Staff Directory
Please find information for our senior and development staff below. If you wish to contact a staff member not listed here, please call our main line to be connected.
Leadership Team
Kate Azizi
President
Carolanne Wipfli
Vice President of Development
Tara Sims
Vice President of Finance & Chief Financial Officer
Leslie Constans
Associate Vice President of Donor Relations
Caitlin Cairncross
Assistant Vice President of Human Resources
Maureen Heintz
Assistant Vice President of Advancement Services
President’s Office
Anahita Modaresi
Chief Strategy Advisor
Julian Pullings
Senior Program Manager
Development Staff
Doernbecher Children’s Hospital
Sarah Larson
Assistant Vice President of Development
Katie Mayer
Senior Development Program Manager
Sasha Steiner
Managing Senior Director of Development
Mallory Tyler
Managing Sr. Director of Development
Julie Wojciechowski
Associate Director of Development
Doernbecher Community Programs
Christina Carl
Assistant Director of Development
Lindsey Klinger
Managing Director of Development, Community Programs
Christina Morisato
Assistant Director of Development, Community Programs
Chloe Lynch
Community Engagement Manager
Knight Cancer and Knight Cardiovascular Institutes
Joanna Ehlers
Assistant Vice President Development – Knight Cancer Institute
Chelsea Benedict
Managing Senior Director of Development
Lisa Nolen
Associate Director of Development
Maryam Anbari
Development Program Manager
Jess McHargue
Development Specialist
Principal Gifts, Corporate and Foundation Relations
Amanda Horton
Associate Vice President of Development
Cathy Kemmerer
Senior Director of Strategic Foundation Partnerships
Shane Jimenez
Director of Foundation Relations
Juli Bailey
Director of Compliance and Strategy, Corporate & Foundation Relations
Julia Schumacher
Associate Director of Foundation Relations
Gina Ostby
Senior Director of Principal Gift Strategy & Implementation
Melissa Krzeminski
Managing Senior Director of Development, Foundation Relations
Will Zwikelmaier
Senior Director of Development, Corporate Engagement
Caitlin Wilson
Senior Director of Principal Gift Strategy
Tim Coffey
Senior Director of Principal Gifts
Liz Arrington
Senior Director of Development
Schools and Programs
Maddy Abulencia
Assistant Vice President of Development, Schools and Programs
Jamie Brown
Managing Senior Director of Development
Christine Liu
Associate Director of Development
Teri Patapoff
Director of Development
Ashley Buchanan
Senior Program Manager
Katie Ramsey
Associate Director of Development
Discovery and Annual Giving
Tanya Sloan
Assistant Vice President of Development
Sierra Smith
Director of Development
Melissa Maxwell
Managing Senior Director of Annual Giving
Gift Planning
Rochelle Makela-Goodman
Assistant Vice President of Gift Planning
Betzy Fry
Senior Philanthropic Advisor
Michelle Young
Senior Gift Planning Program Manager
Mara Hussey
Gift Planning Program Manager
Alumni Engagement
Craig Swinyard
Assistant Vice President of Alumni Engagement
Mark Kemball
Senior Director of Alumni Engagement
Anna Horlacher
Managing Director of Alumni Engagement
Nataly Paoli
Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement
Grace Alexander
Associate Director of Alumni Engagement
Gibbs Won
Program Manager, Alumni Engagement
