Staff
Theresa R. Kevorkian
Vice President For Institutional Advancement, Executive Director, Morrisville College Foundation
Theresa is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the college’s fundraising and alumni engagement programs. She works with individual donors to establish named scholarships, endowments and planned giving agreements that match each donor’s wishes and priorities. Theresa also serves as the Executive Director of the Morrisville College Foundation which facilitates and manages all gifts to the college. In this capacity, she liaises with the Foundation Board in their oversight of the management and distribution of these funds for the benefit of students, the faculty, and the college.
Courtney S. Turner
Director of Annual Giving
Courtney is the primary architect of an engaging, multi-channel solicitation calendar and works to increase both dollars and donors to support students and the college. As such, she devises and executes a strategic communications plan in cooperation with the activities and programs of other Institutional Advancement staff, incorporating direct mail, email, social media, phone and volunteer engagement.
Anastasia Brencher
Leadership Gift Officer
Anastasia works with individual alumni, parents and friends to secure resources for the college’s top priorities, namely student scholarships, academic programming needs, and the Annual Fund. She works with donors to identify their interests at the college, facilitate their philanthropic gifts and deepen their commitment to Morrisville. She travels across the country to meet with donors and cultivate their relationship with Morrisville, the faculty, and current students. Anastasia manages programming for the Leadership Circle which recognizes donors who give at a leadership level.
Rhiannon L. DaCunha
Alumni Engagement Coordinator
Rhiannon’s main objective is to engage alumni in the life of the college. She is responsible for disseminating information to alumni to ensure that they are informed, attend events, and volunteer. Rhiannon takes responsibility for proactively reaching out to key constituents and creating programming to engage them, as well as fielding and responding to requests, inquiries, and concerns from the college’s 40,000 alumni. Rhiannon acts as a liaison to the college’s Alumni Board and assists with executing the board’s mission.
Aryn A. Tassone
Development Assistant
Aryn assists with all areas of the annual fund including running the phonathon and communication via direct mail with constituents. Aryn manages key programs such as Morrisville’s anniversary campaign. She also oversees a robust stewardship plan to increase donor retention. Aryn continuously works to enhance donor outreach and to build relationships with the college’s internal and external constituents.