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

oThings are happening but people do not know what is happening

oNeed more communication and documentation of events

oBalance between convenience and effectiveness and holding people accountable

▪Face to face-most effective but least convenient

▪Message board least effective but most convenient

oIdeas: Videochat, Sharepoint, Googledocs?

oNeed to continue to brainstorm ideas

●QUEST Application website presentation-Danny Laurence

oApplications 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

oSteve Kutchi-“students need to be involved in the development especially because they have more time and also expertise”

oAlumni component to website goals:

▪Allow Board members capability to work remotely

▪Allow for Alumni community fostering

oApplication-DONE

oAlumni directory-WORK IN PROGRESS

▪Map

▪LinkedIn authentication and integration (convenient and accurate updated information)

oQAB materials-NEED TO WORK ON

▪Responsibilities, pictures, communications, meeting minutes, recordings, messaging board

oOther 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

▪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

oWant leads from each committee to send committee goals, timeline, dates, deliverables and resources needed to Executive Team

oRefer to pictures of planning from Kylie

Team Sign Up
Student / Lead / Mark Baumgardner
Student Alumni Events (i.e. Student-Alumni Dinners) / Mark Baumgardner
Homecoming Tailgate / Brian Bender
Senior Conference After Party / Shirley Han
Liaison with QSO / Shirley Han
Other Ideas
Alumni / Lead / Steve Otis
Alumni events: Manage region leads, Plan Happy Hours and Events / Kalika Bhusry
Solicit & Encourage Alumni Donations and Participation / Elaine Hui
Other Ideas
Program / Lead / Danny Laurence
QUEST Credentials / Josh Kohn
QUEST Web / Danny Laurence
QUEST Idea Kickstarter (QUIKStart) / Karthik Menta
Program Support (Curriculum Sponsors etc.) / John McGahagan
25th Anniversary Planning / Bryan Towns
Other Ideas
Communication / Lead
Gather sub team meeting minutes
QUEST Alumni Calendar
Marketing and Branding QUEST and QAB / Vidya Sathyamoorthy
Social Media
QUEST Press Alumni Corner / Russell Lyons
Other Ideas / Ricky Wilson
Executive Board / Lead / Steve Kutchi
Develop Annual Plan & Strategy / All
Track Finances / Debbie Feinberg
Provide Meeting Minutes / Stephanie Nguyen

QAB Retreat-01/11/2015 Sign In

Name / Cohort / Company / Title / Email / Cell
Debbie Feinberg / 1 / Real Change Strategies / / 703-623-3786
Steve Otis / 4 / APEX Tool Group / Director / / 240-604-6399
Mark Baumgardner / 4 / PwC / Director / / 703-895-0081
Bryan Towns / 7 / BD / Program Manager / / 410-596-5726
John McGahagan / 16 / Johns Hopkins / Professional Staff / / 443-618-8356
Richard Wilson / 6 / Constellation / Business Analyst / / 301-802-7334
Daniel Laurence / 19 / Dante / Senior Consultant / / 703-674-3829
Elaine Hui / 18 / IBM / Consultant / / 240-246-4011
Karthikeya Menta / 18 / Accenture / Consultant / / 240-505-8860
Shirley Han / 19 / Appian / Consultant / / 339-237-2483
Brian Bender / 5 / MVS / Controller / / 301-728-3142