Class Knox Why have you chosen to stay involved with the College? Knox helped me grow academically and personally. It was a springboard for me to launch my career and capitalize on various educational and work opportunities after college. I’d like to give back to my alma mater, to help the school as it continues to provide amazing opportunities to current and future generations of students.
Meet The Alumni Trustee: Helen Haiching Lin ’94
What were some of the highlights of your Knox experience?
What do you hope to accomplish as an alumni trustee?
A native of Shanghai and Illinois, Helen Haiching Lin is director of product management with Markit, a global financial information services firm. After immigrating to the United States with her parents in middle school, she attended the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. She earned a bachelor’s degree in economics at Knox in 1994, and an MBA from Harvard Business School,
The University of Chicago Business Fellows program, where I learned about various business opportunities available for college graduates, in addition to stimulating classes and conversations with MBA students. “Paradigm shifting” economics classes with Professor Steve Cohn, where I learned to view history and society using an economics lens. Flunk Day!
Since I work in business and technology, I am interested working with the school to provide more opportunities to prepare students for careers in these areas. A liberal arts education teaches a student how to think, solve problems independently, and communicate. These are all great preparation for a career in management.
Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Craig received a Knox College Alumni Achievement Award in 2009. Susan Haerr Zucker is vice president and general counsel of City Real Estate Incorporated, of Chicago. She has served on the Knox College Alumni Council and Annual Fund Steering Committee, as Chair of the Alumni Achievement Award Selection Committee and as an Alumni Trustee from 2005-2009.
Jan Koran is retired general counsel to the YMCA of America. She joined the Board of Trustees as a general trustee in 1995 and served as board chair from 2006 to 2012. John Sauter ’63 is president of Action Associates, Inc. in Reston, Virginia. He replaces Joyce Hertko ’82, who served on the Board for the past two years in a seat designated for the past president of the Alumni Council. Read more at www.knox.edu/trustees.
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starting her career with the Boston Consulting Group. Prior to joining Markit, Lin worked as an independent consultant in the technology, financial services, consumer products, and retail industries. For the past few years, she has worked with the Bastian Family Career Center to establish an internship at Markit for a Knox student and was actively involved with the College’s Campaign Advisory Committee. She began her role as alumni trustee on July 1.
Board Welcomes Five Alumni In addition to Helen Lin, the Board of Trustees welcomed four new alumni as trustees on July 1: Carol Bovard Craig ’89 and Susan Haerr Zucker ’78 joined the board, while Jan Koran ’71 re-joined the Board as general trustees, while John Sauter ’63 was appointed to a seat on the board as past president of the Alumni Council. A native of Galesburg, Illinois, Carol Bovard Craig is founder and president of Craig Technologies Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing
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