- B.S., Home Economics, Meredith College
Jayne Abernethy is the assistant director for donor engagement at Lenoir-Rhyne since 2016. In her role, she creates compelling communications that support LR donor relations through cultivation and stewardship, specifically with the President's Society, Business Council, Loyal Bears and Parents Council. She also organizes the President's Box at LR home football games, the annual Founder's and 1891 Heritage Societies recognition dinner, the Christmas concert reception for leadership donors and the scholarship celebration luncheon for the Hickory campus.