LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

What a great day to be a Viking!

We hope this addition of the Black & Gold finds you and your family doing well. My name is Jordan Harmon and I am the new Director of Development here at Bishop Verot. My wife, Reagan, and I moved down to beautiful SWFL from Tennessee, and are more than excited to be a part of the Verot Family.

I grew up in St. Louis, MO and then transitioned myself to Clarksville, TN where I started my college career at Austin Peay State University as both a finance major and a baseball player. After my four years, like many of us, I was not sure where life was going to take me. Turns out, for the next six years, it would be right there at Austin Peay. I spent a vast majority of my time there involved or heading aspects of major fundraising for the university. The question then became: what is next.

When I began the interview process with Bishop Verot, my wife and I both agreed this is where we wanted to be. The people, the passion, the tradition, the success - Verot is the standard.

I meet person after person, and hear story after story, about how Bishop Verot helped to shape someone’s life.

“I met my spouse here!”

“I am a third generation Viking!”

“Me, my kids, and my grandkids were all taught by Coach Gill!”

This is what makes a place special. This is Bishop Verot.

So, as I begin to come see you, and you come back to campus to reminisce, remember what Verot did for you. Then ask yourself, what can I do for those who follow me. As we turn the page on yet another school year, it is time for this Verot Family to take yet another grand step forward.

St. Francis de Sales said it best: “We will not fail.” I look forward to building relationships with you all, and cannot wait to see where we will all take Bishop Verot next!

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Excidet,

Jordan Harmon, Director of Development Jordan Harmon