The Development family is growing – Welcome Tenley Marie Deeth!
Congratulations to Kevin and Kelley Deeth as we welcome baby Tenley to the Notre Dame family. Tenley was born yesterday at 1:07 p.m., weighing 7 pounds 13 ounces and with a full head of hair.
Baby, mom and dad are doing great. Kevin writes, “I have officially become a softie.”
Congratulations to the Deeth family!
Krys Montague
Welcome New Team Members to Prospect Management!
Kierstin Miller
We are excited to announce Kierstin Miller will be joining Prospect Management as an Assistant Director of Prospect Management for the Midwest Region! Kierstin will start on July 18 and work as a strategic consulting partner with Mike Sullivan and the Midwest fundraisers.
Kierstin has been an extremely successful senior manager in fundraising services with Ruffalo Cody since 2012. Moreover, she has been a leader in collegiate fundraising services since 2007. With nearly nine years of managerial leadership, data management, and statistical analysis, Kierstin is a valued addition to our team and eager to maximize. She is highly experienced in implementing data driven fundraising strategies and providing consultations on fundraising portfolios.
Kierstin is originally from South Bend, Indiana and earned her BA from Indiana University in 2007. She serves in a variety of volunteer roles in our local community and we are thrilled she is joining our team!
Gerek Meinhardt
We are also excited to announce Gerek Meinhardt will be joining Prospect Management as an Assistant Director of Prospect Management for the West Region! Gerek will start on August 29 and work as a strategic consulting partner with Stu Fortner and the West fundraisers.
Gerek comes to us from Deloitte & Touche in San Francisco, California where he was a successful Analytics Consultant. He utilized analytics to understand complex information technology environments. He’s experienced in providing consultations with Fortune 100 clients through data driven strategies, status reporting, data management, and statistical analysis. He is another valued addition to our team and also eager to maximize.
Gerek is originally from San Francisco, California. He is a double domer. He graduated Cum Laude with his B.A. in Business, Information Technology Management. He also received M.B.A in Business Analytics & Marketing from ND, graduating Cum Laude and Beta Gamma Sigma.
Fun fact about Gerek… He is a USA Olympic member of the 2008, 2012 and 2016 fencing team. He is a 4 time First Team All American, #1 Individual World Ranking (2014), #1 Team Ranking (2013) and he will be competing in Rio at the 2016 Olympics. This will be his last year competing professionally and he looks forward to volunteer coaching in our local community in his spare time. We are thrilled Gerek will be joining our team!
Please join me in welcoming Kierstin and Gerek to our team and don’t forget to cheer for Gerek in the summer Olympics!
Best,
Lori Pope
It is with mixed emotions that I write to inform you that Liz Johnson has resigned from her position as Program Director, Compliance & Stewardship Programs to pursue other opportunities. During her year-long tenure with the Special Events & Stewardship team, Liz has been dedicated to enhancing stewardship for Notre Dame’s top corporate and foundation partners, and has worked closely with the AADs to introduce best practices in stewardship among the Colleges. She has made significant strides in the area of compliance, provided event support in multiple arenas, and above all bolstered the spirit of our team and its members across the board. We will miss her greatly.
Please join us in extending best wishes to Liz, whose last day will be Friday, August 5th. We wish her tremendous success in all future endeavors! Her departure creates an additional open position on the Special Events & Stewardship team, the details of which will soon be posted to the Notre Dame job board.
Best,
Mary Fisher
Logan’s Run needs you!
University Relations will once again be manning a water station for this year’s Logan’s Run on Saturday, August 6 from 7-11 am. Please let Bridget Conley know ASAP if you’re interested in showing our ND spirit and supporting our community at this great event. Family members are welcome to come along!
Bridget Conley
Team,
Allow me to briefly update you on our CASE summer interns: Mark Betita and John Gadient.
They are working with Andrea Bullock and the AGSM team to create a communication plan to better engage students, faculty, and alumni. In addition to this resume-worthy project, Mark and John are learning about Development through CASE assignments, informational interviews with ND colleagues and mentors, and professional development opportunities. Mark and John attended a two-day conference in Washington DC where they collaborated with 30 students nationwide.
They have three weeks to go. Keep up the great work, Mark and John!
If you or your team are interested in a similar internship program during the academic year, please contact me for more information.
Best,
Leah Corachea
EUCHRE CLUB will meet next Thursday, July 14th in the ESC Family Room at 5pm for another night of cards and fun. If you haven’t already signed up, please contact Patty Smith at 1-1818 or psmith15@nd.edu to register. Please remember your $10 registration fee needs to be paid by 5pm on Wednesday, July 13th. Looking forward to seeing you!
Patty Smith
Foundation Relations has an open position for a Program Director. If you are interested in exploring this position please visit jobs.nd.edu and/or contact Ann Moran or Carla Ingrando.
Thank you,
Jen
I am pleased to announce that the Athletics Advancement team grew this morning, July 5th at 2:29am, when Katie and Brian Powell welcomed Baby Boy #2 to the world. Mom and Boy #2 are both doing great. A name has not yet been decided, but as Dad mentioned, the only ones ruled out so far are Craig and Gerry Faust.
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Sara Liebscher
We are excited to announce Tara Reilly will be joining Region 4 as a fundraiser! Tara will start on July 18 and work with many of the families Brian Diss previously covered in Ohio.
Tara has been an extremely successful senior sales rep with Boehringer Ingleheim Pharmaceuticals since 2003. She has been a valued team member, managing several key accounts, being selected to their Women in Leadership Program, and training colleagues on several computer platforms.
Tara is originally from Plymouth, Indiana and earned her BA from IU-South Bend in 1998. She and her husband, Brandon, have been married for 13 years and have two children Noah (8) and Addie (4). An active member of St. Pius Catholic Parish, Tara serves in a variety of volunteer roles. Several members of our team know Tara and are thrilled she is joining our team!
Please join me in welcoming Tara to our team.
Best,
Marty Harshman
We are pleased to announce Michelle Joyce as the new Foundation Relations Director for the College of Science
In this role, Michelle will work closely with the dean, faculty, chairs and Center/Institute directors to advance key scientific research priorities with national foundations. Dr. Joyce’s previous fields of research included small molecules and proteomics.
She was the Associate Director of Notre Dame’s Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Facility where her interests include providing schools with access to modern scientific instrumentation. A Domer who is the daughter of a retired Catholic high school principal, she has been a leader in developing a program–now known as ND LIGHTS (Laboratory Instrumentation Giving Hope to Students)–that donates working scientific instrumentation from retired or upgraded Notre Dame laboratories to schools in need of such equipment. Since 2010 ND LIGHTS has donated over 50 instruments to 19 schools nationally and in Africa.
Michelle received her Ph.D. from Duke University. Michelle and her husband, Tim, live in Granger with their two children, Ian and Analiese.
Please join me in welcoming Michelle to the team!
Yours in Notre Dame,
Carla Ingrando