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Divisional Directory

UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT & ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT

Office of the Vice President

Matt Weinstein
Vice President of UDAE
maw@calpoly.edu

Kelcie Bowers
Executive Assistant to the Vice President
805-756-1752
kbowers@calpoly.edu

Samantha Mauro
Foundation Board Relations Liaison
805-756-7147
smauro@calpoly.edu

Administration and Engagement

Amanda McAdams
Associate Vice President for Administration and Engagement
805-756-5711
anmcadam@calpoly.edu

Rebecca Anderson
Administrative Coordinator
805-756-1447
rander37@calpoly.edu

Data & Systems 

Annie Keith 
Senior Director of CRM Operations
805-756-3718
ankeith@calpoly.edu

Craig Nelson
Director of Data & Systems
805-756-1558
cnelson@calpoly.edu

Finance

Alicia Jurcazak
Director of Finance
805-756-3566
ajurcaza@calpoly.edu

Gift Administration

Anita Lawson
Senior Director of Gift Administration
805-756-3037
alawso11@calpoly.edu

Annual Giving

Vacant
Director of Annual Giving

External Communications

Sarah Thien
Senior Director of External Communications 
805-756-5747
sthien@calpoly.edu

Engagement and Stewardship

Jenny Heckendorf
Executive Director of Engagement
805-756-5508
jheckend@calpoly.edu

Alumni Engagement

Jennifer Fanning
Senior Director of Alumni Engagement
805-756-7872
jlfannin@calpoly.edu

Donor Relations

Meaghan Smeehuyzen 
Associate Director Donor and Stewardship Events
805-756-5490
smeehuy@calpoly.edu

Brandy Bell
Associate Director of Donor Stewardship
805-756-0687
bbell14@calpoly.edu

Presidential Engagement

Dana Matteson
Executive Director of Presidential Engagement
805-756-6008
dmatteso@calpoly.edu

Principal Gifts & Gift Planning

Stacy Cannon
Senior Associate Vice President for Principal and Gift Planning
805-756-2993
cscannon@calpoly.edu

Kevin Burns
Executive Director of Principal Gift Strategy
805-756-1446
kburns02@calpoly.edu

Gift Planning

Allie Burnett
Senior Director of Gift Planning
805-756-2925
alburnet@calpoly.edu

BettyAnn de la Rosa Clark
Director of Gift Planning
805-756-0744
aclark88@calpoly.edu

Laura Clark
Director of Gift Planning Donor Stewardship
805-756-7320
llclark@calpoly.edu

Central Development

Grant Kirkpatrick
Associate Vice President for Development
gkirkpat@calpoly.edu

Office of Innovation, Industry and Economic Development

Lori Jordan
Senior Director of Corporate Engagement
805-756-5107
lbjordan@calpoly.edu

Foundation Accounting

Marc Benadiba
Foundation Treasurer
805-756-5864
mbenadib@calpoly.edu

College & Unit Teams

Melissa Bean
Associate Vice President for Development, Colleges and Units
805-756-0993
mbean01@calpoly.edu

Prospect Management and Research

Melissa Trento
Director of Prospect Management and Research
805-756-7363
mtrento@calpoly.edu

Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences

Russ Kabaker
Assistant Dean of Advancement and External Relations
805-756-6601
rkabaker@calpoly.edu

Tim Northrop
Senior Director of Development
805-756-2166
tnorthro@calpoly.edu

Kelly Owens-Davalos
Director of Development
805-756-5746
kmowens@calpoly.edu

Patrick Walker
Director of Development
805-756-2783
pkwalker@calpoly.edu

Architecture & Environmental Design

Claire Grezemkovsky
Assistant Dean of Development
cgrezemk@calpoly.edu

Alex Clupper
Associate Director of Development
805-756-2930
aclupper@calpoly.edu

Bailey College of Science & Mathematics

Morgen Marshall
Assistant Dean of Development
805-756-7320
mnmarsha@calpoly.edu

Madison Kudsk
Associate Director of Development
mkudsk@calpoly.edu

Engineering

Grant Kirkpatrick
Interim Assistant Dean of Development and External Relations
gkirkpat@calpoly.edu

Branna Still
Director of Development
brstill@calpoly.edu

Colin Bonnicksen
Director of Development
cbonnick@calpoly.edu

Daniel Rushing
Associate Director of Development
drushing@calpoly.edu

Liberal Arts

Erica Nordby
Assistant Dean of Development
nordby@calpoly.edu

Chrissy Ybarra 
Associate Director of Development
chybarra@calpoly.edu

Orfalea College of Business

Vacant
Assistant Dean of Development

April Baserga 
Director of Development
805-756-5155
abaserga@calpoly.edu

Mika Sanger 
Associate Director of Development
805-756-1835
msanger@calpoly.edu

Solano Campus

Natasha Montazeri
Executive Director of Development
namontaz@calpoly.edu

Athletics

Uri Farkas
Executive Director of Development, Athletics
ufarkas@calpoly.edu

Jenna Tognazzini
Senior Director of Development
805-756-0275
jtognazz@calpoly.edu

Vacant
Director of Development

Student Affairs

Ryan Weisenberg
Senior Director of Development
805-756-6851
rweisenb@calpoly.edu

Cal Poly Arts

Molly Clark
Director of Cal Poly Arts
805-756-6552
mclark76@calpoly.edu