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The Office of Institutional Advancement
Meet Our Staff
Institutional Advancement is comprised of the Office of the Vice President for Institutional Advancement, as well as the offices of marketing & communications, leadership gifts, events & donor relations, prospect management & stewardship, and development and alumni affairs. The Salem State College Foundation staff work in conjunction with institutional advancement to provide the best services possible to our constituencies.
Area staff telephone numbers and email addresses are listed below.
Office of the Vice President for Institutional Advancement
| Name and Title | Phone and Email |
| OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT | |
| Cynthia McGurren '83 Vice President, Institutional Advancement, and Executive Director, Salem State College Foundation |
978.542.7591 |
| Diane Shahin '80 Staff Assistant |
dshahin@salemstate.edu |
| SALEM STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION, Inc | |
| Nicole Bousquet Foundation Accountant |
nbousquet@salemstate.edu |
| ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT | |
| John H. Barnhill Assistant Vice President of Institutional Advancement for Development and Alumni Affairs |
jbarnhill@salemstate.edu 978.542.7212 |
| Joan Gillis Staff Assistant |
jgillis@salemstate.edu 978.542.7594 |
| Amy Macione-Turcotte Staff Assistant |
aturcotte@salemstate.edu 978.542.6975 |
| LEADERSHIP AND MAJOR GIFTS | |
| James Dennis Executive Director, Leadership Gifts |
mailto:jdennis@salemsatate.edu 978.542.7596 |
| Joan Gillis Staff Assistant |
jgillis@salemstate.edu 978.542.7594 |
| Christina Maguire Director, Major Gifts Officer |
cmaguire@salemstate.edu 978.542.7534 |
| DEVELOPMENT - ANNUAL GIVING AND RECORDS | |
| Lori Boudo Assistant Director of Development |
lboudo@salemstate.edu 978.542.7534 |
| Donna Wholley Accountant I |
dwholley@salemstate.edu 978.542.7404 |
| Susan Fountatin Electronic Operator II |
sfountain@salemsatate.edu 978.542.7542 |
| ALUMNI AFFAIRS | |
| Eileen M. O'Brien '01, '09G Director of Alumni Affairs and Coordinator of Planned Giving |
eobrien@salemstate.edu 978.542.7529 |
| Catherine Hennessey Administrative Assistant |
chennessey@salemstate.edu 978.542.7530 |
| Jannell Frederick '00, '07G Staff Assistant |
jfrederick@salemstate.edu 978.542.7530 |
| Rachel Arthur Sturma Assistant Director |
rsturma@salemstate.edu 978.542.7253 |
| SALEM STATE COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION | |
| Dr. Erik Champy '89, '94G President, Alumni Association |
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| PROSPECT MANAGEMENT | |
| Jeannie Patch Assistant Director |
jpatch@salemstate.edu 978.542.6887 |
| EVENTS AND CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION RELATIONS | |
| Lisa McFadden Associate Director of Development for Events and Corporate and Foundation Relations |
lmcfadden@salemstate.edu 978.542.7554 |
| Julie Danahy '04 Staff Assistant |
jdanahy@salemstate.edu 978.542.7560 |
| Series Ticket Purchases | 978.542.7555 |
| CENTER FOR CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS | |
| Kathleen McDonald-Murphy Staff Associate |
kmdonald@salemstate.edu 978.542.6515 |
| Karen Gahagan Staff Assistant |
kgahagan@salemstate.edu 978.542.7890 |
| MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS | |
| Karen Cady Associate Vice President |
kcady@salemstate.edu 978.542.7500 |
| Corey Cronin Director of Marketing |
cronin@salemstate.edu 978.542.7500 |
| Margo Steiner Assistant Director, Media and Marketing |
msteiner@salemstate.edu 978.542.7505 |
| James Glynn Assistant Director; editor, Salem Statement |
jglynn@salemstate.edu 978.542.7519 |
| Erin Loescher Staff Assistant, Advertising and Marketing Communications |
eloescher@salemstate.edu 978.542.3387 |
| Anna Wistran Wolfe Staff Associate, Marketing and Web Communications |
awolfe@salemstate.edu 978.542.7756 |
| Joyce Rossi-Demas Staff Associate |
jrossi-demas@salemstate.edu |
| Susan McCarthy Staff Assistant |
smccarthy@salemstate.edu 978.542.6723 |
| Simeen Brown Graphic Arts Tech II |
sbrown@salemstate.edu |
| Patrice Buchanan Administrative Assistant |
pbuchanan@salemstate.edu 978.542.7532 |