Penn Dental Medicine Alumni Relations, Development |
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November 18, 2014, Volume 61, No. 14 |
Penn Dental Medicine (PDM) is continuing to build its Office of Development and Alumni Relations, welcoming Liz Ketterlinus to the new post of Senior Associate Dean of Development & Alumni Relations on October 20. In this new leadership role, Ms. Ketterlinus is responsible for the overall conceptualization, planning and execution of a coordinated program of private source fundraising, alumni relations and communications for Penn Dental Medicine, supervising a staff of six.
Ms. Ketterlinus came to Penn Dental Medicine from the Rutgers Biomedical Health Science/Rutgers University Foundation, where she served as interim vice president. Over the past eight years, she was also the associate vice president of the Rutgers University Foundation and the vice president of the Foundation of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/New Jersey Health Foundation. Ms. Ketterlinus has also held leadership positions within development at Montgomery Hospital, Gwynedd-Mercy College, Drexel University and Georgetown University Medical Center. She holds a BS in development economics as well as an MA in Russian area studies: Soviet economics from Georgetown.
“I am delighted to join the Penn Dental Medicine team at this time of transformation,” said Ms. Ketterlinus. “There is a wonderful legacy of philanthropy in place. Our department intends to build upon this to help PDM shape the future of dental education, research and care.”
As part of the growth within the Office of Development and Alumni Relations, Maren Gaughan has been named Associate Dean for Leadership Giving. In this new role, Ms. Gaughan, who has been with Penn Dental Medicine since 2010, is responsible for the creation and management of the leadership and major gift prospect pool at the school.
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