Reporter Volume 25, No.22 March 24, 1994

By MAME DIMOCK
Special to the Reporter
Nancy Ritz Michalko has been named senior director of special, annual
and regional giving at  UB, according to Cheryl R. Brown, associate
vice president for university development.
	Michalko will be responsible for several key programs within
the UB Office of University Development, including the broad-based
annual appeal involving the telefund and mail marketing, as well as
leadership gift clubs, and reunion and regional gift efforts.
	Michalko was formerly a vice president for Ruffalo, Cody &
Associates, Inc., of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a nationally prominent
fund-raising consulting and telemarketing firm. At Ruffalo, Cody, she
was responsible for designing successful annual and capital-campaign
programs for colleges, universities and hospitals. Her clients
included Columbia University, Yale University, The Catholic University
of America, Howard University and City College of New York, among
others.
	Before joining Ruffalo, Cody, Michalko was director of
development for the Yale University Graduate School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies in New Haven, Conn., and assistant director of
annual giving for the West Virginia University Foundation in
Morgantown, W.Va.
	"UB will benefit enormously from Michalko's extensive in-depth
experience in fund-raising and telemarketing," said Ronald H. Stein,
vice president for university advancement and development. "Her
familiarity with annual-appeal and leadership programs nationwide
gives her a marvelous perspective."
	Michalko has a bachelor's degree in public relations from
Wheeling Jesuit College in Wheeling, W.Va.