Mattie Fowler Burkhardt

Mattie Fowler Burkhardt was hired in February of 2017 as the Development Operations Director. Burkhardt was promoted to Senior Director of Development Operations in July of 2018 and again to Assistant AD – Annual Giving in January of 2022.

Burkhardt led the day-to-day operations of the annual fund within the athletics department including donor relations, fundraising initiatives, premium seating and hospitality, scholarship endowments, planned giving and the N Club. She also served as the secondary sport administrator for Women’s Tennis.

Burkhardt was an active member of Women Leaders in College Sports and a 2020 graduate of the Institute for Administrative Advancement. Fowler spent sevens year as a TeamMates mentor. 

A four-time team captain on Nebraska's softball team, the 2015-16 Nebraska Female Student-Athlete of the Year, and a 2016 first-team CoSIDA Academic All-American, Burkhardt graduated from UNL in May of 2015 with a bachelor's degree in business administration as a finance major and math minor. The Tucson, Ariz., native graduated with her MBA and a specialization in finance in May of 2017.