January 11, 2016Dear 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 ofour new logo and Visual Identity at Winter Leadership Weekend. Thanks again to Anne Marie DiNardo, theCommunications & Technology Committee, and the great support we had from Kibibi Bonner and ErinGreene at the University.

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

Our next major coming together will be Winter Leadership Weekend on campus. In addition to ourcommittee meetings, we have programs for our Friday and Saturday lunches that we hope you will findmeaningful 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 eventincluded both the longer­term service awards (e.g., Gaston, Apollonian, Founders) AND the Regional ClubAwards (e.g., Club of the Year, Best Educational event, etc.) This year we moved the Club Awards to thefall and held a great celebratory event at Malmaison and an after­party at Governor Fritz Brogan's ChineseDisco. This could be the beginning of a great tradition that allows us to recognize our stellar alumnivolunteers 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 withlast year, we will invite faculty members, members of the administration (Provost Groves and his wife havealready 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 GeorgetownScholarship Program (GSP). If you would like to sponsor a table for GSP or other students for $850, pleaseemail Caitlin March. Of course, you can also sponsor one student for $85. This is a great event for studentsto see and meet alumni who have maintained lifelong relationships with the Georgetown community and forthem to hear from alumni directly about the Georgetown experience. We are adding a few surprises thisyear, so don't miss it.

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

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

Gratefully,

George

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

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

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

Alumni Recognition Awards Banquet Friday, February 5, 20166:30 p.m. ETGeorgetown University ­ Leo O'Donovan HallYou are cordially invited to celebrate alumni volunteer achievement by honoring the following members ofour 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 WeekendApril 14 ­ 17, 2016Rome, Italy Response to JCW 2016 has been unprecedented. The Georgetown team is currently working to addanother hotel block as well as add additional programming to the schedule. The Board of Governors will beinformed as soon as the next programming update is made. Please review the John Carroll Weekendwebsite for updates!

Save the Date! BOG RetreatJune 23 ­ 25, 2016Location TBD

Fall Leadership Weekend October 7 ­ 9, 2016

Georgetown University

John Carroll Weekend April 20 ­ 23, 2017Austin, Texas

Register for the Alumni Service Recognition Banquet

2016 Alumni, Faculty & Staff Awardees

Alumni Service Recognition Awardees Apollonian Alumni AwardAlfred LaPorta, D.D.S. (D'87)

Founders Alumni Award

Roni Wechsler Ford, M.D. (M'89) Joanne Kechejian, M.D. (MS'85, M'89)

Michael Sharkey, M.D. (M'85) Theodore Steinman, M.D. (M'64)

William Gaston Alumni Award

Joseph Amato (B'84) Vincent Dwyer III (C'70)

Michelle Mauboussin (B'86)

1820 Graduate AwardLaura Ferris Anderson (I'89, MBA'97, MPP'97)

Lisa Barry (MSFS'79)

Reed Alumni AwardPatrick Grant (C'73, L'77)

Faculty Recognition Award

Prof. Sherman Cohn (F'54, L'57, L'60)Prof. Donald Knowlan, M.D. (R'60, W'82, H'04)

Young Alumni Service Award

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 AwardJames B. Reardon­Anderson

Board of Governorsʹ Staff AwardeesThank 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 AwardsDanny 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 OperationsCarol Ossi, Sr. Director of Gift and Constituent Information

Board Updates

Alumni Clubs International Alumni WeekendHong Kong was a huge success­ 281 alumni from 15 countriesaround the world attended thisspecial gathering in November.This was all made possible dueto a generous grant from theGUAA. Thanks to the AlumniClubs Committee for helping tobring this landmark event tofruition!­Sean Redmond, Co­Chair (Notpictured ­ Jenny Cosco)

AwardsAnd the winner is... Ourcommittee has announced theService and John Carroll Awardwinners (please see above). Weinvite the Board and alumnicommunity to honor theAwardees by attending theService Awards Dinneron February 5 in Washington DCand the John Carroll AwardsDinner in the Eternal City ofRome, Italy on April 16.­Bob Barone, Chair

Audit & FinanceOur committee successfullypassed a resolution approvingthe Fiscal Year 2015 Audit at theDecember Executive CommitteeMeeting. Additionally, wepassed a resolution to amendthe Fiscal Year 2016 budget toincrease two line items. Therevised budget will be shared atWLW 2016. ­Frank Ciatto, Treasurer

Annual Fund In conjunction with the Office ofAdvancement Annual FundTeam, our committee hasworked diligently on severalyearly campaigns including

Campus­Alumni EngagementOur committee spearheaded acollaborative effort among staff,alumni and students of multiplecampuses to submit funding grantproposals on behalf of NHS and

Revenue & Royalty Our Committee recently formedan Evaluation Process TaskForce, which is focused onformalizing a streamlined set ofcriteria/questions to be applied

Giving Tuesday, LetterwinnersChallenge, Hoya SoxaCampaign, Campaign CloseChallenge (formal name stillTBD), and the Loyalty Society.To learn more about each ofthese initiatives, please clickhere. ­Matt Reilein, Chair

Law to the Strategic ReviewCommittee, as well asencouraged other schools toparticipate. Committee Co­Chairsexpressed interest in helping testthe new alumni website and planon participating in the training onthe website's Calendar feature.­Regina Torsney­Durkin, No Pictured Co­Chair (PaulLigouri)

to each potential revenueopportunity and reviewed bycommittee members. We arealso exploring potential newrevenue opportunities ­FoundersCard andAmazonSmile. We hope toreport on one if not both of thesepartners during WinterLeadership Weekend. ­Christina Cary, SubcommitteeChair

Class AdvancementThe Class AdvancementCommittee invites Governorsand Senators to submit a classbest practice, from either eventplanning, communications orfundraising. We will presentanother Class Best Practice atWinter Leadership Weekend aswell as hear from GU staff onhow we can share these bestpractices among all classes andcampuses. Please submit yourideas to Ann Tierney Prochnowat atprochnow@gmail.com.­Ann Tierney Prochnow, Chair

Communications & TechnologyOur committee is proud to unveilthe new GUAA logo to be rolledout beginning of 2016. A bigthanks to those who contributedto the process in creating aVisual Identity that reflects ourvalues of being welcoming anddistinctive which the GUAA canuse for years to come. Thecommittee also recruited BOGmembers to help test the newAlumni Website and will berevamping the alumni socialmedia guide with a new look andupdated content. ­Anne Marie DiNardo, Chair

NominationsWe extended the deadline for forGovernor and Officersnominations to January, 4, 2016at 11:59 p.m. ET. TheNominations Committee willdeliberate the submissions atWLW 2016. The 2016 Officerselection process will include anopportunity for members of theBoard to provide direct feedbackon nominees. Our committeewill publish a list of individualswho have nominatedthemselves for all respectiveOfficer positions during thesecond 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 BoardOperations. Melissa comes to Georgetown from The Leukemia & LymphomaSociety where she served as a Campaign Manager. Melissa specializes involunteer management, event planning and strategic communications. She is agraduate of George Washington University. Melissa began her new role onon 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 APU.S. and World History at Oakcrest School in McLean and GeorgetownVisitation Preparatory School here in D.C. while also serving as choreographerfor Gonzaga College High School's Dramatic Association. An entrepreneur atheart, Cara was also the creator and owner of The Whisked Away Bakeshop, agourmet cupcake catering company based in the Washington, D.C. Metroarea. Cara has two little boys, Jack (4) and Will (2), who keep her on her toesand 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 Historyand 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 Fallof 2012. For the past 3 years, he has been managing the Discovery Initiative, amarket research program in the Office of Advancement. Matt is alsocontinuing his Georgetown education as an evening student in the MBAprogram. He joined the Alumni Career Services team in late November and isexcited 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 Centeron October 3 for the annual speed­networking event,Ready Set Connect. This event brought together 100 alumni and students for an evening ofconnections and conversation. Set up like speed­dating, students and alumni receive a schedule andseat assignments at check­in, then they rotate forapproximately eight, six­minute rounds ofconversation. The event is sponsored by theGeorgetown University Alumni Association.

Class and Club leaders were invited back tocampus during the annual Fall Alumni VolunteerLeadership Weekend. On Saturday night, theAssociation sponsored a Clubs Awards Receptionwhich celebrated the achievements of Alumni Clubsand Leaders from across Georgetown's globalcommunity. Pictured above the second to the left isClub Leader Meredith Karam and on the right end,Governor Michael Karam.

Black Alumni Summit: October 23 ‑ 25, 2015

The GUAA sponsored a successful Alumni Networking event during Georgetown's inaugural Black AlumniSummit. Over the weekend, more than 230 alumni gathered on campus for social activities, networkingevents and panel discussions on Georgetown's continued influence on their personal and professionallives. Photographed above, Eric Woods (B'91) co­chair of the summit planning committee addressesattendees 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 culturalexchange and exploration. Over 250 attendees took part in the weekend including members of the Board ofGovernors, Board of Directors, Board of Regents, Georgetown faculty, and, of course, alumni ­ some localto Hong Kong, some traveling from as far as the East Coast. The idea for International Alumni Weekendwas spearheaded by the GUAA in 2010.

Board BusinessFor Approval at January Executive Committee Meeting on 1/20:

November Executive Committee MinutesDecember Executive Committee Minutes

For Approval at February Full Board Meeting on 2/6:

October 2015 Full Board Minutes

Patrick Healy Dinner Registration

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