Director’s Aloha Tour

Seattle

Chicago

Boston

New York

Philadelphia

Atlanta

Boca Raton

Washington, D.C.

In October 2021, Director Vince Durnan and then Alumni Director Patti Wexler began his cross-country trip to say goodbye to dozens of PDS/USN alumni and friends with events in Boston, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Unfortunately, the prevalence of the COVID-19 omicron variant pressed pause on the farewell tour, and he was unable to travel to California and Texas. Durnan resumed in February 2022 with dinners in Boca Raton, Philadelphia, New York City, Seattle, and Atlanta. Alumni Director Leigh Ivey Hicks ’05, Annual Fund Director Claudia Huskey, and Annual Fund Associate Meagan Hall joined him along the way.

The tour was named as a nod to Durnan’s past career as an administrator on the Big Island at Hawai’i Preparatory Academy and affinity for the aloha business clothing he is known to wear during hot summer months. In July, he flies to Kauai for an 11-month position as Interim Head of School at Island School. Often used as a simple greeting or farewell, aloha is the Hawaiian word for love and affection.