DEVELOPING AND TAPPING ALUMNI RESOURCES:

Alumni Affairs, Events Planning, and Loyalty Programs

Establishing and effectively utilizing an alumni affairs office within an institution is the first step in harnessing the potential for a vital and supportive alumni organization. Alumni want and need to be involved, and the longer this resource is left untapped, the harder it is to bring alumni "back to the fold."

Two of the world's most experienced alumni affairs professionals will help you to organize, motivate and best utilize your volunteers in support of your institution's goals and objectives including, but not limited to, the areas of:

• Fundraising
• Job Placement/Corporate Recruiting
• Admissions Support
• Advisory Committees
• Guest Lecturers
• Mentorship Programs
• Establishing Alumni Chapters
• Young Alumni Initiatives
• Marketing your Institution
• Events Planning
• Affinity Programs
• Alumni Publications

Let us assist your university, college or other affinity group by bringing your alumni closer and having them organized and supportive, positively and productively.

Advisory Members

Harry R. Keller (Tucson, AZ)
As the first Director of Alumni Affairs for Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration from 1977 to 2000, Keller developed an infrastructure of alumni support second to none. With 60 chapters worldwide, 8000 members (2/3 of whom pay annual dues), and over 140 volunteers, the Cornell Hotel Society provides ongoing financial, program and networking assistance to the School and its faculty, staff, students and alumni. Keller has been an active, highly successful fundraiser for the School for over 20 years. He has also assisted other hospitality schools with alumni/ development efforts.

Philippus Miller III (Ithaca, NY)
Managing Director of Philippus Miller III & Associates LLC, offering international hospitality recruitment and alumni/affinity group consulting services. Miller’s 20-plus years of international hospitality industry experience gives him a comprehensive understanding of, and unparalleled connections within, the industry. As Director of Alumni Affairs for Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration (and Secretary of its alumni association, the Cornell Hotel Society) from 1993-2004, he directed all operations of the most active alumni association in the world, with particular expertise in public relations, communications (both Web and print-based), loyalty programs, customer service, association management, and networking.