ESR Welcomes New Development Staff: Introducing Marty Sulek, Director of Development

In the coming months, ESR’s alumni, alumnae and donors can look forward to meeting Marty Sulek, or at least experiencing the benefits of his work. Marty began work as ESR’s Director of Development on August 1, 2003, a position which also involves serving as the point person for alumni/ae relations.

Marty, who recently completed Indiana University’s Masters program in Philanthropic Studies, has more than a decade of experience as a development professional in the arts, health care, and higher education. Most recently, he served as the founding Executive Director of the St.Vincent Randolph Hospital Foundation in Winchester, Indiana, where he was responsible for board recruitment, policy development, strategic planning, grant proposals and communications materials.

Of the position at ESR, Marty says “I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to work here at ESR. There is a particular energy that an institution emanates when those people most closely associated with it unwaveringly support its mission with all their hearts and minds. ESR has that energy, and it is most gratifying, as a development professional, to work in that kind of institutional environment.” I very much look forward to meeting ESR’s larger institutional family and friends to develop new ways of preparing men and women for positions of leadership in the Society and Friends and the larger religious community.”

Marty and his family live in nearby Farmland, Indiana, where Marty is active in Historic Farmland USA. He is also a lay leader in the First Presbyterian Church of Winchester.

Jay Marshall, Dean, comments, “Across the board, those who interviewed Marty Sulek were impressed with the range of abilities he offers, as well as his personable style in articulating why philanthropy is important. ESR’s fundraising and ‘friend-raising’ efforts are sure to benefit from his considerable skills, solid training, and breadth of experience.”

8/15/03