ANNE GRAY SIEBERT ’97

Before 8 a.m. on Valentine’s Day, I watched as five incredibly talented and successful alumni chatted casually with a group of our current Seniors. These alumni came to campus to have breakfast with our Seniors as an opportunity to take steps in building relationships with our Cougars. The alumni’s desire is for our students to know that we are here to support them in any way that we can.

As I watched the interactions before me, I was struck by how deeply these graduates of Collegiate care for these young adults, who they were meeting for the first time that day. Each of these alumni left families and jobs to come to campus in the very early morning to simply say, “We are here for you. We care about you.”

This is the connection that runs so deeply through all of us. We care so much about this place that we call home, that we call our School, that we call our community. We believe in our core that because Collegiate had such an impact on us during our time as students we want to make sure our current students know there is an entire network of folks ready and willing to be there for them in any possible way that they can. In that way, it is our job to create bridges from Collegiate to the greater world.

We are better because of each of you. Our alumni network is full of such talented and incredible people willing to lend a hand and support not only one another but the broader community. I am grateful for each one of you. I am in awe of you and the work that you do. For all of you I do not yet know, I hope you will reach out to me. I look forward to having the opportunity to meet each one of you and get to know you better. To all of our alumni, please reach out to me if there is ever anything I can do for you. I am here to lend a helping hand to all of you. I would love the opportunity to not only connect with you, but to help connect you to each other and to our students.

Warmly,

Anne Gray Siebert ’97