January 11, 2016 Dear Governors, Senators, and Friends,

Like the new look? We now have an identity that is immediately and identifiably our own. You'll see a lot of our new logo and Visual Identity at Winter Leadership Weekend. Thanks again to Anne Marie DiNardo, the Communications & Technology Committee, and the great support we had from Kibibi Bonner and Erin Greene at the University.

Please note the dates below for our major events through the end of June and even beyond and mark your calendars.

Our next major coming together will be Winter Leadership Weekend on campus. In addition to our committee meetings, we have programs for our Friday and Saturday lunches that we hope you will find meaningful and enjoyable.

There are two events planned for the weekend that I wish to highlight.

The first is our Annual Alumni Recognition Awards Banquet. As a reminder, in year's past this event included both the longer­term service awards (e.g., Gaston, Apollonian, Founders) AND the Regional Club Awards (e.g., Club of the Year, Best Educational event, etc.) This year we moved the Club Awards to the fall and held a great celebratory event at Malmaison and an after­party at Governor Fritz Brogan's Chinese Disco. This could be the beginning of a great tradition that allows us to recognize our stellar alumni volunteers at each one of our Board weekends.

The change will also allow us to focus on our lifetime achievement awardees at the WLW banquet. As with last year, we will invite faculty members, members of the administration (Provost Groves and his wife have already signed up. Have you?), as well as undergraduate, Med, Law, and other graduate students.

Two awardees, Michelle Mauboussin and Court Dwyer have been particularly involved with the Georgetown Scholarship Program (GSP). If you would like to sponsor a table for GSP or other students for $850, please email Caitlin March. Of course, you can also sponsor one student for $85. This is a great event for students to see and meet alumni who have maintained lifelong relationships with the Georgetown community and for them to hear from alumni directly about the Georgetown experience. We are adding a few surprises this year, so don't miss it.

Second, we have our Board Plenary session on Saturday morning. The night before is often fun and long so if you plan on going late into the evening, may I suggest bringing a change of clothes and Red Bull? We are involved with so many projects and the Plenary meeting is a great opportunity to learn about the breadth of all we are doing.

Finally, I would like to thank Anne Marie DiNardo and the Communications Committee for their work on putting this great piece together for all of our benefit. And I know that Committee Chairs sent in informational updates; so thank you for that and the rest of the work you do.

Gratefully,

George

George J. Peacock C'84, P'16 President, Georgetown University Alumni Association

Upcoming Events January Executive Committee Conference Call Wednesday, January 20, 2016 5:00 ­ 6:00 p.m. ET Dial­in: 1­800­482­3251 Passcode: 418848#. All members of the Board are welcome to join.

Winter Leadership Weekend February 4 ­ 6, 2016 Georgetown University Registration is now open! Please review the full schedule of WLW events. Additionally, the hotel block at the Georgetown Hotel & Conference Center is full. If you are still in need of a hotel room, hotel rooms are available at the Georgetown Inn which is less than a mile from campus.

Alumni Recognition Awards Banquet Friday, February 5, 2016 6:30 p.m. ET Georgetown University ­ Leo O'Donovan Hall You are cordially invited to celebrate alumni volunteer achievement by honoring the following members of our Board during the Banquet: Alfred LaPorta, Laura Ferris Anderson, Patrick Grant, and Omari Faulkner. Congratulations to our Board members as well as to the many other deserving awardees! Tickets are $85. Please register for the banquet today!

John Carroll Weekend April 14 ­ 17, 2016 Rome, Italy Response to JCW 2016 has been unprecedented. The Georgetown team is currently working to add another hotel block as well as add additional programming to the schedule. The Board of Governors will be informed as soon as the next programming update is made. Please review the John Carroll Weekend website for updates!

Save the Date! BOG Retreat Fall Leadership Weekend John Carroll Weekend June 23 ­ 25, 2016 October 7 ­ 9, 2016 April 20 ­ 23, 2017 Location TBD Georgetown University Austin, Texas

Register for the Alumni Service Recognition Banquet 2016 Alumni, Faculty & Staff Awardees

Alumni Service Recognition Awardees Apollonian Alumni Award 1820 Graduate Award Alfred LaPorta, D.D.S. (D'87) Laura Ferris Anderson (I'89, MBA'97, MPP'97) Lisa Barry (MSFS'79) Founders Alumni Award Roni Wechsler Ford, M.D. (M'89) Reed Alumni Award Joanne Kechejian, M.D. (MS'85, M'89) Patrick Grant (C'73, L'77) Michael Sharkey, M.D. (M'85) Theodore Steinman, M.D. (M'64) Faculty Recognition Award Prof. Sherman Cohn (F'54, L'57, L'60) William Gaston Alumni Award Prof. Donald Knowlan, M.D. (R'60, W'82, H'04) Joseph Amato (B'84) Vincent Dwyer III (C'70) Young Alumni Service Award Michelle Mauboussin (B'86) Omari Faulkner (C'04)

John Carroll & Patrick Healy Awardees John Carroll Award Martha Montag Brown (I'78) Julia Farr Connolly (C'88) Arthur J. Gajarsa (L'67, H'12) Alan B. Leahey (C'82, M'87) Francis M. Palumbo III (C'68, M'72, R'75) L. Francis Rooney (C'75, L'78)

Patrick Healy Award James B. Reardon­Anderson

Board of Governorsʹ Staff Awardees Thank you to all members of the Board who submitted staff nominations. Congratulations to these honorees who work so hard to support the Association's efforts and mission! Staff Awards Danny Brothers, Program Manager of Technology Services Anupam Chakravarty, Associate Director, Digital Strategy and Interactive Communications Bridget Holmes, Sr. Director of Career & Regional Initiatives Teresa Jefferson, Sr. Director of Interactive & Multimedia Communications & Strategy Paul Lanzone, Assistant VP, Class Programs and Reunion Campaigns Caitlin March, Associate Director of Board Operations Carol Ossi, Sr. Director of Gift and Constituent Information Board Updates

Alumni Clubs Awards Audit & Finance International Alumni Weekend And the winner is... Our Our committee successfully Hong Kong was a huge success committee has announced the passed a resolution approving ­ 281 alumni from 15 countries Service and John Carroll Award the Fiscal Year 2015 Audit at the around the world attended this winners (please see above). We December Executive Committee special gathering in November. invite the Board and alumni Meeting. Additionally, we This was all made possible due community to honor the passed a resolution to amend to a generous grant from the Awardees by attending the the Fiscal Year 2016 budget to GUAA. Thanks to the Alumni Service Awards Dinner increase two line items. The Clubs Committee for helping to on February 5 in Washington DC revised budget will be shared at bring this landmark event to and the John Carroll Awards WLW 2016. fruition! Dinner in the Eternal City of ­Frank Ciatto, Treasurer ­Sean Redmond, Co­Chair (Not Rome, Italy on April 16. pictured ­ Jenny Cosco) ­Bob Barone, Chair

Annual Fund Campus­Alumni Engagement Revenue & Royalty In conjunction with the Office of Our committee spearheaded a Our Committee recently formed Advancement Annual Fund collaborative effort among staff, an Evaluation Process Task Team, our committee has alumni and students of multiple Force, which is focused on worked diligently on several campuses to submit funding grant formalizing a streamlined set of yearly campaigns including proposals on behalf of NHS and criteria/questions to be applied Giving Tuesday, Letterwinners Law to the Strategic Review to each potential revenue Challenge, Hoya Soxa Committee, as well as opportunity and reviewed by Campaign, Campaign Close encouraged other schools to committee members. We are Challenge (formal name still participate. Committee Co­Chairs also exploring potential new TBD), and the Loyalty Society. expressed interest in helping test revenue opportunities ­ To learn more about each of the new alumni website and plan FoundersCard and these initiatives, please click on participating in the training on AmazonSmile. We hope to here. the website's Calendar feature. report on one if not both of these ­Matt Reilein, Chair ­Regina Torsney­Durkin, partners during Winter No Pictured Co­Chair (Paul Leadership Weekend. Ligouri) ­Christina Cary, Subcommittee Chair

Class Advancement Communications & Technology Nominations The Class Advancement Our committee is proud to unveil We extended the deadline for for Committee invites Governors the new GUAA logo to be rolled Governor and Officers and Senators to submit a class out beginning of 2016. A big nominations to January, 4, 2016 best practice, from either event thanks to those who contributed at 11:59 p.m. ET. The planning, communications or to the process in creating a Nominations Committee will fundraising. We will present Visual Identity that reflects our deliberate the submissions at another Class Best Practice at values of being welcoming and WLW 2016. The 2016 Officer Winter Leadership Weekend as distinctive which the GUAA can selection process will include an well as hear from GU staff on use for years to come. The opportunity for members of the how we can share these best committee also recruited BOG Board to provide direct feedback practices among all classes and members to help test the new on nominees. Our committee campuses. Please submit your Alumni Website and will be will publish a list of individuals ideas to Ann Tierney Prochnow revamping the alumni social who have nominated at [email protected]. media guide with a new look and themselves for all respective ­Ann Tierney Prochnow, Chair updated content. Officer positions during the ­Anne Marie DiNardo, Chair second week of January. ­Jamal Epps, Chair

Welcome New Georgetown Staff!

Melissa Dentch ­ Assistant Director of Board Operations

Please welcome Melissa Dentch as the new Assistant Director of Board Operations. Melissa comes to Georgetown from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society where she served as a Campaign Manager. Melissa specializes in volunteer management, event planning and strategic communications. She is a graduate of George Washington University. Melissa began her new role on on December 21, 2015. Please join us in welcoming her to Georgetown!

Cara Tarone ­ Associate Director of Alumni Career Services

A 2004 graduate of Georgetown, Cara earned a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies with a concentration in the Fine & Performing Arts. Cara taught AP U.S. and World History at Oakcrest School in McLean and Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School here in D.C. while also serving as choreographer for Gonzaga College High School's Dramatic Association. An entrepreneur at heart, Cara was also the creator and owner of The Whisked Away Bakeshop, a gourmet cupcake catering company based in the Washington, D.C. Metro area. Cara has two little boys, Jack (4) and Will (2), who keep her on her toes and serve as daily reminders the importance of a great sense of humor.

Matt Kelly ­ Associate Director of Alumni Career Services

Matt Kelly is a 2008 graduate of the College, finishing with a degree in History and Theology. He spent four years out west as a middle school history teacher, with summer jobs in the film industry, before returning to Georgetown in the Fall of 2012. For the past 3 years, he has been managing the Discovery Initiative, a market research program in the Office of Advancement. Matt is also continuing his Georgetown education as an evening student in the MBA program. He joined the Alumni Career Services team in late November and is excited to continue to serve his alma mater.

Recent Event Highlights

Fall Alumni Volunteer Leadership Weekend: October 3 ‑ 5, 2015

Students and alumni gathered in the Leavey Center Class and Club leaders were invited back to on October 3 for the annual speed­networking event, campus during the annual Fall Alumni Volunteer Ready Set Connect. This event brought together Leadership Weekend. On Saturday night, the 100 alumni and students for an evening of Association sponsored a Clubs Awards Reception connections and conversation. Set up like speed­ which celebrated the achievements of Alumni Clubs dating, students and alumni receive a schedule and and Leaders from across Georgetown's global seat assignments at check­in, then they rotate for community. Pictured above the second to the left is approximately eight, six­minute rounds of Club Leader Meredith Karam and on the right end, conversation. The event is sponsored by the Governor Michael Karam. Georgetown University Alumni Association. Black Alumni Summit: October 23 ‑ 25, 2015 The GUAA sponsored a successful Alumni Networking event during Georgetown's inaugural Black Alumni Summit. Over the weekend, more than 230 alumni gathered on campus for social activities, networking events and panel discussions on Georgetown's continued influence on their personal and professional lives. Photographed above, Eric Woods (B'91) co­chair of the summit planning committee addresses attendees at the summit's first event. International Alumni Weekend Hong Kong: November 5 ‑ 8, 2015

The GUAA crossed hemispheres for its second International Alumni Weekend. A city of vast economic, political and international influence, Hong Kong served as an ideal setting for a weekend of cultural exchange and exploration. Over 250 attendees took part in the weekend including members of the Board of Governors, Board of Directors, Board of Regents, Georgetown faculty, and, of course, alumni ­ some local to Hong Kong, some traveling from as far as the East Coast. The idea for International Alumni Weekend was spearheaded by the GUAA in 2010. Board Business

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