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Aaron McMurray, 1995 alumnus and longtime Young Life administrator in the Spokane region, assumed responsibilities Oct. 23 as director of alumni & parent relations/annual giving and special gifts. After a national search, Tad Wisenor, '89, who had directed alumni relations since 1996, was selected to take on a new role directing operations for Whitworth's top fund-raising initiatives.
"Aaron and Tad bring valuable experience and skills to their respective positions and will provide strong leadership for the university," says Vice President for Institutional Advancement Kristi Burns. "It wouldn't be possible to find two people who believe more strongly in Whitworth's mission."
In McMurray's new role, he will oversee activities aimed at engaging as many alumni and parents of current and former students as possible with the university. He also will be involved in fund-raising for strategic university initiatives. He served as area and regional director for Young Life in the Inland Northwest region from 1997 to 2007 and most recently managed Internet sales and information systems for DAA Northwest, a large automobile dealers' auction business in Spokane. He received a bachelor's in history from Whitworth in 1995 and a master of arts in organizational leadership from Gonzaga in 2000. He expects to complete a Ph.D. in leadership studies at Gonzaga later this year.
Wisenor began his Whitworth career as an admissions recruiter in 1992 and worked in admissions through 1995. He was appointed director of alumni & parent relations in 1996 and added oversight of annual giving and church relations in 2004. Under his leadership, the university launched several outreach programs for graduates of the last decade, who make up the largest segment of the alumni population, and consistently met an annual-fund goal that grew each year. Wisenor received a bachelor's in English literature from Whitworth in 1989 and a master's in urban and regional planning from Eastern Washington University in 2004.
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