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University of Hawaiʻi Foundation Announces Staff Hires & Promotions
(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) -
The University of Hawai
ʻi Foundation announces three appointments to
its development team and three staff promotions in other areas of its operations. Noelehua Archambault and
Marla Musick are new development officers for UH Mānoa Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Kapi‘rsquo;olani Community
College, respectively, and Kelvin Shoji has been appointed development officer for UH Mānoa Athletics.
Cindy Richardson has been hired as the new development researcher.
Director of Development Noelehua Archambault most recently joined the Foundation from Harvard University where she
worked for the last six years, most recently as associate director of International Initiatives. In that
position she was responsible for raising funds from international and domestic alumni and non-alumni
friends of Harvard, setting development strategy, managing
international fundraising trips and the day-to-day operations of the department. Prior to Harvard,
she was with EF Foundation for
Foreign Study in Cambridge, MA as director of flights and regional manager. Archambault earned a
BA in Comparative Literature from Cornell University, a Certificate in International Management
from UH Mānoa and a MEd in International Education from Harvard University.
Director of Institutional Development Marla Musick previously served as a manager of the Graphic Design office of
The New York Public Library. Prior to that, she was coordinator of the Friends Program, the direct marketing
fundraising division of the library’s Development and Government Affairs Office. Musick also
worked as membership and volunteer coordinator for the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum at the
Smithsonian Institution in New York. During her four years in that position, she was
responsible for devising the overall strategy to increase the number of museum memberships and
income from members through renewals, upgrades and direct mail solicitations. She received her
bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from UH Mānoa and a MA from New York University.
Previously director of development for UH Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Shoji is now
working to gain private support for UH Mānoa’s Athletics programs, a role he formerly served from 1997 to 2002.
Prior to joining the Foundation , he was with the Aloha Council, Boy Scouts of America for 18 years
serving in several capacities including district executive, director of special projects and finance
executive. He earned a BA in Education from Linfield College in Oregon.
Development Researcher Cindy Richardson was international programs manager with Omega Vision in
the French Caribbean, where she studied French for two years, prior to joining the Foundation.
She graduated with a BA from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts.
The Foundation also made the following staff promotions:
Teresa Chaffee from development associate of scholarships to assistant director of scholarship development
Jennifer Foley from assistant director to associate director of foundation and corporate relations
Tyrome Yamaguchi from assistant director of the calling center to associate director of annual giving
About the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation
The University of Hawai
ʻi Foundation is an independent, university-related,
nonprofit organization whose purpose is to raise private
funds according to priorities determined by the academic leadership of the
University of Hawai
ʻi and approved by the Board of
Regents. Founded in 1955, the Foundation provides a full range of fund raising
and alumni relations services for all 10 UH campuses.
For more information on the Foundation, visit
www.uhf.hawaii.edu.