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Alumni Association News Welcome, Monica St. James
Choate Rosemary Hall Alumni Association Mission Statement
Our mission is to create, perpetuate, and enhance relationships among Choate Rosemary Hall alumni, current and prospective students, faculty, staff and friends in order to foster loyalty, interest and support for the School and for one another, and to build pride, spirit and community.
OFFICERS Susan Barclay ’85 President Barclays2001@yahoo.com Stephanie Hazard ’81, P ’10 Vice President eavjhv2@aol.com Ed McCormick ’78 Secretary edward.mccormick@ubs.com Woody Laikind ’53 Past President Nominating/Prize Chair jlaikind@gmail.com Jim Lebovitz ’75, P ’06, ’10 Annual Fund Chair james.lebovitz@dechert.com
ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS Dan Courcey ’86 Executive Director of Development dcourcey@choate.edu Monica St. James P ’06 Director of Alumni Relations mstjames@choate.edu Leigh Dingwall ’84 Faculty Representative ldingwall@choate.edu Bill Knapp P’ 12 Director, Annual Fund wknapp@choate.edu
STANDING COMMITTEES Admission Henry Chung ’86 Admission Chair henrywchung@gmail.com
The Alumni Association is excited to welcome Monica St. James as the Director of Alumni Relations. She started in her new position on February 1. Monica is in her 21st year at Choate. She most recently was the Registrar and Director of Studies, and has also taught English. Monica looks forward to reacquainting herself with her former students as well as meeting other alumni at upcoming Reunion events. The Alumni Association is thrilled to be working with her and looks forward to many years of successful teamwork.
Colm Rafferty ’94 Admission Vice Chair Colm_Rafferty@hotmail.com Alumni Programming Ed Keating ’83 Campus Programming Chair keating_ed@hotmail.com Santiago Caraballo ’95 Campus Programming Vice Chair sdcaraballo@yahoo.com Patrick McCurdy ’98 Regional Programming Chair pmccurdy@merlinsecurities.com Communications Chris Hodgson ’78 Communications Chair chodgson@durantnic.com Jeein Ha ’00 Communications Vice Chair jeeinha@gmail.com Student Relations & Young Alumni Gian-Carlo Peressutti ’91 Student Relations Chair gian-carlo.peressutti@rrd.com Mike Furgueson ’80 Student Relations Vice Chair mgfurgueson@yahoo.com
Deerfield Day Regional Club Events
We were pleased with the turnout at Regional Clubs throughout the country for Deerfield Day last November 12, where enthusiastic alumni cheered the Choate Wild Boars football team in its overwhelming 40-7 victory. Choate and Deerfield arranged to web stream the event live so that alumni were able to watch the event on a big screen and enjoy catching up with friends. In addition, Choate’s young alumni beat the Deerfield young alumni in a fundraising challenge, making the day a total success! We look forward to doing this again next fall. Join us on
www.linkedin.com
Created by Michelle Judd ’98 in spring of 2008, our LinkedIn group has been gaining momentum in the past year with the heightened interest in professional networking among Choate Rosemary Hall alumni. Currently, alums in financial services make up 11 percent of members, but we have members from other industries including marketing and sales, information technology, law, education, entertainment, and more. Twenty percent of the group members hold senior positions in their current jobs. Thirty-five percent live in greater New York City, but the list is expanding, covering greater Boston, San Francisco Bay, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, and more. The Communications Committee of the Alumni Association has been working with Michelle to capitalize on this opportunity of creating a centralized networking hub for our alumni community. This LinkedIn group is the marketplace to offer or find a job, internship or project opportunities.