Advancement and Community Engagement
Our Team
Coordinator, Special Events
- Plans, organizes, promotes, and implements all facets of special meetings, as well as internal and external events.
- Collaborates with university employees, vendors, students, and guests to oversee key events from conception to cleanup.
Director, Alumni Relations
- Maintains planning, budgeting and implementation responsibility for all alumni programs, including developing a strategic vision, assessing current programs, creating new programs and joining the department’s vision with the university’s strategy.
- Develops messaging and branding strategy to elevate the awareness and importance of alumni engagement, networking opportunities, increase alumni involvement, build life-long connections and facilitate ongoing engagement and support.
- Develops partnerships and executes promotional events that raise the university’s visibility among constituents across the country.
- Oversees the Alumni Advisory Council and all volunteers for the department
- Oversees all content on the alumni social media platforms and sending out monthly alumni newsletters.
Production Assistant, Theater Operations
- Assist with production for theater operations.
- Serves as runner for touring series shows, and coordinates ground transportation.
- Supports facility as Scheidegger Center building manager to oversee access to rehearsal spaces.
Director, Leadership Annual Giving
- Leads and executes efforts to grow and strengthen Lindenwood’s Annual Giving programs.
- Engages members of the Lindenwood community in fostering a culture of philanthropy throughout campus and the broader community.
- Supports all capital campaign initiatives, including management of the Annual Fund and naming opportunities process.
Director, Advancement II
- Develops strategic plans to position the university’s growth and development through alumni and community philanthropic engagement.
- Implements strategies that increase principal and major gifts through new and existing donors.
- Provides leadership to campus constituents on the most current and effective fundraising techniques for their fundraising efforts.
- Manages institutional advancement processes that ensure transparency and increases support for university initiative.
Interim Vice President, Advancement and Community Engagement
- Provide strategic direction for the alumni, fundraising, community engagement and communications departments of the university.
- Collaborate with volunteers, donors, university leadership and the community on university projects and priorities.
- Active member of the President’s Leadership Team, participates in university mission, vision and strategy setting.
Manager, Database and Stewardship
- Responsible for implementing and maintaining database initiatives and data analysis processes.
- Responsible for the training and upkeep of relationship and fundraising management software.
- Monitors all incoming donations and provides daily and monthly reports to the finance office.
- Responsible for the creation and execution of a stewardship strategy to reinforce meaningful connections to the University.
Manager, Communications
- Develops written and digital content to convey strategic messaging, audience development, and public relations efforts for campus and community events.
- Drafts and copyedits content including university-wide reports, email communication, website collateral, magazine articles, and department initiatives.
- Shares responsibility for Lindenwood’s brand and communication with both internal and external audiences.
Coordinator, Box Office and Patron Services
- Serves as point of contact for volunteer ushers at the J. Scheidegger Center.
- Coordinates key duties related to upcoming shows and touring series.
- Assist box office manager with event construction and database management.
Director, Destination Lindenwood
- Represents the University at community events. Identifies regional forums and speaking opportunities.
- Coordinates community outreach events and serves as the principal point of contact for all on- and off-campus Destination Lindenwood-sponsored event/programs.
- Connects with key constituents to advance the Destination Lindenwood initiative and develops a strong culture of teamwork across all functional areas of the University.
- Supports the development of a sustainable and financially impactful model of community engagement for the University.
Manager, Campus Box Office
- Oversees daily Campus Box Office operations and activities, including oversight of ticketing system operations.
- Hires, trains, schedules, and manages Box Office staff to service all ticketed events, while enforcing Box Office policies and procedures.
- Programs and monitors the AudienceView ticketing system, building events and special packages, generating reports, and tracking daily sales and deposits.
Coordinator, Advancement Budget and Research
- Organizes and oversees the institution’s records relating to current and prospective donors.
- Conducts research to discover prospects for gifts and documenting the association of these prospects with the university.
- Assists in departmental budgeting, forecasting and financial modeling.
- Provides high-level administrative support to the vice president.
Julee Mitsler
Interim Vice President, Advancement and Community Engagement