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UI Foundation
announces staff promotions and new hires
Posted January
20, 2000
IOWA CITY -- The University of Iowa Foundation has
announced the promotion of four executive staff members and the hiring
of several to fill standing vacancies or new positions.
The changes reflect increased fund-raising activity on behalf of The
University of Iowa, according to Alan Swanson, the foundation's senior
vice president for development services. "These promotions and staff
additions will enhance our ability to meet the university's growing
need for private support, he said. "And private support plays a vital
role in the excellence for which the UI is widely known."
Changes in the foundation's annual giving department:
- Anthony Arrington, telefund calling center
supervisor since 1998, has been promoted to assistant director of
annual giving programs and will oversee telefund calling center operations.
Under his supervision the 1999 telefund effort set a new solicitation
record, raising over $1 million in gifts. The Cedar Rapids native
is a 1992 graduate of the University of Iowa with a B.A. degree in
communication studies. He was previously program manager of annual
funds for the University of California at Los Angeles.
- Beth Nobles has been promoted to assistant
director of annual giving programs. The Riverside, Iowa, resident
received a B.A. degree in arts administration from the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has worked for the foundation
since 1985. In her prior position as telefund manager, she achieved
substantial growth in its fund-raising capabilities, and was responsible
for spearheading and managing the department's automation. She has
most recently served as an annual giving specialist.
- Anne Heilemann of Boulder, Colo., has been
hired as assistant director of annual giving programs. Heilemann received
an M.A. degree in integrated marketing communications from the University
of Colorado and a B.A. degree in journalism and mass communication
from the University of Iowa. In addition to working with the Office
of Institutional Relations at the University of Colorado, she has
served at the University of Iowa's Health Science Relations office,
University News Services, and at the University of Iowa Foundation.
The foundation's gift planning team has made several
staffing changes:
- Susan Cray has been hired as associate director
of gift planning. Cray received a B.A. degree in Russian and history
from the UI and a J.D. degree from the Iowa Law School. She practiced
law with the firm of Godfrey & Kahn in Milwaukee and worked as a trust
officer with Mercantile Bank in Iowa City. Cray will work with the
university's alumni and friends in creating gift plans.
- Dana L. Williams is the foundation's new
assistant director of gift planning. Williams received a B.S degree
in psychology from the UI and worked for several UI programs, including
the Cancer Center Clinical Trials Office and the College of Engineering's
Center for Computer Aided Design.
Staff enhancements in the foundation's fund-raising
team for the UI College of Medicine and University of Iowa Hospitals and
Clinics include:
- Todd Reding, promoted to director of development
for departmental campaigns for the UI College of Medicine and University
of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Reding has served as associate director
of development since 1998. He is a graduate of Rockhurst College in
Kansas City, Mo., where he received a B.A. degree in English and history.
He was previously director of development at Fitchburg State College
in Massachusetts.
- Sheila Baldwin of Iowa City has joined the
Foundation as assistant director of development for departmental campaigns
for the UI College of Medicine and University of Iowa Hospitals and
Clinics. Baldwin received a bachelor's degree in business administration
from the UI. She was chapter relations director of ARMA International,
the association for information management professionals, and was
marketing and public relations assistant for the Children's Miracle
Network.
The foundation has hired new staff in information
technology, corporate and foundation relations, and special university
initiatives:
- Steve Troester has joined the foundation
as director of information technology. He earned a B.B.A. degree in
management information systems from the UI and has worked in several
UI positions, including systems analyst for the College of Business
and for the department of orthopaedic surgery, and senior computer
consultant for the department of preventive medicine and environmental
health (now the College of Public Health). Before joining the foundation,
Troester was director of information systems for the UI College of
Liberal Arts.
- Viana Rockel has been hired as assistant
director of corporate and foundation relations. She received a B.S.
degree in mass communications from the University of Southern Colorado
and an M.S. degree in higher education from Iowa State University.
She was marketing director for Pueblo Community College and assistant
to the senior vice president of Drake University. Her position will
focus on funder relationships and proposal development.
- Tom DePrenger has been promoted from associate
director of gift planning to the newly created position of director
of development, special university initiatives. The Iowa City resident
graduated from the University of Nebraska with a B.S. degree in recreation
and received an M.A. degree in counseling from the University of South
Dakota. DePrenger joined the UI Foundation in 1996 after serving in
several UI positions, including coordinator of orientation services
and assistant director of admissions. In his new role, DePrenger will
direct efforts to generate private support for presidential scholarships
and other university-wide student aid.
The University of Iowa Foundation, organized in
1956, is the preferred channel of support for private gifts to all areas
of the University of Iowa.
Contact Information
Alan Swanson
Senior Vice President for Development Services
(319) 335-3305 or (800) 648-6973
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