Alumni Futures readers who follow me on Twitter, and those connected to me via LinkedIn may already have seen the big personal news I shared last week:
I am thrilled to announce that I am returning to Brown University as Vice President for Alumni Relations.
It's exciting for me not only because I pursued my undergraduate education at Brown, but also because Brown's alumni office is where I started my higher education career almost 30 years ago! As assistant director in 1989, I began learning the basics of alumni engagement, and by the time I moved on to the University of Michigan, seven years later, alumni relations had become a much more professionalized business.
Today the profession is mature, but it continues to change, more rapidly and in more surprising ways than ever. I'm eager for the opportunity to address those challenges at a great university with a proud tradition of alumni outreach.
[I am thrilled to return to Brown University as Vice President for Alumni Relations]
I will be wrapping up a few unfinished consulting projects in the coming weeks, and I will take this opportunity to thank my colleagues and clients at Grenzebach Glier & Associates. I've probably learned more from my consulting clients since 2015 than they have learned from me, and I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to serve the advancement profession in that role.
I will start my new position at Brown on December 3, 2018. Here's the official announcement:
Class of 1986 graduate Andrew Shaindlin to lead alumni relations at Brown
Photo: 1930s postcard of Brown's Van Wickle Gates via Creative Commons & Boston Public Library