Donald R. Gray, Conference Co-Chair
Retired Vice President, University of Wisconsin Foundation
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Donald Gray recently retired as 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 is a native of Ohio and has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a doctorate in chemistry.

Douglas G. Stewart, Conference Co-Chair
Senior Consultant
Co-Leader Health Sciences Practice Group
Marts & Lundy

Doug Stewart is well known as a teacher, consultant and leader in the development field. After more than 20 years leading and managing major development programs, he recently joined the national consulting firm Marts & Lundy, where he serves a variety of institutions with strategic counsel for campaigns and advancement programs. He is a member of Marts & Lundy’s higher education practice group and leader of the firm’s health sciences practice group.

Prior to joining Marts & Lundy earlier this year, Stewart served from 2004 to 2009 as associate vice president for medical development and alumni affairs at Stanford University. As such he was the chief advancement officer for the Stanford School of Medicine and Stanford Hospital & Clinics, and part of the leadership team for the university’s $4.3 billion comprehensive campaign, The Stanford Challenge. Previously he was at the University of California, San Francisco for 10 years, where he served as executive director of university development and vice president of the UCSF Foundation; he was also the director of UCSF’s $1.4 billion comprehensive campaign from start to finish. He previously held senior development positions at UCLA; the California Academy of Mathematics and Science; and his alma mater, California State University, Fullerton.

As a volunteer, Stewart has chaired or co-chaired more than two dozen “Development for Deans” conferences for CASE, training thousands of deans and development professionals in the principles and practices of fundraising. Additionally, he has conducted workshops, retreats and training programs at more than 30 campuses throughout the United States and Canada. A classically trained pianist who is badly out of practice, he has served as president of The Sinfonia Foundation and as vice president of the Association of California Symphony Orchestras. He currently serves as board vice president of a charity hospital in the remote rainforest of Guatemala, and for his vacations he assists in the operating room there, where he sees philanthropy from a very different perspective.

Penelepe Hunt
Vice Chancellor for Development
University of Illinois at Chicago

Penelepe Hunt is a professional fundraiser, trainer, management consultant and executive coach, with over twenty years of experience in the development field. As vice chancellor for development, she is the chief development officer for the University of Illinois at Chicago. She heads a comprehensive program that includes seventeen schools and units, including the university hospital, and a central development office. Since she arrived at UIC in 2004, she has instituted a monthly deans’ training program, led the colleges and units in a development assessment and planning program and spearheaded the campus’ preparations for its $650 million campaign.

Prior to joining UIC, Hunt spent thirteen years at Northwestern University, where she directed the university’s $1.5 billion comprehensive campaign. While directing the campaign, she also managed the major gift operations of seven schools and the university art museum. In previous assignments at Northwestern, she directed the Campaign for Scholarships and managed the university annual giving program.

Before joining Northwestern, she was director of development for the Des Moines Art Center and has been acting director of development for the Illinois Arts Alliance and director of annual giving for Pomona College.

In her private consulting practice, Hunt specializes in training, executive coaching and professional development for boards, presidents, deans and other senior leaders, and development staff. Recent clients include the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, the University of New Mexico, Syracuse University and Southeast Missouri State University. She serves as a principal with the Woolbright Group, a development consulting firm. She is a frequent faculty member for CASE, and has been awarded the Crystal Apple for excellence in teaching.

Hunt earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Pomona College, and a master’s in business administration degree with distinction from the Kellogg School at Northwestern.

Edward J. Kvet
Provost & Vice President, 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 in Ohio, and in the Wyoming and Finneytown public school districts, also in Ohio. Kvet currently serves as a featured speaker at fundraising seminars sponsored by CASE, as a fundraising consultant to numerous colleges and universities and was awarded CASE’s Crystal Apple Award for outstanding teaching. He serves as 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 numerous 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 degree from Baldwin-Wallace College and master's and doctoral degrees in music education from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music.

Workshop Presenter

Susan Peterson
Founder and CEO
The Communication Center®

Susan Peterson is president of The Communication Center®, a company specializing in training, coaching and strategic counseling for media interviews, speeches, presentations and crisis situations. In addition to working with executives from Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits and government agencies, The Communication Center® specializes in the educational segment with clients such as Dartmouth College and the Tuck School of Business, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, University of Michigan, University of Notre Dame, Rice University and Babson College.

A talented and dynamic communicator, Peterson draws from her media experiences to enhance the communication management skills of her clients around the world. She established The Communication Center® in 1983 after a decade as a network television correspondent for CBS and NBC News. Based in London for six years as CBS's first female foreign correspondent, she covered political and economic events in Europe and the Middle East.

She presently serves as the Chair for the Board of Trustees for her alma mater, Wayland Academy, a college prep school. She is the first female chair in 153 years and has also served as the chair of Wayland's Sesquicentennial Celebration Committee. She is a board member and past chair of the Center for Women's Business Research, a leadership and research organization formerly known as the National Foundation for Women Business Owners. For five years Peterson was a bank director for Century National Bank, now United Bank, and is a member of Leadership Greater Washington, a prominent organization of leaders in the region.

She earned her undergraduate degree in creative writing and English literature at Denison University. She later attended and is certified by the Owner/President Management Program (OPM) at Harvard University's Graduate School of Business Administration.

Stories about The Communication Center/Susan Peterson Productions have appeared in such publications as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, Investors Business Daily, Vital Speeches of the Day and Working Woman magazine.

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