Financial Development Staff Announcement

The Kentucky Region Development team is pleased to welcome three new staff members!

Tonya Schweitzer joins us as the new Regional Philanthropy Officer for the Kentucky Region. Based in Louisvillle, Tonya will be focusing on focusing on fostering relationships with foundations throughout the Kentucky Region. Tonya spent more than 20 years at Metro United Way working in development. Most recently, Tonya was the Chief Development Officer at Boys and Girls Haven. Tonya has a long-history of fundraising experience and relationship management.

Vanessa Miller is joining Team Kentucky as the new Donor Development Officer. Vanessa lives in and will work out of the Louisville office. Vanessa has a long history of experience working with high net worth individuals in a sales and customer service capacity. Her skill set is in strong alignment with what’s needed to be successful in this role where she’ll be called upon to win back lapsed donors and bring on new donors to the Red Cross.

Finally, we welcome Garrett Messer as our new Development Specialist for the region. In this role, Garrett will serve as our lead in Salesforce, our customer relationship management database, help develop and execute a consistent donor stewardship plan, invoice processing, and many other activities related to donor data. Garrett worked at ZirMed for many years and the past three years at Norton Healthcare with responsibilities in IT.

Welcome to the team!