Jan Savarick, senior vice president and executive director of the BRCH Foundation, Inc., has announced the hiring of Allison Celebron-Brown as Manager of Major Gifts for the Foundation.

Most recently, Celebron-Brown was the project manager for Smith+Harbrecht, Inc. of Charlotte, NC where she worked with executives from the corporate, private and public sectors on organizational structures, fundraising models, policies and best practices. Celebron-Brown received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Iowa in Portuguese and Spanish.