Dear colleagues:

I am excited to share our plan for the future of stewardship at Notre Dame! Our new team name, Stewardship & Donor Relations, signifies that in addition to stewarding gifts, we are engaging, cultivating and relating to donors as part of a larger donor relations strategy. Our new structure highlights four specific focus points for the team: Stewardship Communications (led by Julia Onghetich); Donor Recognition (led by Jessica Reasons); University Stewardship Initiatives (led by a to-be-identified colleague); and Donor Relations Strategies (led by Mary Fisher). Many of the roles and responsibilities of our teammates will evolve during this restructure, and I have attached an explanation sheet and organizational chart for reference. These changes will enhance the stewardship of University donors and will position us well for the future, which will include enhanced communications, digital recognition displays, an enhanced principal donor stewardship effort, and eventually online, interactive impact reporting.

 Here is a list of the high level changes:

• Julia Onghetich will be promoted to lead the new unit for Stewardship Communications, and will serve as the partner to Corporate Relations and Foundation Relations, among other responsibilities including the acknowledgment program. Please join me in congratulating Julia.
• Mary Fisher, as the Sr. Program Director for Donor Relations Strategies, will serve as the partner for all individual fundraisers. This will offer great consistency for education, orientation, programmatic stewardship, and personal stewardship for principal donors.
• Jessica Reasons will continue to lead the Donor Recognition team for both public and personal recognition. Her team will execute many of the personal touches of the principal donor program and host benefactors at dedications and groundbreakings.
• The new University Stewardship Initiatives unit will partner with Michael Loungo’s team of Academic Advancement Directors and will work closely with the leadership and budget administrators within the colleges, schools and important divisions including Student Affairs and Financial Aid. This team will focus on endowment reporting, creative stewardship initiatives within the schools and colleges, and maximization of impact.

We will soon be posting three open positions as follows: Director for University Stewardship Initiatives, Program Director for University Stewardship Initiatives (focus on Financial Aid, the Graduate School, and Student Affairs), and the Program Director for Donor Recognition. Please let me know if you or a friend/colleague are interested in joining our team.

I am excited about creating the best-in-class Stewardship & Donor Relations team in the nation! Please let me know if you have any questions.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-pHGQ4u0QCKSm5yb2pKcmhQQll5LUpOcGJ4N0RuXzdMdHB3

In Notre Dame,

Katherine

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Hello again.

Today we welcome Karen Deak, the new AAD for Research Innovation & IDEA Center, to her first day as part of the University Relations team. Like all of our Academic Advancement Directors, Karen serves our fundraisers to help them hit their goals.

Karen is based in the Eddy Street Commons office, in what was previously the AAD Lounge.  You will also see Karen around Main Building and Grace Hall as she gets to know our team in meaningful ways, and navigates her onboarding schedule.  Take a meeting with Karen….you’ll learn about her unique life at home, and her strong commitment of service to the faculty and students of Notre Dame.

You can connect with Karen by email at kdeak@nd.edu, and by phone at 1-9255

Thank you,

Michael Loungo

NDAA has an open position for an Associate Director, Marketing Communications.  If you are interested in exploring this position please visit jobs.nd.edu and/or contact Bill Gangluff.

Dear colleagues,

I’m sad to share a couple of pieces of news that affect the Alumni Association Marketing Communications team. The announcements are unrelated.

Kevin Brennan will be leaving us April 16 to move to his true home, New York. His Mom, Dad, grandparents, brother, and sister all live there. Kevin and Jen began conversations in recent months about their future and the concern of having Mary and Sara so far away from extended family. Kevin’s professional opportunity materialized about 10 days ago when he found out the Director of Communications position at his high school, Regis High, was open. After a quick set of interviews, the position was offered and Kevin has accepted.

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Also last week, Kiley Loesch resigned her position as Graphic Designer effective June 14. Kiley has been pursuing a masters degree at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) for more than a year. Finding the pressures of work and school to be too much, she’s decided to focus on her schooling. Kiley will be joining us for Leadership Conference and the board meeting next month. We greatly appreciate the advance notice that Kiley was able to provide so we can find a suitable replacement.

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Of course, this news is not easy to share. Both Kevin and Kiley will be wildly missed. They are powerful creative forces on our team and all-around wonderful colleagues. Please join me in thanking them for their commitment to moving the NDAA forward in storytelling, marketing, and design.

We will post the Associate Director of Marketing Communications position this week. We hope to post the Designer position later this month.

Best,

Bill

On Monday, March 11th, the current Malloy Room (3256) will be reconfigured as a “locker room” for the Senior Regional Directors. We will relocate the Malloy Room to room 3258, the former office immediately north of TJ Pillari’s office. Please continue to book the room using the existing Malloy Room calendar.

Recent staff changes have given us the opportunity to re-allocate the reserved parking spaces underneath the Eddy Street Offices. The new parking space line-up is listed below. In addition, please note the following:

• The “swing” golf cart spot is no longer available for use by visiting off-site staff. Please park in the garage and pick up a parking pass sticker from the front desk if you are at Eddy Street longer than 2 hours.
• Two Smart Cars have changed locations. Updated Google calendars will be available early next week.
• Please do not park in any of these reserved spots, even if you know the owner is out of the office. We will be towing cars not assigned to these spaces and cannot look for staff throughout the building to move their vehicle.

Spot 8: Greg Dugard

Spot 9: Smart Car

Spot 10: Jim Small

Spot 11: Stu Fortener

Spot 12: Smart Car

Spot 13: Heather Christophersen or Lou Nanni when at Eddy Street

Spot 14: Smart Car

Storytelling and Engagement has an open position for a Writer.  If you are interested in exploring this position please visit jobs.nd.edu and/or contact David Chaudoir.

Please join me in welcoming Mark Helmke as a Regional Director on the South team.  Mark will be moving from Madison, WI and working with families in southeast Florida.  He and his wife, Sherri, have grown especially close to the University over the past four years as Notre Dame parents.  Their son, Alec, will be graduating this spring from the College of Arts and Letters.  Following graduation, Alec will spend a year doing service work in Honduras prior to attending pharmacy school.  In addition to Alec, they have two daughters.  Emily lives in Madison, and Olivia is a freshman at Viterbo University in Lacrosse, WI.

Mark has spent the past seven years serving his alma mater, University of Wisconsin-Eau Clair, as a fundraiser during their “Centennial Campaign.”  Mark was focused on cultivating gifts from families throughout the country for all university priorities such as financial aid, facilities and unrestricted.

Prior to starting his fundraising career, Mark spent thirteen years running his own company in Madison.  Dunham Express Corporation provided courier services and logistics to clients in healthcare and financial services.  Please welcome Mark to the team when you see him at Eddy Street and on campus.  Mark begins his new role on Monday, March 11, 2019.