Interim
Director at the Helm at AASC
Mary
Ann Hill joined Smith this month as the interim executive
director of the Alumnae Association, following 11 years in
the position of assistant vice president for public affairs
at Wellesley College. While there, she guided strategic communications
for and participated in a college presidential search, as
well as a restructuring of Wellesley’s
Office of Public Affairs, and a celebration of the college’s
125th anniversary, to name a few highlights.
Mary Ann Hill, interim executive director, AASC |
After Wellesley,
Hill founded her own firm, Saltwater Hill Communications,
which provides marketing and strategic communications for
a variety of clients, including Bryn Mawr and Wellesley colleges.
She will serve as interim executive
director of the AASC at least until fall 2012. A task force
comprised of members of the AASC board of directors and the
college’s board of
trustees, is in the process of developing a strategic plan
to guide alumnae engagement. Hill follows Carrie Cadwell
Brown, who served as the association’s
executive director from 1997 to 2012.
As Alumnae Association
interim director, Hill will take a close look at the college’s
alumnae relations with a fresh perspective, she explains. “I
feel I can make a difference in helping the Alumnae Association
and staff build on its strong foundation and prepare for
the future. How might we improve our alumnae relations efforts?”
Hill will supervise ongoing
Alumnae Association events and programs, such as reunion,
club activities, professional gatherings and travel.
After
graduating from Wellesley College, Hill earned a master’s degree in public policy at the
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and served as a legislative
aide, then as deputy press secretary, for U.S. Senate Majority Leader George
J. Mitchell, in Washington, D.C. She also served for two years as director of
communications for the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports before
returning to Boston and joining the Wellesley administration in 1998.
Hill resides
in Newton, Mass., with her husband and three children—two sons and a daughter—all
in school.
As a graduate of a Seven Sisters
school, she feels fortunate to have the opportunity to spend
time as a Smith administrator. “Smith has a very strong
identity,” says Hill, “in terms of student experience and the lifelong bond it
creates among alumnae. Smith is an organization I have tremendous respect for.” |
