Colleagues,

Please keep Brenda Carr and her family in your thoughts and prayers. Brenda’s grandson recently passed away. We do not have word on arrangements yet, but we will post any information we receive to the UR site.

Team,

I am excited to announce the following appointments to the Senior Director Leadership team for Regional Development. First, I am pleased to announce that Ryan Brennan will transition to the role of Senior Director for the New York Metro region. Ryan brings significant experience to the New York Metro team through his roles as Senior Director of the Southwest region, Senior Director of Annual Giving, Director of Prospect Management, plus his time as Advisor to the Vice President of University Relations.

With Ryan’s transition, I am pleased to announce that Shelby Carroll has been promoted to the role of the Senior Director for the Southwest Region. Shelby will be transitioning from her current position as Director of the Cavanaugh Council & President’s Circle team. Shelby has served on the Cavanaugh Council & President’s Circle team since August of 2014. Shelby received her undergraduate degree from Grinnell College in Iowa, where she played volleyball and majored in Psychology. She also recently graduated from the Executive MBA program at Notre Dame. Shelby is originally from Pasadena, CA and looks forward to leading the Southwest team.

Our plan is to begin the leadership transition in mid-January. Please join me in congratulating both Ryan and Shelby.

Best, Stu

The annual winter conference call with Dr. Burish is today at 1pm. If you would like to join, please use this link to stream the call. We will also be dialed into the call in the Sorin room. If you have any questions, please contact Conor Montijo.

Please congratulate Brandon and Emily Tabor (and big brother Landon) on the birth of their son Nash Joseph Tabor. Nash was born happy and healthy at 4:48pm on December 6, weighing 7lbs and 11oz. The beautiful family of 4 is at home adjusting to their new life together!

-Brian Diss

 

Please join me in congratulating Devon Aragona on her engagement! Last Saturday, December 7, Devon Aragona said “yes” to her boyfriend Marcus on the campus of their alma mater in Findlay, Ohio.

-Brandon Tabor

Please ensure that your requests for pre-break payments are forwarded in a timely manner for processing. During this high volume time, A/P asks that all requests for vendor payments, employee reimbursements, etc. be forwarded as soon as possible. They will make every effort to generate pre-break payments for all requests received on or before Tuesday, December 17. Requests for payment received after that time may not be processed until after break. Also, please consider using your Procurement Card for eligible, small dollar transactions. If you have questions, please contact Accounts Payable Manager Ed Verhamme (Edward.L.Verhamme.1@nd.edu).

Please note that the link to the Production Pacing Report that was in today’s souNDoff was broken. You can find the report here. We will also place a note in next week’s souNDoff with a working link. We apologize for any inconvenience.

The internal communications team is proud to present the first ever episode of “The Grace of Giving” podcast! The bi-monthly podcast, hosted by James Riley and Grace Prosniewski, is meant to share insights into the professional and personal lives of our Development colleagues. The first episode features VP of University Relations Lou Nanni. Listen here! And don’t forget to follow us on Instagram at graceofgivingnd.

The Notre Dame Athletics Sports Summit one-sheet can be shared with all current AD Circle and Jesse Harper Council members as well as with any ADC or JHC prospects. Hard copies of the one-sheet will also be available at Kim Borza’s desk. Please feel free to reach out to Kim with any questions. Thank you & Go Irish!

Beginning January 1, 2020, in conjunction with the South Bend police, the Kite staff will begin issuing tickets to vehicles parked in the spots along Eddy Street for more than two hours. Parking is available free of charge for our staff and visitors in the Eddy Street garage. Parking validation stickers are available from Amy Walter at the front desk if you will be at ESC for more than 2 hours. Please note, per Stu and Heather, you will not be able to expense the cost of a ticket should you receive one. If you have guests coming to the Eddy Street Offices, please make them aware of this change as well. Thank you.