Kate Kenny

Kate Kenny was named associate director for The Fund for DukeMed and director of Reunion Giving for Duke University Medical Center in August.

Kenny is already traveling nationwide, meeting with the 2007 reunion class agents and alumni—those with graduation years ending in 2 or 7—and the Half-Century Club as they plan their return to Duke next October. Class giving is an important tradition at Duke Medicine, and Kenny will encourage participation and assist with gift planning.

Building relationships between Duke Medicine alumni and the School of Medicine and among classmates is Kenny's passion.

“I am amazed by how much Duke Medical alumni love their school,” she says. “I love hearing their stories about mentors, the quality education they received, friendships they've maintained over the years, and even the class pranks. And I'm raising important unrestricted funds for scholarships and the curriculum at the same time.”

Before coming to Duke, the Washington, D.C., native was a campaign director for the Archdiocese of New York, where she was responsible for raising $8 million in funds for both the Cardinal's Annual Appeal and the Archdiocesan Bicentennial Capital Campaign.

Prior to working at the Archdiocese of New York, Kenny, who is a graduate of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., was an associate producer for CNN's weekend business show In the Money.