Advancement Operations and Campaign

Elizabeth Powell
Associate Vice Chancellor, Advancement Operations and Campaign
epowell@ucsd.edu | (858) 822-5507

Jennifer Martin
Managing Senior Executive Director, Advancement Central Fundraising Programs
jennifermartin@ucsd.edu | (858) 337-0960

Allison Schneider
Managing Senior Executive Director, Advancement Central Services and Operations
amschneider@ucsd.edu | (858) 246-1614

Christy Bliss Ramos
Executive Director, Donor Experience and Engagement
cmbliss@ucsd.edu | (858) 822-6604

Daric Brummett
Executive Director, Prospect Management/Research, Business Intelligence, Advancement Systems and Data
dbrummett@ucsd.edu | (858) 534-7904

Ashley Garcia
Executive Director of Development, Corporate and Foundation Relations
acgarcia@ucsd.edu | (858) 822-6622

Jason Horger
Managing Director, Advancement and Campaign Communications
jhorger@ucsd.edu | (858) 534-1901

Elise S. Wald
Executive Director of Development, Office of Gift Planning
eswald@ucsd.edu | (858) 534-0911

Advancement and Campaign Communications provides creative support for all areas of Advancement, including writing and editing services, design expertise, strategic consulting and project management to maintain stylistic consistency with campaign branding and ensure the success of our fundraising communications.

Contact:
Jason Horger
jhorger@ucsd.edu | (858) 534-1901

The Advancement Systems and Data team manages ESP, our constituent management system, to ensure information is accurate; collaborates with teams across campus to integrate data with student and payroll systems across campus; and configures ESP.

Contact:
Joel Bingham
jabingham@ucsd.edu | (858) 822-6613

Business Intelligence processes data requests including ad hoc lists and reporting, maintains refreshable reporting, provides prospect modeling to identify the best potential donors, and conducts analysis that improves workflow and serves the unique needs of colleagues across Advancement.

Contact:
Lee Thomsen
dthomsen@ucsd.edu | (858) 822-5216

Our collaborations across the region, across the country, and around the world drive new ideas. UC San Diego’s Corporate Relations team helps businesses cultivate meaningful relationships with our faculty and researchers to drive access to top talent for hire, innovations to solve problems, engaging employees, and garner visibility on our campus.

Corporate Relations website

Contact:
CR@ucsd.edu | (858) 822-2263

Donor Experience and Engagement builds lasting relationships with donors. We coordinate with campus leadership and fundraising units to facilitate stewardship efforts — from events to reports to giving societies — that demonstrate philanthropy’s impact on our campus, our community and our world.

Contact:
Christy Bliss Ramos
cmbliss@ucsd.edu | (858) 822-6604

UC San Diego’s Foundation and Research Relations team builds partnerships with foundations that transform new ideas and innovative projects into long-term solutions. We work with faculty, campus partners and foundation leadership in dynamic ways to benefit our university and the world.

Foundation and Research Relations website

Contact:
FRR@ucsd.edu | (858) 822-0062

The Office of Gift Planning includes experts who can help cement our donors’ legacies. Whether it’s a gift of real estate or a living will, planned gifts spark groundbreaking research and empower the next generation of changemakers.

Gift Planning website

Contact:
giftplanning@ucsd.edu | (858) 534-2249

The Prospect Management and Research team provides accurate constituent biographies and documents efforts to engage potential donors. The research arm assembles relevant information into accessible formats, while the management arm tracks prospect plans and interactions and conducts portfolio optimization.

Contacts:

Prospect Management
Susan Saraiva
ssaraiva@ucsd.edu

Prospect Research
Annabel Ocubillo
aocubillo@ucsd.edu