Dear Colleagues,

Please help me welcome Angie Palsak to Regional Development as a Development Coordinator (DC). Angie’s first day was Monday, December 5th.

Angie comes to us from 1st Source Bank where she served for the past year as a project-based administrative assistant in their Aircraft Operations, Specialty Financial Group. She previously served in higher education for eighteen years at Southwestern Michigan College in a multitude of areas and roles including English Instructor, Associate Dean, Academic Advising, Admissions, Student Services, and most recently as the Project Director for TRIO Student Support Services. Angie was ready to return to higher education after her year hiatus, and Notre Dame is lucky to have her!

Angie was born and raised in the South Bend area. She’s been married to her husband, Tibor, for 21 years, and they are pet parents to Vigo (Boxer), Greta (Frenchie), and Sammy (Salamander). Angie received her BA in English from Indiana University, her MFA in Creative Writing from Bowling Green State, a graduate certificate in Instructional Design from the University of Wisconsin-Stout, and has also obtained a Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma.

Angie’s interests include painting and illustration, health and wellness, and archery (cool!).

Welcome to Notre Dame, Angie!

Anita Sareen & Lori Tinkey

Included in your planning for the upcoming holiday break, please ensure that your department’s requests for pre-break payments are forwarded timely for processing. During this high volume time, we ask that all requests for vendor payments, employee reimbursements, etc. be forwarded as soon as possible.

We will make every effort to generate pre-break payments for all requests received on or before the end of day on Monday, December 19. Requests for payment received after that time may not be processed until after break as our efforts will be focused on those received by the deadline. Please allow additional time for us to process requests for new or international payees due to potential tax or other compliance issues that may arise.

Also, please consider using your Procurement Card for eligible, small dollar transactions.

Should you have any questions or concerns regarding the processing of your requests during this time, please contact us. If you have an emergency payment situation that may arise during the break, please notify us at acctpay@nd.edu which will be monitored.

From all of us in Accounts Payable, Happy Holidays!

Ed Verhamme
Accounts Payable Manager

Colleagues,

Please join us in celebrating the promotion of Matt LaFlash to BI Data Engineer Specialist effective December 1, 2022! He will continue to report to Wayne Harpenau on the Data & Strategic Analytics team. In his new role, he will have increased responsibilities in building complex data sources and data governance to ensure uniform and consumable data definitions and reporting in the Data Mart and use throughout the department. Matt will continue his work configuring and supporting Business Objects and Tableau applications helping to drive innovations and insights through data and dashboards for many areas in University Relations.

Matt joined University Relations in 2018 and has contributed to many projects in his tenure here including being a major contributor to many dashboards, including the Fundraiser Dashboard, Advisory Council Dashboard, and the For Good Dashboard, as well as many ad-hoc and standardized reports.

Congratulations, Matt!

A quick note for Eddy Street Tenants: Kite will be shutting off the water to our building today (11/30/22) between 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm to repair a water leak in one of the offices on the 1st floor. If you will be in the office during this time, restrooms and sinks will be unavailable for use.

If you have any questions, please reach out to me.

Thanks!
Lana Taylor

Please join me in congratulating Leah Corachea on her recent engagement with Scott Lanier! We wish them a happy and loving future together.

Best,
Shelby

Catch my family and I on tonight’s episode of Little People, Big World. We were given an incredible opportunity to get our kids together, to talk growing up and raising kids with disabilities.
TLC, or Discovery+, 9PM #DEIU

-Jessica Witous

I am delighted to share that, in recognition of her extraordinary work, Colleen Cross Quinn has been promoted to Foundation Relations Director on Team CFR!

Colleen started with Foundation Relations as a graduate fellow, transitioning to our postdoc, then Assistant Director, and most recently, Associate Director. It has been a great privilege to watch her develop into a remarkable teammate and fundraiser, whose unceasing curiosity and drive have made us all better at what we do. She is on track to surpass her FY23 production goal before the end of the calendar year, but I don’t doubt that she will continue to push forward for the benefit of the University.

Please join me in congratulating Colleen for this well-deserved promotion!

Best,
Amanda Retartha
Senior Director, Foundation Relations

The Prospect Management team is excited to welcome Alexandra DeWeese and Brigette Kinney as two new Consultants working with the Southwest and East teams, respectively.  

Alexandra (Alex) comes to us from University Enterprises and Events where she helped build that department’s sales team from the ground up. Alex started at the University in 2014 in Student Services with the Mendoza College of Business where she was a Program Manager. She then moved to UEE’s Business Development team where she has been since 2017. Alex earned a Bachelor of Arts from Ball State University and is an Indianapolis native. She and her husband, Chad, reside in South Bend, with their three children: Emerson (5), Trey (3), and Kennedy (7 months).

It’s also a bittersweet time in the Development Coordinator (DC) world. While we are thrilled for Brigette Kinney’s promotion, we note the loss of Brigette as Regional Associate (RA) on the team in which she’s served as a natural leader since 2015. A graduate of Indiana University, Brigette has consistently applied her skills in strategy, project management, process improvement, and training. She was one of two people to re-envision and reconstruct the DC Training Toolkit that has proven invaluable to the team, and she has actively contributed to the efforts of the RA Guiding Coalition. As an excellent partner with her Regional Directors and the broader Development team, Brigette has continuously identified value-add opportunities toward fundraising effectiveness. 

In their new roles as Prospect Management Consultants, Alex and Brigette will work closely with Shelby and George in building and managing portfolios, while providing actionable insights and recommendations on the path to goal. They will start with the team and begin their onboarding process on December 5, and will likely join in regional meetings starting after the new year.

Congratulations Brigette, and Welcome Alex!

Jonathan Retartha, Anita Sareen, Lori Tinkey