ALUMNI BOARD UPDATES

By Gabe Davis ’03, Seven Hills Alumni

Board Chair

AS I APPROACH MY 20 th REUNION THIS YEAR, I AM REMINDED OF WHAT MADE SEVEN HILLS SO SPECIAL WHEN I WAS A STUDENT, SPECIFICALLY THE RELATIONSHIPS I FORMED AND THE PEOPLE I MET.

I will always be grateful for the opportunity to grow and develop in a close-knit community of friends and strivers, surrounded by teachers and faculty who, through their guidance, passion, and dedication, made the Hillsdale Campus feel like home. I am drawn to fond memories of big and small formative moments — like the sophomore year whitewater rafting trip with Tim Drew, running laps and layup drills with the basketball team, debating the French Revolution with Bob Turansky, exploring Zora Neale Hurston’s prose with classmates, table-hopping during lunch in Founders, and traveling Cincinnati with the Upper School Chorus to perform winter classics during the lead-up to the holiday season (with a little help from Tina Kuhlman, we tenors made magic).

Twenty years later, when I hear names like Marrs, Driehaus, Ford, Kalubi, Khoo, Smythe, and many others, I can’t help but smile and count my good fortune.

In the years since graduation, I’ve been pleased to discover that the feeling of community we experienced as students continues to exist beyond the walls of those buildings. As alumni, opportunities to engage are plentiful. From alumni events including in person and virtual to career networking, to family-friendly activities, to Roadshows in cities across the country, to helping alums reconnect casually with old teachers and colleagues, the Development Office and Alumni Board members Ashley Ackerman ’05, John Ficks ’89, Kathryne Gardette ’79, Max Gollobin ’09, Amy Bulger Kattman ’89, Meera Kotagal ’99, Laura Hoguet Leonard ’06 and myself are here to help you stay plugged in.

There are also numerous ways to give back to the school and support the next generation of leaders, thinkers, doers, and dreamers. For instance, last year the school announced a new Seven Hills Job Networking and Career Mentoring Program designed to provide mentoring, shadowing, internships, and work experience for Upper School students and college-age alumni. You can make a difference in the lives of students by participating in the program. Two years ago, the school adopted a Strategic Plan for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Alumni engagement can be a powerful additive to that initiative’s success. I encourage you to reach out and connect in a way that makes sense for you. I’m confident you’ll discover what I have, which is that you matter to Seven Hills, and it will always have a place for you.

Gabe Davis ’03 has served the community in many ways, and Seven Hills is fortunate now to have his guidance as the Alumni Association President. A graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School, Davis has held positions at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, Frost Brown Todd, and, in 2020, was appointed as executive director of the Cincinnati Citizen Complaint Authority, where he oversees investigations of reports of police misconduct.

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