Institutional Advancement Staff
Institutional Advancement

Joshua D. Merchant, '96
Vice President for Institutional Advancement
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0242
Linda Ohmer
Administrative Assistant to the Vice President of IA
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0446
Advancement Services

Mark Neisler, '94
Director of Advancement Services
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0243
Ellen Yoakam
Records Clerk
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0347
Janell Brown
Records Clark
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0240
Jane Goodrich
Office Clerk
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0347
Alumni Engagement

Elinor Marsh
Executive Director of Alumni Engagement
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0284

Liberty Kyser, '98
Associate Director of Alumni Engagement
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0768

Emma Chervinsky
Assistant Director of College Events
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0247
Karen Eagen
Administrative Secretary
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0448
Annual Giving

Rebecca Kocher
Director of Annual Giving and Parent Engagement
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0565
Maria Gill
Associate Director of Annual Giving
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0410
Gerica Lee
Assistant Director of Annual Giving
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0493
Marketing and Communications
Sarah Briggs
Associate Vice President for Communications
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0244
John Thompson, '02
Associate Vice President for Marketing
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0606
John Perney
Director of Web and Online Communication
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0543
Bobby Lee
Director of News and Sports Information
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0434

Katherine Hibbs
Director of Art and Design
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0736
David Lawrence
Assistant Director of Digital Media Strategy
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0571
Eric Westmoreland
Assistant Director of Web Technology
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0566
Jake Weber
Communications Assistant
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0731
Luann Shepherd
Administrative Secretary
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0445
Development

Marie Ames, '11
Director of Development – Midwest Region
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0208

Scott Draper
Director of Development – Athletics
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0564

Mary O'Neill
Director of Development – East Region
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0829

Anna Coulter
Director of Prospect Management and Research
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0402

Gregg Strand
Associate Director of Corporate, Foundation, and Government Relations
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0510

Brenda Brigham
Administrative Secretary
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Office: Institutional Advancement, 3rd Floor Ferguson
Phone: 517/629-0402