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George W. Bush to serve as one of his top economic advisers.
Purpose-Driven Life
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Sharon Munger, BA’68
DANIEL DUBOIS
Five years ago when Sharon Munger sold the MARC Group
Inc., her Dallas-based marketing firm, to a large global
advertising-communications holding company, she already
knew what she wanted the next phase of her life to look like.
She would stay on for three years as CEO (it ended up being
five). She would help a select handful of young businesses to
grow from being $25 million companies to $200 million
companies. And, finally, “I wanted to volunteer my time in
areas that could benefit from my experience,” she says.
Luckily for Vanderbilt, the timing was right for her to
take the helm of the Alumni Association.
The daughter of a Texas oilman, Munger, who majored
in English at Vanderbilt, says all three of her children have
inherited her entrepreneurial streak—including son Shane
Whalen, BA’93, chief operating officer of Innovo Group Inc.
“I advised my children that they should get a liberalarts
education and worry less about what profession they
were going into and more about developing their ability to
learn,” Munger says. “It’s probably even more relevant
today than it was 40 years ago when I was in school.”
Look for more specifics on how the Alumni Association,
under Munger’s leadership, is strategically redirecting
efforts at the club level, in the Fall 2005 issue of
Vanderbilt Magazine.
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