Meet The Team
Operations & Advancement
Donna Souder Hodge, Ph.D.
Vice President of Operations & AdvancementEmail: Donna.Souder@csupueblo.edu
Phone: 719.549.2282
Dr. Souder Hodge is the Vice President of Operations and Advancement for CSU Pueblo. In 2018, she became the architect of CSU Pueblo’s #VISION2028 strategic plan, a five-year, $34 million system investment. She has a Ph.D. in Rhetoric (2008) and, in 2017, she completed the MIT Sloan School of Management's Executive Program in Business Process Design Strategic Management. In 2019, she was accepted into the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Executive Leadership Program as an AALI Fellow. In 2021, she joined a cohort of higher education leaders in Harvard’s Institute of Education Management, a year-long program from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Over the past 20 years, she has authored, co-authored, and directed millions of dollars of grant funds from non-profit, state, and federal entities.
Kim Blount
Office Manager, Operations & AdvancementEmail: Kimberly.Blount@csupueblo.edu
Phone: 719.549.2312
Kim Blount is an experienced Executive Assistant and has been with Colorado State University Pueblo for more than a decade. Kim served as the Assistant to the Dean of the Hasan School of Business for 5 years. As the Office Manager for the Office of Organizational Development and Advancement, Kim oversees annual budgets of more than $8 million, directs events, manages travel, and serves as a liaison for various advisory boards and campus initiatives.
Denver Advancement Team
Keelan Bailey
Donor Relations and Prospect Development CoordinatorEmail: Keelan.Bailey@csupueblo.edu
Keelan oversees collaboration, collateral creation, and stewardship for the CSU Pueblo Operations and Advancement team. Keelan also serves as a prospect researcher to inform conversations and collateral for prospective donors and engagement partners. In 2022, Keelan left his Creative Director position in the office of Marketing, Communications, and Community relations to join the Operations & Advancement team. During his time at CSU Pueblo, Keelan has served in various roles such as Creative Director and Assistant Director of Orientation, Major Events and Technology where he has helped foster collaboration across the CSU Pueblo campus and beyond. Keelan graduated from CSU Pueblo’s Mass Communications program with a bachelor's degree in 2018. Then in 2021, he graduated with a Masters in Leadership with a Concentration in Student Affairs in Higher Education from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
Alexandra Hansen
Regional Development OfficerEmail: Alexandra.Hansen@csupueblo.edu
Alex Hansen is the Advancement team’s Denver-based Regional Development Officer. Alex began her higher education advancement work with CSU Pueblo in 2022 after starting her career in non-profit development. After graduating as a multicultural scholar from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor of Social Work in 2016, Alex is drawn to missions that advance equity and opportunity amongst historically overlooked groups. This passion fuels Alex’s work at CSU Pueblo, such as securing over $2M in private and public grants, leading alumni events, or forming partnerships with the CSU System and Denver-based organizations. Alex is dedicated to supporting students by growing the University’s reach and reputation beyond Pueblo through innovative fundraising, refreshed communications, and collaboration with a forward-thinking team.
