T H E S T E P P I N G S T ON E F O U N DAT ION
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alumni news
WINTER 2018
Joanne Jacquet Araujo ’98 joins Steppingstone’s Board of Directors!
We are thrilled to announce that Joanne, an Assistant District Attorney in Suffolk County, was elected to the Steppingstone Board of Directors in November. Joanne advocates daily for survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assault. The Board will benefit greatly from Joanne’s wise counsel, sage advice, and grounded perspective, as already evidenced by her role as the keynote speaker at the Steppingstone Gala on Nov. 1 which raised more than $1.5 million in support of Steppingstone Scholars. Alum Reggie Farina ’94 took time from his busy job as Criteo’s VP of Client Sales to act as emcee of the Gala! Joanne joins Alumnus Donavan Brown ’95 on the Board.
Steppingstone Alumni Coming (and Giving) back to TSF! In addition to Steppingstone Alumni Eric Andrew ’94, Ngozi Anidi ’98 and Anthony Mathieu ‘02 contributing as members of the Board of Ambassadors, there are three Alumni who recently joined the staff at Steppingstone’s office! Lisa Boyd-Physic ’06 was selected as Advancement Associate, while Archibaldo Lora ’08 is a Prep and Placement Advisor and Natalie Herbert ’07 became Steppingstone’s Admission Coordinator. This brings our Alumni count on staff to five with Mariela DeLeon ’04 and Haris Kuljancic (Hartford ’08) already on board. Steppingstone’s Board of Young Professionals, co-chaired by Megan Riley ’04, includes Kyle Layne-Allen ’03, Angie Isaza-Loaiza ’06, Diana Chaves ’05 and Dean Ebozue ’04. As Dean explains, “[W]e help Steppingstone in their mission in enriching the lives of Scholars through education. Mentoring and fundraising are definitely taking up the lion’s share of our time!”
Alumni Represent... In October, Steppingstone Alumni Sara Fuentes ’95, Laniesha Gray ’00, and Chinedu Anidi ’94 impressively represented Steppingstone at a reception in Chestnut Hill. Later that month, Tran Vu ’00 was featured as the keynote speaker at Steppingstone’s College Services Conference.
Extra, extra--- Alumni in the News!! Mariel Novas ’00, former TSF Board member, was named one of El Mundo Boston’s #latino30under30 honorees! Go Mariel! Shaina Gilbert ’00 was featured in The Bay State Banner for her work as founder of ETE Camp empowering youth in Haiti to reach their fullest potential. PLUS, the fantastic article was written by Karen Morales ’08, Digital Editor.