Foundation Relations

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 Contacts

Departmental Points of Contact

Birgit Burton
Executive Director of Development
Foundation Relations
[field_region_1] Phone: 404.385.0746
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Shelese Lane
Director
Foundation Relations
[field_region_1] Phone: 404.385.8116
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Virginia Sheppard
Development Associate
Foundation Relations
[field_region_1] Phone: 404.894.2481
Email Virginia Sheppard

Foundation Relations Unit Partners

Caitlin Buro
Development Assistant Sr.
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Phone: 404.385.0775
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Erin Green
Development Associate
College of Sciences
Phone: 404.894.5260
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Luke O’Connell
Director of Development II
Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Phone: 404.385.0471
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Anna Walker
Director of Development
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Phone: 404.894.2273
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Foundation Relations Support

Leah Huffstatler
Senior Research Analyst
Development Research
Phone: 404.894.9401
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D. Shawn Jenkins
Writer/Editor Sr.
Development Operations
Phone: 404.385.0302
Email D. Shawn Jenkins