Associate Director of Communications for Annual Giving and Stewardship About Renae Fentress Renae is pleased to be a part of the team at Harris as the Associate Director of Communications for Annual Giving and Stewardship. Her role focuses on developing annual fund strategies and creating written materials for donor stewardship and recognition. She is also responsible for managing general analytics and communications for the Harris Development team. Renae’s professional career began in the field of communications consulting, where she applied her written and verbal skills to helping nonprofits flourish through effective fund development and communications strategies. From there, she spent several years in the nonprofit sector, continuing to work within the field of development and communications. She then pursued her entrepreneurial aspirations and opened her own business in the restaurant and coffee industry. After several years, this led her to become a digital marketing consultant where she helped other small businesses across the country grow by means of effective digital communications and marketing strategy. Renae holds a B.A. in communications from Moody Bible Institute. She lives south of Chicago with her husband and three children. Contact Information Workstation 3086-4 rfentress@uchicago.edu Recent News More news Alumni Profile: Eloísa Ávila-Uribe, MACRM’23 Fri., April 26, 2024 Ariel Kalil: Multigenerational households are key to better support for kids of single mothers Thu., April 25, 2024 America is uniquely ill-suited to handle a falling population Wed., April 24, 2024 Upcoming Events More events SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Challenge Program for High School Students: Navigating US College Admissions with Ranjan Daniels Mon., April 29, 2024 | 8:00 AM Data & Policy Summer Scholar (DPSS) Roundtable with Alumni Mon., April 29, 2024 | 7:30 PM Harris Evening Master's Program Class Visit—Economic Analysis III: Public Finance and Budgeting With Professor Justin Marlowe Tue., April 30, 2024 | 5:45 PM Convene 311 West Monroe St. 2nd Floor Reception Chicago, IL 60606 United States