Eiteljorg names new chief advancement officer
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The Eiteljorg Museum of the American Indians and Western Art has promoted its vice president of advancement to a newly created leadership role. Nataly Lowder will serve as the museum’s executive vice president and chief advancement officer.
Lowder joined the Eiteljorg in 2016 and led the museum through its five-year, $55 million capital-endowment campaign called Project 2021. During the campaign, Lowder helped secure planned gifts and bequests totaling $29 million.
Eiteljorg President and CEO Kathryn Haigh said in a news release that Lowder has served an invaluable role over the last six months through her leadership transition. Haigh, coming from the Newfields art museum and gardens, was named Eiteljorg president in March.
“Nataly Lowder has a passion for people and holds deep personal relationships with our donors and Board members,” Haigh said. “She is strategic, savvy and smart, which is exactly what is needed in a chief advancement officer.”
Before joining the Eiteljorg, Lowder was a development director for the IU School of Medicine’s Office of Gift Development where she participated in the university’s $3.2 billion bicentennial campaign.
Lowder earned her bachelor’s degree from Butler University, and she earned her master’s in public administration and a graduate certificate in nonprofit management from IUPUI.
She also brings a performing arts background, having danced classical ballet professionally. She worked for the Ballet Theatre of Carmel, the Jordan Academy of Dance at Butler and the American Cabaret Theatre in Indianapolis before joining the not-for-profit world.
“It is particularly inspiring to look forward to what is possible for the museum,” Lowder said in a news release. “I am excited to work alongside our new president and CEO Kathryn Haigh in a strategic way and be a part of the leadership team that takes the museum into the next era.”