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On November 14, more than eighty members of the alumni community and nonprofit sector gathered at the Princeton Club of New York for a night of networking and conversation focused on encore careers and transitional opportunities in the social sector. Princeton AlumniCorps partnered with the Class of ’71 Legacy Initiative, Encore.org, and the Princeton Club of New York to bring alumni, Community Volunteers participants, current and former fellows, and a diverse group of local nonprofits together to launch the Community Volunteers program in New York. The event marked the growing reach of the program. Beginning this winter, Community Volunteers will pair nonprofits in New York with experienced alumni looking for pro bono opportunities. Our goal is to offer nonprofits cost- free access to professional expertise. In turn, our nonprofit partners offer alumni skills-based volunteer opportunities to serve the community in which they live or work in a truly meaningful way. The event featured Marci Alboher, author of The Encore Career Handbook and Vice President of Encore.org, whose mission to “promote second acts for the greater good” aligns with the goals of Community Volunteers. Anne Tergesen ’86, a Wall Street Journal reporter who writes about retirement, interviewed Marci about the encore career movement and then moder- ated a panel of alumni who have pursued work in the social sector. Panelists included Karen Ali ’78, a former lawyer who recently completed a Community Volunteers project in New Jersey, and Sharon Keld ’80, Development Officer at Fall 2013 Volume 16, Issue 3 Continued on Page 3 At its September meeting, the AlumniCorps Board adopted four new strategic goals recommended by the Strategic Plan Steering Committee. These goals emerged from a six-month planning process, during which the Steering Committee gathered ideas and feedback from across the AlumniCorps community. As we pursue these goals together, the AlumniCorps community can look forward to a year of programming in 2014-15 celebrating the first 25 years of AlumniCorps and looking ahead to the next. We are launching a major outreach initiative to engage PP55 fellowship alumni in more meaningful ways, including convening groups of alumni who share a passion for a particular public issue, such as education, criminal justice reform, or public health. You can also expect our core programs, which form a continuum of alumni engagement, to get even better. Finally, the AlumniCorps Board is committed to the sustainability of this organization that we all care for deeply. From Board leadership succession planning to en- suring continued strong financial management to dramati- cally increasing giving from PP55 alumni, the Board will pursue a series of objectives designed to sustain AlumniCorps for years to come. The AlumniCorps Board and staff thank the Steering Committee for developing clear, substantive, exciting, and achievable goals that will significantly broaden our impact. The committee was co-chaired by John Fish ’55 and Kathy Miller ’77 and included Jessica Johnson ’98, Kef Kasdin ’85, Stan Katz h’21, Anne-Marie Maman ’84, Tony Quainton ’55, Kenly Webster ’55, and Executive Director Andrew Nurkin. We invite the whole AlumniCorps community to join the ongoing work of implementing the plan. For a copy of the Strategic Planning Report, please email [email protected]. AlumniCorps 2013-2016 Strategic Goals: Affirm 25 Years of Addressing Social Issues Strengthen the Field by Building Our Networks Enhance Core Programs Sustain Organizational Health

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On November 14, more than eighty members of the

alumni community and nonprofit sector gathered at the

Princeton Club of New York for a night of networking and

conversation focused on encore careers and transitional

opportunities in the social sector. Princeton AlumniCorps

partnered with the Class of ’71 Legacy Initiative,

Encore.org, and the Princeton Club of New York to bring

alumni, Community Volunteers participants, current and

former fellows, and a diverse group of local nonprofits

together to launch the Community Volunteers program in

New York.

The event marked the growing reach of the program.

Beginning this winter, Community Volunteers will pair

nonprofits in New York with experienced alumni looking for

pro bono opportunities. Our goal is to offer nonprofits cost-

free access to professional expertise. In turn, our nonprofit

partners offer alumni skills-based volunteer opportunities to

serve the community in which they live or work in a truly

meaningful way.

The event featured

Marci Alboher, author

of The Encore Career

Handbook and Vice

P r e s i d e n t o f

Encore.org, whose

mission to “promote

second acts for the

greater good” aligns

with the goals of

Community Volunteers. Anne Tergesen ’86, a Wall Street

Journal reporter who writes about retirement, interviewed

Marci about the encore career movement and then moder-

ated a panel of alumni who have pursued work in the social

sector. Panelists included Karen Ali ’78, a former lawyer

who recently completed a Community Volunteers project in

New Jersey, and Sharon Keld ’80, Development Officer at

Fall 2013 Volume 16, Issue 3

Continued on Page 3

At its September meeting, the AlumniCorps Board

adopted four new strategic goals recommended by the

Strategic Plan Steering Committee. These goals emerged

from a six-month planning process, during which the

Steering Committee gathered ideas and feedback from

across the AlumniCorps community.

As we pursue these goals together, the AlumniCorps

community can look forward to a year of programming in

2014-15 celebrating the first 25 years of AlumniCorps

and looking ahead to the next. We are launching a major

outreach initiative to engage PP55 fellowship alumni in

more meaningful ways, including convening groups of

alumni who share a passion for a particular public issue,

such as education, criminal justice reform, or public health.

You can also expect our core programs, which form a

continuum of alumni engagement, to get even better.

Finally, the AlumniCorps Board is committed to the

sustainability of this organization that we all care for

deeply. From Board leadership succession planning to en-

suring continued strong financial management to dramati-

cally increasing giving from PP55 alumni, the Board will

pursue a series of objectives designed to sustain

AlumniCorps for years to come.

The AlumniCorps Board and staff thank the Steering

Committee for developing clear, substantive, exciting, and

achievable goals that will significantly broaden our impact.

The committee was co-chaired by John Fish ’55 and

Kathy Miller ’77 and included Jessica Johnson ’98, Kef

Kasdin ’85, Stan Katz h’21, Anne-Marie Maman ’84,

Tony Quainton ’55, Kenly Webster ’55, and Executive

Director Andrew Nurkin. We invite the whole AlumniCorps

community to join the ongoing work of implementing the

plan. For a copy of the Strategic Planning Report, please

email [email protected].

AlumniCorps 2013-2016 Strategic Goals:

Affirm 25 Years of Addressing Social Issues

Strengthen the Field by Building Our Networks

Enhance Core Programs

Sustain Organizational Health

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Clara Botstein ’07 is the Director of Early College

Strategy for Bard College. She is a former PP55 fellow

and a current Emerging Leader. We asked her to

reflect on the experience of her fellowship, her career,

and how AlumniCorps continues to impact her work.

Princeton AlumniCorps

has had the largest impact

of any single organization

on my career development

and trajectory. I partici-

pated in the Princeton

Project 55 Fellowship

program in Chicago from

2007-08 and in New York

City from 2008-09. My

placement in Chicago was

at the Civic Federation, a

nonpartisan government

research organization.

Through the Civic Federation and the fellowship’s

weekly seminar series, I became interested in local

government, policy, and community development.

Through the seminars in particular, the fellowship

opened my eyes to the diversity of nonprofit organiza-

tions that exist, as well as the very real challenges they

face, and encouraged me to

apply for a more community

development-oriented policy

job.

My interests led me to

Un i t ed Ne i g h bo r h oo d

Houses of New York (UNH),

the umbrella organization of

New York City’s settlement

houses and community

centers, which I found

through the Princeton Alum-

niCorps fellowship network.

During my two years on

UNH’s policy team, I was

able to learn about and advocate for a range of human

services, including after school and college access

programs. It was at UNH that I discovered my passion

for education reform and decided to pursue a graduate

degree in public policy with a focus on education.

Since graduating from policy school at the University

of California, Berkeley, I have been working on new

school development and advocacy for Bard College’s

early college team. Bard’s early colleges allow public

school students to earn tuition-free college credits up to

an associate’s degree concurrently with a high school

diploma, thereby creating a seamless and affordable

pathway for students to and through college. At Bard, I

found myself in an exciting and challenging role, and I

was eager to find a support network and a way in which

to continue developing my skills so I could be as

successful as possible.

My desire for professional development and a

support network led me to apply to the AlumniCorps

Emerging Leaders program, which I learned about

through a friend. Emerging Leaders has been a terrific

experience. I have been able to hear from inspiring

nonprofit speakers and to delve deeper into specific

topics, such as fundraising, that are relevant for my job.

The program also focuses heavily on management and

team building, which has been very helpful for me as a

member of a new and growing staff. Most importantly,

Emerging Leaders allows me to take time out of my

schedule to reflect on my work and to learn from tal-

ented peers (the other Emerging Leaders participants)

who face similar challenges.

Princeton AlumniCorps has had a profound impact on

my career and aspirations. As a Princeton graduate

interested in public service, Princeton AlumniCorps

provided a much-needed outlet through which to find

opportunities in the nonprofit sector. Beyond help with

job placement, Prince-

ton AlumniCorps has

allowed me to discover

and explore potential

career paths, develop

my skills, and meet

mentors and like-

minded individuals

who will become the

next generation of

public sector leaders.

Having those experi-

ences and that net-

work has been invalu-

able. I am fully com-

mitted to a public service career, and I thank Princeton

AlumniCorps for helping to make that possible, for me

and hundreds of other graduates.

AlumniCorps will begin recruiting the next class of

Emerging Leaders in New York and Washington,

DC, in early 2014. Stay tuned for application infor-

mation! For more information about Emerging

Leaders, please contact Rachel Benevento at

[email protected].

“Princeton AlumniCorps has allowed me to discover and explore potential career paths, develop my skills, and meet mentors and like-minded individuals who will become the next generation of public sector leaders.”

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AlumniCorps and former Peace Corps volunteer and

marketing professional.

Marci Alboher began by sharing her knowledge of

encore and transitional careers. She explained that

there are generally two types of people in the move-

ment “leapers” and “planners.” Some people are

meticulous about planning their encore career—

attending classes, researching, conducting interviews—

and others leap in where help is needed. She stressed

that the nonprofit sector is the third largest sector in the

United States and that opportunities to get involved and

develop skills are abundant.

Panelist Sharon Keld ’80 talked about her experi-

ence transitioning from the business world to

nonprofits. Noting that her work in marketing felt unful-

filling, she described her journey toward the nonprofit

sector, which included earning a certificate in nonprofit

management studies and multiple assignments with

Peace Corps and Peace Corps Response. After

returning from the Peace Corps, where she put her

marketing background to work doing business develop-

ment with Moroccan artisans, Sharon volunteered in a

variety of roles until joining the AlumniCorps staff.

At the conclusion of the program, Judy Safian k’55

spoke about her father’s passion for AlumniCorps and

Community Volunteers. Chet Safian ’55, was instru-

mental in starting the Project 55 Fellowship Program in

New York and was its biggest champion for more than

20 years. Shortly before he passed away in April 2013

he began laying the groundwork for Community Volun-

teers to expand to New York. Judy noted that the

Community Volunteers model was her father’s experi-

ence with AlumniCorps and she encouraged attendees

to “get involved with Community Volunteers. It’s a great

experience. It will expand your network and open your

world in ways you never imagined. It changed my

father’s life and it can change yours.”

Following a question and answer period, representa-

tives from Encore.org offered additional advice to those

looking for nonprofit opportunities. AlumniCorps partner

organizations were also on hand to talk about the

projects available through Community Volunteers. In

the coming months, AlumniCorps will be working to

match interested participants to partner organizations

for short-term, high-impact projects in New York.

The event was organized by Program Leader Kef

Kasdin ’85, New York lead volunteers Regina Lee ’85

and Scott Taylor ’75, and Program Director Rachel

Benevento. The expansion of Community Volunteers is

made possible by the Chet Safian Innovation Fund.

The AlumniCorps Twitter feed was hacked!

Okay, not really, but over the summer Emerging Leader Mariah Craven took over the AlumniCorps Twitter ac-

count to share some program insights.

Check out a few of her tweets:

@AlumniCorps

Effective #leadership is situational, dependent on engaged followers, & adaptive over time. @AlumniCorps One of the most useful aspects of the Emerging Leaders program is that it has contextualized theories and prac-tices; made them relevant. @AlumniCorps Our guest speakers are here! Today we’re hearing from Groundswell’s Elizabeth Lindsey and Pyper Davis from SEED Foundation. @AlumniCorps Today Emerging Leaders in DC are being hosted by @casefoundation. We’re talking about why #leadership is fluid.

Follow us on Twitter @AlumniCorps or like the

Princeton AlumniCorps Facebook page!

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From left: Marci Alboher, Anne Tergesen ’86, Karen Ali ’78, and Sharon Keld ’80 during the panel discussion.

Continued from Page 1

Guests make new connections during the networking reception.

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Calling PP55 Alumni and Fellows: Join our $15,000 Challenge!

$6,343

raised $8,657 left to

reach our goal

$0 $15,000

When the newest class of PP55 fellows began work this summer, the number of alumni connected with public interest

work through the Princeton Project 55 Fellowship Program grew to 1,507. To mark this exciting milestone, PP55 alumna

Melissa Frey Mazin ’91 and Craig Mazin ’92 have teamed up with Board member and PP55 mentor Scott Taylor ’75

to sponsor a $15,000 matching gift challenge.

Since the challenge was launched on October 16, we have reached more than 1/3 of our goal:

Every dollar that an alum or current PP55 fellow donates between now and December 31 will be matched. We are calling on all PP55 alumni to step up and join the challenge! If we meet the $15,000 goal, this will mean

an extra $30,000 for AlumniCorps programming.

We thank those PP55 alums who have already made a gift this year.

The PP55 Challenge is part of AlumniCorps’ overall goal to raise $235,000 from individual donors by June 30, 2014.

We invite all members of our community to make a gift today to help us reach this goal.

To donate, please visit www.alumnicorps.org/donate or send your gift to

Princeton AlumniCorps, 12 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ 08540.

Regular seminars are a core element of the Project 55

Fellowships Program, giving fellows opportunities to

deepen their knowledge about public issues and civic lead-

ership. In Chicago, PP55 fellows gather weekly with fellows

from our TAN affiliate schools to be inspired by and learn

from leaders working for social change. Latalia White ’12

reports on a recent PP55 seminar in Chicago.

On Wednesday, November 13, Chicago PP55 fellows

met downtown at Civic Consulting Alliance with Public

Interest Program fellows from Northwestern University and

the University of Chicago for a seminar led by Pamela

Bozeman-Evans, Chief Operating Officer of the YWCA in

Chicago. Bozeman-Evans described how growing up in a

grassroots politically active family on the South Side of

Chicago set the foundation for her to dedicate her life to

public service, with a focus on helping women and

children. After graduating from Northern Illinois University

with a Bachelor’s degree in corporate communication and a

Master’s degree in fiscal administration, Bozeman-Evans

took a position as the Director of the University of

Chicago’s Community Service Center after childhood friend

[and former PP55 mentor] Michelle Obama ’85 persuaded

her to consider the position. She has also worked on

Barack Obama’s Senate campaign and served as the Sen-

ior Program Director for the Gary Comer Youth Center.

Bozeman-Evans used her time as Executive Director for

Blue Gargoyle Community Services from 2007-2009 to

detail the struggles of running a nonprofit organization dur-

ing tough financial times, reflecting to fellows how the shut-

ting down of Blue Gargoyle under her leadership inspired

her to prove her critics wrong by successfully moving

ahead in her career. Bozeman-Evans’s advice to fellows

who want to work in the nonprofit sector is that their focus

should be on working toward a future in which their

nonprofit organization no longer exists.

Using her current position as COO of the YWCA Chicago

as an example, she expressed that she would be horrified if

there was still a need in one hundred and fifty years for the

YWCA, an organization that seeks to eliminate racism and

sexual violence toward women; nonprofit companies need

to strive for prevention as opposed to intervention. Taking

questions from fellows about moving up in the nonprofit

world, Bozeman-Evans’ recommendations were to imple-

ment a “strategic and visionary approach to development,

the most important team” in a nonprofit, understand your

hook, and constantly be thinking about what your

company’s future needs will be in an ever-changing world. 4

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Eileen Torrez ’13 is a current fellow in the Bay Area. We recently checked in with her about her first few months as a PP55 fellow at GreatSchools in San Fran-cisco.

Tell us about yourself.

What interests and ex-

periences did you have

at Princeton? What was

your major and focus of

study? Where are you

from?

I come from Corrales,

NM, which is a small town

just outside of Albuquer-

que (think adobe houses,

corn fields and lots of

horses and goats). When

I was younger I was always curious about the bigger

picture: What is the nature of things? Why do people

act the way they do? How much can we know about

the past and the future? At Princeton I got hooked on

metaphysics and epistemology and decided to major in

philosophy. I explored the connections between

philosophy, language, and religion, ultimately traveling

to India during the fall semester of my junior year to

study Buddhism and then writing my thesis on Buddhist

philosophy. I also studied Arabic and was part of

singing and yoga groups on campus.

Tell us about your host organization. What is its

mission? What kind of work are you doing?

GreatSchools’ mission is to help parents get a great

education for their kids both at home and at school.

They started 15 years ago as a website of school

profiles, with transparent information on academic per-

formance and reviews by parents, students, and teach-

ers. The idea is that the more parents can make

informed choices about where they send their kids to

school, the more the quality of schools will improve

over time. The site has since expanded and now in-

cludes content aimed at helping parents become more

actively involved in their kids’ education.

My job is to act as [the CEO’s] assistant, which so far

has meant researching and crafting documents for

either internal or external purposes. For example, last

month I directed the writing of a paper for funders

illustrating the theory and practice behind our new local

engagement model. This month I’ll be working on the

same type of paper, but for our new website called

GreatKids.

We know it is early on in your fellowship. What has

been the most surprising thing to you in your time

on the job? Has anything been particularly reward-

ing so far? How are you finding the Bay Area?

I’ve been surprised to discover how much opportunity

for impact still exists in the field of education reform. It’s

encouraging to know that as long as you start some-

where, adapt quickly, and stay true to your original

vision, you can make a difference. I see that happening

with GreatSchools and I really like knowing that I’m a

part of the movement behind the scenes. I especially

enjoy blogging because I get to read about the most

recent debates and cutting-edge ideas in education,

and process my own ideas about them. The best part

about my job is that I’m actually using the skills I

learned in college. There is a serious need in small

public interest organizations for humanities stu-

dents – people who know how to write, who can do

solid research, and who bring their own perspec-

tive and voice to things. I feel good knowing that I’m

making a difference at a company that’s having such a

real impact.

San Francisco is, hands down, the most amazing city

I’ve ever been in. A couple of times a week I go out and

do something unique around the city.

What are your short and long-term career plans?

How do you imagine your fellowship fitting in?

I started this fellowship with the goal of developing

two things: my professional skills as a writer and my

understanding of how nonprofits operate. So far my

office has been an excellent training ground on both

fronts. I’ve also been gaining a lot of insight into the

more elusive aspects of running a business, such as

the bridge between theory and practice. How does a

nonprofit stay true to its mission in the midst of a com-

petitive industry? How does it deal with internal clashes

and interact with outside partners? Answering these

questions has been incredibly helpful for me as I

consider how I might want to run an organization of my

own someday.

I’m not sure where I’ll end up in the next couple of

years, but I have some interesting ideas. I think I might

take some time off and explore music for a while, then

come back to the nonprofit arena and do more man-

agement-focused work. I may even go to business

school! I’m really inspired by my boss’ story and I think

I could accomplish a lot in a similar role. I may end up

doing something education-related, and I may not; I’ve

learned one thing through this fellowship it’s that all

social and cultural issues are intimately connected. 5

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Scott Taylor '75 and Rana Campbell '13 at the New York Welcome Dinner

This year we have four fellows in the Boston area, all

working at Lawrence Community Day Public Charter

School. We kicked off the fellowship year with a welcome

party co-hosted by the Harvard Center for Public Interest

Careers (CPIC), and we will be jointly organizing monthly

seminars as well. At the first seminar of the year, the

fellows went to the Food Project, which hosts a Princeton

High Meadows fellow. The fellows harvested some food at

a Food Project farm in Dorchester.

The Bay Area committee welcomed a new group of

fellows, most of whom were new to the Bay Area, San

Francisco and the AlumniCorps Community at the newly

opened Exploratorium.

After the fellows got settled into their jobs and a new

city, we met up in North Beach, San Francisco, to

experience "Off the Grid," a fun evening of food trucks and

mingling.

A special note of thanks to our eight new mentors this

year, who are helping fellows get acclimated to their new

jobs and new homes in the Bay Area!

The new fellowship year is off to a great start for

Chicago’s ten fellows. We launched the fellowship year

with an informal picnic and concert in Millennium Park in

August, followed by an orientation dinner in September at

the home of Lindsay and Jeremy Wall ’02. The orienta-

tion allowed the Chicago Committee to convey information

about the Chicago program to fellows, but it was also a

great opportunity for fellows, mentors, mentors at large,

and committee members to meet and mingle.

The fellows have also been matched with two mentors

each, and they have started their weekly seminars, half of

which are shared with Public Interest Program fellows

from the University of Chicago and Northwestern. John

Fish ’55, Chair of the Princeton AlumniCorps Board of

Directors, led the first seminar to give fellows an overview

of Chicago politics, and subsequent seminars have been

hosted by a variety of individuals and organizations, in-

cluding Illinois Senator Heather Steans ’85, Interfaith

Youth Core, Civic Consulting Alliance, Bethel New Life

with Nat Piggee ’86, and Teach for America with Josh

Anderson ’04. Michael Collins ’11 also led fellows on a

tour of North Lawndale, a community in which many

fellows have been placed through the years through a

partnership with the Steans Family Foundation. An

additional partnership with Steans has supported the

efforts with our Community Volunteers initiative, which

continues to grow and thrive.

The Project 55 Chicago community also hosted an event

in August at the home of Kirsten Ekdahl-Hull ’99 to honor

the fantastic work of John Fish ’55 and Vince Anderson

’65, who have built and sustained the Chicago program

over the years but are both “retiring” from their official

roles on the Chicago Committee. We are so thankful for

all that they’ve done for our program and, with their sup-

port, have successfully transitioned leadership and man-

agement of the program to a strong, diverse Committee.

This winter, Community Volunteers in Chicago will host

a thank-you dinner for all those involved in the program

this past year.

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Sabrina Szeto ’12 and Diane Cho ’13, two fellows at the

Housing Development Fund, recently celebrated the

organization’s first energy efficiency loan. Sabrina has

been organizing workshops for families to learn about

saving energy and about available state rebates and

financing. She also had the opportunity to co-write a

proposal for a government-funded energy financing

program. The two have been working in Bridgeport to ad-

minister a survey that will track the impact of Neighbor-

works America, which works to create opportunities for

lower-income people to live in affordable homes in safe,

sustainable neighborhoods.

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The fellowship year officially kicked off in August with

our kickoff event during which fellows got to know each

other better and hear valuable workplace advice from for-

mer fellow and Emerging Leader Shena Elrington '04.

See the photo below from the kickoff.

September's Welcome Dinner, graciously hosted by

Mike Robbins '55 and Lois Robbins s’55, was a great

opportunity for the fellows to mingle with one another as

well as meet mentors, the Steering Committee, and the

New York AlumniCorps community.

Fellows enjoyed a September Saturday afternoon

together taking the ferry to, exploring the landscape of,

and taking in the views from NYC's Governor's Island.

This year's seminar series began with a tour of Central

Park, thanks to Judy Hole Suratt s'55 and the Central

Park Conservancy. It was a beautiful October day for

walking through and learning about New York City's most

famous park. After the tour ended, fellows stayed in the

park to picnic and socialize.

November's seminar was an enlightening conversation

with DonorsChoose.org Founder and CEO, Charles Best,

who shared his experiences of creating his revolutionary

non-profit and his vision for how philanthropy will continue

to evolve given the advances in technology.

Katie Ko '09 joined Andrew Protain '08 as Co-Chair of

the New York Steering Committee. They look forward to

making the rest of the year a memorable one for the

fellows, and they are grateful for all the efforts of the rest

of the Steering Committee members, which include Scott

Taylor '75, Dominic Michel '70, Sam Suratt '55, Judy

Hole Suratt s'55, Bridget Wright '11, Julie Leary '12,

Sarah Twardock '11, Jess Jardine '10, Brandon Jo-

seph '12, Kristen Smith '03, and Rosa Pizzi '03.

A fun time will be had by all at December's holiday party

graciously hosted by Scott Taylor '75 and Courtney

Taylor s’75.

The DC Area Committee has been pleased to put to-

gether several successful events for the current Project 55

fellows in Washington, DC. On September 15, Alumni-

Corps Board Member Bill Leahy ’66 and his wife Chris

Leahy s’66 welcomed fellows, committee members,

former fellows, and mentors into their home in Chevy

Chase, MD for a formal Welcome Dinner. The dinner was

a great opportunity for fellows to meet one another and

others involved in AlumniCorps, and reinforced the notion

that a Project 55 fellowship is more than a job; it also

represents becoming part of a larger community.

On September 29, the DC Area Committee hosted

fellows at Teaism in Penn Quarter for an Orientation

Event. Many different topics were discussed, ranging from

how to adjust to living in a new city to how to navigate the

office environment to how to make the most of your

mentor-mentee relationship.

On October 10, the fellows convened for their first semi-

nar, focusing on the topic of Community Development.

Hosted at the offices of Partners for the Common Good by

former fellow and DC Area Committee Co-Chair Dana

Weinstein ’12, the fellows spoke with CEO Jeannine

Jacokes and Chief Credit Officer Kristin Faust to learn

more about community development financial institutions

like PCG and the role they play in advancing economic

justice and opportunity for low income people and

communities.

On October 15, DC Area Committee Co-Chair Rachel

Sverdlove ’11 and Social Chair Amy Sweeny ’12 hosted

a dinner for P55 and TAN Affiliate fellows at Zorba’s in

Dupont Circle. In addition to several Project 55 Fellows,

there were also fellows and volunteers from the programs

of Harvard, Washington and Lee, and Dartmouth. The

evening was a great opportunity for the fellows to get to

know some of the TAN Affiliate fellows and learn more

about how other young people in the Washington

metropolitan area are engaging in public interest work.

Future events include a workshop-style seminar on

Managing Workplace Relationships with DC Area

Committee Mentoring Chair Lisa Lazarus ‘02, and a

holiday dinner.

The Philadelphia Area Committee is looking to recruit

active volunteers to help grow AlumniCorps’ impact in the

region. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact

Paul Nehring ’10 at [email protected] or at

609-921-8808.

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Please visit us at www.AlumniCorps.org

John Fish ’55, Chair

Kathryn Miller ’77, President

Joe Sengoba ’10, Secretary

Charles F. Mapes, Jr. ’55, Treasurer

Thomas D. Allison ’66

Margaret Crotty ’94

Kirk Davidson ’55

Rebecca Deaton ’91

Andrew Goldstein ’06

Anne T. Goldstein ’79

Kef Kasdin ’85

Stanley Katz h’21

Debra Kushma ’80

William R. Leahy, Jr. ’66

Tom Magnus ’77

Dana Malman Warren ’03

Kathleen McCleery ’75

Arthur McKee ’90

Dominic Michel ’70

Paula J. Morency ’77

Anthony C. E. Quainton ’55

Margarita Rosa, Esq. ’74

Marsha Rosenthal ’76

Robert Sellery ’55

Judy Hole Suratt s’55

Leesy Taggart ‘78

Scott Taylor ’75

Richard E. Thompson ’55

Richard O. Walker ’73

R. Kenly Webster ’55

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