Please note the location of the next Benchwarmers playoff game listed in today’s souNDoff was incorrect. The next game will be played at Boehm Park.

We’re excited to share three new job postings!

If you love to create, inspire, plan, and deliver, check out Annual Giving’s Law and Graduate Business Annual Giving Associate Director role!

Closes: Sunday, July 16 @ 11:59 pm

Focus on: Donors and benefactors excited to support the Law School and Mendoza College of Business Graduate school through a Giving Society

To learn more: reach out to Katie Kerby or Sheri Egendoerfer

Know someone who would be great at this job? Please share the job posting link or connect us by email at segendoe@nd.edu.

If you love ND Athletics and have experience in working in close partnership with Athletics administration, coaches and Development colleagues to close leadership-level philanthropic gifts, check out Regional Director, Athletics Advancement role!

Closes: Monday, July 24 @ 11:59 pm

Focus: Donors and benefactors excited to unlock the grace of giving through their support and affiliation with ND Athletics.

To learn more: reach out to Riley Koval, Beth Graybill or Adria Logan

Know someone who would be great at this job? Please share the job posting link or connect us by email at alogan3@nd.edu or bgraybil@nd.edu.

If you love working with inspiring women to unlock the grace of giving inside the challenge of a brand new role, check out Director, Hesburgh Women of Impact role!

Closes: Tuesday, July 18 @ 11:59 pm

Focus: Planning, strategizing, and executing on deliverables for Hesburgh Women of Impact as they celebrate and empower the women of ND through philanthropic initiatives

To learn more: reach out to Anne Overly or Beth Graybill

Know someone who would be great at this job? Please share the job posting link or connect us by email at bgraybil@nd.edu.

Happy birthday to all our UR employees celebrating their special days in July! You shine as bright as a firework!

7/2—Cheryl Vowels
7/3—Katherine Lane
7/4—Giovana Heeter
7/5—Ashley Van Avermaete
7/7—Brigid Jackson
7/8—Brian Diss
7/8—Brittany Jaso
7/10—Patrick Brennan
7/10—Megan Hale
7/10—Roz Palusci
7/10—Christina Ryan
7/11—Megan Richard
7/11—Lin Wang
7/14—Anita Sareen
7/14—Lori Tinkey
7/15—Carleen Quinlan
7/16—Gail Slevin
7/17—Patty Kokesh
7/17—Darrell Paulsen
7/17—Teesha Wright
7/18—Kevin Vaughn
7/19—Meghan Buysse
7/19—Susan Lynch
7/20—Jordan Wahlstrom
7/23—Valerie Plinovich
7/23—Christopher Walsh
7/23—Brandon Williamson
7/26—Tracey Mulherin
7/27—Greg Williamson
7/30—Jill Calderone

Colleagues,

Please note that as of July 7th, Anna McKeever will no longer be with the Annual Giving team. If you were working with Anna on any projects, please contact Katie Kerby for a transition plan. The role of Associate Director, Law and Graduate Business Annual Giving will be posted on jobs.nd.edu shortly.

We are grateful for Anna’s many contributions to our team, including breaking all-time unrestricted fundraising records for the Notre Dame Law School and the Mendoza College of Business. Anna will assume the role of Advisor to Fr. Dan Groody, Vice President and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education. Please join us in congratulating Anna on her move and wishing her success in this next chapter in her life and career!

Thank you,
Katie

Dear Colleagues,

I am excited to announce that Erin Newkirk will serve as the Fundraiser Training Specialist. Prior to joining Development, Erin worked for Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI/ACE). At IEI, she supported the Institute director in day-to-day operations and strategic planning efforts as well as supporting the Institute’s stewardship efforts. During her time at IEI, Erin also worked as a member of the ACE Teaching Fellows pastoral team, managing the programmatic and formation efforts of the Teaching Fellows program while working closely with ACE teachers across the country. As an ACE teacher, she taught middle school math and science at Sacred Heart Catholic Schools in Oklahoma City, Okla. She graduated from Notre Dame in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology & Pre-Med. She earned her master’s degree in education in 2015. She and her husband, Will, live in South Bend – though they find their way up to Lake Michigan as often as possible! Her first day with Development will be July 17.

Please join me in welcoming Erin to the Development Department.

– Jerry Barca

Colleagues and friends,

I am excited to announce effective July 1, Brandon Tabor will assume the role of Associate Vice President for Development, leading our Annual Giving, Stewardship and Storytelling teams. Brandon brings a strong track record of innovation and leadership along with over ten years experience in Annual Giving and Storytelling.

Most recently, Brandon managed Annual Giving as Senior Director, leading the team to all-time records in giving society production, annual donor count and Notre Dame Day gifts and production. He led changes to our online marketing and fundraising technologies, generating $104 million in online gifts over the past four years.

Previously, Brandon served as Associate Director for Storytelling and Engagement during the Boldly Notre Dame Campaign, developing inspiring content across multiple mediums. Prior to his time at Notre Dame, Brandon was Director of Sales and Marketing for Souldier/Goodship, Inc. and Lead Designer for Firevine Advertising. Most importantly, Brandon brings humility and hunger to his work and his teams.

Brandon’s current position as Senior Director for Annual Giving will post in the coming days. If you are interested, or know of individuals who could serve in this role, please contact Adria Logan. For now, please join me in congratulating Brandon and welcoming him to this new role.

Many thanks, Lou

A warm and enthusiastic welcome to Scott Berry, who joined the Storytelling & Engagement team on June 12! Scott comes to us most recently from La Lumiere School, where he was an English teacher. Prior to that, he was Associate Director of Gift Agreements and Acknowledgments and Grant and Development Writer at Miami University; Director of Community Outreach and Engagement and Grant Writer at Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Hamilton, Ohio; Volunteer Coordinator at Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly; and Teaching Assistant at Perkins School for the Blind in Boston.

Scott graduated magna cum laude from Notre Dame in 2006 with a BA in English, and he holds an MA in English from Wake Forest. He also participated in Notre Dame’s IRISH Seminar in 2011.

Scott and his wife, Kelly, live in Mishawaka with their three daughters. They love doing things as a family, including playing board games, going on bike rides, eating Indian food, and taking long road trips.

Friends and Colleagues,

I write to you all today to share the truly bittersweet news that Ray Herring will leave Notre Dame on July 17th to take on an incredible new opportunity at Rutgers University as their Assistant Vice President for Athletics Development and Senior Associate Athletics Director. In this role, Ray will lead a team of 12 and will oversee the University’s athletics fundraising efforts.

Ray and I started together as Tier 1 fundraisers six years ago, and he’s been a phenomenal fundraiser, teammate, leader, and friend every step of the way. In service of Our Lady, he’s raised over $43M, and his efforts will leave a legacy for years to come.

Please join me in congratulating Ray on this exciting new opportunity and in expressing my gratitude for all he’s done for our department and the University at large.

Riley

I’d like you all to welcome our new Law School Academic Advancement Director, Jason Stoller! Jason is local to the Mishawaka area and joins us from LaVine Restorations in Nappanee, Indiana, where he has worked for the past 8 years as co-owner, automotive restoration advisor, and in-house counsel.

He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Notre Dame in 2008 while at the same time getting his B.S. in Math and Physics from Bethel College. Jason went on to get his J.D. from Indiana University’s Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 2012. His background in international law (including time working in Germany) and client experience will serve him well in this role.

As the Law School AAD, Jason will be responsible for driving philanthropy to the Law School, working closely with Joseph A. Matson, Dean and Professor of Law, G. Marcus Cole. This position has been vacant since Kate Mueller began as the AAD for ND Research, the Graduate School, and the IDEA Center in November 2022. Jason’s first day in Development will be Wednesday, July 5, 2023. We have space reserved for him in the AAD Huddle Rooms at ESC (3262 & 3264) for his first few weeks, so please stop by and say hello.

We are thrilled to have Jason join the team! And I do mean thrilled!!!

KO