Please help us welcome Katelyn (Katie) Leigh to Regional Development as a Development Coordinator (DC).

A South Bend resident, Katie graduated in 2018 from Indiana University, Bloomington with a degree in psychology. In her past career, she has served as a Human Resources Specialist for Scotts Miracle Gro, Brooksource, and IGS Energy., where her duties included talent recruitment, employee onboarding, report creation, and data management. Katie enjoys teaching fitness and some of you might have taken a class from her at Pure Barre on Angela Blvd.

Katie’s tech and organizational skills, in addition to her commitment to the University’s mission, will undoubtedly help advance our team’s work and culture.

Welcome to Development, Katie!

Angie Dennig and Lori Tinkey

Dear UR,

It is our distinct pleasure to announce the following promotions:

• Roz Palusci to Assistant Program Director (APD), newly reporting to Lori Tinkey, effective immediately. In her new role on the DC Leadership Team, Roz will transition to partnerships with Executive Regional Directors (ERDs) and Senior Regional Directors (SRDs). Roz has loyally served the DC Team for 15 years from the ND New York office and now fully remotely. Congratulations, Roz, on this well-earned recognition!
• Terrell Robinson to Regional Associate (RA), effective immediately. During his 2-year tenure in UR, Terrell has distinguished himself in his work with Regional Directors (RDs), Athletics RDs, in special projects, and on the AsceND team. Congratulations, Terrell!
• Michelle Jones to Regional Associate (RA), effective immediately. Michelle has demonstrated strong skills in her work with Tier 4 and Tier 5 RDs, quickly learning the unique characteristics of high-net-worth benefactors and providing outstanding service. Thank you, Michelle!

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Sincerely,

The DC Leadership Team

Dear Colleagues,

The University has recently become aware of an issue with its listing on the Internal Revenue Service’s Business Master File (the “BMF”) whereby the University’s name has been erroneously replaced with the “Society for NeuroScience.” The University and its tax advisors are in contact with the Internal Revenue Service and expect that the BMF soon will be updated to correctly report the University’s name alongside its EIN.

In the meantime, checks made payable to the Society of NeuroScience are not to be deposited. All checks should be sent to Gift Management in Grace Hall. Gift Management will reach out to each donor to request the check be reissued if the funds were intended as a gift to Notre Dame.

Thank you,
Alyssa

I’m thrilled to announce Paige Jackson will be joining the Annual Giving team as Associate Director, Law and Graduate Business Annual Giving beginning September 1, 2023.

A Detroit native, Paige has worked with Multicultural Student Programs and Services for the past six years leading various programs, initiates, and projects. Paige has a Bachelor’s in Psychology and a Master’s in Public Administration from Saginaw Valley State University. Additionally, Paige has a Ph.D. in Leadership Studies from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

Welcome to the team, Paige!

Katie Kerby

Senior Director, Annual Giving

It is with great excitement that we welcome Annica Hill to the Stewardship & Donor Relations team as Assistant Director for Data, University Stewardship Initiatives, reporting to Cristi Ganyard. Annica’s first day was Wednesday, August 23rd.

As a member of the Stewardship & Donor Relations team, Annica will project manage and support the data and technical needs of the University Stewardship Initiatives group, in particular the extensive data needs surrounding the University’s annual endowment reporting process. Working closely with USI teammates and campus partners, Annica will also manage the Qualtrics platform buildouts, data collection, and creation of the annual student thank-you letters for undergraduate and graduate financial aid funds. And, to round out her work in Stewardship, Annica will also assist as a stewardship partner to the Provost division.

Already a proud member of the Notre Dame family, Annica received her BS degree from Notre Dame in Applied and Computational Math and Statistics (ACMS), with a double major in FTT, graduating remotely—and later in-person—with the ever-resilient Class of 2020. As an undergraduate, Annica interned as a Performance Science Analyst for Notre Dame Athletics, devising quantitative analyses and dashboards for the varsity athletics staff around athlete performance and recovery. She was also a four-year member of the Band of the Fighting Irish, as both a piccolo player and member of the storied Irish Guard!

Since graduating from Notre Dame, Annica has worked as a Senior Fixed Income Associate Quantitative Analyst with The Travelers Companies in her hometown of Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN. Annica has recently relocated to South Bend and looks forward to serving and strengthening her alma mater in this new capacity.

Annica’s Notre Dame spirit, together with her academic and professional background as a mathematician, data analyst, and FTT storyteller will serve both her and the University well in the years ahead. Please join me in offering a warm welcome to Annica Hill as she joins the University Relations family.

Cristi Ganyard

Director, University Stewardship Initiatives

Mark your calendars!
We are excited to announce two exclusive events to welcome our Badin Guild members back to campus this fall. The first event, our Badin Guild Reception, will be held on Friday, September 1, 2023 (ND v. Tennessee State) from 6:00-8:00 PM at the Walsh Family Hall of Architecture. Stefanos Polyzoides, the Francis and Kathleen Rooney Dean of the School of Architecture and Professor will be our special guest speaker that evening.

Our second event, the Badin Guild Luncheon will be held on Saturday, October 14, 2023 (ND v. USC) from Noon – 2:00 p.m. at McKenna Hall.

Benefactors registered for our Reception over Tennessee State weekend are listed in the Badin Guild Reception tab available here. The Badin Guild Luncheon registration over USC weekend will be available beginning late September.

Dear Colleagues,

There will be no gift processing today, August 23. Gift and Data Management is off campus on a day-long retreat.

Our team will resume normal operations tomorrow, August 24.

Thank you,
Alyssa

Please welcome Gasser Abousaif [Gah-sur A-boo-safe] to the Marketing Operations, Annual Giving team as our Content Marketing Specialist. His first day is Monday, August 28. Gasser comes to us from PA, but is originally from Egypt, spending most of his teen years growing up in Saudi Arabia before migrating to the US. His professional background is in creative marketing, storytelling, and technology and innovation. He also enjoys video production and photography.

In his new role, Gasser will write and produce fund and Giving Society digital and print communications as well as manage technological executions such as email creation, giving forms, and website management for the Annual Giving team.

We’re so thankful he chose Notre Dame. Please join me in welcoming Gasser to the team!

Lauren Dolzan

Dear everyone,

Please join me in welcoming Colleen Doyle to the Regional Development team in the Southern Region. Colleen’s portfolio will include donors from Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri. Colleen comes to us from Routt Catholic High School in Jacksonville, Illinois. At Routt, Colleen was the Development and Enrollment Director for the past five years, and was responsible for advancement, recruiting, enrollment, marketing, PR, alumni relations and grant writing. She has an incredible fundraising track record of success, growing the program every year over the past several years. In 2020, Colleen was recognized by the Jacksonville Journal-Courier on their 20 under 40 list.

Colleen graduated from Marquette in 2010 with a Bachelors in Business Administration, majoring in Marketing and Information Technology. She grew up in a Notre Dame family – her Dad graduated from ND in ’75 – and she is one of six siblings. Of the six, two went to Marquette and the other four came to Notre Dame (2004, 2005, 2012, and 2014 – and two of them also married ND grads). Outside of work, Colleen loves to golf, listen to live music, watch The Office, is an avid sports-watcher (especially the Cards and the Packers), and enjoys spending time with her 9 nieces and nephews. Her favorite spot on campus is the grotto, specifically “the really big tree just west of the grotto” that her family lovingly refers to as “the Doyle Family tree”.. although Colleen says she’s pretty sure there is no record of this through the Development Office 😊

Please join me in extending a warm Southern welcome to Colleen!

Best,

Anne

It is my pleasure to welcome Sondra Solloway to the Prospect & Research Strategy team as Research Analyst, effective August 7. In her new role, Sondra will be working with the Research team to provide quality research to fundraisers and help identify process improvement opportunities in our recurring project-based work.

Sondra received her Master of Library Science from Indiana University, and her Bachelor of Arts in History & Humanistic Studies from Saint Mary’s College. She was a Research Analyst with Saint Mary’s College from 2011 until her transition to Notre Dame. When not playing with her kids, she likes to read while eating a package of oreos.

We are excited to see the impact Sondra’s skills and energy will have on our team. Please consider reaching out to Sondra at ssollowa@nd.edu to introduce yourself.

Welcome Sondra!
Christina Ryan