Corporate & Foundation Relations

Contact us

General CFR inquiries: uwcfr@uw.edu

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Joanna Glickler

Assistant Vice President
Corporate & Foundation Relations
glickler@uw.edu | 206-221-3095
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Assistant: Kari Nolasco | kariza@uw.edu

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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

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Andrew Storms

Senior Director
Foundation Relations
as89@uw.edu | 206-616-3702
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Assistant: Kari Nolasco | kariza@uw.edu

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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.

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Lene Hansen

Director
Foundation Relations
leneh@uw.edu | 206-221-4337
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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.

The Office of Corporate & Foundation Relations will hire a Director for Foundation Relations in Fall 2024. Please contact uwcfr@uw.edu for informational interviews and if you would like to be notified when the position posts.

Corporate Relations

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Mark Cabrales

Senior Director
Corporate Relations
mcabrale@uw.edu | 206-543-9852
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Assistant: David Silverstein | dsilvers@uw.edu

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Mark leads the central corporate relations team in building holistic, mutually beneficial industry partnerships and engagements across the broader UW community. Together with colleagues, he works to create campus-wide strategies and develop trusted relationships with corporate partners.  Mark brings a deep background in many areas of technology including telecommunications, digital graphics, video compression and automotive research.

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Rad Roberts

Director
Corporate Relations
rad@uw.edu | 206-221-7977
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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

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Michelle Barnett

Associate Director
Corporate & Foundation Relations
mb1@uw.edu | 206-616-9680
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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.

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Carolyn Smith

Assistant Director
Corporate & Foundation Relations
clss92@uw.edu | 206-685-7175
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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

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Angela Carden

Associate Director, Development Writing
Corporate & Foundation Relations
Principal Giving
acarden@uw.edu | 206-543-6156
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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

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Kari Nolasco

Advancement Services Officer
Corporate & Foundation Relations
kariza@uw.edu
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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.

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David Silverstein

Advancement Specialist
Corporate Relations
dsilvers@uw.edu
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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, video conferencing, telephone or email. We welcome all to contact us.