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

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.

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 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.