Staff

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  Cat Serrin Niekro
  

  Catherine (Cat) Serrin Niekro serves as vice president for institutional advancement and marketing at Lenoir-Rhyne. Since 2017, she has led the university's efforts to engage alumni, parents and friends with the university and raise funds for university priorities. In addition, she leads the institution's communication and marketing efforts.

  Previously, Niekro served as the associate vice president for advancement operations and director of special projects at Davidson College. During her seven years in that role, Niekro received multiple promotions, continuously increasing her leadership responsibilities. For example, as a key member of the Office of College Relations senior management team at Davidson College, Niekro helped launch a five-year, $425 million comprehensive campaign. In addition, she played a pivotal role in Davidson's branding initiative to build a national profile for the college to increase awareness among prospective students in critical markets and take advantage of the new athletic conference membership.

  Prior to working at Davidson College, Niekro spent 11 years at the Alumni Association of University of Michigan, where she served as vice president for marketing and communications.

  [email protected]
  828.328.7360
  
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  Stephanie Roberts
  

  Stephanie Roberts joined Lenoir-Rhyne in November 2023 as a development analyst. In her role, she creates queries and reports and develops analyses to support data-driven fundraising strategies. She also manages fundraising movements management and supports prospect research.

  Previously, she served as a gifts record coordinator for Davidson College. During her 10 years in that role, she handled gift processing for the college, data projects and process improvement. She was an integral part of the conversion of Davidson's CRM system. Prior to working at Davidson College, she spent two years as a development assistant at Southern Evangelical Seminary.

  Her varied experience in higher education and passion for seeing students garner the best education possible brought her to LR where she works to ensure that institutional advancement's events, strategies and fundraising are all data-driven.

  [email protected]
  828.328.7998
  
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  Andy Anderson
  

  Andy Anderson is the senior executive director of development at Lenoir-Rhyne University. He began his career at LR in 2013 and continues to work with alumni and community partners to support Lenoir-Rhyne's capital projects, as well as other strategic initiatives.

  Previously, Anderson worked for the public schools in both Burke and Caldwell counties for more than 35 years. During this time, he served as a teacher, guidance counselor, coach, principal and associate superintendent.

  Anderson has a long history of involvement at LR, beginning with his days as a student-athlete in the 1970s. Anderson and his wife are residents of Granite Falls, North Carolina.

  [email protected]
  828.328.7167