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, JD- Executive Vice President, External Affairs
- 503-493-6207
- gwithers@cu-portland.edu
Kevin Matheny, CFRE- Chief Development Officer
- 503-493-6521
- kmatheny@cu-portland.edu
Development
Mike Madison- Development Officer
- 503-493-6573
- mmadison@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
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Cheryl Hall Franceschi, CFRE - Development Officer
- 503-493-6572
- cfranceschi@cu-portland.edu
Jennifer Mains- Development Officer
- 503-493-6597
- jmains@cu-portland.edu
- Joyce Fleming
- Executive Assistant, Chief Development Officer
- 503-280-8505
- jfleming@cu-portland.edu
Brooke Krystosek- Director of Alumni & Parent Relations
- 503-493-6454
- bkrystosek@cu-portland.edu
- Trish Turchiarolo-Vanoni
- Director of University Special Events
- 503-280-8150
- tvanoni@cu-portland.edu
- Brittany Willis
- Assistant to Director of University Special Events/Director of Alumni & Parent Relations
- 503-493-6579
- briwillis@cu-portland.edu
Jim Pressnell- Director of Church Relations
503-493-6574 - jpressnell@cu-portland.edu
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
- Sandra Martin-Boehm
- Director of Advancement Services
- 503.493.6459
- samartin@cu-portland.edu
- Scott Stauffer
- Assistant Director, Advancement Services
- 503-493-6571
- scstauffer@cu-portland.edu
- Linda James
- Executive Assistant, Office of the President
- 503-493-6456
- lijames@cu-portland.edu
- Jason Hagen
- Executive Coordinator, Office of the President
- 503-493-6532
- jhagen@cu-portland.edu