Division of Development and University Relations

Office of Advancement Services

Ronan McAshan, Senior Director of Advancement Services
Lynn Davis-Johnson, Manager, Advancement Services
Daniel Gonzalez, Stewardship and Gifts Coordinator
Aurora Tovar, Database Analyst
Teresa Lozoria, Director of Database and Prospect Management
Lorraine Gomez, Gift Records Assistant
Kelly Quiroz, Prospect Research Analyst

The Office of Advancement Services plays a crucial role in supporting the University of the Incarnate Word's fundraising and alumni engagement initiatives. This involves overseeing the database system and ensuring alumni, donors, and friends of UIW have positive interactions and experiences. Within Advancement Services, various units handle essential functions, including database management, prospect management and research, gift processing, and gift receipting. Activities include:

• Facilitating Transfers of Funds
• Addressing Financial Queries
• Handling Gift Processing
• Generating Gift Reports
• Ensuring Gift Stewardship
• Maintaining Data Integrity
• Producing Prospect Data Reports
• Managing Scholarship/Endowed Funds and Reports

Department of Alumni

Ana P. Bribiesca Hoff, Director of Alumni Relations
Susan Lavenant, Associate Director of Alumni Relations for Signature Events
Clarissa Gauna, Alumni Relations Manager - Chapters, Programs and Reunions
Krystal Cantu-Cuate, Alumni Relations Manager - Communications & Special Projects

The Office of Alumni encourages alumni to be involved with their alma mater after graduation and maintains a database of alumni records for 40,000 graduates and former students of the University of the Incarnate Word. Membership is automatically granted to all bachelors, masters and doctoral graduates of UIW, the UIW Adult Degree Completion Program (ADCaP) and the UIW Universe Online program. Graduates of China Incarnate Word and Centro Universitario Incarnate Word are also considered part of the UIW Alumni Association.

Events such as Homecoming, reunions and various networking and special events are hosted by department staff. The Department of Alumni is always looking into new ways to involve alumni and parents with the University of the Incarnate Word.

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Office of Communications and Brand Marketing

Margaret Garcia, Associate Vice President for Communications and Brand Marketing
Michael Valdés, Assistant Director of Communications and Brand Marketing
Zoey Cadena, Secretary
Stephanie Denning, Brand Marketing, Advertising and Licensing Manager
Mariah Arevalos, Content Strategy Manager
Devin Castillo, Communications Officer
Michelle Casares-Vasquez, Digital Experience Strategy Manager
Denise A. Aguilar, Special Events Manager

The UIW Office of Communications and Brand Marketing (OCM) is responsible for promoting and advancing the image of the University of the Incarnate Word and St. Anthony Catholic High School through advertising, marketing, public relations, publications, social media and special events.

The OCM staff is also responsible for coordinating community events including the annual Light the Way holiday campus lighting celebration, press conferences, and overseeing ad distribution, design and placement.

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Office of Annual Giving

Brandi Moody, Director of Annual Giving
Dorothy Hemphill, Stewardship and Gifts Coordinator

The Annual Giving Office is responsible for conducting fund-raising campaigns and special events to support the Annual Fund for the University of the Incarnate Word.

Monies raised through the Annual Fund help to make up the difference between student tuition (which covers approximately 68%) and the total cost of education at the University of the Incarnate Word. The Annual Fund provides monetary support for student scholarships, academic divisions, library and computer resources, academic and student services, and campus ministry and counseling programs. The Associates Campaign (for gifts of $1,000 or more) is a major program of the Annual Fund.

Another annual event, the Swing-In Golf Tournament and Auction Dinner, also supports scholarships as well as athletic programs and equipment. The Annual Giving Office also coordinates the Annual Employee Campaign and pursues funding for endowed student scholarships and endowed professorial chairs.

Visit the Giving website

Visit the Swing-In website

Visit the Employee Campaign website

Foundation and Corporate Relations Office

Jon Gillespie, Director
Terri Galvin, Administration Assistant/Researcher

This office is responsible for cultivating donor relationships with corporations—local, national and multinational—as well as philanthropic foundations and the federal government. It continually conducts research to determine what opportunities for funding are available from sources and submits proposals and applications accordingly. The office is not only reactive, assisting faculty, staff and administrators in developing and preparing proposals, but it is also proactive, initiating projects and programs and writing the proposals to seek funding for them.

The Foundation and Corporate Relations Office currently is pursuing funding for a variety of projects and programs at Incarnate Word, including renovation and expansion of the Science Hall, Communication Arts technology and scholarships, and several international initiatives in Asia and Central and South America.

Visit the Foundation and Corporate Relations Office website