Donor Experience and Advancement Services
The Donor Experience and Advancement Services team is dedicated to honouring our donors' generosity and amplifying its impact. Through strategic stewardship, targeted communications, and data-driven operations, we connect supporters directly to the difference they make at Lakehead University. By prioritizing trust and transparency, we cultivate the lifelong relationships that strengthen philanthropic support and advance Lakehead’s mission today and in the future.
Our Areas of Expertise:
- Donor Recognition & Stewardship: Celebrating generosity and honouring donor intent.
- Impact Storytelling & Communications: Sharing powerful stories of student and university success across digital and traditional platforms.
- Donor Events: Creating meaningful, memorable experiences that connect supporters to Lakehead.
- Raiser’s Edge CRM & Data Management: Ensuring data integrity, security, and strategic insights to support university advancement operations.
Our Team
Lynn
Hurrell
Director, Donor Experience & Advancement Services
Personnel
Campus: Thunder Bay
Office Location: NO1001A
Phone: +1 807-343-8010ext. 8912
Email: lynn.hurrell@lakeheadu.ca
Jennifer
McKenzie
Manager, Advancement Services
Personnel
Campus: Thunder Bay
Office Location: NO 1013A
Phone: +1 807-343-8010ext. 8913
Email: jcsteers@lakeheadu.ca
Anna
Sampson
Alumni Engagement Associate
Personnel
Campus: Thunder Bay
Office Location: NO 1010A
Phone: +1 807-343-8010ext. 8972
Email: anna.sampson@lakeheadu.ca
Kaitlyn
Chovancak
Gift and Database Administrator
Personnel
Campus: Thunder Bay
Office Location:
Phone: +1 807-343-8010ext. 8194
Email: gdadmin.er@lakeheadu.ca
Patrick
Berube
Coordinator, Donor Experience
Personnel
Campus: Thunder Bay
Office Location:
Phone: +1 807-343-8010ext. 8198
Email: prberube@lakeheadu.ca
Elisabeth
Blair
Writer
Personnel
Campus: Thunder Bay
Office Location:
Phone: +1 807-343-8010ext. 8941
Email: eblair@lakeheadu.ca




