NEW ORLEANS, LA – Monica Sanusi Gelé joins Ascension DePaul Foundation New Orleans, the fundraising entity for DePaul Community Health Centers, as executive director for development. She comes with more than 25 years of fundraising experience, and most recently served on the executive leadership teams for both the Academy of the Sacred Heart and Holy Cross School. Gelé, who has raised more than $65 million during her career, also previously served as Director of Philanthropy for the March of Dimes Foundation’s prematurity research center at Washington University in St. Louis.