Mike Remedi - 2007 Rising Star Award Winner

Mike RemediMike Remedi currently serves as the Associate Director of Development for the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU).  For the past six years, Mike has enjoyed both exciting and challenging fundraising projects in Arizona.  Mike first honed his development skills at his alma mater, the University of Arizona, where he helped coordinate a $14 million campaign to assist with the construction a new student union. 

With guidance from the UA Foundation, the campaign and building were completed in 2003.  He then spent a year with the recently launched Translational Genomics Research Institute in Phoenix, Arizona developing their first donor acquisition plan and conducting educational presentations to community organizations.  In 2005, Mike accepted his current position, overseeing a $40M capital campaign for the Del E. Webb School of Construction at ASU.  Of the $20M being sought from private sources, over $13.5M has been raised to date.

Mike feels it is important to volunteer time to the community and assists small non-profit organizations with their fundraising programs. Over the past two years, he has been a pro-bono fundraising consultant for both Arizona Together and Equality Arizona. Additionally, Mike is politically active, having been a steering committee member for the Lisa Lovallo for Legislature campaign as well as currently serving as the chairman of the political action committee for Equality Arizona.

Mike holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and a Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Arizona and a Master of Science in Medical Science from Texas A&M University.