Email: shumiala.kinnear@utoledo.edu
Phone: 419.530.5414
Fax: 419.530.4340
Asstistant Director of Annual Giving, Health Science Campus
Shumiala Kinnear joined The University of Toledo staff in March 2008 as the Supervisor of Volunteer and Customer Services at the University’s Medical Center. In February 2009, she moved into her current role as Assistant Director of Annual Giving Programs for the Health Science Campus in the Office of Institutional Advancement.
Shumiala is responsible for managing all direct mail and e-solicitations for colleges affiliated with our Health Science Campus and for the University’s Medical Center. Shumiala directs each project from start to finish by creating, writing, and coordinating solicitations in an effort to raise funds for academic and medical purposes. She also manages the activities of the Phonathon Program including the recruitment, hiring, training and supervision of student callers.
Shumiala graduated from The University of Toledo in 2002 with a Bachelor of Education degree. Her major was Elementary Education with a concentration in the Arts. She earned her Master’s of Higher Education degree from UT in the spring of 2009. Currently, she is working toward her doctoral degree in Higher Education. Shumiala and her husband John, who is also a fellow Rocket, enjoy making a happy home for their two young daughters. Her interests include raising kind and respectable children, reading non-fiction, and healthy living.