team at Fenn “has been a blessing,” Jan says, “as I am able to connect with hardworking and engaged students and still have some time to enjoy my new granddaughter, Claire, and continue my work at Our Father’s House, a sober house shelter in Fitchburg.” Her husband, Billy, is the head of the math department at Groton School. Joining the advancement team as Alumni Giving and Engagement Officer in January, Bobby Nasson comes to Fenn from the non-profit More Than Words Bookstore and Café in Waltham, where he was senior development officer. A Lexington native, Bobby is a graduate of Wesleyan University, where he earned a B.A. in American government, and has attended the Boston University School of Management, taking classes in its executive program in entrepreneurship and management. His connections with Fenn include having been coached as a Little League and Babe Ruth baseball player by former Fenn learning specialist and coach Joe LoPresti, “who always raved about Fenn.” Bobby has found the campus beautiful and the people friendly and passionate about Fenn’s mission, and says, “Everybody seems to be in sync working together.” He enjoys traveling, reading, and sports, playing recreational softball and soccer, and outdoor activities including kayaking, running, and hiking. He has served as a scout for the Houston Astros and the Chicago Cubs. Seema Shenoy works in the advancement office as the gift entry and data coordinator. One of her first Fenn experiences, she says, was discovering how helpful people are. As she was parking her van on her first day at work, a colleague whom she had not yet met took
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the time, she says, to guide her to a better parking spot. “It’s so important for a newcomer to feel at home right away,” she declares. Seema has several years of experience in program management and coordination and most recently designed and built a website for Project LEARN, managing its data base. She has served as the outreach and program coordinator for Saheli in Burlington, MA, recruiting and training volunteers for a program that supports South Asian women, and she supervised its computer literacy and English as a Second Language program in Cambridge, Burlington, and Waltham.
Baking with her daughters Keerthi and Aparna and bicycling with her family, including her husband Sunil Kamath, are two of her favorite activities. Bart Temple, formerly the maintenance supervisor at Concord Mews Apartments, joins the Buildings and Grounds evening crew. He has had many years of experience maintaining properties, including companies and apartment complexes, and served as an EMT for Medstar Ambulance in Leominster for several years and prior to that, as a firefighter/EMT with the Westborough Fire Department.
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