WMU Foundation

WMU Foundation

Diversity of Giving

Back to the Annual Report 2007-08

Mission and Leadership

The mission of the WMU Foundation is to promote and provide financial support to Western Michigan University. It accomplishes its mission by maintaining and enhancing an endowment fund, the income from which generates supplemental financial assistance for current University priorities.

The Foundation also fulfills its mission through:

  • Cost-effective fund-raising programs, conducted by the Development Office, that seek participation from a variety of Western Michigan University constituents;
  • Prudent and responsible administration of the funds entrusted to it by its many constituents; and
  • Effective distribution of its resources to areas of priority within Western Michigan University.

The Foundation is administered by the Executive Director/Secretary, who also serves as the Vice President for Development, and a volunteer Board of Directors, who oversee how funds can best be used to address the most urgent campus priorities.

Board of Directors

Board membership as of Oct. 3, 2008

Officers

Joseph B. Hemker ’76

President
Executive Committee Chair

Floyd L. Parks ’55

Vice President

Bud Bender

Executive Director/Secretary

Lowell P. Rinker ’72

Treasurer

Jan Van Der Kley ’80

Assistant Treasurer

Robert L. Herr ’67

Audit Committee Chair

James S. Brady ’66

Committee on Directors Chair

Sandra D. Steinbach ’84

Finance Committee Chair

Michael L. Mueller ’80

Investment Committee Chair

Randall W. Doran ’83

Real Estate Committee Chair

Designated Directors

John M. Dunn

President, Western Michigan University

Kenneth V. Miller ’69

Vice Chair, WMU Board of Trustees

Bud Bender
Lowell P. Rinker ’72

Directors

Robert M. Beam ’65
Robert J. Bobb ’69
John H. Boll ’77
James S. Brady ’66
John R. Bromley ’62
Willard A. Brown, Jr. ’53
Jon M. Dixon ’69
Randall W. Doran ’83
Steven A. East ’90
Stephanie M. Fletcher ’66
Joseph L. Gesmundo ‘65
Joseph B. Hemker ’76
Robert L. Herr ’67
Kirk A. Hoffman ’86
Richard M. Hughey ’52
William D. Johnston ’70
David E. Kinnisten ’64
La June Montgomery-Talley
Michael L. Mueller ’80
Floyd L. Parks ’55
Thomas L. Reece ’64
Diana R. Sieger ’73
Edd Snyder ’70
Sandra D. Steinbach ’84
Theodore B. Stone ’78
Christopher C. Womack ’79

Development Office Staff

Leadership

Bud Bender

Vice President for Development

Joyce Parsons

Executive Assistant to the VP for Development

Tracy Branson

Associate Vice President for Development

Deanna Hinkle

Administrative Assistant to the AVP for Development

Advancement Services

Kai Chapman

Director

Annual Giving

Suzanne Beals

Director

Tiffany Antor

Assistant Director

Development Research

Wendy Proeschl

Director

Donor Relations

Sarah Troup

Director

Gift Processing

Lynda Hunt

Director of Development Accounting

Directors of Development

Kathleen Barnes

Senior Director of Development

Charles Dawes

College of Aviation

John Greenhoe

Foundation Relations and Development Communications

Barbara Kreuzer

College of Fine Arts

Preston Hicks

College of Health and Human Services

Robert Hunt

Intercollegiate Athletics

Asbjorn “Sam” Jensen

Planned and Estate Gifts

James McIntyre

Haworth College of Business

Patricia Resetar

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Dorilee Schieble

College of Arts and Sciences

Sherie Veramay

College of Education

 

WMU Foundation
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5403 USA
(269) 387-8700 | (269) 387-8770 Fax
dev-ask@groupwise.wmich.edu