We’re excited to welcome Drew Hoisington to UAB Advancement as Assistant Manager of Annual Giving for Athletics. In this role, Drew will manage a portfolio of 200 donors while assisting in retention and growth of the UAB Athletics Annual Fund.

We’re so excited to welcome Megan Muzer to UAB Advancement as a Regional Giving Specialist. In this role, she will build relationships with UAB Alumni across the region with the goal of connecting them to the university and highlighting ways to give to UAB.

We’re excited to welcome Matthew Porter to UAB Advancement as a Project Manager II to the Office of the Provost and Office of Student Affairs. In this role, Matthew will work on special projects, identify giving opportunities and potential donor groups and help track constituent engagement.

Congratulations to Tori Akins who recently accepted the position of Assistant Manager for the Grateful Patient Program. As Grateful Patient Assistant Manager, Tori will provide development officers with quality grateful patient suspects and manage pre-qualification moves for the Grateful Patient Program. She will also assist in key performance indicator reporting.

We are excited to share that Katie McDowell has been promoted to Executive Director of Advancement Communications and Donor Relations.

We’re excited to welcome Emily Bridges to UAB Advancement as the Stewardship Manager for Donor Relations. In this role, Emily will oversee stewardship efforts for UAB's top-level donors, including corporations and foundations and individuals with significant and complex giving history. Her responsibilities for these donors will include annual impact reports, major gift acknowledgments and digital stewardship, such as ThankView.

We’re thrilled to welcome Cy Leffingwell to UAB Advancement. Cy is joining us as an Alumni Officer for Engagement for the Alumni Affairs team. In this role, he will coordinate the UAB National Alumni Society scholarship program, organize events to facilitate student involvement, and advise and manage the Future Blazer Alumni program and Young Alumni Council.

We’re excited to welcome Mary Katherine Smyth to UAB Advancement as a University Events Specialist. In this role, she will plan events hosted by the Department of Surgery and the Heersink School of Medicine Dean's office.

We are excited to welcome Ariana Jackson to UAB Advancement as a Data Analyst for Alumni Affairs.

Congratulations to Freddie Mullins who recently accepted the position of Program Manager I.

We are excited to share that Beau Bowden has been promoted to Program Director II for Corporations and Foundations.

We are excited to welcome DeShunn Wilkerson to UAB Advancement as a Development Coordinator for the Heersink School of Medicine Development.