<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/releases/2019/pompea-legacy-gift.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>University News</category><pubDate>10/16/2019</pubDate><title>Pompea Legacy Gift Challenge Exceeds Goal, Raises $12.5 Million for the University</title><description>As part of The Charger Challenge Centennial campaign, Board of Governors Vice Chair Charles E. Pompea ’71, ’90 EMBA, ’06 Hon., and his wife, Tamera, announced their own bequest intention and graciously offered to match dollar for dollar, up to a total of $5 million, any new legacy gifts that were included in a donor’s estate plan.</description><hide-description/><author/><author-details/><hide-author/><date>October 16, 2019</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/support/news/2019/pompea-legacy-gift.jpg" alt="NYC Roadshow"/></image><image-caption>(L-R) Tamera and Charles E. Pompea ’71, ’90 EMBA, ’06 Hon. with Summer McGee, dean of the School of Health Sciences, at the University’s Centennial celebration in New York City.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-releases</tag><tag>year-2019</tag></tags></item>