| Business Development |
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The Business Development Committee is designed to develop, implement, and coordinate all activities that are designed, to help alumni run or grow their businesses. This division includes the lead groups and the affinity groups. |
| Career Networking Committee |
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Career Development - Networking Committee |
| Career Speakers Series |
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Career Development - Career Speakers Series |
| Communications |
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Communications Committee develops, coordinate and maintain all communications with external forces to promote the organization and its activities. The PR committee’s goal is to increase public awareness of the Alumni network and its activities. |
| Fairfield/Westchester Leads Council |
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The Wharton club of New York (Fairchester Chapter) is looking for YOU; if you do any of the following:
• Real Estate Brokers (Both commercial and residential)
• CPA and audit firms (small & mid size regional)
• Insurance Brokers; in particular casualty and property
• Commercial Bankers
• IT service consultants
• Telecommunication consultants
• Business Brokers
• Third party marketers for hedge funds
• Ad and PR agencies or media consultants
• Not-for-profit or government agencies |
| Finance |
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Accounting & Budgeting Committee -The mission of the Accounting & Budgeting Committee is to develop and implement plans and procedures for all accounting practices of the organization. In addition this committee supervises the accounting firm. The Committee also develops and implements procedures for budget and planning. This committee is also responsible for developing, and implementing the club’s annual and five year plan. |
| Hudson Valley/Westchester Leads Council |
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4 |
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| Job Board Committee |
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5 |
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Career Development - Job Board Committee |
| Leads Groups |
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12 |
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This group is primarily concerned with non-competitive networking councils to generate business for its members. The activities of the councils will include: lead generation; joint marketing, sales intelligence sharing and joint sales calls. |
| Leads-for-Breakfast & Lunch |
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4 |
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| Long Island Leads |
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4 |
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| Marketing Committee |
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4 |
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Marketing Committee is charged with the responsibility to develop, coordinate and implement plans to increase membership. Its mission is therefore to improve member retention by peer-to-peer interaction with dropped members. Additionally to Identify and recruit potential members. |
| Media & Entertainment Affinity Group |
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4 |
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Media & Entertainment Affinity Group Increase networking and learning among professionals in the media & entertainment sectors for Wharton alumni. Networking can be difficult in these sectors, especially since Wharton has a relatively small alumni base in them. We hope to build relationships among participants that open doors to new business, career possibilities, and useful industry and company information. |
| Member Benefits Committee |
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8 |
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Member Benefits Committee develops and maintains special discounts, services, programs etc that are offered only to our members. The committee is charged with identifying and evaluating membership benefits which meet the needs of our members. |
| Non-Profit Affinity Group (WNPA) |
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11 |
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Wharton NonProfit Affinity group |
| Programming: Entrepreneurial Series |
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| Programming: Alliances and Community Service |
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Alliances and Community Service Committee has two primary areas of responsibility: (1) Develop, coordinate and maintain relationships with non-university related entities in order to foster professional and cooperative relationship building, ultimately for the benefit of Wharton alumni, and (2) Organize or facilitate community service opportunities for Wharton alumni to participate in or benefit from. The Alliances and Community Service Committee is involved in a range of activities, from evaluating and promoting events sponsored by other entities that could be of interest to Wharton alumni, to organizing community service projects that tap into the resources that are unique to Wharton alumni. |
| Programming: Authors Speaker Series |
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6 |
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| Programming: Business Leadership Series |
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| Programming: Social and Special Events |
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Special/Social Events Committee is charged with the responsibility to develop, implement, and coordinate all activities designed to entertain the alumni network: culturally, socially, intellectually, and or emotionally. Activities include, Wharton nights/days (at the circus, opera, museum, and sporting events), family activities, singles events, and one or two major events each year that will raise money for, bring recognition to, and help promote the school and club. The premiere social function of the year is the Joseph Wharton Dinner. This is in keeping with the club tradition of hosting the premiere business school alumni event of NYC. |
| Programming: Speaker Series |
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The Wharton Speaker Series Committee is responsible for developing, implementing, and coordinating Speaker Series and programs designed to intellectually stimulate the alumni network. This committee identifies, invites, and introduces speakers for its President’s Forum. These entrepreneurial speakers are usually affiliated to the university and cover topics in their area (s) of expertise. Recent speakers included: Michael Bloomberg, Donald Trump, Rudolph W. Giuliani, Reg Jones, Leonard Lauder, James Woolsey, Steve Forbes, Maria Bartiromo, Gregg Spiridellis and Al Franken. |
| Programming: Special Interest Speaker Series |
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| Programming: University Relations |
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University Relations Committee reports directly to the President and is primarily responsible for developing, implementing and coordinating all communications and relationships with the University of Pennsylvania as well as all other alumni clubs, administration, students, and faculty. The Office of University Relations focuses on strengthening the bonds between the university, its graduates and former students. The Alumni Relations Committee is charged with developing interesting and exciting ways of attract and retain young alumni to be involved with the University community in the first few years after graduation. The University Relations committee concentrates in these four areas: (1) Admissions (2) Faculty Connection (3) Placement (4) Development. |
| Sponsorship Committee |
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4 |
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Sponsorship Committee develops and implements plans to increase and maintain corporate sponsorships. This committee seeks to cultivate and maintain strong sponsorship bonds with companies in order to raise funds to underwrite the cost of our club’s events. |
| Thursday Leads Group |
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Leads Council that meets on First and Third Thursday Mornings |
| Tuesday Leads Group |
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6 |
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Leads Council that meets on second and fourth Tuesday Nights |
| Wednesday Leads Group |
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4 |
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Leads Council that meets on second and fourth Wednesday Nights |
| Wharton Business Owners & Entrepreneurs’ Affinity (WBOEN) |
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Wharton Entrepreneur Affinity Group Provide a means for Wharton entrepreneurs at various stages of business evolution and varying levels of entrepreneurial experience to increase their ability to succeed by (1) pooling and sharing resources, ideas, best practices, (2) provide mentorship with other entrepreneurs and/or Wharton faculty, (3) building relationships with funding sources and (4) networking. |
| Wharton Education Network (WhEN) |
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Education is the second biggest sector in the US economy and continues to grow. New opportunities arise everyday and we want to support the Wharton alumni in their investment decisions in this sector. Our goal is to be a network for ideas and knowledge that will help our members to better run their companies, to identify new opportunities, and to obtain better results from their investments in the education market. |
| Wharton Fine Art & Design Network (WFADN) |
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Wharton Fine Art & Design Group Foster networking and sharing of resources among Wharton alumni who have a professional interest in the fields of fine and decorative arts, design, and décor. In addition, the group hosts events for the Wharton community so those who are interested personally in art & design can benefit from the perspective of members and member contacts. |
| Wharton Hedge Fund Network (WHFN) |
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Hedge Fund Affinity Group Bring together Wharton alumni who are members of the greater hedge fund community. You must be directly working in the hedge fund arena including hedge funds, allocators, lawyers, accountants, bankers, third-party administrators, third-party marketers, or real estate professionals specializing in the hedge fund space. |
| Wharton Institutional Real Estate Network (WIREN) |
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This group will be a forum in which Wharton Alumni real estate professionals can share information, resources and experiences, benchmark best practices, discuss opportunities, build personal relationships and make deals. |
| Wharton Investment Resource Exchange (WIRE) |
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10 |
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WIRE (Wharton Investment Resource Exchange) This entrepreneurs’ affinity group filters and finds potential investment opportunities and provides joint introductory functions with the Angel affinity group. It is currently focused on established and later stage businesses. |
| Wharton Private Equity Affinity Group (WPEAG) |
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Private Equity Affinity Group This group will be dedicated to creating a forum in which professionals within the private equity and venture capital asset classes can share experiences, benchmark best practices, discuss opportunities, build personal relationships , and make deals. The group will cover all investment sectors and stages and seeks to accelerate the careers of members through unparalled access to a network of Wharton peers. |
| Wharton Real Estate Investors Affinity Group (WREIAG) |
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The Wharton Real Estate Investors Affinity Group (WREIA) was founded in 2006 as an affinity group of the Wharton Club of New York (WCNY). The dual focus will be on learning and deal making. Patterned after the real estate investment clubs that are popping up all over the country, this group will allow Wharton alumni who are involved in small real estate transactions to share information and resources. |
| Wharton Technology Affinity Group |
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Technology Affinity Group The aim of this group is to bring Wharton alumni in the NY area working at technology-centric companies, i.e. those in software, information technology, mobile technology and/or web development. The New York area is a national leader in technology development and the goal of the Technology Affinity Group is to promote and support the growth of this industry in this region amongst Wharton alumni. The group will run an educational event schedule, sponsor a wide variety of economic development programs aimed at assisting member companies as well as networking events to enable members to develop opportunities amongst each other. |
