Director of Data Analytics: Natalie Holmes

First up, the Director of Data Analytics, Natalie Holmes. Natalie is a super senior and she has been with Jagathon for over four years. She started her journey with Jagathon in high school by being involved as a Jagathon Family! She has had many roles consisting of a Marketing Committee Member, Director of Campus Outreach, Director of Stewardship, Director of Alumni Relations, and now Director of Data Analytics. Natalie’s role is to manage and analyze the data from our Jagathon events and from our fundraising push days.

• Hometown: South Bend, Indiana
• Major: Forensic Science
• Fun Fact: Natalie has a collection of Stitch socks!
• Favorite Jagathon Memory: Her favorite memory was Jagathon 2021 and the final reveal because it was her first year being a director!
• Why does Natalie dance?: She first got involved because a good friend was involved on the Executive Board a few years before she got to college. She knew about Jagathon from being connected as a Riley Family. She learned from her dear friend how much Jagathon has to offer- so she got involved right away when she became a student at IUPUI. Her initial passion was to give back to Riley Hospital for Children the best she could after they saved her life numerous times. Since being involved, her passion and her involvement has grown beyond just giving back. Giving back to the hospital and doctors who saved her life was so important to her. Now she has found some of her lifelong friends and learned so many skills in professionalism by being involved with Jagathon. She will forever be grateful for Jagathon and absolutely loves giving back in any way that she can!

Director of High School Dance Marathons: Kate Wagner

Up next, the Director of High School Dance Marathons, Kate Wagner. Kate is a junior and this will be her third year in Jagathon. She has had previous roles which consisted of being a Family Relations Committee Member, Co-Director of Event Programming, and now the Director of High School Dance Marathons. Her role is to oversee all our high school partners as they plan and execute their own Dance Marathons!

• Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
• Major: Biology and Forensic Science with Medical Humanities and Health Studies as minors
• Fun Fact: Kate has a growing collection of Owala water bottles!
• Favorite Jagathon Memory: Her favorite Jagathon memory was working on the Operations team last year and being an integral part of planning main event!

• Why does Kate dance?: Having experienced first-hand how money raised through Dance Marathon and Children's Miracle Network can affect families, including her own, participating in this event is something that she is very passionate about. Kate started volunteering at Riley last year and has met some amazing kids and their families. She works with the Child Life team, which is partially funded by CMN. She gets to hold babies and play with kids in an effort to bring some sense of normalcy to their hospital stay. Kate dances for kids like her brother who will benefit from new treatment centers funded by CMN. She dances for all of the kids at Riley who have and will continue to benefit from the money raised from Jagathon and other Dance Marathon events. She is dancing for more futures!