David Duer has been involved with development for most of his career including 12 years with non-profit organizations and independent schools, and 19 years in the University of California System. Prior to joining the Library in 2000, he spent almost 4 years as the Chief Development Officer for the UC Davis Health System in Sacramento, and 10 years with the UC Berkeley College of Engineering. He has a BA from UC Berkeley, and a MS from the University of Southern California. He is active as a volunteer, currently serving on the West Contra Costa Unified School District Bond Oversight Committee (construction bonds of $1.05 billion), and as District 1 Commissioner for the Contra Costa County Arts and Culture Commission. He also serves on the Library Cabinet, the FSM Cafe Program Committee, and the Library Exhibits Committee.

Wendy Hanson's responsibilities at the library's development office include managing the Library's annual fundraising program involving solicitations of contributions from friends, alumni, students, faculty, and staff; donor stewardship; and promoting the activities and programs of the University Library through the coordination of special advancement events and special library-related projects.

Wendy joined the Library Development Office in 1989. She previously worked for 7 years in UC Berkeley's Office of University Relations, and for 2 years at UC Hastings College of the Law. Wendy earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Cal in 1980, and is proud to be a fourth generation Cal graduate.

Beth McGonagle coordinates special events for the Library and works with volunteers to organize receptions and programs both on and off campus. She is currently re-structuring and cataloging the Graphic Arts Loan Collection, and has been photo-documenting such projects as the renovation of the reading rooms as well as the move of Berkeley's special collections and rare books library. She serves as chair of the University Library's Staff Development Committee.

Beth earned her bachelor's degree in 1997 from Villanova University where she played for the NCAA division I women's lacrosse team. She went on to study studio art at Humboldt State before beginning her career at the Bancroft Library in 2002.

Tracy Mills is responsible for structuring and soliciting major gifts from individuals, corporations, and foundations and managing the solicitation efforts of library volunteers. The library recruited her in 2003 to coordinate a campaign for the renovation of The Bancroft Library, which has raised $30 million in the past three years. Before she joined the development team at the Library, she was part of the reunion-giving program at UC Berkeley. Tracy serves on the Chancellor's Staff Advisory Committee.

Prior to embarking on a career in Development, Tracy was a business consultant with Accenture, a leading global management consulting firm. She received her BA in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1998 and interned with The Napa Group, a management consulting firm specializing in higher education.

Damaris Moore is responsible for chronicling the library's contributions to Berkeley's teaching, research, and service mission; producing the development office newsletter; creating publications such as annual reports, brochures and other materials; website management; and media outreach and publicity. Contact her with your feedback about publications, to suggest a story on a program or person, or to share your thoughts about the library's role at Berkeley.

Damaris joined the development office in 2005, after six years managing communications and marketing at the Graduate Theological Union. Previously, she managed public information and outreach for a research center at UC Berkeley. She earned her undergraduate degree in English at University of Chicago.

Sandy Tesch provides support for the capital campaign, including conducting research and cultivating donors, and manages the fiscal responsibilities of the Library Development Office. A 2005 alumna of UC Berkeley, Sandy spent a year after graduation in Washington, DC as a John Gardner Public Service Fellow where she acquired an interest in fundraising and development. Sandy has been an active volunteer with the American Red Cross since high school and she currently serves as chair of the National Youth Council. She enjoys traveling, cross stitch, and great books, music, and movies.

Linda Tran assists with any clerical or administrative tasks at the Library Development Office. Her primary responsibilities include processing gifts and pledges made to the University Library. She also maintains the donor and fund records, strengthening the communication between the Library and its supporters through seasonal acknowledgment letters.

During her undergraduate years at Cal, Linda was a student employee exploring her interests in the Library. After graduating in June 2007, she decided to join the department as an official staff member.

While Linda enjoys spending her time at the Library, she is preparing for a teaching career in the not too distant future. She has taught and tutored at public schools throughout the Bay Area. Her endeavor recently led her to teach math to fifth and sixth graders at a Summerbridge program in San Francisco.

As University Librarian, Tom Leonard manages Doe, Moffitt, and Bancroft Libraries, as well as over a dozen subject specialty libraries. Since assuming his position in 2001, he has overseen the building of the new Jean Grey Hargrove Music Library, and the groundbreaking for the new C.V. Starr East Asian Library. He is a professor in the Graduate School of Journalism, and has publi?hed several books on the role of the press in society and the origins of modern American journalism.

Leonard earned a 1973 Ph.D. in history from Berkeley, and joined the faculty at Berkeley's School of Journalism in 1976. The whole Leonard family makes broad use of libraries: his wife is a psychologist at UC San Francisco; his daughter is a graduate student in Animal Behavior at UC Davis; and his son is a graduate student in Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington.

As manager of the Library's program for gifts-in-kind since 1982, Frank Carothers has helped countless friends of the University ensure the optimal re-use of their book collections. Offers of works in any of the areas collected by Berkeley may be referred to Frank, who will consult with subject area specialists as necessary to achieve an outcome that is appropriate for the books, their donors, and the Library. Frank has a BA from the University of California at Irvine and an MA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. When not at the Library he spends time with his daughter, cycling over the Bay Area backroads, or in his garden.