Pitt-Bradford Creates New Position

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has named Leslie E. Kallenborn to the newly created position of assistant director for annual giving. Kallenborn will develop and manage annual giving programs for alumni, faculty, staff, friends of the university and corporate donors. She will oversee direct marketing campaigns such as the annual Phonathon and mailings. She will report to Karen Niemic Buchheit, executive director of institutional advancement and managing director of the Bradford Educational Foundation. “We are very pleased to have a full-time staff member of Leslie’s caliber devoted to annual giving as it provides the foundation for fundraising growth at Pitt-Bradford,” Buchheit said. “In particular, Leslie will be using her considerable communication and marketing skills to work with more than 8,000 alumni to give them a chance to participate in a variety of ways and gift levels.” Before coming to Pitt-Bradford, Kallenborn was the director of fund development and community outreach at Charles Cole Memorial Hospital. Before that she worked seven years for Adelphia Communications and Time Warner Cable in various positions, ending as a retention liaison in the national sales, marketing and retention call center in Coudersport. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from St. Francis University. Kallenborn lives in Port Allegany with her husband, Jim. She can be reached on campus at (814)362-5145 or via e-mail at lek@pitt.edu.