I am happy to announce that Jeff Fersch has been promoted to Major Gifts Officer. He will begin this role on July 1, 2014, continuing to work in our Chicago office. Jeff graduated from Notre Dame in 1998 and has been working in the Chicago office since January of 2005 as an administrative assistant.  Triathlon racing is one of his passions and training for a full distance Ironman will be his quest this summer.  When he isn’t standup paddle boarding in Lake Michigan, he can be seen biking from downtown Chicago to campus for the annual football home opener bike ride with other Notre Dame alumni, parents, staff and friends. Please join me in congratulating Jeff!

Mike Sullivan

Dear Colleagues:

Please note that Aaron Fricke, Director of Gift Planning, has taken a leave of absence from the University.  We will be hiring another gift planning officer to work in the West (formerly Central region).  The posting for the position will go up very shortly.  In the short term, Patrick Brennan, John Butkovich and I will work to cover the area within the West Region previously covered by Aaron.     If you have any questions, please contact me directly.

Thanks for your continued support of the entire team’s gift planning efforts.

Thanks,

Greg Dugard

The Data request form has been retooled and is now the default page for requests.

Important Changes are as follows

• It now requires login to use, and will prepopulate your contact information
• less fields to fill in
• multiple file upload capability
• Compatible on all devices – will resize for your phone

You do not need to do anything, the same Link/URL will automatically redirect you to where you need to be. If you experience any difficulty using the new form, there is a link at the top that will allow you to use the older style form if necessary.

Thanks

Your Information Strategy and Application teams

 

It is with mixed emotions that I share the news that Jim Reeves has resigned his position as IT Project Manager within the Applications Development Team. Jim has accepted a position at Defender Direct in Indianapolis, which will allow him and his wife Nicole to be closer to their family.

Jim joined the University of Notre Dame in 2011 and has done an outstanding job supporting our system implementations and integrations. He has worked closely with many of you and built excellent partnerships and will be greatly missed by the team!  Jim’s last day will be Friday, June 6. Please join me in congratulating Jim and wishing him well in his new adventures.

Carleen Quinlan, Director, Strategic Applications & Infrastructure

It is with great pleasure to announce that Natella Micola will assume the role of Administrative Assistant for Regional Development starting Tuesday, May 27^th. Natella will work with Bill Kempf and Luke Conway. Natella was born and raised in Baku, Azeribaijan.   In 1998 her family won a Green Card lottery and one year later moved to Indiana. Natella attended high school, and college in South Bend.  She is now obtaining her Master’s Degree through IUSB. She has been married for 8 years and has two adorable daughters.  Milana (5), will be starting kindergarten in the fall, and Olivia (4) will be attending pre K.    Prior to joining Notre Dame, Natella worked as an Assistant to the local prosecutor and as a Librarian at the St. Joseph County Public Library.  Natella is also a former professional pianist! Please join us in congratulating Natella!

Bill Kempf & Luke Conway, Associate Regional Directors

A new affiliation status has been placed into Advance. This new affiliation is “Lapsed”.

The Lapsed status applies to those recognition society members who did not pay the minimum amount required for the respective membership level in the previous calendar year. These donors are not provided Donor Experiences (ex: they do not receive membership cards, discounts, etc.).

If you have any questions regarding this new affiliation, please contact Donor Experience at 1-5198 or donorexperience@nd.edu.

Please join me in congratulating Lauren Dunbar and her husband, Josh, on the birth of their daughter, Louisa Joy Higgenbotham, She was born on May 1, 2014, at 5:35 a.m.,    weighs 7lbs. 5 oz. and is 20” long.  All are doing well.
Mark Karim Naman ’95, ‘96
Director, Interest Groups | Proud to Be ND

Dear colleagues:

I am happy to announce that Stephanie Mead has accepted my offer to return to the Development Department as the assistant director of events operations. Her name may sound familiar to many of you, as Stephanie served as my administrative assistant in Stewardship Programs for several years before transferring to the Snite Museum of Art, where she served as their staff accountant for the last two years, where she managed over 40 budget lines. Stephanie will utilize her accounting degree from Indiana University in her new role as well. In addition to managing the special events budgets, she will also be responsible for hotel management, events software, event planning and execution efficiencies, and the implementation of best practices.

Stephanie starts May 19; she will report directly to me, and will reside at Eddy Street Commons. The mother of three, Stephanie and her husband Todd live in South Bend, where they are active parishioners at Holy Cross Church. Please join me in congratulating and welcoming Stephanie back to Development!

Warm regards,

Katherine

Katherine Lane, MSA ‘00,  Senior Director, Special Events and Stewardship

THANK YOU JAY RIZZI!

To find updated Development and UR phone rosters on our UR site, open Staff Directory then Development or University Relations Phone Roster. To print, just click on the ellipses (. . . ) upper right for dropdown and select Printable Version; right click to Print.