DE PERE: Kate Braasch has joined the St. Norbert College Institutional Advancement team as assistant director of gift planning. Braasch will start her duties on Feb. 23.

Braasch served for two years as a development counselor for Bethesda Lutheran Homes and Services, in Watertown, Wisconsin. She developed and gave a variety of presentations on trusts, wills and other deferred giving vehicles, and produced a quarterly newsletter for about 4,000 donors and prospects in her assigned region. In addition to her fundraising experience, Braasch was also involved in special events and volunteer recruitment at Bethesda Lutheran Homes and Services.

Braasch holds a BS in community health education from the University of Wiscosnin-LaCrosse.