Creating Connections that Last

Alumni Association Flourishes

Nancy Hunt 87MPH can’t imagine her life without the professional and personal connections she has made through the RSPH. “They’ve kept me engaged with the school since I graduated,” says Hunt.

Twenty years ago, shortly after Rollins became a school, Hunt helped formalize the alumni association and served as the first alumni board president.

“We spent the first year figuring out where we wanted to go,” Hunt recalls. “The challenge was how to engage alumni to strengthen the school.”

As the school grew in size and reputation, the RSPH Alumni Board stepped up where needed. Board members worked with admissions staff to hold open houses for prospective students. Before the Office of Career Services was formed, alumni leaders created a mentoring program for students. Today, board members assist with admissions, career, and other events and lead several alumni committees. Rollins Alumni Ambassadors welcome and support new students and invite alumni to participate in school events.

Lisa Carlson 93MPH and Amri Johnson 96MPH, past board presidents, represent Rollins on the Association of Emory Alumni Board, strengthening the school’s ties with the university.

When the 25th anniversary of the MPH program approached in 1995, Carlson chaired a committee to mark the occasion that included presentation of

RSPH Alumni Association Board Members

President

Anne Farland Arwood 06mph

Past President

Matthew Biggerstaff 06mph

Members

Monica Chopra Gobely 05mph

Chanda Holsey drph 96mph

Takeia Horton 09 mph

Heather Ingold 00mph

Alyssa Lederer 08mph

Kaitlin Porter 08mph

Paige Rohe 05mph

J. Daniel Thompson 08mph

Hilarie Schubert Warren 05mph

RSPH Leadership on the Association of Emory Alumni Board

Lisa Carlson 93mph

Amri Johnson 96mph

Upcoming Events

Destination Public Health/ Open House

Saturday, October 15

Rollins School of Public Health

Dean’s Reception

American Public Health Association

Monday, October 31 the first Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award. In 2002, the RSPH Alumni Board established the Matthew Lee Girvin Award to recognize outstanding young professionals in honor of Girvin, a 1994 alumnus who died on a U.N. surveying mission in Mongolia. Both awards are presented each fall during the RSPH Alumni Reunion.

Washington, D.C.

For information: alumni@sph.emory.edu or 404-727-4740.

For Hunt, serving the school has enriched her life and provided a lasting network of colleagues and friends. “Those connections are invaluable,” she says. 