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Leadership & Administration
Zak Richards
- Chief Development Officer
- College of Natural Sciences
Supported by: Kristi Fontenot
Aaron Koehler
- Senior Operations Manager
- College of Natural Sciences
Kristi Fontenot
- Assistant to the Chief Development Officer
- College of Natural Sciences
Administrative, Calendaring and Travel Support for Zak Richards
Ta-Lung Lin
- Senior Director of Development
- Principal Gifts
- College of Natural Sciences
Supported by: Kristi Fontenot
Donor Advisors
Lisa Barnes
- Associate Director of Development for Major Gifts
- College of Natural Sciences
Supported by: Ethan McBride
Marqez Bimage
- Associate Director of Development
- Major Gifts
- College of Natural Sciences
Supported by: Ethan McBride
Ellen Cantor
- Director of Development
- College of Natural Sciences
- Computer Science
Supported by: Kylie Link
Dean Curran
- Associate Director for Development
- UTeach
- College of Natural Sciences
Stephanie Del Toro
- Director of Development
- College of Natural Sciences
- Wildflower Center
Maggie Gilburg
- Director of Development
- Texas Science & Natural History Musuem
- College of Natural Sciences
Supported by: Kristi Fontenot
April Hampton-Perez
- Executive Director Gift & Estate Planning
- College of Natural Sciences
Keary Kinch
- Director of Development
- College of Natural Sciences
- Astronomy
- McDonald Observatory
Zach Lawrence
- Director of Development
- Major Gifts
- College of Natural Sciences
Supported by: Ethan McBride
Cheyenne Moore
- Assistant Director of Development
- College of Natural Sciences
- Wildflower Center
Supported by: Ceros Mulgaonker
John Scibek
- Director of Gift & Estate Planning
- College of Natural Sciences
Donor Engagement
Monika Goldschmidt
- Director of Development
- Donor Engagement
- College of Natural Sciences
Donor Stewardship
Alexandra (Alex) Cadena
- Stewardship Coordinator
- College of Natural Sciences
Niloufar Iravani
- Assistant Director
- Stewardship
- College of Natural Sciences
Frontline Support Team
Ethan McBride
- Development Associate
- Frontline Support
- College of Natural Sciences
Supports Donor Advisors: Lisa Barnes, Marqez Bimage and Zach Lawrence