Lola Mauer
Director of Annual Giving Programs

Lola Mauer attended Ball State University where she received a Bachelors degree in English and a Masters degree in Historical Fiction.  After graduating, Mauer served as the Assistant Director of Annual Giving at her alma mater for six years.  Lola was responsible for the acclaimed success of Ball State University’s call center where her student team raised over $1 million for the school four years in a row.

In the spring of 2004 the Indiana native moved to the southeast where she began work within the office of Annual Giving Programs at the University of South Carolina.  Under her leadership the Family Fund Campaign, USC’s faculty/staff drive, brought in over $2.3 million in 2004-2005 and had a 4% increase in participation.  Lola is a seasoned Annual Giving conference presenter on fundraising subjects including Parents’ campaigns, Senior Challenges, faculty/staff campaigns and call centers.  Last summer, Mauer co-chaired the annual Ruffalo Cody conference, and this fall her article on call center successful practices was featured in CASE’s Currents magazine.

Mauer spends time at the Little Bighorn Battlefield each June where she is a historical interpreter for the National Park Service and was recently elected as a board member of the battlefield’s largest affiliate organization.  Lola also devotes time as a youth advisor within her church and enjoys writing, travel and Colts football.