Contact us
General CFR inquiries: uwcfr@uw.edu
Joanna Glickler
Assistant Vice President
Corporate & Foundation Relations
glickler@uw.edu | 206-221-3095
Assistant: Kari Nolasco | kariza@uw.edu
More about Joanna
In leading corporate and foundation relations efforts for the University of Washington, Joanna seeks to forge mutually meaningful relationships with external partners. Joanna focuses on campus-wide strategies for corporate and foundation engagement and oversees projects to facilitate productive, responsive relationships with the University’s organizational partners.
Foundation Relations
Lene Hansen
Director
Foundation Relations
leneh@uw.edu | 206-221-4337
More about Lene
Lene collaborates with UW colleagues to develop and implement strategies to engage with foundations at unit and institutional levels. She supports the health science units including Public Health, Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work and Dentistry. In partnership with the senior director, she works with the Office of Research to review foundation limited submission opportunities and coaches those faculty selected to move forward on their proposals.
Andrew Storms
Director
Foundation Relations
as89@uw.edu | 206-616-3702
More about Andrew
Andrew collaborates with UW colleagues to develop and implement strategies to engage with foundations at unit and institutional levels. He supports non-STEM opportunities including education, policy, law, business, arts, humanities, and social sciences. In partnership with the senior director, he works with the Office of Research to review foundation limited submission opportunities and coaches those faculty selected to move forward on their proposals.
Corporate Relations
Rad Roberts
Director
Corporate Relations
rad@uw.edu | 206-221-7977
More about Rad
Rad is focused on developing productive partnerships between life science companies and UW health sciences researchers that help spark innovation and increase its ability to improve human health. He has worked on research and commercialization projects in biochemistry, molecular genetics, microbiology, photonics, neuro-modulation, medical devices and biopharmaceuticals.
Operations and stewardship
Michelle Barnett
Associate Director
Corporate & Foundation Relations
mb1@uw.edu | 206-616-9680
More about Michelle
Michelle helps staff and the UW’s corporate and foundation partners understand and navigate internal processes and procedures. She helps staff determine whether to apply to funders as the UW or the UW Foundation, and works with the UW Office of Sponsored Programs to manage pre- and post-award activities for grants to the UW Foundation. Michelle provides staff with information on grants and contracts and manages the annual Boeing University Relations and Wells Fargo requests for proposals.
Carolyn Smith
Assistant Director
Corporate & Foundation Relations
clss92@uw.edu | 206-685-7175
More about Carolyn
Carolyn serves as the project management lead for Central CFR. She supports the team’s efforts to engage the UW’s corporate and foundation partners through strategy development, research and stewardship. In addition, Carolyn manages Central CFR’s learning and development program and website.
Communications
Angela Carden
Associate Director, Development Writing
Corporate & Foundation Relations
Principal Giving
acarden@uw.edu | 206-543-6156
More about Angela
Angela oversees and creates strategic donor-centered communications for both individual and organizational donors. In collaboration with faculty, staff and Advancement colleagues, she helps manage limited submission proposals to national funders; creates personalized stewardship pieces, proposals and other materials for major donors; crafts correspondence and social media posts; and coaches faculty on framing and storytelling.
Administration
Kari Nolasco
Advancement Services Officer
Corporate & Foundation Relations
kariza@uw.edu
More about Kari
Kari serves as the administrative and operations lead for Central CFR. In addition to providing executive-level support to the Assistant Vice President, Kari manages the team’s budget, coordinates site visits and events and develops content for the Corporate and Foundation Funding Opportunities Database. Kari holds a bachelor’s degree in International Political Economy from the University of Puget Sound.
David Silverstein
Advancement Specialist
Corporate & Foundation Relations
dsilvers@uw.edu
More about David
David leads the administrative needs for the Corporate Relations team. In addition to calendaring and coordinating site visits and events, he manages travel and develops content for the Corporate & Foundation Funding Opportunities Database. David holds a master’s degree in Arts Administration from Indiana University Bloomington and a bachelor’s degree in Music from the University of Connecticut.
Professional and community connections
The Office of Corporate & Foundation Relations enjoys participating in many organizational fundraising networks, including within the UW, locally and nationally. All team members are happy to share skills, provide career guidance, cultivate a thriving CFR fundraiser community, participate in benchmarking projects and meet for informational interviews, including in-person (post COVID-19 restrictions), video conferencing, telephone or email. We welcome all to contact us.