Our deepest condolences to Matt and Casey Gelchion on the loss of their maternal grandmother, Helen R. McNulty on July 16th.
The full obituary can be found here: https://www.everhere.com/us/obituary-bayonne-helen-r-mcnulty-9452688.
Please keep Matt, Casey and their family in your thoughts and prayers.
Michael Loungo & Patty Kokesh
Athletics Advancement would like to welcome four new team members (Brian Benedict, Sean Carroll, Marie Labosky, and Matt Weldy) and congratulate a current staff member on a new position (Kevin Nugent).
Kevin Nugent ‘13, after serving six years as an Associate Director, will transition to a Regional Director fundraising role. In the past five years, Kevin has been instrumental in the creation and execution of stewardship programming and marketing materials for Athletics benefactors.
Joining Kevin as Regional Directors on the Athletics Advancement team will be Brian Benedict ’13 and Marie Labosky ‘04.
Brian transitions to the team after serving two successful years as an Associate Director in Annual Giving, where he raised critical funds for Giving Societies. Prior to that role, Brian was instrumental in the sales of Notre Dame Stadium club and loge seating as a member of the Legends team.
Marie returns to Notre Dame as a 2004 graduate and four-year monogram winner on the women’s swim team. For the last six years, she has excelled in a sales and marketing role with Speedo, based out of Philadelphia.
As regional assignments and metro areas of coverage for Brian, Kevin and Marie are finalized, we will share them with the larger UR team.
Also as you may be aware, we are integrating the Monogram Club into Athletics Advancement, and are fortunate to have Matt Weldy ’09 (IU), the Executive Director of the Monogram Club, leading those efforts. Matt will lead and oversee all engagement, strategic initiatives, and Club activities for over 9,000 Monogram winners and team participants. Matt has served the Monogram Club since 2015 when he came on staff as an Associate Director, and prior to that role served in the Camps Office for Athletics.
Sean Carroll ’02 (IU) has been a part of the Notre Dame family since 2004, working in various roles with Athletics Communication, and in recent years, the Monogram Club. He will transition to serve both the Monogram Club and Athletics Advancement as the Associate Director leading the teams’ efforts in communications, marketing, and storytelling. He will also work to coordinate the organization’s efforts to work with other Development and Athletics partners in areas such as stewardship and event management.
Congratulations and welcome to Sean, Matt, Marie, Brian and Kevin on their new roles with our team. We are excited to see your talents at work in advancing Notre Dame’s mission through the vehicle of Athletics.
—Sara Liebscher
SR. DIRECTOR, ATHLETICS ADVANCEMENT
It is a pleasure to welcome Mary Frank to the Regional Development Coordinator team. Mary received her Master of Arts in Teaching as well as her BA in Media & Professional Communications from the University of Pittsburgh, where she ran D1 Cross Country and Track. She was the recipient of the 4.0 Scholar-Athlete Award.
Most recently, Mary has been an honors English teacher and the Varsity Cross Country Coach at Watkins Mill High School in Washington, DC. The granddaughter of a 1935 graduate, Mary is looking forward to starting her new life at the University, a place she holds dear to her heart. Her first day will be Monday, July 22.
I am excited to announce that Leah Corachea has accepted a new role as Associate Director, Annual Giving. In this role as a fundraiser within Annual Giving, Leah will meet and work with benefactors in targeted areas to increase giving society revenue.
Leah is a 2014 graduate of Notre Dame. She has been working in Development since August 2014 and most recently as Assistant Director, ND Listens & ND Parents. Her extraordinary work ethic and dedication to Our Lady’s mission will ensure her success in this new role.
Please join me in congratulating Leah!
All my best,
Ashley Gerard
Staff,
Hello again.
Jay and Lindsey are home now and continue to express thanks for the prayers and support.
A funeral service will be held for their son John Gipson McAllister, on Friday, July 19th at 9:30am on campus at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, followed by burial at Cedar Grove Cemetary. All are welcome to both services. Please do share this update with Jay’s friends and colleagues, especially those outside University Relations and the Keough School, to ensure all know they are welcome to attend the services on Friday.
Thank you for the generous offers to help the family with meals. Food was sent for the weekend, with more scheduled for delivery for the next 10 days. We will provide more updates later.
Please advise if you have any questions.
In gratitude,
Michael Loungo
Please join us in congratulating William Mitchell, who has accepted the role of Associate Director, Athletics Annual Giving on the Annual Giving Team! We know that William will have an incredible impact on the lives of our Notre Dame student-athletes and athletics benefactors as he works to grow the Rockne Athletics Fund.
William will be focused on stewarding, renewing, upgrading, and recruiting Rockne Gold, Blue, Green, and Fund level donors and will work to further the collaboration between the Rockne Athletics Fund and the Monogram Club.
William brought a unique skill set to the Development Administration team, and he will be missed – especially his smile and his culinary insights! However, we think he has found his niche with Rockne.
William began his career at Notre Dame in Annual Giving working with Patti McLaughlin in the Law School Annual Fund where he exceeded expectations. He then joined Michael McLaughlin soon after and Michael’s daily experience at Notre Dame was always strengthened by William’s work ethic and conviction to make a positive impact. He will be an exceptional addition to the Athletics Advancement and Annual Giving teams.
He will start his new role on July 24. Congratulations, William, and Go Irish!
– Kim Borza, Michael McLaughlin, and Marilyn Bassett-Lance
Attention all Development dog lovers! To promote our Five to Nine trial membership, as well as to spend some time with our furry friends in the sun, we’ll be hosting the first (of hopefully many) Domer Dogs Meet-Up this Saturday, July 13th. This is a fun opportunity to get to know your colleagues and their dogs. Please note that all dogs should be on leashes and up-to-date on their vaccinations. We’ll be meeting in front of Grace Hall at around 10:00am, and will proceed to take a walk around the lakes. If you’re interested in attending, please RSVP using the Five to Nine platform at this link:
https://notre-dame-development.fivetonine.community/events/domer-dogs-meet-up
We’re planning on having a special something for all the pups, so please do RSVP so that no one gets left in the doghouse!