Kadi Tierney, Executive Director
Kadi Tierney joined the Pat Tillman Foundation in March of 2009 bringing nearly 20 years of experience to her role as Executive Director. Prior to joining the PTF, Kadi spent nearly three years as the Executive Director of the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas, dramatically expanding statewide programs to support women and girls from every background.
In 2003 she was appointed as the Founding Executive Director of City Year Little Rock, which opened as a legacy project of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center. Kadi was honored to be selected as a featured speaker at the dedication ceremony for the William Jefferson Clinton Library in November of 2004 to highlight President Clinton’s commitment to building national service.
Kadi took a break from her career in 2001 to complete her degree in religion at Columbia University. In 2000, Kadi was appointed director of the national "cyzygy" service conference in Chicago that united service advocates such as President Bill Clinton and Senator John McCain for meaningful discussion and policy work on behalf of national service initiatives.
In 1995, Kadi became the Founding Executive Director of City Year Cleveland and during her tenure was able to expand the program to over 150 corps members and an annual budget of $4 million. In 1993, Kadi was appointed the Deputy Director of Public Affairs for the Office of National Service at the White House.
Early in her career, Kadi devoted twelve years to the design and expansion of the AmeriCorps national service program for young people across the country through her work in the federal government and over a decade working on behalf of the national office of City Year. She began as a corps member in 1990, serving as a teacher's assistant at the largest public elementary school in Boston.
Marcy Wojtulewicz, Deputy Director
Marcy Wojtulewicz joined the Pat Tillman Foundation in August 2009 as Development Manger. In March 2010 she was promoted to Deputy Director. Prior to joining the Pat Tillman Foundation, Marcy served as fund development program manager and senior public relations specialist, respectively, for Banner Health Foundation, where she was responsible for event fundraising, sponsorships, and public relations programs.
Marcy has also held development and marketing roles with Special Olympics Arizona, spending five years with the organization overseeing event marketing and promotions, direct mail, grant acquisition, and other projects. Before arriving to Special Olympics Arizona, Marcy managed community relations programs for the Phoenix Coyotes Goals for Kids Foundation and worked in the ticket operations department for the Phoenix Coyotes Hockey Club.
Marcy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the prestigious Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunication at Arizona State University. As part of her studies, she completed a sports and news internship for KSAZ-TV FOX 10. Active in the community, Marcy has participated on the advisory board of Best Buddies Arizona and volunteered for numerous causes.
Suzanne Reddie, Operations Manager & Program Coordinator
Suzanne earned a BBA in finance from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Arizona State University. After finance, control, and operational roles at NCR, AT&T, Dial Corporation, and Intel Corporation, she became involved in higher education development with the W. P. Carey School of Business at ASU where she cultivated scholarship donors and built donor stewardship processes for endowed and annual gifts.
A veteran volunteer for Pat’s Run, Suzanne joined the Pat Tillman Foundation staff in September of 2007. As Operations Manager and Program Coordinator, Suzanne directs workflow planning, human resources, administrative processes, project management, scholar selection and special programming, and insures fiscal responsibility and 501(c)(3) compliance.
Suzanne has worked with numerous non-profit organizations as a volunteer including Junior Achievement, International Rescue Committee, Crisis Nursery, Save the Family, Valley Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the YMCA.
Hunter I Riley, Program Director
Hunter I Riley joined the Pat Tillman Foundation staff in February 2009. He had previously supported the Foundation as a graduate student intern starting in September 2008.
Hunter is a graduate of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service with a Master of Public Service degree. During his graduate studies, Hunter gained experience in the fields of communication, leadership, data analysis, public health, and international development while completing projects for governmental and non-governmental organizations in Arkansas, Arizona, and Cameroon. Before his studies at the Clinton School, Hunter received two Bachelor of Arts from the University of Arkansas where he concentrated on the fields of economics, political science, international relations, and Spanish. Supplemental to his education, Hunter has spent countless weeks traveling through 30 countries on five continents and countless hours being outdoors.
Born and reared in North Little Rock, Arkansas, Hunter is a true Razorback, one of six children, and an identical twin.
Heather Schader, Public Relations & Marketing Manager
Heather Schader joined the Pat Tillman Foundation in August 2009. For the past three years she served as Marketing Director for Pivotal Group. Prior to that Heather spent nearly five years at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa in various marketing and public relations roles as well as serving as the resorts historian.
With positions at a San Francisco PR agency and California high tech magazine as well as two other resorts she brings a wealth of experience in brand management, advertising and publishing to PTF.
Heather earned a bachelors degree in Journalism/Public Relations with an emphasis in Political Science from the University of Oregon in Eugene. During her college career she also served as a press office intern for California Governor Pete Wilson.
Heather has volunteered her time to several Valley organizations and their events over the years including the Ryan House White Christmas Ball; Phoenix Children’s Hospital Beach Ball as well as the Pat Tillman Foundation Pat’s Run. She is a member of the Phoenix Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.