Division of Advancement & External Relations
The divison of Advancement & External Relations (AER) is comprised of four units: the vice chancellor's office, advancement, alumni engagement & philanthropy, marketing & communications, and marketing & events (e.g. Commencement).
General contact
- Phone: (425) 352-3642
- Physical address:
19128 112th Ave. NE.
Bothell, WA 98011
- Email: uwbnews@uw.edu
- Mailing address: Box 358528
18115 Campus Way NE
Bothell, WA 98011
Vice Chancellor's office
- Phil Akers, Vice Chancellor for AER
- Phone: 425.352.3395
- E-mail: akersp2@uw.edu
- About: About Phil Akers
- Andrea Neubert, Assistant to the Vice Chancellors
- Phone: 425.352.3642
- Email: akneub@uw.edu
Advancement
- Sean Marsh, Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for Advancement & External Relations
- Phone: 425.352.5269
- E-mail: smmarsh@uw.edu
- Keshia Link, Director of Donor Services & Development Operations
- Phone: 425.352.3869
- E-mail: kcaldart@uw.edu
- Concetta Leggio, Volunteer & Donor Services Specialist
- Phone: 425.352.5101
- E-mail: leggic@uw.edu
- John Naumann, Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations
- Phone: 425.352.5182
- E-mail: johnn4@uw
- Victoria Sprang, Associate Director for Advancement, School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
- Phone: 425.352.3716
- E-mail: vsprang@uw.edu
- Julie Klein, Associate Director for Advancement, School of Educational Studies and School of Nursing & Health Studies
- Phone: 425.352.5149
- Email: juliek8@uw.edu
Alumni Engagement & Philanthropy
- General inquires: uwbalumn@uw.edu
- Tiffany Kirk, Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement
- Phone: 425.352.3614
- E-mail: tdk6@uw.edu
- James Anderson, Alumni Engagement & Philanthropy Manager
- Phone: 425.352.5026
- E-mail: jamesa7@uw.edu
Marketing & Communications
- Marie Blakey, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Marketing & Communications
- Phone: 425.352.5149
- E-mail: amblakey@uw.edu
News & Media Relations
- General inquiries: uwbnews@uw.edu
- Maria Lamarca Anderson, Director of Communications
- (mobile) 206.960.3851
- (office) 425.352.5461
- Email: mariala@uw.edu
- Douglas Esser, Communications Specialist
- Phone: 425.352.3845
- E-mail: esserd@uw.edu
Graphic Design
- Paul Huereque, Creative Director
- Phone: 425.352.3216
- E-mail: huereque@uw.edu
- Kristian Gorman, Graphic/Web Designer
- Phone: 425.352.5302
- Email: kgorman@uw.edu
Web Communications & Social Media
- General inquiries: uwbadv@uw.edu
- Laura Mansfield, Director of Digital Communications
- Phone: 425.352.5406
- E-mail: lmans@uw.edu
- Ashley Magdall, Web Support Specialist
- Phone: 425.352.5443
- E-mail: arm29@uw.edu
Marketing & Events (e.g. Commencement)
- Lisa Walker, Director of Ceremonies, Events and Advancement Operations
- Phone: 425.352.3663
- Email: lmwalker@uw.edu
- Jessica Newkirk, Assistant Director for Engagement Events
- Phone: 425.352.3715
- E-mail: jessmn@uw.edu