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Wharton's 'Home Team':
the Philadelphia Club
The Wharton Club of Philadelphia
is the "home team" for the Wharton
Alumni Network, with over 14,000
Wharton alumni in the region.
"Our growing membership represents
the breadth of Wharton's
Undergraduate, Graduate, Executive,
and Doctoral programs," reports Club
President Gloria Rabinowitz, WG'78.
The Philadelphia Club's focus is
"Get Connected. Stay Connected.
Keep Your Edge." This theme is reflected
in the Club's diverse and enhanced
schedule of events, new membership
outreach, and resulting expansion, coprogramming
with other groups including
other business school alumni clubs,
and in exciting new club offerings.
Some examples include:
Get Connected
In November 2006, the Club partnered
with the Union League's Business
Network in sponsoring a Members
Only Breakfast with over 125 attendees,
featuring David Cohen, Executive Vice
President, Comcast, speaking on the
"Future of the Internet." In February
2007, the Club held its inaugural
Business Leads Council Breakfast Event
spearheaded by Jim McAssey, WG'97.
The council's purpose is to encourage
lead generation and networking among
our members. Beginning in 2007
Molly Harper, WG'04, has undertaken
a leadership role in the Club's special
outreach to increasing numbers of
young alumni located in Philadelphia,
featuring two events including a scotch
tasting and golf event.
Stay Connected
The Club provides ongoing opportunities
for members to connect in social settings
while promoting regional businesses.
The 2006-2007 event calendar
kickoff reception was held at the
Philadelphia Museum of Art, highlighting
great art, wine, food, and music
from the well-known jazz great Jae
Sinnett. Bill Valerio, WG'04, Assistant
Director for Museum Administration,
welcomed our members, and drew
winners for the wonderful Museum
Sunday Jazz Brunch.
The 2006 Holiday party was held in
DiBruno's House of Cheese, founded in
Philadelphia's Italian Market in 1939.
Alumni enjoyed an Italian food extravaganza
including education by DiBruno's
wine and cheese experts.
In March 2007, the Club held an
event at Philadelphia landmark, Boyd's,
founded more than 60 years ago and
regarded as one of the world's great
clothing stores. Boyd's Executive Vice
President will speak about their extraordinary
success, their expansion and
their future plans.
Keep Your Edge
The Club offers outstanding opportunities
for members to learn from experts
in a variety of fields. Recent speakers include
Ian McLean, President, Exelon
Power Team; David N. Feldman,
W'82, L'85, author and nationally recognized
expert on Reverse Mergers,
also the title of his book; and Lawler
Kang, WG'96, who presented an interactive
seminar based on his life and
his book on finding work you love entitled
Finding Passion at Work. The
Wharton Women's Network, founded
in Philadelphia, sponsors a variety
of events, including a sold-out career
coaching event and series of Work-Life
balance programs.
The Club recently re-launched its
web site, www.whartonclub.org,
with enhanced membership services.
The site allows members to manage
their profiles, select how they would
like to learn about upcoming events,
register for events and renew membership.
The site also includes career links,
a brand new job board, upcoming program
information, new membership
options, and Wharton School connectivity
and related news.
New approaches to programming diversity
as well as new and ongoing opportunities
to network and connect are
the key focuses for the Club according
to Program Chair Madlyn Powell,
WEV'03, WEV'04.
"The Club's membership base represents
a cross-section of different age
groups, career paths, industries, and experiences,"
says Rabinowitz. "Our goal is
to continually develop and enhance programs
and services for our members to
reflect this diversity and depth. We seek
to draw new members, implement new
ideas, and new approaches to enhance
the value proposition of our Club. We
are excited to be the 'home team.'"
—Jennifer Streitwieser, WG'97
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