Pam Russell
director of communications
CASE
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russell@case.org

For Immediate Release
July 20, 2012

CASE Appoints Senior Leaders of Educational Institutions to Three Commissions

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Council for Advancement and Support of Education has appointed 13 new members to its professional commissions on alumni relations, communications and marketing, and philanthropy.

Each commission—the Commission on Alumni Relations, the Commission on Communications and Marketing, and the Commission on Philanthropy—has 17 members. The new commissioners, who will serve a three-year term, are as follows:

Commission on Alumni Relations

• Donna Arbide, executive director of the alumni association and associate vice president of alumni relations and the annual fund, University of Miami
• David Flinchbaugh, assistant dean of development and alumni relations for the School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore
• Porter Garner, president and chief executive officer of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University
• Michele Nota, executive director of alumni relations, University of Rhode Island

Commission on Communications and Marketing

• Gordon Arbeau, director of public and community relations, McMaster University
• Michael Barzacchini, director of marketing services, Harper College
• Lauren Brookey, vice president of external affairs, Tulsa Community College
• Holly Houk Cullen, assistant vice chancellor for university relations, Louisiana State University
• Diane Doyne, associate vice president of public relations, marketing and advertising, Columbia College Chicago

Commission on Philanthropy

• Matthew Eynon, associate vice president of capital giving, Boston College
• Myra Garcia, vice president for institutional advancement, Wagner College
• Lisa McClatchy, assistant vice president of development and campaign director, University of Pennsylvania
• Marc Weinstein, vice principal of development and alumni relations, McGill University

About CASE

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education is a professional association serving educational institutions and the advancement professionals who work on their behalf in alumni relations, communications, development, marketing and allied areas.

CASE was founded in 1974 and maintains headquarters in Washington, D.C., with offices in London (CASE Europe, 1994), Singapore (CASE Asia-Pacific, 2007) and Mexico City (CASE América Latina, 2011).

Today, CASE’s membership includes more than 3,600 colleges and universities, primary and secondary independent and international schools, and nonprofit organizations in 76 countries around the globe. This makes CASE one of the world’s largest nonprofit educational associations in terms of institutional membership. CASE serves more than 70,000 advancement professionals on the staffs of its member institutions and has more than 17,000 professional members on its roster.

To fulfill their missions and to meet both individual and societal needs, colleges, universities and independent schools rely on—and therefore must foster—the good will, active involvement, informed advocacy and enduring support of alumni, donors, prospective students, parents, government officials, community leaders, corporate executives, foundation officers and other external constituencies.

CASE helps its members build stronger relationships with all of these constituencies by providing relevant research, supporting growth in the profession and fostering support of education. CASE also offers a variety of advancement products and services, provides standards and an ethical framework for the profession and works with other organizations to respond to public issues of concern while promoting the importance of education worldwide.

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