
- Katie Ladas
- Assistant Vice President, Alumni Engagement
- kladas@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6315

- Liz Pech
- Administrative Coordinator, Alumni Engagement
- Supports Assistant Vice President and Engagement team, student worker management
- epech@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6261
Alumni Engagement

- Catie Gardner
- Director, Alumni Engagement
- Oversees alumni engagement strategy, oversees all reunion programming, Staffs reunion committees including the 50th, affinity engagement including alumni of color and Scots Pride, alumni engagement communications strategy, Lifelong learning
- cgardne1@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6189

- Neely Heubach ’06
- Associate Director, Alumni Engagement
- Student and young alumni engagement, volunteer management tools and training, data strategy, reunion committee staffing, and recruitment, supervision of reunion student workers, survey liaison, engagement social media
- nheubach@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6209

- Toni Phelan
- Associate Director, Alumni & Parent Engagement/Career Exploration
- Initiatives & programs at the intersection of Alumni Engagement & Career Exploration, including the Alumni Board MCSquared working group, career pathways engagement opportunities for alumni & parents, reunion committee staffing
- aphelan@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6289

- Erin M. Updike
- Associate Director, Alumni Engagement
- Regional and international chapters, Mac In Your City, Big Questions events, Athletics engagement work, including the Alumni Board Athletics working group, reunion committee staffing
- eupdike@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6079

- Elice Brunnette
- Assistant Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement
- ebrunnet@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6540
Macalester Fund

- Eva Timmons
- Director, Macalester Fund
- Team collaboration and planning, overall strategy, revenue strategy, cross-departmental and cross-campus partnerships, staff management
- etimmons@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6876

- Elizabeth Boyer
- Senior Associate Director, Macalester Fund
- Staff management, alumni donor strategy, Class Agent program oversight and strategy, Class Agent management (1957-2005), reunion gift program oversight and strategy
- eboyer1@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6784

- Erica Solomon ’13
- Associate Director of Leadership Giving, Macalester Fund
- Leadership giving portfolio, Grand Society Agent management, reunion leadership gifts strategy and coordination, 25th Reunion gift management, Grand Society program management
- esolomon@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6982

- Tony Saputo-Swanson
- Associate Director of Parent Philanthropy & Engagement, Macalester Fund
- Parent engagement strategy, staff liaison to the Macalester Parent Council, parent leadership portfolio and parent volunteer program management
- tsaputos@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6981

- Jeanette Beger
- Associate Director, Macalester Fund
- Macalester Fund communications strategy and management, Engagement communications coordination, Macalester Fund stewardship strategy, and management Give to Macalester Day project management
- jbeger@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6999

- Kaitlyn M.L. Broback
- Assistant Director, Macalester Fund
- Young Grand Society portfolio, Young Grand Society program management, Young Grand Society Agent management, Class Agents (2006-2016), reunion class gift management
- kbroback@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6037

- Cole Yates ’18
- Assistant Director, Macalester Fund
- Outreach Center oversight and strategy, Outreach Center student worker management, Class Agent management (2017-2019), donor acquisition strategy
- cyates@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6985

- Laurel Kriesel-Bigler ’20
- Pay It Forward Fellow, Macalester Fund
- Campus philanthropy strategy and coordination, student worker management, Senior Class Gift Agent management
- lkriese1@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6099
Special Events

- Kate Frampton
- Director, Special Events
- Event strategy lead; Presidential and Trustee events; major campus events; high profile rental event consultant; Commencement Oversight Committee Co-Chair; reunion event strategy; Bon App catering liaison; events relationship management
- kframpto@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6067
- Andi Wulff
- Associate Director, Special Events
- Campus-wide event consultation; Provost, Presidential, and Advancement event support; reunion logistics strategy; Entertainment Committee Chair; student worker management; events inventory management
- wulff@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6083

- Lisa Ziemba
- Associate Director, Special Events
- Engagement and alumni events; lifelong learning event logistics and strategy; regional event support; staffs Golden Scots reunion committees; Alumni Board logistics support; event system strategies and resource management; Engagement’s Slate captain; event website work
- lziemba@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6980

- Hannah Mitchell
- Associate, Special Events
- Campaign event logistics lead (local and national); task force meetings support; oversees reunion registration; Engagement and alumni events support; campus event support as needed
- hmitche1@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6894