{"id":1411,"date":"2023-10-24T15:52:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T15:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bethlehem.i72dev.com\/?page_id=1411"},"modified":"2023-10-24T16:01:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T16:01:55","slug":"staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bethlehem.i72dev.com\/de\/staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brookes Pennell joined Bethlehem University Foundation in 2022 and serves as the Outreach Manager. She received her master\u2019s degree in Arts Management from American University in Washington, D.C. and enjoyed a successful career as a professional violinist. She has recently pivoted towards nonprofit work. Additionally, Brookes received degrees in Political Science and Violin Performance from the University of Montana. In 2017, she moved to Palestine to teach violin at the prestigious Edward Said National Conservatory of Music. Brookes is a dedicated advocate for Palestinian rights and continues to collaborate with today\u2019s artists and cultural leaders in Palestine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLoad More<\/span><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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James Howell joins Bethlehem University Foundation with more than twenty years of nonprofit leadership, fundraising and consulting experience. His experience includes serving as Assistant Vice President for Advancement and Campaign Director for Bethlehem University\u2019s first-ever $25 million campaign from 2009-2012. His campaign leadership grew the university\u2019s endowment, established new scholarships, and supported the construction of new academic facilities. <\/p>\n

Most recently, James served as Development Director for Father Flanagan\u2019s Boys Town Louisiana\u2019s operations, where he developed major gifts and long-term partnerships, advancing the lives of nearly 7,000 vulnerable youth and families in the New Orleans area. <\/p>\n

Prior to Boys Town, James served as Chief Development Officer for Catholic Charities of Oregon, one of the state\u2019s largest social service agencies. There, James grew charitable giving by more than 150% and developed key innovative partnerships to advance initiatives around homelessness, immigration, refugee resettlement, family counseling, and financial empowerment. <\/p>\n

Earlier in his career, James spent more than a decade in Washington, D.C., leading the development efforts for several large national nonprofit organizations, including Catholic Charities USA and the YWCA USA. Earlier in his career at Appleseed Foundation, he managed a $4 million pro-bono national policy response project, \u201cThe Continuing Storm,\u201d documenting the status of and making recommendations for evacuees displaced throughout the Gulf Region from Hurricane Katrina. Findings from the report were endorsed by members of the US Congress, NAACP, and other agencies working in the aftermath of the storm. <\/p>\n

James is active with the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), serving as Education Advisor for AFP\u2019s international ICON and LEAD conferences. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the AFP of Greater New Orleans, Alzheimer\u2019s Foundation, Paper Airplanes and is a member of Rotary Club International. <\/p>\n

James holds a degree in History from William Carey College and has completed leadership trainings with the Maastricht School of Management and Morehouse College. He was also an American Express Nonprofit Fellow. <\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLoad More<\/span><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Kathleen \u201cKathy\u201d Carver joined Bethlehem University Foundation in 2022 and serves as the Director of Development. She is highly committed to excellence, integrity, innovation, and Catholic values.<\/p>\n

Most recently, she was the Director of Institutional Advancement for the Saint Luke\u2019s Institute where she secured a $500,000 gift from a private family foundation and lead the restructuring of the Advancement department. Dr. Joseph Bock, Executive Director of Bethlehem University Foundation, while reflecting on Kathy\u2019s new appointment, said: \u201cThe Foundation is delighted to welcome such a polished and accomplished professional as Kathy to our team. We look forward to the future as I am confident Kathy will lead our development team to successfully secure new gifts and opportunities!\u201d<\/p>\n

Kathy\u2019s other experience includes securing a $200,000 grant for the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry, leading a four-year long strategic planning process, and developing over 75 revenue-producing educational books, adult guides, medals, patches, and awards. She has also participated in various service trips including a trip to World Youth Day in 2016 and to Rwanda for the 10th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the Rwandan genocide.<\/p>\n

Kathy has been married to her husband Bruce Baumgarten for over 35 years and they are the proud parents of their adult daughter, Christine. They currently reside in Laurel, Maryland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLoad More<\/span><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1411","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethlehem.i72dev.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethlehem.i72dev.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethlehem.i72dev.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethlehem.i72dev.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethlehem.i72dev.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1411"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/bethlehem.i72dev.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2119,"href":"https:\/\/bethlehem.i72dev.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1411\/revisions\/2119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethlehem.i72dev.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}