Conference Co-Chairs

Donald R. Gray
Retired Vice President
University of Wisconsin Foundation

Donald Gray is the retired vice president at the University of Wisconsin Foundation, where he was one of a team responsible for guiding the university's $1.5 billion "Create the Future" campaign.

Previously, he was responsible for overseeing the development programs for most of the professional schools and colleges at the university, including medicine, law, business, nursing, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, the graduate school and the hospital.

At various times in his life, he has been a Peace Corps Volunteer in Africa (Malawi and Lesotho), a research chemist, an associate professor of chemistry and the dean of the two-year University of Wisconsin Campus in Richland Center. He has been a frequent speaker for CASE and has served on the faculty or chaired national conferences, earning CASE's Crystal Apple Award for outstanding teaching. He was recognized for his service to the profession by the Institute for Charitable Giving when he was awarded their 1997 Major Gift Laureate for Lifetime Achievement.

Gray has a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a doctorate in chemistry.

Douglas G. Stewart
Principal
Marts & Lundy, Inc.

Douglas G. Stewart is a principal with the consulting firm of Marts & Lundy. He serves a variety of clients throughout the United States and Canada on development management issues and campaign planning and execution. Over the past 15 years Stewart has become well known as a speaker, training more than 5,000 deans, faculty members, volunteers and staff in the principles and practice of philanthropy.

Before joining Marts & Lundy in 2009, Stewart served as associate vice president for medical development and alumni affairs at Stanford University. As such, he was the chief development officer for the Stanford School of Medicine and for Stanford Hospital & Clinics, and part of the leadership team for the university's $4.3 billion comprehensive campaign. Prior to Stanford, he spent 10 years at the University of California, San Francisco, as executive director of development and vice president of the UCSF Foundation; he also served as campaign director for UCSF's $1.4 billion comprehensive campaign from its initial planning through its successful completion. He previously held senior advancement positions at UCLA, the California Academy of Mathematics and Science, and his alma mater, California State University, Fullerton.

Stewart serves on the board of a charity hospital in rural Guatemala, where he sometimes assists visiting surgical teams, giving him a very different perspective on philanthropy and volunteerism. He is a classically trained pianist but no longer has (or makes) time to practice.

Faculty

Edward J. Kvet
Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs
Loyola University New Orleans

Edward J. Kvet was appointed provost and vice president of academic affairs at Loyola University New Orleans in 2008, after serving for eight years as dean of the College of Music and Fine Arts. He previously served for eight years as director of the School of Music at Central Michigan University. Earlier in his career he was coordinator of music education and associate dean at Loyola University New Orleans.

He has also taught at the University of Cincinnati, Edgecliff College, and in the Wyoming and Finneytown public school districts in Ohio. Kvet currently is a featured speaker at fundraising seminars sponsored by CASE, serves as a fundraising consultant to numerous colleges and universities, and was awarded the CASE Crystal Apple Award for outstanding teaching. He is a member of the Commission on Accreditation for the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) and has held other elective offices for NASM, the Ohio Music Education Association, Louisiana Music Educators Association and as president of the Michigan Music Educators Association. He has presented workshops and clinic sessions for public school districts and state arts organizations and at national, regional and state meetings of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC) and NASM.

Kvet is the author of numerous publications, including Instructional Literature for Middle-Level Bands, Strategies for Teaching Beginning and Intermediate Band, Grades 5-8 and Strategies for Teaching High School Band, all designed to assist public school educators in implementing the National Standards in Music Education.

He holds a bachelor's degree in music education from Baldwin-Wallace College and master's and doctoral degrees in music education from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music.

Guest Speakers

Jeff Jackanicz
Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations
University of California, Berkeley

Jeff Jackanicz is director of corporate and foundation relations at the University of California, Berkeley. He joined University Relations in 2003 as an associate director of corporate and foundation relations and has been serving in his current role since 2007. In this capacity, he represents broad campus priorities with the goal of developing and strengthening strategic partnerships and alliances with local, national and international corporations and foundations. He is chair of the leadership committee for CASE's 2010 Conference for Corporate and Foundation Relations Officers.

Prior to coming to Berkeley, he worked as a senior learning strategist for DigitalThink (now Convergys), a leading provider of corporate learning solutions. His additional professional experience includes fundraising for several nonprofit organizations and teaching as part of Teach for America.

He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago and a doctorate in English from the University of Texas, Austin.

Kwang-Wu Kim
Dean, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Arizona State University

Dayle Matchett
Director of Development, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Arizona State University

Laure O'Neal
Regional Major Gifts Officer
Arizona State University Foundation

Chong Porter
Assistant Dean/Development Director, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Arizona State University Foundation

This faculty member has earned a CASE Crystal Apple award in recognition of excellence in teaching at 10 or more conferences, workshops, and institutes.