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alumni ambassador Program
For several years, Fenwick has recognized
that its alumni engagement has not
realized its potential and often focused on
class reunions. As part of the institution’s
strategic thinking and as a 2016-17 Board
Institutional Advancement Committee
goal, an Alumni Ambassador Program has
been initiated to broaden its outreach.
Trustee Mary Graw ’85 Leary with Alumni Ambassadors
Ann Connell '85 Fox, Lea DeFrancesco '05 and
Rosa Clarimundo '86 Gyllenhaal.
“The program is not seen as a fundraising
effort” said Mary G. Leary, Class of 1985,
who is leading the recruitment initiative
with fellow Board Member Arthur Makar,
Class of 1968, “but rather as a way to
engage Ambassadors as class agents, who
will provide Fenwick with alumni news for
its website, for other school publications
and work with the school on class reunion
and other alumni related activities.” One
major goal of the program is to celebrate
accomplishments of the many Fenwick
alumni who are out in the world doing
amazing things professionally, personally,
and within their communities. A second
goal is to share with alumni the exciting
activities that are occurring on campus. A
preliminary meeting of this group was held
on March 11, attended by 22 alumni
(representing each decade) who expressed
an interest in becoming Ambassadors for
their class or for a particular Fenwick
activity that they were involved with as
students, such as a sports team or
dramatic arts.
Our Alumni Ambassador program is
happening at a particularly good time in
Fenwick’s history for, simultaneously, the
school is examining its overall fundraising
strategy and recommendations will be
provided later this year as they relate to the
Institutional Advancement department’s
direction. “Presumably the work of our
Alumni Ambassadors will be integrated into
the larger context of the school’s profile,
building upon Fenwick’s robust enrollment
growth and student achievement, all
propelling Fenwick forward,” remarked
Mr. Makar.
If you are interested in learning more about
the Alumni Ambassador program, please
contact Cecile McCarthy, Class of 1977,
Director of Institutional Advancement, at
ccm@fenwick.org.
Alumni Ambassadors Tom Crane ’77, P'07, '08, '08,
John Ahern III '81, P’16, ’19 and John Broderick, III '10.
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