Winter 2012
Volume 15, Number 1
Community Volunteers Launches Exciting New Partnership with Local Nonprofit Community Volunteers has three new substantive volunteer opportunities with Westminster Community Life Center. The Center is now seeking alumni with experience in grant research, human resources and accounting. The Center serves to enrich the lives of neighborhood families in the greater Trenton area through supplemental educational services such as after school Emerging Leaders is Now Accepting 2012 Applications for NY & DC!
In This Issue: Miller ’77 Elected New
1-2 President—See Full
Interview Inside! 3
Emerging Leaders Program Expands
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PP55 Fellowship Interview Update
5-6 Who? What? Where?
AlumniCorps Regional News & Updates 6
Thank You to our PP55 Alumni Donors
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FEATURE STORY: Interview with Dana Dreibelbis ’78, plus more Volunteer Opportunities & Upcoming Events Inside!
programming and early literacy intervention. Dana Dreibelbis ’78 (at right), who has been volunteering with the Center for several months, explains why he chose to get involved with this inspiring organization and how he plans to use his professional publishing skills to expand the capacity of the Center. Read more about Dana’s experience & NEW volunteer opportunities on page 7!
Interview with AlumniCorps’ New President Kathy Miller ’77 How/why did you first get involved with Jim Gregoire’s (’69) initiative to with Princeton AlumniCorps? What start public health fellowships. has kept you engaged over the years? What is your background regarding About eight years ago, when I first be- nonprofits/volunteering? How have gan working at Public Health Solutions, I you demonstrated “Princeton in the was looking for smart, inexpensive help Nation’s Service”? in the office. I went onto the University I have spent my entire career working website, and that’s when I saw a referin nonprofits—especially in healthcare— ence to Project 55 fellowships. The next which was my major. Upon leaving Pubthing I knew, Chet Safian ’55 and Steve lic Health Solutions I recently began exHouck ’69 were on my doorstep telling ploring my opportunities and realized me about PP55 and convincing me it there was a tremendous need for people would be a great match. I had already adept at helping organizations to develop recruited two students at the time, and and implement strategies to deal with the Chet offered to make them fellows. In changing landscape of healthcare regulaaddition, he convinced me that I should tions today. I am now working for two be a mentor. Part of what really sold me clients in that role. One is the National was when, the following year, I went Family Planning & Reproductive Health through the whole PP55 process and was Association, where I'm directing a proamazed at the candidates; they were well ject to provide their member organizascreened and well matched with my ortions with tools to survive and thrive as ganization’s needs. Later, I got involved ...continued on page 2