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The BYU-Idaho Development and Alumni Relations offices
have announced several personnel changes because of the transition from
junior college to a four-year university.
Both
offices have found it necessary to expand their staffs to better serve the
growing university, say Development Director Dave Richards and Alumni
Director Steve Davis.
Val
Carpenter has transferred from the Physical Education Department to serve
as a new alumni relations
officer. He is assisting Davis with managing and developing regional alumni
chapters for BYU-Idaho and Ricks College alumni around the country. He also
is working with the Student Alumni Association, Emeritus Club, alumni
travel and reunions.
Carpenter
has worked at the university for five years in athletics and teaching P.E.
classes. The Idaho Falls native is a graduate of Ricks College and holds
bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Brigham Young University in Provo,
Utah, in exercise physiology. He owned and managed the Idaho Falls Health
and Racquet Club for 20 years and lives in Idaho Falls.
The Development Office at BYU-Idaho
is part of the LDS Foundation, which is the fund-raising arm of The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Richards explains. The foundation assists
donors who wish to give to a variety of educational and church causes.
The
pending retirement of longtime employee Kimber Ricks in January has created
one vacancy in the Development Office, but four other positions have also
been added.
Ricks
came to Ricks College in 1966 where he taught for seven years in the
business department. In 1973 he joined the development office and worked
both in Rexburg and Provo, Utah, raising funds for educational and church
purposes.
Alton
Hansen, who has been an assistant director of admissions and scholarships
at the university for 13 years, has transferred to the Development Office
where he is now serving as the new director of annual giving. Originally
from Smithfield, Utah, he holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Utah
State University and MBA from Idaho State University.
Richards
says Hansen has an excellent understanding of student financial needs,
having spearheaded the distribution of scholarships to students for many
years. His new duties include overseeing the BYU-Idaho Fund, which collects
donations from university employees, students, alumni and friends. He also
is assisting with fund-raising for the Eliza R. Snow Society for the
Performing and Visual Arts, KBYI-FM radio station and Thomas E. Ricks
Associates.
Hansen
assumes these duties from Bradley Petersen, who has joined the major gifts
teams in the Development Office. Originally from Texas, he has worked at
the university for about one year. He holds a bachelor’s degree in
management from Texas A&M and a master’s in health administration and
organizational behavior from Texas Southern University. He has worked for
the American Red Cross organizing blood drives and for six years at a
hospital in Temple, Texas, building a children’s charity.
Also working in annual giving is Ken Bridenstein
of San Diego, Calif. He is assigned to telefunds, mass solicitation and
director mailing. Bridenstein is a 1995 graduate of Ricks and holds a
bachelor’s degree in public relations from BYU. He worked as a student team
leader at the LDS Foundation telefund operation in Provo, Utah, and most
recently he has been a media specialist for Mental Health Systems in San
Diego.
Chris
Moore of Lewisville has joined the major gifts team. A 1993 graduate of
Ricks College, he was the foundation director of Development Workshop in
Idaho Falls and most recently was a financial planner in Idaho Falls. He
holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Idaho State University and played
baseball at Ricks before his mission. A native of Boise, Moore currently
serves as mayor of Lewisville.
David
Facer, a native of Salt Lake City, is focusing on corporate and foundation
giving. “Because of our four-year status, there is great potential in
working with major corporations and foundations in developing gifts and
grant writing,” Richards says.
Facer has worked for eight
years for the Children’s Miracle Network based in Salt Lake City. It raises
funds and awareness for 170 children’s hospitals in the United States and
Canada. He worked with universities in planning dance marathons for their
local hospitals. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from
the University of Utah.
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