Busta Business Forum

Thursday, November 6, Notre Dame of Maryland University hosted the Charles J. Busta III Business Forum in Doyle Formal. The Busta Business Forum is designed to showcase the thoughts and experiences of business leaders to encourage creativity and personal growth. Many of our wonderful alumni joined us in person and virtually to watch our distinguished panel of women leaders discuss their professional journeys in careers in philanthropy and community engagement.
The panel consisted of Valencia Hike, Community Engagement Director for the Baltimore Orioles, Diana Liz-Cabrera ’18 M’20, Development Manager at the Ronald McDonald House Maryland, and Natalia Mistichelli ’94, Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Catholic Charities of Baltimore. They were joined by student moderator Nisttha “Khushi” Ray ’26, a biology major with a pre-medicine track.
If you missed the livestream, follow the link below to watch or to read more about our panelists!
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Meet the Staff
This fall has brought so many new faces to the Institutional Advancement team that we figured it was time to get to know us again! Our team members were asked what their favorite part of Alumni Weekend 2025 was and to share a fun fact about themselves. Read below to meet the whole team!

Angel Amor, MA ’25
Research and Operations Manager for Institutional Advancement
Angels favorite part of Alumni Weekend was seeing the campus look so alive. With our alumni back, they brought more life to campus.
Fun Fact: Angel is a filmmaker and journalist. He enjoys exploring artistic and creative outlets outside of his work in research and operations.

Rob Brooks
SOIH Alumni Engagement and Career Services Coordinator
Rob’s favorite part of Alumni Weekend was meeting his Institutional Advancement colleagues and alumni.
Fun Fact: Rob is from Long Island, NY and also lived in the Halloween capital of the world, Salem, MA for 20 years before moving to Maryland.

Emily Brungo
Director of Annual Giving and Stewardship
Emily’s favorite part of Alumni Weekend was selling Notre Dame memorabilia at the Gator Spirit Shop and raising money for Noyes Alumni House improvements.
Fun Fact: In her spare time, Emily cooks from and writes about her collection of vintage cookbooks—and She competed on an episode of Chopped featuring the Brady Bunch kids as judges.

Erin DaSilva ’02
Senior Director of Alumni and Constituent Engagement
Erin’s favorite part of Alumni Weekend was returning to campus for the 130th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday night.
Fun Fact: Erin loves to draw and paint—most memorably, she created some of the artwork for her kid’s nurseries when they were babies.

Joan Drebing ’92
Director of Corporate, Foundation, and Government Grants
Joan's favorite part of Alumni Weekend was seeing everyone enjoy themselves and catching up with their former classmates!
Fun Fact: Joan has an interest in art history and am currently pursuing a certificate in art history through the Smithsonian Associates program.

Carroll Galvin, Ph.D. ’23
Vice President of Institutional Advancement and University Communications
Carroll's favorite part of Alumni Weekend was chatting with and meeting our wonderful alumni at the Crab Feast.
Fun Fact: Carroll loves to dance!

Meagan Jenkins
Constituent Engagement and Events Coordinator
Meagan's favorite part of Alumni Weekend was meeting all our alumni and seeing several months of work come together to create a wonderful weekend!
Fun Fact: Meagan performs in musicals during her free time! She finished up a production of Meet Me in St. Louis back in October.

Kelley Kilduff
Senior Campaign and Major Gifts Officer
Kelley's favorite part of Alumni Weekend was spending time with the class of 1960 during their luncheon!
Fun Fact: Kelley grew up in Green Bay, WI and is a huge Packers fan. She has a Super Bowl ring from Super Bowl XXXI in 1997 when the Packers won.

Damita McDonald
Senior Director, University Communications & Public Relations Coordinator, Women’s Leadership Institute of Baltimore (WLIB)
Damita thoroughly enjoyed all of Alumni Weekend, especially the 130th Anniversary Celebration where Sheri Booker '04 presented an original poem honoring NDMU's legacy in higher education.
Fun Fact: Damita loves running in 5k races.

Sabrina Miller
Content Strategy Director, University Communications and Public Relations
Sabrina's favorite part of Alumni Weekend was seeing friends become reacquainted after years apart. The happy hugs and great conversations made my night!
Fun Fact: Sabrina is a Scorpio.

Marisa Morris ’09
Director of Advancement Services
Marisa’s favorite part of Alumni Weekend was witnessing a successful 130th Celebration event in addition to Alumni Weekend’s many events the same weekend.
Fun Fact: Marisa is an intense sea-glass collector.

Alden Reith
Assistant Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Alden’s favorite part of Alumni Weekend was having everyone on campus to celebrate our alumni and the 130th Anniversary of NDMU.
Fun Fact: Alden is a certified chef and loves to cook for friends and family!
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