Position: Vice President of College Relations
Contact: PhilipBrach@bac.edu | 704-461-5073

Philip Brach oversees the College Relations office. This includes the strategic and operational direction of philanthropic programs from individual giving to major gifts. Additionally, the office coordinates all external relationships for the college, including alumni, parents, friends, business, and community leaders.

Position: Associate Vice President of Development
Contact: andrewbrowne@bac.edu | 704-461-6731

To mark the Belmont Abbey College’s 150 year anniversary, Andrew oversees the capital campaign strategy. In working with departments across campus, Andrew identifies the needs of the college and works with outside partners to craft communications of these needs to the broader community.

Andrew also oversees prospect research, the strategy for parent relations, and numerous volunteer boards that are created for specific departments.

Position: Associate Vice President of Administration
Contact: samanthadonohue@bac.edu | 704-461-6853

Samantha leads the operations team in the College Relations Office by overseeing communications, events, database management, gift acceptance, stewardship, alumni relations, individual giving, and donor acquisition.

Position: Executive Director of Major Gifts
Contact: chrisegan@bac.edu | 704-461-6571

Chris Egan is responsible for keeping alumni and benefactors engaged with the College, and securing financial resources to further the mission of the College. Chris travels extensively to meet with alumni across the country.

Position: Senior Associate Vice President for Strategic Initiatives
Contact: AugustaGladd@bac.edu | 704-860-6739

Augusta L. Gladd ’91 has returned to the Abbey leading the major gifts program and developing strategic philanthropic opportunities for advancing the College’s mission with alumni, parents, friends, and other community leaders.

Position: Director of Development Services
Contact: gifts@bac.edu | 704-461-6204

Liam manages the efficiency of technology tools used by the College Relations Office. He serves as the database administrator, ensuring that all data entered in our CRM meets all the requires standards to provide accurate and reliable information and reporting. In his role, Liam is responsible for supporting the College Relations initiatives with accurate usable data and performance reports.

Liam reviews the processing of all donations and in-kind gifts for Belmont Abbey College including ensuring the tax-receipt and stewardship process is conducted in an accurate, timely manner.

Position: Executive Assistant to the Vice President of College Relations
Contact: jennyryan@bac.edu | 704-709-1097

Jenny provides organizational and clerical support for the Vice President of College Relations. This includes organizing information, data entry, scheduling appointments, proofreading, receiving guests and more.

Position: Parent and Reunion Giving Manager
Contact: angelasaunders@bac.edu | 704-461-7654

Angela is responsible for building relationships with parents and the management of the Parent Council, a group of committed parents who financially support the school with a gift of $5,000 annually. Angela also manages reunion year giving initiatives.

Position: Director of Communications
Contact: lauraschaffer@bac.edu | 704-461-5016

Laura is responsible for developing and leading the execution of an integrated, multimedia communication and marketing strategies for the Office of College Relations. Collaborating with all the departments on campus, Laura crafts alumni and donor communications such as our Alumni Magazine, Crossroads, our monthly Abbey Lane Update email to alumni, weekly communications, and our online resources such as our free online courses and eBooks.

If you have news to share with the Abbey Community, contact Laura!

Position: Corporations and Foundations Relations Director
Contact: debrawindley@bac.edu | 980-329-1310

In this role, Debbie is responsible for creating new levels of philanthropic support from corporations, area companies and foundations as well as deepening the engagement with our existing corporate and foundation partners to advance key areas of growth for the college.