcomed baby Liam to the world on Tuesday, May 21. Kelaine and Liam are doing great and are home with their wonderful growing family! Lavarr and Kelaine are appreciative for everyone’s love and support over the past few weeks. Congrats to the Barnett family!

Ryan

 

Beginning Tuesday, May 21, Google will roll out a name change to Team Drives. The new name will be Shared drives, and will be changed on the web, mobile app and Drive File Stream app.

Though the name change will not impact the functionality of Team Drives, it will affect anyone who has a desktop shortcut to Drive File Stream that currently points to content in Team Drives. Once the new name Shared drive appears in your account, you will need to remove the old shortcut, and create a new shortcut in Drive File Stream.

Endeavor locks down at 5:00 pm today. Currently, there 89 employees without a performance rating in the system. This affects the merit recommendations and eligibility for the incentive program (should we have a distribution this year).

Every member of our staff is entitled to a performance review. Please make every effort to complete this goal before the end of the day.

Thanks very much.

Mary Ellen Koepfle

Please join us in congratulating Kasey O’Connor, who has accepted the role of Regional Director on the Southwest team. While she will be missed by her teammates in Annual Giving, we know that she will make an incredible impact for Our Lady’s University in this role serving benefactors in the Orange County/San Diego areas.

Kasey joined the Leadership Annual Giving team in August 2018. Since then, she has been instrumental in driving growth for our Giving Societies. Kasey is a 2012 graduate of Notre Dame and a 4-year softball monogram winner. Prior to joining Development, she worked in Athletics where she most recently served as Event Management and Olympic Facility Program Director.

She will officially start her new role on July 1.

Congratulations, Kasey!

Ashley Gerard and Ryan Brennan