Meet the Staff
Senior Staff
John Kudless – Interim Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
John Kudless has been with GW for one year. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Kudless has served with Grenzebach Glier and Associates, the Johns Hopkins Institutions; Georgetown University; and Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA.
Rich Collins – Associate Vice President of Law School Development
Rich has 27 years experience in development. This includes four years at GW Law, and senior positions at the University of Miami, and the University of Louisville. Collins has been recognized by CASE for his work in Annual Giving, Campaign Leadership, Volunteer Management, and Communications. He is active with AALS.
Robyn Dickey – Assistant Vice President for Development, Events
Robyn has 30 years project leadership and management experience with high-visibility events for the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense.
Jerome Posatko, PhD – Associate Vice President of Development Operations
Jerome has 34 years in higher education administration, 25 of which have been in fund raising, at Georgia Tech, University of Delaware and GW.
Adrienne Rulnick, EdD - Associate Vice President of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving
Adrienne has more than 15 years experience in alumni relations and development. She came to GW from New York University, where she expanded alumni communications and programs as the executive director of alumni relations and development. Prior to that, Adrienne held positions at Adelphi University and Barnard College, where she also served as a member of the national Alumnae Board of Directors.
Noel Salinger – Associate Vice President for Medical Center Development
Noel joined the GWU staff after 16 years at the University of Chicago in senior development positions in several academic areas, most recently as Associate Vice President of University Development. Noel’s development work for the previous 13 years was in the public interest legal arena, at the American Civil Liberties Union and American Bar Association.
The GW Experience
Students
All in the Family
Greg and Heather Hachenburg talk about their undergraduate experience at GW, one of many sibling pairs to share in the Colonials legacy.
Creating Next Generation Leaders
GW program helps female students connect with leading women across a variety of fields and develop their roles as future women in leadership.
Where the City is a Classroom
Freshman volunteers experience life beyond Foggy Bottom...
Faculty
Fighting Neglected Diseases
GW professor works to eradicate diseases that affect the health, education and economic development of the world's poorest people.
Building the Super Computer
Pioneering lab puts GW at the forefront of high-speed computing and offers GW students unprecedented access to science and skills of the future.
Blast From the Past
Students map an ancient—and dramatic—eruption as part of a geological research program in the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains.
Alumni
Giving Back to the District of Columbia
D.C. public health director calls GW education the foundation of his career.
GW Opens Doors
A chance encounter with a GW alumna helped give one GW undergraduate, an aspiring broadcast journalist from Texas, his big break.
The Legend Lives On
The $2 million bequest commitment caps a lifetime of philanthropy and service to GW, establishing the Elyse B. and Donald R. Lehman Endowed Professorship in Theoretical Physics.