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Welcome from Alumni President

Letter From the President

September 2007


First, congratulations and best wishes to the Class of 2007. We are excited to welcome you into the next stage of your journey, the VU EMBA Alumni Association.


The VU EMBA alumni play leading roles in organizations around the world. Thanks to the strength of Villanova’s EMBA program, our alumni network is particularly strong and is uniquely responsive. Bonds forged between classmates and alumni will likely prove to become lifetime connections. Hence the reason to get all of the alumni together united for a common good- the building and strengthening of our EMBA Alumni Association.

As the EMBA Alumni Association enters its 6th year the commitment, enthusiasm, and leadership demonstrated by our elected officers and body of alumni continues to be impressive. I would like to give a special thanks to our outgoing board and alumni volunteers led by Fran Barrett as Chair and A.B. Maynard as President. Some of the 2006-07 Board’s many accomplishments include:

  • spear-heading the first annual Conference and Reunion Weekend

  • developing a strong and consistent communication channel with the Dean and broader Villanova University community

  • creating an EMBA “Linked In” Chapter for networking and recruiting

  • redesigning and re-instating a VSB EMBA website

  • establishing a SharePoint site for the Board and broader Alumni community to collaborate on work products and share information

  • hosting some really fun and memorable events

To those Board Members who are transitioning off of the Board (Fran Barrett, Michelle Neils, Michael Santilli, Therese Narzikul, Kevin Mead & Jon Sonsteby), we will miss you next year, but we know that you will continue to make us proud as active alumni.

The EMBA Alumni Association provides ongoing academic enrichment and continued support for the growth of the Executive MBA program and the Villanova School of Business. The 2007-2008 board met for the first time in early September. In addition to working on the 2nd Annual Alumni Conference & Reunion weekend, we will be strategizing on ways to support the Alumni goals of:

  • lifelong learning

  • social interaction and networking

  • communication

  • participation in both University and community service.

We hope that through these events, we will perpetuate and advance the dynamic academic community that alumni valued as students -- a community enhanced by close friendships, shared aspirations and the opportunity to generate new ideas that we can implement within our own organizations.


Whether attending a happy hour, volunteering as a speaker at one of our breakfast meetings, or supporting our Conference and Reunion Weekend, we hope that your experience is a rewarding one. The board is here to serve you and we welcome both suggestions and compliments.

Thanks for visiting.


A.B.                      Erika
A.B. Maynard, Chair          Erika von Hoyer, President


SAVE THE DATE – ALUMNI CONFERENCE & REUNION
Be on the look out for our second annual EMBA Alumni Conference and Reunion Friday, May 30th and Saturday, May 31, 2008. Contact us if you are interested in helping to coordinate or get involved with any aspect of the reunion event.