Congratulations to all as we wrap up another semester! Our Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership (NDDCEL) joins colleagues and friends as we prepare to celebrate our graduates and enter the summer season. We’re grateful for the chance to share updates on our work.

By advancing thought leadership, applying scholarly research and engaging students around the theme of ethical business, the NDDCEL partners with stakeholders from industry, academia and communities to support the College’s mission to Grow the Good in Business. Building on the work of the previous leadership teams, the Center will reaffirm its mission to connect business scholarship and practice. As we relaunch initiatives that have been successful in the past along with new ideas, we will focus on the mission to inform, equip and inspire values-based leaders — all in ways that are accessible and actionable.

Reflecting innovative and important work in the business and scholarly communities, the NDDCEL will shine a spotlight on ESG issues in business (environmental, social, and governance), including topics of sustainable business and inclusive ethical leadership. We will also be embracing a more global perspective, reflecting an important dimension of today’s business leadership.

We have a great team in place to realize this vision. Please help me welcome our new NDDCEL team members to Mendoza!

Lindsay Paturalski is our new NDDCEL Program Manager. Lindsay notes, “I am a first-generation college student who earned my Ph.D. in history from Boston College. My research explores how individuals organize themselves within and against institutions and has touched on global development, philanthropy, public health and incarceration.” Lindsay joins the NDDCEL from the ND Center for Social Concerns and the Shaw Center for Children and Families where she managed research projects on higher education in prison. She looks forward to advancing the NDDCEL mission through writing, research and communication. Say hello to Lindsay in the 102 Mendoza suite — soon to be refreshed as the home of Mendoza Centers and Institutes.

Reilly Fangman joins the NDDCEL administrative support team after eight years in various support staff roles with ND Football. She grew up in the South Bend area after moving from Atchison, Kansas, and attended Saint Mary's College and IUSB. She's looking forward to being a fan in the stadium this fall, new opportunities in Mendoza and supporting the work of the NDDCEL. In addition to her role with our Center, Reilly primarily supports the Business Honors and Business Ethics and Society Programs, and you can find her in 285 Mendoza.

I’m thrilled to have Lindsay and Reilly on board, and I know you’ll enjoy getting to know them.

Our interns, Maria Bueno, Ella Ermshler and Katelyn Wang have been hard at work supporting the new initiatives and liaising with our students — our next generation of ethical business leaders! As we continue to engage our students, we are offering a new course for undergraduates this fall semester, the Deloitte Colloquium in Ethical Leadership (MGTO 30707), that will incorporate mentorship with MBA students and business leaders. Later this month, 18 undergraduates who are part of the current cohort of Deloitte Scholars, led by John Sikorski, will visit Poland through a program co-sponsored by the NDDCEL and the Nanovic Institute. Students will explore the challenges and opportunities associated with a young, free market economy in Europe, and the relationship between ethics, politics, business and faith.

We have also welcomed four new members to our NDDCEL Advisory Board. We’re excited to incorporate their energy and ideas. All are Mendoza alumni, so perhaps you will recognize their names. Joining our board are Cecelia Bolden, chief development and diversity officer at SDI Presence, LLC; Jonathan Collins, senior vice president at PartsTown; Erin Fitzgerald, outgoing CEO of U.S. Farmers & Ranchers in Action; and Kirsten Higgins, vice president, Renewable Natural Gas at Anew Climate.