Our sympathy and prayers are with Bill Kempf and his family on the passing of his father Paul Kempf.  Mr. Kempf passed away on July 7 at the VA hospital in Minneapolis holding his wife Lucille’s hand.  The hospital gave him the hero’s walk – where everyone who is able comes out of their room and salutes as he went by.

Visitation will be held on Friday, July 12, from 9:00-11:45 am at St. Michael Catholic Church, 16400 Duluth Avenue, SE, Prior Lake, Minnesota followed by Mass at 12:00 noon at the Church.

The full obituary is at this link: http://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/0000317201/

Please keep the Kempf family in your thoughts and prayers.

Anne Overly

As Heather mentioned yesterday, there was a need to flatten, simplify, and streamline the teams that make up Advancement Services to allow for increased strategic focus. Consequently, there are now seven teams that comprise Advancement Services and will report directly to Heather:

Philanthropic Strategy – Brad Goff (Brad will also have a dotted line to Stu as his team works so closely with Regional Development)
Prospect Management
Prospect Research
Executive Analytics
Process Improvement

Data and Gift Management – Amy Schell
Advancement Records
Gift Strategy
Gift Management

Information Technology and Services – Carleen Quinlan
Applications Services
Support Services
Integration Services
Reporting and Analytics
Project Management

Finance Administration and Strategy – Kathryn Valenti (see below)
Budget Management
Financial Reporting and Analytics
Strategic Planning and Initiatives
Ticketing (Jill and Andrew will report to Kathryn as of August 1)

Stewardship and Donor Relations – Katherine Lane
Donor Recognition
Univ. Stewardship Initiatives
Stewardship Communications
Donor Relations Strategies

Internal Engagement – James Riley
Internal Communication
Engagement Activities
Talent Management and Recruiting
Learning and Development

Development Special Events – Amy Wyskochil
Event planning and execution

A little more about Kathryn: Kathryn will join the team on August 1 as Senior Director of Finance Administration and Strategy. Kathryn is a 2002 Notre Dame graduate with a degree in Accounting, as well as a 2007 Notre Dame MBA graduate with a concentration in Management. Prior to working at Notre Dame, Kathryn was an associate at PWC in New York. For the last nine years, she has worked as a program manager of strategic planning in the Office of Strategic Planning and Institutional Research, where she has been instrumental in the development and administration of the ImproveND survey and the annual Advancing the Greater Good report for officers and deans. She has worked across the University, helping colleges and units create strategic plans and metrics, as well as develop and implement peer review programs for administrative units. Prior to her time in OSPIR, Kathryn was a participant in the University’s Leadership Rotation Program and spent several years in the Office of the Provost providing executive advisory support.

She will bring to University Relations a depth of knowledge about the University, tremendous strategic planning and analysis skills, and a strong ability to tie financial management to strategic results. We look forward to welcoming her to the team!

Dear University Relations Family and Friends,

I cannot begin to thank each of you for your overwhelming support and kindnesses shown not only to me, but to my family as well, during my recent surgeries and recuperation period.  We are genuinely touched!  Your thoughts and prayers were truly felt and have carried us through this process thus far.  God is good!  We are thankful beyond words to be surrounded by a wonderful and caring ND family.  I appreciate all of you and look forward to expressing my gratitude in person.  You are absolutely the best!!!

With love, thankfulness and appreciation,

Terry

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Our deepest condolences to Lori Pope on the loss of her father, Michael C. Pope on Sunday, June 30th. Mr. Pope was surrounded by his loving family at the time of his passing.

Visitation and Services for Mr. Pope will be Monday, July 8th, starting at 11:00. For full details, including the obituary, please click here.

Thank you for keeping Lori and her family in your thoughts and prayers,

Dean Ernzen

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

It is a pleasure to welcome Natalie Sargent to the University Relations team as the Academic Advancement Director for the Mendoza College of Business.  Natalie will be responsible for driving philanthropy to Mendoza.  She begins her role with us on Monday, August 5.

Natalie has her undergraduate degree from Smith College, and anticipates completing in August 2019 her Ph.D. in History here at Notre Dame.

Concurrent with the pursuit of her doctoral degree, in 2015 Natalie took the first of several roles at Notre Dame as a Graduate Reviewer and Assistant at the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts (ISLA).  After her time at ISLA she interned in Development, working with Maria DiPasquale in Academic Advancement at the College of Arts & Letters.  Natalie also served on the University’s Student Health Insurance Advisory Committee as the Graduate Student Union Healthcare Committee Chair.  She is currently a Fellowship Consultant in the University’s Office of Grants & Fellowships.

You can expect Natalie to be present at Eddy Street Commons working on proposals with our fundraisers and Storytelling team, and in the Mendoza College of Business serving the dean, faculty, staff and students of the College.

Please contact Natalie at nsargent@nd.edu to extend congratulations and welcome her as AAD for the Mendoza College of Business.

Dear Team,

I am delighted to announce that Mary Scott ’01 will join our team as the Alumni Education Programs Director on Monday, July 1st when she will become responsible for the portfolio of existing alumni ed programs and upcoming launches of ThinkND and Big Questions.

By way of introduction, Mary has worked at Notre Dame for 16 years over which time she’s been involved in launching Mendoza’s Institute for Global Investing — in support of a 4,500 member community of students, alumni, and investors. Prior to that, she led a cross-departmental team to design, implement, and launch a student financial literacy program which included web and live session programming components. Mary has also served Notre Dame through the management of the annual budget strategy and planning processes, financial modeling, and sensitivity analysis.

In these roles, and through her previous consulting experience, Mary built positive relationships with faculty, staff, alumni, and various experts from government, non-profit, and business. We look forward to benefiting from her talents of collaboration, communication, creativity, project management, and strategic thinking.

On a personal note, Mary and her husband, Mike ’99, MBA ’07, have two young children Anthony (10) and Sophia (8). Mike also works at the University holding various human resources roles since 2007. Her hobbies include travel, reading and engaging with St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church and the children’s St. Pius X Catholic School.

It will be a pleasure to introduce Mary to everyone and I know you will give her a warm welcome to our team.

Best,

Sharon