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Advancement Contacts

What we do

SPH Advancement is here for just that — advancement of the School’s mission to improve public health, promote individual well-being and eliminate health inequities across North Carolina and around the world. We accomplish this through:

Connecting donors to the giving opportunities they are passionate about that help our students and our School lead the charge in solving the biggest public health problems; and
Creating a community where our alumni, friends, faculty and students can connect and collaborate on public health research and practice.

Need to reach us?

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
SPH Advancement
135 Dauer Drive
CB #7465
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400
(919) 966-0198
giving.sph@unc.edu

For prospective students with admissions questions, please contact the Office of Student Affairs at sph-osa@unc.edu or (919) 966-2499.

Our office

Karissa Grasty

Karissa Grasty
Associate Dean for Advancement
Executive Director/Secretary of The Public Health Foundation, Inc.
135 Dauer Drive
CB #7465
(919) 966-7612
kgrasty@unc.edu

Works with Dean, colleagues and faculty on ideas for funding
Executive director of the Public Health Foundation
Leads UNC Gillings Advancement
Liaison with Gillings School Advisory Council

Michael Lowery

Michael Lowery
Interim Senior Director of Development
135 Dauer Drive
CB #7465
(919) 966-0218
lowery@email.unc.edu

Handles appeals, programs and recognition for annual unrestricted giving to the Gillings School and its departments.
Serves as liaison for alumni relations and the Alumni Association.

Sara Wajda

Sara Wajda
Director of Development
135 Dauer Drive
CB #7465
(919) 962-4257
sara.wajda@unc.edu

Builds relationships with alumni and friends to increase understanding and support of the Gillings School’s mission.
Develops the pipeline for future supporters of the School.
Serves as program liaison for the Departments of Biostatistics, Health Behavior, Maternal and Child Health, as well as the Public Health Leadership Program and Global Health Solutions.

Ryan McGuirt

Ryan McGuirt
Assistant Director of Development
135 Dauer Drive
CB #7465
(704) 974-5504
ryan.mcguirt@unc.edu

Builds relationships with alumni and friends to increase understanding and support of the Gillings School’s mission.
Develops the pipeline for future supporters of the School.

Greg Sabin

Greg Sabin
Stewardship and Donor Relations Coordinator
135 Dauer Drive
CB #7465
(919) 966-0198
gregorys@unc.edu

Ensures timely and meaningful recognition of gifts.
Preserves supporter’s relationship to the school.
Describes a gift’s continued impact on the school.

Vacant
Development Coordinator

Serves as the primary point of contact for the major gifts team
Provides administrative support to the Associate Dean for Advancement and major gift officers
Engages in event and meeting planning and special projects

Vacant
Assistant Director of Alumni Giving and Engagement

Builds relationships with and designs programming for alumni of the Gillings School
Serves as liaison for the Gillings Alumni Association Advisory Board