Staff Directory – Advancement

Michigan Engineering Homecoming Weekend - Reconnect with old classmates and faculty, chat with student teams, and cheer on Michigan to victory!
Michigan Engineering Creative Community Fund provides a targeted resource to support student programs and activities that inspire new ways of thinking. This includes the College’s nearly 100 student teams and organizations, opportunities for every undergraduate to have an international educational experience and outreach efforts such as helping high-school robotics teams at the Michigan Engineering Zone in Detroit. Together we can change the world!
Sunrise at Mcity Test Facility on August 2, 2018 on North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. MCity is the world's first controlled environment designed for the testing of autonomous vehicles that communicate with each other.
The Victors for Michigan campaign will be transformational—for Michigan Engineering, but more important, for those touched by our work. It will enable us to redefine the student experience, to elevate our role as a catalyst of entrepreneurship and economic development, and to conduct breakthrough research to solve some of the world’s major challenges.

Robert H. Lurie Engineering Center
1221 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2102

Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Advancement staff are currently working remotely due to COVID

Fax: (734) 647-7045

Mike Drake
Interim Executive Director

Phone: (734) 647-7044
Email: madrake@umich.edu

Fax: (734) 647-7045

Doug Dubin Regional Director, Michigan and Ohio Regions	Phone: (734) 763-2992 Email: ddubin@umich.edu	Assistant: Colleen Pierce
Erica Hamann Regional Director, Bay Area	Phone: (734) 647-7097 Email: ehamann@umich.edu	Assistant: Colleen Pierce
Adrianne Miller Regional Director, Southeastern States	Phone: (734) 647-7036 Email: adrianmi@umich.edu	Assistant: Lisa Richardson
Amanda Nephew Senior Research Development Assistant	Phone: (734) 647-7032 Email: anephew@umich.edu
Bob Pierce Regional Director, Northeastern States	Phone: (734) 764-7581 Email: rbpierce@umich.edu	Assistant: Colleen Pierce
Andy Steinhoff Regional Director, Southwestern States	Phone: (734) 647-7050 Email: asteinho@umich.edu	Assistant: Lisa Richardson

Fax: (734) 647-7045

Melanie Zauel Senior Director of Advancement	Phone: (734) 647-7093 Email: mzauel@umich.edu	Assistant: Lisa Richardson
Julie Christofferson Senior Stewardship Officer	Phone: (734) 647-703 Email: jmchris@umich.edu
Amber Connell Associate Director of Annual Giving	Phone: (734) 764-8288 Email: amconnel@umich.edu
Amanda Dempsey Department Major Giving Associate	Phone: (734) 764-0868 Email: aslaybau@umich.edu	Assistant: Colleen Pierce
Hannah McKenley Associate Stewardship Officer	Phone: (734) 936-0948 Email: hemcken@umich.edu

December Therrien Operations Manager	Phone: (734) 647-7042 Email: dtherr@umich.edu	Fax: (734) 615-1359
Kim Joffe Business Systems Analyst	Phone: (734) 615-1591 Email: kimlewis@umich.edu	Fax: (734) 615-1359
Colleen Pierce Sr. Administrative Assistant	Phone: (734) 647-7040 Email: piercecp@umich.edu	Fax: (734) 647-7045
Lisa Richardson Executive Assistant	Phone: (734) 647-7049 Email: lisarich@umich.edu	Fax: (734) 647-7045
Betsey VanOrnum Data Reporting Specialist	Phone: (734) 764-1715 Email: betsey@umich.edu	Fax: (734) 647-7045
Tiffanny Walsh Gifts and Reporting Assistant	Phone: (734) 647-7043 Email: tiffanny@umich.edu	Fax: (734) 615-1359

Fax: (734) 647-7045

Mike Drake Executive Director of Research	Phone: (734) 647-7044 Email: madrake@umich.edu	Assistant: Lisa Richardson
Gregory Johnson Associate Director, Corporate & Foundation Relations	Phone: (734) 647-9056 Email: gregorjo@umich.edu
Theresa Lempka Director, Corporate & Foundation Relations	Phone: (734) 647-2945 Email: tlempka@umich.edu
Christine Muchanic Director, International Relations	Phone: (734) 647-1644 Email: muchanic@umich.edu	Assistant: Colleen Pierce
Joanne Navarre Academic/Research Program Officer	Phone: (734) 647-1579 Email: mjnavarr@umich.edu
Richard Vanden Heuvel Director, Research Development	Phone: (734) 647-7030 Email: hoovervh@umich.edu

Send updates to Lisa Richardson at lisarich@umich.edu