Friends of AUT Incorporated
FRIENDS OF AUT INCORPORATED
Join our mission to create graduates, invest in people who will go into the world and apply knowledge for wellbeing and prosperity, challenge thinking and tackle major social, environmental, business and political issues to support the changing world.
Friends of AUT Inc. is a registered 501c3 charitable entity and will issue tax receipts for all gifts.
Friends of AUT Inc. is a USA-based non-profit organisation that promotes closer ties between AUT and its USA-based alumni, explores educational and research partnership opportunities between AUT and USA Colleges, operates a programme for charitable organisations to make themselves known to potential donors within the USA philanthropic community and acts as a custodian for donations to AUT in the USA.
Contact Friends of AUT Incorporated
Andrea Vujnovich
Assistant Vice-Chancellor Corporate
General Counsel and Director of Governance
+64 9 921 9958
avujnovi@aut.ac.nz
Ben Phillips
Manager
AUT USA Office
+01 202 396 8151
ben.phillips@aut.ac.nz
Governance of Friends of AUT Inc.
Friends of AUT Inc. is governed by a Board of Trustees and Advisory Board. Friends of AUT Inc. has set a number of accountability standards for donors and partners.
Professor Damon Salesa
President
Andrea Vujnovich
Secretary
Bill Middleton
Vice President
Joff Mitchell
Member
Gordon Smith
Member
Danelle Le Cren
Member
Helen Klisser During
Member
Chelsea Winstanley
Member
Accountability and Responsibility
The Board of Trustees has a fiduciary responsibility to ensure all donated funds are correctly managed, invested and disbursed.
Friends of AUT Inc. reports to donors and partners in a variety of ways, including project reports, project visits, letters and reports from student scholarship winners, meetings with sponsored staff or academic project leaders, Friends of AUT Inc.’s Annual Report and audited annual accounts.
Where a formal agreement between Friends of AUT Inc. and a partner has been signed, it is carefully monitored to ensure all terms are met.