Kathryn Dilworth is the director of advancement for Purdue Libraries and the University Press. She has more than 10 years of fundraising experience in libraries, healthcare, conservation, museums, and other nonprofit organizations. Her library experience includes public relations and marketing for a large public library system, international marketing for a library vendor, serving as a librarian in a community college library, and leading the fundraising efforts for a major academic library. As a career fundraiser and passionate advocate for the mission of libraries, Kathryn's fundraising perspective and strategy in an academic library is unique to the traditional higher education fundraiser. Kathryn earned a bachelor of arts and master of arts in English and is currently a Ph.D. student in philanthropic studies at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University.

Laura Sloop Henzl is the director of foundation relations for the Purdue University College of Engineering with the Purdue Research Foundation. She has more than 17 years of experience in marketing, communication, and freelance writing, with more than 15 years of experience in fundraising, managing relationships with foundations, corporations and individual donors, and event planning in higher education. Laura has experience working with private and public higher education institutions, nonprofits, small businesses, and daily and weekly newspapers. With extensive experience in all areas of fundraising and development work, Laura's passion for collaborative teams and proposals along with a successful track record of closing major gifts make her a leader in her profession. Laura earned a bachelor of science in communication with a concentration in media studies and a minor in journalism from Manchester University. Laura is currently taking graduate classes in philanthropic studies at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.