QUEST Alumni Board Retreat-Sunday 01/11/15
Meeting Dates in 2015
Thursday, 03/26 7:00-8:30
Wednesday, 05/06 3:30-5:00 Senior Conference
Thursday, 09/17 7:00-8:30
Thursday, 12/10 3:30-5:00 Senior Conference
QUEST to Silicon Valley Trip: 3/14-3/20
Meeting Minutes
● Need an up to date Alumni directory
● Start planning for 25th Anniversary-2017
● Need a better way to facilitate communicate amongst Board members
o Things are happening but people do not know what is happening
o Need more communication and documentation of events
o Balance between convenience and effectiveness and holding people accountable
▪ Face to face-most effective but least convenient
▪ Message board least effective but most convenient
o Ideas: Videochat, Sharepoint, Googledocs?
o Need to continue to brainstorm ideas
● QUEST Application website presentation-Danny Laurence
o Applications currently released and live
▪ 64 applications started, 4 submitted
▪ Currently admit 90 students in total, 45 per cohort, 2 cohorts per year
● QUEST website-“one stop-shop” expansion of QUEST Application website discussion
o Steve Kutchi-“students need to be involved in the development especially because they
have more time and also expertise”
o Alumni component to website goals:
▪ Allow Board members capability to work remotely
▪ Allow for Alumni community fostering
o Application-DONE
o Alumni directory-WORK IN PROGRESS
▪ Map
▪ LinkedIn authentication and integration (convenient and accurate updated
information)
o QAB materials-NEED TO WORK ON
▪ Responsibilities, pictures, communications, meeting minutes, recordings,
messaging board
o Other Ideas for Website:
▪ Photo Gallery
▪ Mentorship Program
▪ Events Calendar
▪ Internship/Job Posting Forum
▪ Resume book-student and alumni
▪ Portfolio of past projects
● Make more user friendly, searchable dynamic
▪ Alumni statistics/information
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Portfolio of work through QUEST career
Resources-course material, “Quality Matters”
Corporate relations-life blood: should focus on expanding because main source
of funding
● 75% of projects from Alumni connections
● Subcommittees Breakout
o Want leads from each committee to send committee goals, timeline, dates, deliverables
and resources needed to Executive Team
o Refer to pictures of planning from Kylie
Team Sign Up
Lead
Mark Baumgardner
Student Alumni Events (i.e.
Mark Baumgardner
Student-Alumni Dinners)
Student
Homecoming Tailgate
Brian Bender
Senior Conference After Party
Shirley Han
Liaison with QSO
Shirley Han
Other Ideas
Lead
Steve Otis
Alumni events: Manage region
Kalika Bhusry
leads, Plan Happy Hours and
Alumni
Events
Solicit & Encourage Alumni
Elaine Hui
Donations and Participation
Other Ideas
Lead
Danny Laurence
QUEST Credentials
Josh Kohn
QUEST Web
Danny Laurence
Program
QUEST Idea Kickstarter
Karthik Menta
(QUIKStart)
Program Support (Curriculum
John McGahagan
Sponsors etc.)
25th Anniversary Planning
Bryan Towns
Other Ideas
Lead
Gather sub team meeting
minutes
Communication
QUEST Alumni Calendar
Marketing and Branding QUEST Vidya Sathyamoorthy
and QAB
Social Media
QUEST Press Alumni Corner
Russell Lyons
Other Ideas
Ricky Wilson
Lead
Steve Kutchi
Develop Annual Plan & Strategy All
Executive Board
Track Finances
Debbie Feinberg
Provide Meeting Minutes
Stephanie Nguyen
QAB Retreat-01/11/2015 Sign In
Name
Debbie Feinberg
Cohor
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1
Steve Otis
Company
Title
Email
Cell
debbiefeinberg@gmail.com
703-623-3786
4
Real Change
Strategies
APEX Tool Group
Director
sjotis@yahoo.com
240-604-6399
Mark
Baumgardner
Bryan Towns
4
PwC
Director
703-895-0081
7
BD
John
McGahagan
Richard Wilson
16
Johns Hopkins
jmcgahagan@gmail.com
443-618-8356
6
Constellation
Rickyaw3@gmail.com
301-802-7334
Daniel Laurence
19
Dante
dannyjlaurence@gmail.com
703-674-3829
Elaine Hui
18
IBM
Program
Manager
Professional
Staff
Business
Analyst
Senior
Consultant
Consultant
Mark.j.baumgarnder@us.pwc.co
m
bgtowns@gmail.com
elainekhui@gmail.com
240-246-4011
Karthikeya
Menta
Shirley Han
18
Accenture
Consultant
Kmenta91@gmail.com
240-505-8860
19
Appian
Consultant
Han.shirley@gmail.com
339-237-2483
Brian Bender
5
MVS
Controller
Brianmb62@gmail.com
301-728-3142
410-596-5726