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91制片厂 Names New Assistant VP of Alumni and Community Affairs


By brittany sullivan | 6/30/2017

91制片厂 has appointed Meghan DeFord as its new assistant vice president of alumni and community affairs within the , following a national search. DeFord will oversee alumni, student and community programs, which represents more than 155,000 91制片厂 alumni across the globe. She will begin on Sept. 1.

In her new role, DeFord will work to engage alumni and friends in the life of 91制片厂 as the University continues on its upward trajectory.

鈥淚 am excited to be working with someone who has built a level of engagement that parallels the unbridled ambition of 91制片厂鈥檚 alumni community,鈥 said Danita Nias, vice president for institutional advancement at 91制片厂. 鈥淢eghan comes from an institution that mirrored 91制片厂 in its beginning, and she can draw from that to enhance the 91制片厂 alumni experience.鈥

DeFord joins 91制片厂 following 12 years of experience at the University of Maryland. In her most recent role, DeFord acted as senior director of alumni outreach for the University of Maryland鈥檚 Alumni Association, overseeing the national strategy efforts in order to engage and connect the University鈥檚 alumni professionally and socially.聽

Prior to this, DeFord held the positions of director of regional programs for the University of Maryland Alumni Association, as well as coordinator of alumni recruitment, and interim assistant director of marketing for undergraduate 91制片厂 at Maryland.

聽鈥淭o join the Owl community is a great honor,鈥 said DeFord.聽鈥91制片厂 is rich with opportunity and dynamic leadership and I look forward to meeting our alumni throughout South Florida and across the nation, connecting them back to campus and to each other.鈥

DeFord earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Maryland.

Established in 1968, the represents 91制片厂鈥檚 ever-growing alumni community. The 91制片厂AA鈥檚 mission is to represent and promote alumni and University interests by facilitating ongoing relationships between 91制片厂 and its alumni and by fostering loyalty and support for 91制片厂. Building school identity, spirit and loyalty through programs and services, the 91制片厂AA and its membership are dedicated to advancing the goals and missions of the University.

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