Welcome! We are very pleased that you are exploring the many benefits associated with making a promise to the future through legacy planning. Viewing acts of philanthropy as an expression of your internal values, we are committed to serving and assisting you in your own process of charitable planning. We offer you our expertise, and our own commitment to the enriching process of creating an everlasting promise to the scholars of tomorrow.

If you have any questions about the many charitable options available to you, please call. Better yet, click here, and send us a short note. We will be very pleased to help you.

So that you may get to know us a little better, we have included a little bit of our professional history.

Michael Crvarich
Executive Director of
Legacy Planning

Michael is a Certified Public Accountant with a Masters of Accounting in Taxation from the University of Southern California. Throughout his eight year public accounting career, Michael developed an expertise in family wealth planning. In 1999, Michael began to put his financial and tax planning skills to work for the University of Washington, where he served as an Associate Director of Gift Planning for almost seven years.

While living in Seattle, Michael earned his Masters of Arts degree in Pastoral Studies from Seattle University, and is a firm believer in integrating a values based approach to financial and philanthropic planning.

Jay Donoghue
Director of
Legacy Planning

Jay Donoghue recently joined University Advancement as Director of Legacy Planning after a 25 year career in the financial services industry as an executive with Merrill Lynch and Smith Barney. Jay has extensive experience managing the careers of highly motivated and achievement oriented investment professionals. He also has a wide range of experience providing institutions and high net worth individuals with strategic financial and estate planning advice. Jay's background also includes significant service in the non - profit sector working with various organizations involved in helping families and children in need. Born in Berkeley, California and raised in Pasadena, Jay is a graduate of UCLA and currently lives in Irvine.