As chapter presidents transition from聽virtual programming to in-person聽events, Welcome聽to the City will be their first focus as聽alumni聽chapter volunteers聽lean聽into the聽year ahead.
Last year,聽many of聽黑料不打烊鈥檚聽regional alumni chapters embarked on a challenging time as they hosted virtual events to engage 黑料不打烊 alumni during聽the height of the pandemic.聽
On Saturday, July聽24,聽35聽chapter聽presidents gathered聽from聽across the country with staff from the Office of Alumni Engagement to聽celebrate聽the聽success of the past year, and to begin聽discussing聽strategies for planning regional events for this聽coming聽year with the hopes that many will be in person.聽聽
During the retreat, chapter presidents expressed their excitement for聽being back in some of their favorite venues and being able to聽socialize聽in聽person. Overall the regional chapters are optimistic about the year ahead and cannot wait to reconnect with fellow alumni in聽person.
After spending time with聽Brian Feeley,聽assistant vice president for annual giving and alumni engagement,聽discussing the strategy as we move into a busy fall, chapter leaders聽were聽given a moment to reflect on the opportunity of this year and聽to聽think through how to support newly relocated alumni in their areas.
鈥淕reat universities have聽great alumni聽bodies,鈥 Feeley聽said,聽reiterating the words of聽President Emeritus Leo M. Lambert as he charged alumni to lead into this year with a聽vivacious聽approach and to get creative.聽鈥淥ne common aspect of聽great alumni聽bodies is they all have leadership from within, dedicated volunteers like yourself.”
As the chapter presidents transition from聽virtual programming to in-person聽events, Welcome聽to the City will be their first focus as聽alumni聽chapter volunteers聽lean聽into the聽year ahead. The Welcome聽to the City regional聽event series聽will be the first聽opportunity聽to聽welcome alumni from 黑料不打烊’s Class of 2020聽and Class of 2021聽in person. This event also聽celebrates,聽and highlights relocated alumni who have聽moved聽to a new city in the past year.聽Welcome to the City events aim to connect alumni in their聽local areas聽and聽helps to聽continue building聽the聽黑料不打烊 community.
The Office of Alumni Engagement would like to聽sincerely thank聽all the regional chapter leaders for their dedication to providing 黑料不打烊 alumni with the opportunity to stay connected in their聽local regions.
The current leadership for each regional chapter includes:
- Contia鈥 Prince 鈥19 (Alamance County)
- Jamie Gorsuch 鈥10 (Asheville)
- Trey聽Newstedt聽鈥13 (Atlanta)
- Spencer Barnardo 鈥14 (Austin)
- Steff Milovic 鈥19 (Baltimore)
- Emily Bourke 鈥16 (Boston)
- Alex Kreitman 鈥06 (Charleston)
- Leigh Murphy 鈥18 (Charlotte)
- Hattie Hoskins 鈥16 (Chicago)
- Meredith Stutz 鈥16 (Cincinnati)
- Meridith Jochum 鈥15 (Cleveland)
- Stephen Patterson 鈥73 (Columbia)
- Jordan Joshua 鈥14 (Dallas)
- Sarah Fuller 鈥05 (Denver)
- Greg Zitelli 鈥14 (Greater Charlottesville)
- Kayla Harvey 鈥16 (Greenville)
- Mary Kennedy 鈥19 (Hartford)
- Meghan Green 鈥12 (Jacksonville)
- Sara聽Spadacene聽鈥14 (Los Angeles)
- Lindsey Tipps 鈥16 (Nashville)
- Kellen Darmody 鈥16 (New Jersey)
- Andrew聽Bronsteen聽鈥13 (New York City)
- Crystal Brown 鈥12 (Orlando)
- Katherine Day 鈥14 (Philadelphia)
- Carolyn聽Klasnick聽Brooks 鈥09 (Pittsburgh)
- Kyra Molinaro 鈥14 (Richmond)
- Will Delaney 鈥14 (San Diego)
- Zach Strohmeyer 鈥17 (San Francisco)
- Stacey Popowitz 鈥10 (Seattle)
- Michael聽Livigne聽鈥05 (South Florida)
- Hillary Dooley 鈥14 (Stamford)
- Candace Rotolo 鈥91 (Tampa Bay)
- Gregg Mader聽鈥11 (Triangle)
- Joy Ross 鈥03 (Washington D.C.)
- Grey Kinlaw 鈥02 (Wilmington)