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Wharton Alumni Club of
Brazil Builds on Global
Alumni Forum
Wharton Alumni Club of Brazil has
long been one of the network's largest.
Galvanized by the success of hosting
the 2006 Global Alumni Forum,
the Club has redirected the spirit of celebration
towards its mission: to provide
opportunities for alumni to network,
to strengthen the bonds between the
school and the alumni, and to raise
high the Wharton brand in Brazil.
Last August, the WGAF attracted
421 participants, 92 from abroad.
Intensive planning and execution produced
a large alumni group discussing
everything from speakers to venue details
and working on off-Forum activities,
such as two Admission Sessions, with
150 guests in Sao Paulo and 55 in Rio,
focusing on the 2009 class candidates.
The Club's track record since
2001's first Alumni Forum in Brazil
up to the fantastic 2006 Wharton's
125th anniversary celebration in Rio
has been impressive.
In this period, the Club averaged
seven yearly meetings, from senior encounters,
as the one with Arminio
Fraga, former Central Bank governor,
to breakfasts with start-up entrepreneurs,
to social gatherings, including
wine tasting, puffing "puro" Habanas,
and the traditional year-end dinner, attracting more then 100 alumni and
guests in its fifth edition last December.
The Forums were also perfect milestones
for the Club leadership transitions,
generating momentum and attracting
new energy and participants to the Club.
Brazil has a young and vibrant
Wharton community (around 360),
heavily concentrated in Sao Paulo,
working mainly in the financial markets.
The club plans to keep the community
moving ahead in 2007 and
looks forward to hosting another
Forum in the future.
—Eduardo Strang, WG'01
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