As PP55 fellows continue to positively impact commu-nities across the country, we have been given a portal into their daily lives of work, fun, and community through the PP55 Fellows’ Blog. For anyone who may not know, blogs are online journals with new entries appearing in sequence as they are writ-ten. On the PP55 Fellows’ Blog, fellows share their lessons learned on the job, dynamic dialogues at semi-nars, coffee with mentors, and much more. The PP55 Fellows’ Blog not only of-fers opportunities for fellow-ship applicants to read about fellowship experiences in “real time,” it also gives

them true representations of the different programs in each of our cities. Here are excerpts from just a few blog entries: “It feels awesome to have so much real work and re-sponsibility so early in this lateral organization where I work directly with the CFO to close out loans, disburse money, and monitor borrow-

ers’ financial progress.” Hannah Xu, ’08, Partners for the Common Good, Washington DC “Your alumni mentor is also a great resource to tap into. I was able to meet with my mentor when I visited

Chicago during the summer and he had great advice to give me about the city, hous-ing, and anything else I asked him.” Michael Male-cek ’09, North Lawndale Employment Network, Chi-cago “As a result of working as assistant editor on a book for grantees about donor and grant stewardship, I have learned so much about the technicalities and relation-ship building of nonprofits, specifically foundations. Just being at the [Foundation] Center is like being in a big classroom.” Sumin Lee ’09, The Foundation Center, New York

Fall 2009 Volume 13, Number 3

Inside this issue: PP55 Regional Updates 2

Fundraising: Highs & Lows 3

*2008-09 Donor Report* 4-5

Hooked on Boston … Read More!

6

Board Member & Mentor Spotlight: Scott Taylor ’75

7

Fellowship Experiences: In Their Own Words

Rob Spackey ’08 Shares Fellow-ship Experience with the Board

PP55 Joins Twitter!

PP55 Elects Five New Board Members: Bids Farewell to Two Long Time Members

Read what is happening in your community...

TAN Affiliate Placements 09-10

Visit Share Effort Online to see more: blog.project55.org

*Inside* 08-09 Donor Report

Thank you to all our donors!

To read more about what our fellows have been up to so far, check out their blog at

www.pp55fellows.blogspot.com.

Hooked on Boston: What I learned about PP55’s thriving community in the

Northeast, and why I can’t wait to go back

John Shriver, PP55 Program Manager

Hello to all of our friends and supporters in the Boston area and around the country! I recently had an action-packed 27-hour tour of ev-erything PP55 is doing in Bean Town. This trip made me so excited about all the

Boston area committee has accomplished, and what they have planned for the year ahead. Rebecca Nemec ’05 and the rest of our Boston volunteers have been work-ing hard to offer our fellows an exciting year of service in the public interest and to expand the opportunities for Princeton alumni of all ages

to get plugged into the PP55 community. My trip began when I ar-rived in Boston’s Back Bay around 12:30 Monday after-noon, September 28th,on the Amtrak. After a restful trip up from Princeton, and with just enough time to grab a delicious fish sandwich on

… continued on page 6

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Project 55 Across the Nation: Regional Updates Bay Area, California

Our opening reception was a success! There is a seminar on education planned for October 28. We are collaborating with Harvard CPIC Stanford SPIN programs this year which is working our well. We will be recruit-ing volunteers to work on the local PP55 20th anni-versary celebration.

Boston Join us in celebrating 20 years of public service and civic leadership with a screening of Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North directed, pro-duced and written by Katrina Browne '89. The screening will be November 10th at 7:00pm at the Museum of Science, Cahners Theater in Bos-ton.

Chicago The new cohort of PP55 fellows got a glimpse of the Chicago's offerings in August while enjoying free music and the com-pany of PP55 alumni, committee members, and mentors at the Pritzker Pavilion. The group gath-ered again in September for the annual welcome dinner, hosted by Bob Loveman '69, and the fel-lows have since been meeting with Northwest-ern and University of Chicago fellows at the

weekly Public Interest Program seminars. Meanwhile, the Area Committee is busy plan-ning for a 20th anniver-sary cocktail celebration in early spring and look-ing forward to sharing our love for Chicago with a new round of PP55 appli-cants!

Connecticut Area Committee Coor-dinator Harry Berkowitz ’55 sends this update: “Our two fellows at The Norwalk Community Health Center continue to produce amazing results in any task or project as-signed to them. I have seen them on the phones in Pediatrics and taking the lead in installing a new state-of-the-art pa-tient information sys-tem that will bring the systems at the Center to one of leadership nation-wide. They are also play-ing an integral part in the move of the center that will result in yearly

patient visits ballooning from 30 to 50,000. Executive Director, Larry Cross, often says he could not function without his Princeton fellows...as a matter of fact, the new facility has an office des-ignated on the blue-prints as ‘Princeton Fel-lows’ Office.’”

New York The NYC PP55 chapter successfully kicked off its fall 2009 seminar series with a discussion led by Charles Best, CEO and founder of Donors-Choose.org. Since its in-ception in 2002, Donors-Choose.org has helped over 2.5 million public school students nation-wide. Best shared stories about first conceptualizing the idea for this online charity as a schoolteacher in the Bronx and how he turned this vision into reality, making it an engaging and inspirational evening for all who attended.

The next seminar will be in November on the subject of politics and the press.

Washington, DC On the evening of Sep-tember 30th Raj Vinnakota ’93, current chair of An-nual Giving at Princeton University and this year’s Woodrow Wilson Award Winner for public service leadership, spent an hour sharing the lessons he has learned as co-managing director of the SEED Foundation. Raj recounted a story from the early days of the SEED School of Wash-ington, DC—the nation’s first inner-city boarding school—and how just twelve years after its founding 98% of gradu-ates go on to attend four-year colleges. Guests had the opportu-nity to ask Raj about a range of topics, from the health and social services the school provides, to fundraising advice for this challenging economic en-vironment for nonprofits. An evening full of insight and inspiration, it was a terrific event to kick-off the year for Project 55 in DC.

To learn more about PP55’s exciting regional

activities taking place across the nation, contact

John Shriver at jshriver@project55.org.

PP55 fellows currently serve in these locations.

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PP55 Fundraising Highs & Lows: Why We Need Your Support By Natasha Robinson, PP55 Development Officer In our ongoing effort to keep you informed about what Princeton Project 55 is doing to strive for fi-nancial equilibrium in these challenging eco-nomic times, here is a brief fundraising update. PP55 staff and volun-teers raised a total of $215,072 during fiscal year 2008-09. Although the amount raised from individuals was approxi-mately $20,000 less than what was raised in the previous fiscal year, Princeton alumni partici-pation increased by an im-pressive 9 percent. A total of 348 donors invested in the mission of PP55 (see Donor Listing on pages 4 and 5). Our fellowship and internship alumni donors represented all 20 years since PP55’s 1989 inception. Last year was also a re-cord year for PP55 fund-ing from foundations; we received $146,557 from foundations and corpora-tions. This support helped to mitigate the loss of fund-ing from individuals. However, as with many nonprofits this year, PP55 will be unable to rely on this support as our most generous foundation sup-porters will be cutting back on their

contributions. Project 55 will need to rely more on support from individuals in the coming year. “Last fiscal year was certainly difficult—but we were able to negotiate with vendors, consolidate staffing, and rely heavily on support from founda-tions,” says Executive Di-rector, Kathleen Reilly. “We predict that 2010, Project 55’s 20th Anniver-sary year, will be the most challenging economic year in PP55’s history. We are expecting a startling 50 percent de-crease in foundation fund-ing. We hope that we can rely on everyone to attend our celebratory 20th Anni-versary Gala in Princeton on May 27, and really stretch for Project 55 this year. Our impact is only made possible because so many passionate, dedi-cated alumni give.” In our 20th Anniver-sary year, Project 55 is relying on your support now more than ever. We have launched a 100% Appreciation

Challenge for our fellow-ship and internship alumni to give in honor of their experience and to ensure that PP55 continues to provide alumni of all ages with opportunities to serve the public interest.

Make your gift count for the future of PP55 and

donate today!

Questions? Contact Natasha Robinson,

Development Officer, at 609-921-8808 ext. 7 or

nrobinson@project55.org.

“We predict that 2010, Project 55’s 20th Anniversary year, will be the most challenging economic year in PP55’s

history. We are expecting a startling 50 percent decrease in foundation funding…

Our impact is only made possible because so many passionate, dedicated alumni give.”

— Kathleen Reilly, PP55 Executive Director

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2008-2009 Gifts to Princeton Project 55

Individual Donors  

Founders' Circle  George C. S. ’55 & Ann W. Hackl William R. Leahy ’66  Peter T. Milano ’55   in memory of John G. Paul ’55   Michael D. Robbins ’55   in memory of John G. Paul ’55  Alan M. Willemsen ’55  

Visionary  John H. Fish ’55 Austin H. George ’55    in memory of Terry Sutphen ’55 &    Charlie Bray ’55 James A. ’69 & Jane Gregoire   in honor Bob & Carol Amick’s    Wedding Anniversary Ralph Nader ’55 Samuel T. ’55 & Judy Hole Suratt  

Civic Leader Stephen M. Boyd ’55 R. Gordon Douglas, Jr. ’55 &    Sheila Mahoney Elizabeth A. Duffy ’88 &    John A. Gutman ’83  Landon Y. Jones, Jr. ’66 Hilary J. ’55 & Ethel Lipsitz   in memory of John G. Paul ’55  Charles F. Mapes ’55    in memory of John G. Paul ’55  Mary P. Murley ’76 A. C. Safian ’55    in memory of John Paul ’55 &    in honor of Sam Surratt ’55    75th Birthday William C. Shafer ’55 John C. Sienkiewicz ’55   in memory of John G. Paul ’55  Scott F. Taylor ’75 A. Richard Turner ’55 R. Kenly Webster ’55  

Mentor Robert M. ’55 & Carol J. Amick Vincent P. Anderson ’65 Rebecca E. Deaton ’91 &    Jadran Lee Jeremy M. ’94 & Lisa B. Getson ’93  Roger Gilbert, Jr. ’55 John R. Howell ’55 Stan N. Katz h’21 Kathryn A. Miller ’77  Olympia Moy ’05  J. R. Woolston ’55 Melissa H. Wu ’99 Paul M. Wythes ’55  

Activist  Walter R. Barry, Jr. ’55 Ann D. Berkowitz   in honor of Harry Berkowitz ’55  Harry W. Berkowitz ’55 David W. Bianchi ’55 Margaret M. Crotty ’94 Donna J. Dean The Etow Family John D. Hamilton, Jr. ’55 Steve D. Houck ’69 Graham E. Jones ’55 James D. Lynn ’55    in honor of Charlie W. Bray ’55 Doris K. Mapes Kathleen McCleery ’75 Teddy Gross & Ruth Nass Richard & MaryElla Nenno   in honor of Chris Nenno ’08  Scott E. Regenbogen ’97  Warner V. Slack ’55 Susan Suh ’96 Peter V. Z. Turk ’01 Lindsay M. Wall ’02 Henry Wendt ’55 John S. Wilson ’55   in honor of Michael D. Robbins ’55  John W. Zielenbach ’90  

Engaged Citizen  Anonymous Burt J. Abrams ’55 Lewellys F. Barker ’55 David Blair ’67 Justin S. Borntraeger ’02   in honor of John Fish ’55  Markley H. Boyer ’55 F. D. Brigham, Jr. ’55 Illa S. Brown ’76 William P. Burks ’55 George L. Caldwell ’55 Andrew G. Carey, Jr. ’55 Jennifer L. Carpenter ’96 Charles W. Coker, Jr. ’55 Frank T. Crews, Jr. ’55 Edward G. Crum, Jr. ’55 George C. Denniston ’55 Richard E. Dillon ’55 Alexis Etow ’07 Richard E. Evans ’55 David H. Fulmer ’55 M. D. Gardner ’55 David Garr, Deborah Williamson, &   Joshua Garr in honor of    Rebecca C. Garr ’06  Paul Gazzerro, III ’92 A. R. Gordon ’55 Celine Gounder ’97 Lewis B. Gustafson ’55 Gilmor S. Hamill, IV ’55   in memory of Terry Sutphen ’55  

John R. Hastings ’55 Peter P. Hawryluk ’55 Richard L. Herbruck ’55 Ronald J. Hess ’55 Darlington P. Hicks ’94 Robert L. Hill ’55 Albert P. Hinckley, Jr. ’55 Julia D. Hinckley‐Padula ’96  James & Marilyn Hinton   in honor of Mai Hinton ’08  C. R. Horsburgh, Jr. ’68 Kirsten O. Hull ’99   in honor of John Fish &    the Chicago PIP Jennifer A. Hwang ’97 Addison E. Igleheart ’55  Peter Jefferys ’55 Jennifer Z. Johnson ’97 Jessica D. Johnson ’98 Mark C. Jones ’94 Thomas S. Jordan, Jr. ’55   in memory of Charlie W. Bray ’55  William A. Jordan, Jr. ’95 Emile Karafiol ’55 Daniel S. Kaufman ’92 Leslie P. Kernisan ’97 David Kimball ’72 & Maureen Kimball H. F. Kloman, II ’55 Dena R. Koren ’04 William R. Kurtz ’91 Jeremiah D. Lambert ’55 Shoshana M. Landow ’91 William J. Lawlor, III ’56 Mr. Elliott D. Lee '74 Jocelyn A. Luongo ’01 Donald P. Madden ’55 Anne‐Marie Maman ’84 J. Thomas Markham ’55 Richard H. May ’55 Stacy B. McAuliffe Carey ’98  W. A. McKee ’90 Peter T. McKinney III ’55 Celia McLane ’96  Stephen M. McNamara ’55 Shen Meng & Jing Chen Ming Ricardo A. Mestres, Jr. ’55 Dominic F. Michel ’70 Kevin H. Moriarty ’99 Amalia M. NietoGomez ’99 Robert W. Parsons, Jr. ’55 William E. Pugh ’96  Stuart S. Raynor, Jr. ’55 Kathryn Reimann ’79 William R. Richardson ’73  Jessica Rosenbaum ’92 Robert J. Ruben ’55 Stan N. Rubin ’55 Sonya H. Ruehl Kenneth Safian   in honor of Chet Safian’s 75th    Birthday 

William J. Salman ’55 Barry S. Savits ’55 Robert M. Shoemaker ’55 H. J. Sidford, Jr. ’55 Sarah E. Stein ’97 Eiko Sugano ’98 Barbara H. Sutphen   in honor of Terry Sutphen’s    Birthday John C. Tucker ’55 Richard O. Walker III ’73 Lindsay L. Warner ’01 John R. West M.D. ’55 David G. White ’55 Nelson H. Wild ’55 Moses Williams, Jr. ’55 Richard H. Willis ’55 Julie R. Wingerter ’92  

Fellow  Anonymous Winthrop R. Adkins ’55 Jennifer Albinson ’05 Thomas D. Allison, Jr. ’66 Donald W. Altmaier ’55 Ari G. Altman ’97 William S. Ames ’55 Mark P. Anderson ’98 Janna Z. Andrews ’96 Jacob P. Arechiga ’05 R. B. Attridge ’55 William Atwater Audrey L. Austin ’01 Joseph H. Bacheller III ’55 Holly Bamford Hunt ’93 Sarah Barbrow ’05 Morey Elizabeth Barnes ’00 Rainah A. Berlowitz ’97 Sloan Bermann ’02 Ashok M. Bhavnani ’55 Stephanie Blackburn Freeth Amanda E. Blaine ’03 Kirsten H. Blair ’84 Joanne S. Blickwedel   in memory of John G. Paul ’55  Linda Boachie‐Ansah ’02 Michael J. Bocian ’95 Arthur D. Bond, Jr. ’55 Thomas D. Boyatt ’55   in memory of John G. Paul ’55  Jessica A. Brubaker ’98 Carl S. Buchman ’55 Mary F. Buttrick   in memory of William Buttrick ’55  Elizabeth W. Cain Clark ’93   in honor of John H. ’55 & Sally Fish Katherine S. Canning ’97 Danielle Carlson ’07 Douglas M. Carpenter ’55 Claudia Carrera ’06   in honor of Chet Safian ’55  

Princeton Project 55 is grateful for the support received from the following individuals and organizations in 2008‐2009: 

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Cynthia E. Casazza ’04 Stebbins B. Chandor ’55 Robert M. Chilstrom ’67 Michael Chiswick‐Patterson ’02  Laura Collins ’99 J. Andrew Cowherd ’74   in memory of Terry Sutphen ’55   Carolyn B. Cross ’05 Jennifer Daniels ’93   in memory of Terry Sutphen ’55  Andres D. Diamond‐Ortiz ’05   in memory of Jim Morgan   Kerry E. Dinneen ’77 F. Clement Dinsmore ’65 Tracy Dobie ’07 Shannon Donnelly Simmons ’03  James E. Douglas, Jr. ’55 Roy & Joan Ebbel   in honor of Erin Ebbel ’06  John A. Edie ’66 Laura B. Eichhorn ’02 Phyllis M. Ellin ’83 Bruce Elmegreen & Debra Elmegreen Shena Elrington ’04 Rodney J. Ferris ’55 Kathryn Fiorella ’06 B. B. Fisher, Jr. ’55 Dylan B. Fitz ’05 Earl E. & Julianne V. Fitz  A. K. Foster, Jr. ’55 J.D. Frazee   in memory of John G. Paul ’55  Letta Frazier Sneed ’93 Richard A. Frye ’55 Jeffrey T. Gaffney ’01 Charles D. Gerlinger ’55 Andrew Gettelman ’92 E. P. Gillette Jr. ’56   in memory of Terry Sutphen ’55  Ann Glotzbach ’05 Andrew Goldstein ’06 William H. Gorham ’55 Dunrie A. Greiling ’92 Emmitte Griggs ’07 Sandhya Gupta ’98 Oscar P. Hampton, III ’55   in memory of John G. Paul ’55  Elizabeth M. Hannan   in memory of John G. Paul ’55  Conrad R. Harper ’55 Seth Harvey ’55 Clark C. Havighurst ’55 Kristen E. Heissenbuttel‐Bouzaid ’99 Kimberly M. Hendler Sarah E. Hendricks ’00 John Henn ’55 Meghan K. Hickey ’96 Robert B. Hiden, Jr. ’55   in memory of Charlie W. Bray ’55  Dale E. Ho ’99 Wilson M. Hopkins, Jr. ’55 Peter D. Horne ’55 

Felix Huang ’07 N. Richard Hueber ’55 Rishi Jaitly ’04 James C. Jehle ’55 Kimberly A. Jennings ’95 Allen S. Johnson ’55 Elizabeth Johnson Benet J. Kearney ’05 Albert V. B. Kelsey ’55   in memory of John G. Paul ’55  George D. Kirkham ’55 Donald R. Kline ’55 Stephen M. Kohen George Kovatch ’55 Ian M. Kronish ’96 James G. Kuhns ’55 William F. Landrigan ’76 Stephen & Shirley LeBano Myron S. Lee ’55 Denise E. Leonhard ’02 Aiala Levy ’07 Scott D. Levy ’02 Karen Li ’05 Edward W. Lincoln, Jr. ’55 Robert B. ’69 & Gail J. Loveman Meg Lowman & Michael Brown   in honor of Edward Burgess ’07  John H. Lurz, III ’03 Edgar J. Mack III ’55 James Maguire ’70 Dana Malman Warren ’03 Jonathan C. Marks ’05 William & Caryl McAlpin Robert C. McClanahan, Jr. Wendy L. McGoodwin ’93 James Cooke McGough ’55 Ann E. McGowan ’92 Lori Mihalich‐Levin ’01 Lauren E. Miller ’03 Willis N. Mills, Jr. ’55   in honor of George C.S. Hackl ’55  Ki Hyun Moon ’01 Kelly A. ’97 & Jeffrey Moriarty Roland Morris ’55 Roger V. ’55 & Caroline R.    Moseley ’55 Frank F. Mountcastle, Jr. Stephen B. Mygatt ’70   in honor of John G. Paul ’55  Gary B. Nash ’55 Lee P. Neuwirth ’55 Samuel P. Newbold ’02 Richard H. ’76 & Rosalie W.    Norair ’76 Robin D. Olsen ’00 Jon H. Olson ’55 Anna Maria Ortiz ’95 J. Rollin Otto, Jr. ’55 Clement D. Pappas ’97 Helen Parr ’94 David M. Patterson ’96 John T. Perkins ’55 

  in memory of Harry P. Ward ’55  Elizabeth Perriello Rice ’90 &    Kenneth Rice Alan A. Platt ’65 Oren T. GS ’51 & Anita T. Pollock Carl R. Pope ’55 Benjamin J. Porter ’98 &    Lea A. Weems ’99 Paul H. Potter ’55 Leon D. Prockop M.D. ’55   in honor of Sophia Prockup Anthony C. E. Quainton ’55 Joseph V. Quarles III ’55 Yaromil Ralph ’94 Stephanie L. Ramos ’00 Jessica Reardon ’05 Kevin R. Reich ’00 Kate Reid ’04    in honor of Bill Leahy ’65   Maurice Reidy ’97 & Kim Reidy ’97  Kathleen E. Reilly Jonathan F. Remley ’95 Natasha M. Robinson ’04 Pete & Kay Rossiter Adrienne A. Rubin ’88   in honor of the Great Class of 1955 Jana S. Rumminger ’97 &    Jason Woodard ’97  Antoinette Seaberry ’05 Susanne Seitinger ’01 Whitney A. Shinkle ’99 John Slafsky ’87 Justin Smith ’90 Kristen N. Smith ’03 Richard G. Smith ’55 John A. Snyder ’55 Otto L. ’55 & Ann B. Spaeth Ann K. Stonesifer   in memory of Geary L.    Stonesifer, Jr. ’55  Patrick A. Sullivan ’02 Chanterelle Sung ’00 Stephen B. Thacker ’69 & Luz M.   Fortes Richard E. Thompson ’55 Olev Trass ’55 R. P. Van Gytenbeek ’55 Rachel B. Wagner ’03 Richard C. Walker ’55   in memory of Jerry Babb ’55  Jason Wang ’07 Sherwin & Louise Wang   in honor of Jason Wang ’07  Charlotte Weiskittel ’06 S. Ford ’68 & Harriot Weiskittel Adriana Willsie ’07 Richard W. Wilson ’55 Artilie Chanel Wright ’06 Maia J. Wright ’01 & Kathryn L.    Jarboe Sandra Zaeh ’07 Leonard S. Zegans ’55 

Corporate and Foundation Donors  Abbey K. Starr Charitable Trust Canto 6 Bakery and Cafe, Inc. Dalio Family Foundation, Inc. Edward S. Moore Family Foundation Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation GoodSearch Irving and Sara Selis Foundation Jockers Family Foundation Moskowitz Foundation Surdna Foundation, Inc.  

   

    PP55 Legacy Society These donors have made a commit‐ment to the future success of Prince‐ton Project 55 by including PP55 in their will/estate plans.  Thomas D. Boyatt ’55 Stephen M. Boyd ’55 Milton J. Deitch ’55 Sara H. Deitch John H. Fish ’55 George C. S. Hackl ’55 John D. Hamilton ’55 Richard L. Herbruck ’55 Peter Jefferys ’55 Oral O. Miller ’55 A. Chester Safian ’55 John C. Tucker ’55 Nelson H. Wild ’55 Alan M. Willemsen ’55  

2008-2009 Gifts to Princeton Project 55

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Washington St, I headed to a meeting with Annie Gayman ’09, our fellow at Children’s HealthWatch. Annie and her supervisor, Stephanie Ettinger De Cuba, were kind enough to show me their offices at Boston University and share the ways Children’s HealthWatch has been working to address the needs of children growing up in poverty. Since An-nie started her fellowship in July, she has been hard at work: preparing briefs on policy, interviewing children in the emergency room, and generally learn-ing the ropes of the or-ganization. Look for up-dates from Annie and the other PP55 fellows on the PP55 Fellows blog at www.PP55fellows.blogspot.com. After meeting with An-nie and Stephanie, I rushed to check into my hotel before heading down to Jamaica Plain for a meeting with the great volunteers on the PP55 Boston Area Committee. As I mentioned before, Rebecca Nemec ’05 heads this committee of diverse and talented alumni. Jana Holt ’08, a second year High Meadows fellow at Environmental Defense, has taken on the task of planning this year’s semi-nars. Jana has worked with the Center for Public

Interest Careers at Har-vard (CPIC) to develop seminars on topics rang-ing from homelessness to social entrepreneurship. Karen Jeng ’08, a former fellow at Children’s HealthWatch, is the PP55 Mentor Coordinator. Bob Amick ’55, previously on the PP55 Board, and John Hamilton ’55, former Chairmen of PP55’s Board, are a huge help to Rebecca with everything from arranging logistics to big-picture thinking. At our meeting, we reviewed plans for the fellowship orientation breakfast the next morning and were able to discuss our thoughts and goals for the year ahead. One example of the great things in store for our community in Boston is a screening and discus-sion of former fellow Katrina Browne’s ’89 documentary, Traces of the Trade, co-hosted with PANE (Princeton Asso-ciation of New England).

The event will be held on November 10 as part of PP55’s national celebra-tion of our 20th Anni-versary. Stay tuned to our

online newsletter Shared Effort for more details. Tuesday began with a quick walk through the beautiful Back Bay neighborhood and a ride on the T downtown for a meeting with John Hamil-ton ’55. As I have come to ex-pect, I heard a lot of wis-dom and humor from John as we ate breakfast and pre-pared for the fellow-ship orien-tation in the offices of Wil-merHale. Before long, I was saying hello to the twenty mem-bers of the local Princeton community who came to meet this year’s fellows and learn more about what PP55 is doing locally. We were honored to hear from former fellow Sherry Riva ’92, who is the founder

and director of Compass Working Capital, an or-ganization dedicated to breaking the cycle of pov-erty. I also had the oppor-tunity to meet Andrew Hoffman ’89, the former president of PANE. The orientation break-fast was a great success, a reminder of just how many Princetonians are truly working “in the na-tion’s service”. On the heels of that in-spirational morning, I headed out to Fenway for a meeting with Warner Slack ’55, another founder and a member of the PP55 Board. Warner too is an exemplar of PP55’s val-ues. Over lunch, we had the opportunity to discuss

the recent Board meeting and PP55’s interest in bet-ter engaging Princeton alumni of all ages. Before long, though, I was rush-ing off to a meeting with a potential new partner or-ganization, Boston Healthcare for the Home-less (BHCHP). →

John Hamilton '55, Andrew Hoffman '89 and former PANE President, Chris Milton '69

Current PP55 Fellow Annie Gayman '09 and supervisor Stephanie Ettinger De Cuba from Children's HealthWatch

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Scott Taylor graduated from Princeton in 1975 with an economics degree. He also holds an MBA in finance from Columbia Business School. He man-ages a personal family foundation and was for-merly a partner in Mansion Partners, LP, an invest-ment fund. Previously, he had been in institutional sales with Citigroup Asset Management, Bear, Stearns & Co., and Morgan Stanley & Co., and was a financial analyst with General Mo-tors Corp. Scott is a mem-ber of the Project 55 Board of Directors. He and his wife, Courtney Finch Tay-lor, Wellesley '79, live in New York; where she, of course, favors black, while he adds, much to her cha-grin, some orange.

How/Why did you get involved with Princeton Project 55? Did it sur-prise you to learn that Princeton Project 55 is a multigenerational or-ganization?

I got involved around the time of the 10th anniver-sary of PP55, when I re-sponded to a piece in the Princeton Club of NY newsletter, looking for mentors. I had always done a fair amount of alumni job counseling, focused on Wall Street. But the civic engagement angle in the not-for-profit sector was enticing. Help-ing young people help so-ciety seemed to make a lot of sense. It wasn’t until I was a bit more involved that I saw that the foun-ders were beginning to include the former fellows in preparing for leadership roles.

What is your back-ground regarding non-profits/volunteering? How have you demon-strated “Princeton in the Nation’s Service?”

My first job out of Prince-ton was on the business

side of a small children’s services agency in Queens, New York. That was relatively short-lived, but working with PP55 now gives me another op-portunity to “give back.”

What’s the most impor-tant thing you look for when supporting an or-ganization or serving on a nonprofit board?

I’m a numbers guy, so I am interested in organiza-tions that serve the largest number of constituents in an efficient way. Bang for the buck!

Please discuss the impor-tance of what PP55 does for the Princeton com-munity and communities across the country.

I like to think of the whole structure of PP55 as a form of what I call “leveraged philanthropy”. Through our work and financial contributions, we engage fellows who both help their partner organi-zations help many con-stituents, and either grow in their careers helping a number of not-for-profits, or move on in the for-profit world and become

dedicated philanthropists supporting PP55 like or-ganizations.

For 2009-10, PP55 placed 46 fellows. What would your advice be for our newest class of PP55 fellows, and to those Princetonians who are still looking for a job next year?

Use the Princeton net-work! Pick up the phone and make the calls! You will almost always get a positive response, proba-bly some help, and often some referrals, but it will rarely be a hard call to make.

As we celebrate our 20th Anniversary, what is your hope for the next 20 years at PP55?

Having just joined the Board of PP55, I am very encouraged by the steps being taken by the foun-ders to involve new lead-ers in sustaining not just the Public Interest Pro-gram, but looking at new programs whereby all Princetonians can have a meaningful, positive impact on society.

Spotlight on a Board Member & Mentor: Scott Taylor ’75

→ While BHCHP is al-ready hosting summer in-terns through the Prince-ton Internships in Civic Service program, spon-sored by the class of ’69 Community Service Fund, they are considering how

they might continue to connect with the Princeton community through PP55. All too quickly though, I was back on the train and headed south for Prince-ton. As for my time in Boston, I could not have

asked for a more produc-tive 27 hours. From a film screening to the many seminars the area commit-tee will be opening to the wider Boston community, this is sure to be an excit-ing 20th Anniversary year.

If you would like to learn more about all PP55 will be planning in the area, or to get involved, please be in

touch with me at jshriver@project55.org or with Rebecca Nemec ’05 at

Rebecca.nemec@gmail.com.

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PP55 Board of Directors R. Kenly Webster ’55, Chairman William R. Leahy, Jr., M.D. ’66, President James D. Lynn ’55, Secretary Charles F. Mapes, Jr. ’55, Treasurer Illa Brown ’76 Margaret Crotty ’94 R. Gordon Douglas, M.D. ’55, Ex Officio Andrew Goldstein ’06 James A. Gregoire ’69, Ex Officio John D. Hamilton, Jr. ’55, Ex Officio Stephen D. Houck ’69 Jessica Johnson ’98 Landon Y. Jones, Jr. ’66 Stanley Katz h’21 Elliot D. Lee ’74, Ex Officio Kathleen McCleery ’75 Arthur McKee ’90 Dominic Michel ’70 Kathryn Miller ’77 Ralph Nader ’55 Anthony Quainton ’55

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