Staff and Board Members
The Concordia University Foundation staff handles all advancement of Concordia University, including fundraising, alumni, parent, and church relations, marketing, external relations, and all gift management. To contact a member of the Foundation staff, please send an email or call the appropriate person listed below. Not sure to whom you need to speak? Call our main office at 503-280-8505 or 1-800-752-4736 and we’ll direct your call.
- Gary Withers
- Executive Vice President, External Affairs
- 503-493-6207
- gwithers@cu-portland.edu
- Kevin Matheny
- Chief Development Officer
- 503-493-6521
- kmatheny@cu-portland.edu
Development
- Mike Madison
- Associate Director of Development
- 503-493-6573
- mmadison@cu-portland.edu
- James Harbolt
- Sr. Director of Planned Giving
- 503-493-6455
- jharbolt@cu-portland.edu
- Jill Murray
- Director of Foundation and Corporate Relations
- 503-493-6497
- jmurray@cu-portland.edu
- Kelly O'Gara
- Annual Giving Director
- 503-493-6282
- kogara@cu-portland.edu
- Leslie Aaron
- Development Officer/Special Campaigns
- 503-493-6289
- laaron@cu-portland.edu
- Erinn DeGroot
- Development Associate
- 503-493-6572
- edegroot@cu-portland.edu
- Julie Howe
- Administrative Assistant, Church Relations and Development
- 503-493-6571
- jhowe@cu-portland.edu
Alumni and Parent Relations
- Brooke Krystosek
- Director of Alumni & Parent Relations
- 503-493-6454
- bkrystosek@cu-portland.edu
- Mark Deuel
- Administrative Assistant - Alumni, Parent and Donor Relations
- 503-493-6579
- mdeuel@cu-portland.edu
Church Relations
- Jim Pressnell
- Director of Church Relations
503-493-6574 - jpressnell@cu-portland.edu
Marketing and Communications
- Madeline Turnock
- Director of Marketing and Communications
- 503-280-8550
- mturnock@cu-portland.edu
- Chris Dodge
- Communications Manager
- 503-493-6495
- cdodge@cu-portland.edu
- Dana Thomas
- Director of Web Communications
- 503-493-6594
- dthomas@cu-portland.edu
- Katrina Dinges
- Graphic Designer
- 503-493-6520
- kdinges@cu-portland.edu
- Pema Choephel
- Web Developer
- 503-493-6490
- pchoephel@cu-portland.edu
Advancement Services
- Trish Turchiarolo-Vanoni
- Donor Relations, Event Manager
- 503-280-8150
- tvanoni@cu-portland.edu
- Sandra Martin-Boehm
- Director of Advancement Services
- 503.493.6459
- samartin@cu-portland.edu
- Scott Stauffer
- Adminstrative Assistant, Advancement Services
- 503-280-8505
- scstauffer@cu-portland.edu
Office of the President
- Linda James
- Executive Assistant, Office of the President
- 503-493-6456
- lijames@cu-portland.edu
- Jason Hagen
- Administrative Assistant, Office of the President
- 503-493-6532
- jhagen@cu-portland.edu