Serving as the liaison between Georgia Tech and private foundations, the Office of Foundation Relations initiates, cultivates, and secures funding from private foundations to support the Institute’s priorities and strategic initiatives.

Foundation Relations Contact Us

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Birgit Burton
Executive Director of Development
Foundation Relations, Foundation Relations Contact Us
404.385.0746
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Kristine Haskett
Executive Director of Development
Foundation Relations, Foundation Relations Contact Us
404.385.0746
Shelese Lane
Shelese Lane
Director of Development
Foundation Relations, Foundation Relations Contact Us
404.385.8116
 Virginia Sheppard
Virginia Sheppard
Associate Director of Development
Foundation Relations, Foundation Relations Contact Us
404.894.2481
Tiffany Sylve
Tiffany Sylve
Senior Development Assistant
Foundation Relations, Foundation Relations Contact Us
404.894.6699
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Macie Thompson
Director of Development
Foundation Relations, Foundation Relations Contact Us
404.894.7322

Foundation Relations Support

Leah Huffstatler
Leah Huffstatler
Senior Research Analyst
Development Research
404.894.9401

Foundation Relations Unit Partners

 Jeffrey Colburn
Jeffrey Colburn
Director of Development
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Unit Development
404.894.0274
Ashley Coogan
Ashley Coogan
Director of Development
College of Sciences, Unit Development
404.894.3529
Scarlett Earley
Scarlett Earley
Associate Director of Development
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
404.385.5036
Jada Marcum
Jada Marcum
Director of Development
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Unit Development
470.578.6877
 Luke O’Connell
Luke O’Connell
Director of Development II
Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Unit Development
404.385.0471
 Leslie Roberts
Leslie Roberts
Associate Director of Development
College of Sciences
404.894.5260