The EC consists of up to 26 alumni distributed across the decades who work to engage their brethren with information about DA and excuses to congregate like Day of Service and Choate Day. Seems like a natural for JK, right? He even sat next to his replacement in the Alumni/Development Office, the terrific current parent Noah Blake who had worked at Canterbury, in order to be as helpful as he could.
The EC has Committees for Regional Clubs, Communications, Young Alumni, Governance and Nominating. JK currently serves on Nominating since he knows a lot of alumni and works on Communications as well.
Fun to be with other rabid DA supporters from across the years, especially Paula Griffith Edgar '95 and Dave Hagerman '64 (pictured), and Syd Williams '85.
One nice thing about the EC is that it also benefits from the Generative Discussions that the Board of Trustees now make routine as part of their meetings.
We heard from Marjorie Young, Director of Inclusion, about her role in helping all students and faculty create a positive learning atmosphere for everyone. On the face of it it sounds a little contrived but as we know from the media the definitions of typical roles in society seem to be blurring. At the end of the day one thing seems clear, if a student is feeling out of place at DA, its important for them to know there is support nearby, either on the corridor or at an office. I'm pretty sure that was just as important back in our day.
