Gift Officer Program and Department Liaison List

African Studies Center

• Sophia Moeller, Director of International Giving

Afroamerican and African Studies, Department of (DAAS)

• Nini Poore, Director of Development
  

American Culture

• Scot Weiner, Executive Director, Western States

Anthropology

• Scot Weiner, Executive Director, Western States
  

Asian Languages and Cultures

• Julia Sohn, Regional Director, Eastern States

Astronomy

• Scot Weiner, Executive Director, Western States

Barger Leadership Institute

• Brian Arbeiter, Executive Director, Eastern States
  

Biological Station (UMBS)

• Samantha Stears, Regional Director, Central States

Center for Social Solutions

• Scot Weiner, Executive Director, Western States
  

Center for the Study of Complex Systems

• Scot Weiner, Executive Director, Western States

Chemistry

• Julia Sohn, Regional Director, Eastern States

Chinese Studies, Lieberthal Rogel Center for

• Sophia Moeller, Director of International Giving

Classical Art and Archaeology (IPCAA)

• Gail Flynn, Campaign Director

Classical Studies

• Gail Flynn, Campaign Director

Communication and Media

• Julia Sohn, Regional Director, Eastern States

Comprehensive Studies Program

• Kyle Nowels, Executive Director, Central States 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

• Kyle Nowels, Executive Director, Central States

Donia Human Rights Center

• Scot Weiner, Executive Director, Western States

Earth and Environmental Sciences

• Nini Poore, Director of Development (Acting Liaison)
  

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB)

• Gail Flynn, Campaign Director

Economics

• Joe Murray, Regional Director, Western States

Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies (EIHS)

• Samantha Stears, Regional Director, Central States
  

English Language and Literature

• Kyle Nowels, Executive Director, Central States (Acting Liaison)

Film, Television, and the Media

• Joe Murray, Regional Director, Western States

Germanic Languages and Literatures

• Brian Arbeiter, Executive Director, Eastern States

Giving Blueday

• Janel Alpert, Director of Planned Giving & Regional Director, Central States

Global and Intercultural Study, Center for (CGIS)

• Joe Murray, Regional Director, Western States

Helen Zell Writers' Program

• Brian Arbeiter, Executive Director, Eastern States

Herbarium

• Gail Flynn, Campaign Director

History

• Samantha Stears, Regional Director, Central States
  

History of Art

• Brian Arbeiter, Executive Director, Eastern States

Honors Program

• Julia Sohn, Regional Director, Eastern States

International and Comparative Studies, Program in (PICS)

• Sophia Moeller, Director of International Giving

International Institute

• Sophia Moeller, Director of International Giving

Japanese Studies, Center for (CJS)

• Sophia Moeller, Director of International Giving

Judaic Studies, Frankel Center for

• Martha Luckham, Assistant Dean for Advancement

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

• Gail Flynn, Campaign Director

Korean Studies, Nam Center for (NCKS)

• Sophia Moeller, Director of International Giving

Linguistics

• Samantha Stears, Regional Director, Central States

Mathematics

• Anna Wojan, Regional Director, Eastern States

Michigan in Washington Program (MIW)

• Elizabeth Pariano, Regional Director, Eastern States

Middle East Studies

• Scot Weiner, Executive Director, Western States
  

Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB)

• Scot Weiner, Executive Director, Western States

Museum of Natural History

• Nini Poore, Director of Development

Museum of Zoology (UMMZ)

• Gail Flynn, Campaign Director

New England Literature Program

• Nini Poore, Director of Development

Opportunity Hub

• Nini Poore, Director of Development

optiMize

• Scot Weiner, Executive Director, Western States
  

Organizational Studies

• Brian Arbeiter, Executive Director, Eastern States

Parent and Family Giving

• Anna Wojan, Regional Director, Eastern States

Philosophy

• Kyle Nowels, Executive Director, Central States

Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Program in (PPE)

• Kyle Nowels, Executive Director, Central States

Physics

• Scot Weiner, Executive Director, Western States
  

Political Science

• Mari Vaydik, Director of Major Gifts

Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP)

• Scot Weiner, Executive Director, Western States

Psychology

• Anna Wojan, Regional Director, Eastern States

Residential College

• Scot Weiner, Executive Director, Western States

Romance Languages and Literatures

• Elizabeth Pariano, Regional Director, Eastern States

Raoul Wallenberg Institute

• Martha Luckham, Assistant Dean for Advancement

Slavic Languages and Literatures

• Brian Arbeiter, Executive Director, Eastern States

Sociology

• Elizabeth Pariano, Regional Director, Eastern States

South Asian Studies, Center for (CSAS)

• Sophia Moeller, Director of International Giving

Southeast Asian Studies, Center for (CSEAS)

• Sophia Moeller, Director of International Giving

Statistics

• Anna Wojan, Regional Director, Eastern States

Sweetland Center for Writing

• Scot Weiner, Executive Director, Western States
  

Theoretical Physics, Leinweber Center for

• Scot Weiner, Executive Director, Western States
  

Undergraduate Education, Associate Dean, New Initiatives 

• Samantha Stears, Regional Director, Central States

Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

• Elizabeth Pariano, Regional Director, Eastern States

Women's and Gender Studies

• Joe Murray, Regional Director, Western States

 

If your department or program has not been assigned a major gift liaison, please contact LSA-Advancement-Services@umich.edu, and the Director of Major Gifts will follow up to coordinate a consultation with the most appropriate Advancement partner to meet your needs.