Kannerstein Awward

Ted Love ’81 P’15, P’17 is CEO of Global Blood Therapeutics in San Francisco, CA. Global Blood Therapeutics is a bio-pharmaceutical company that has developed a promising treatment, and is pursuing a cure, for sickle cell disease. Ted has more than 20 years of broad leadership and management experience in the bio-pharmaceutical industry. He also currently serves on the boards of directors of Royalty Pharma, Seattle Genetics, and the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, for which he serves as chair of the Emerging Companies Section. Ted earned a B.A. in biology from Haverford in 1981, and an M.D. from Yale University in 1985. He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. While at Haverford, Ted served on Students' Council. As an alum, Ted served on the Board of Managers from 1993-2005. He was re-elected to the Board in 2015 and his second term ended in 2018. He is a former member of the Alumni Association Executive Committee and a former Admission Representative. During the Educating to Lead, Educating to Serve Campaign, Ted was a member of the Committee of One Hundred and he supported the Access and Achievement: Multicultural Program Endowed Fund during that campaign. Ted also served as a campaign co-chair for the Lives That Speak Campaign. He established The Love Family Scholarship Fund in 2012, and the Love-Wintner Scholarship in 2020. Ted is married to Joyce Love and the couple reside in Sonoma, CA.

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Haverford Award

Stephen Harper ’76 directed the death penalty clinic at Florida International University College of Law from 2013 until his retirement in the summer of 2020. Prior to that, he worked for 29 years at the Miami-Dade Public Defender's Office, the last 17 as co-coordinator of the Capital Litigation Unit. In that role he was primarily responsible for the gathering and presentation of mitigation evidence in capital cases. It was also during that time that Steve turned his attention to ending the juvenile death penalty in the United States. In 2002, he took a two year leave of absence and coordinated the national Juvenile Death Penalty Initiative. That project ended with Steve's oversight of the drafting and filing of amicus briefs in Roper v. Simmons, arguing that adolescents are substantially different than adults and far less culpable. The Court agreed and ended the juvenile death penalty in the United States. Its finding that “kids are different” created a paradigm shift in the way the justice system now perceives and treats adolescents. Roper was the foundation for subsequent cases (Graham v. Florida, Miller v. Alabama, Montgomery v. Louisiana) all of which resulted in many youthful offenders being resentenced and freed. Stephen graduated from Haverford in 1976, with a B.A. in sociology and anthropology. He is married to Odalys Acosta and the couple reside in Hollywood, FL.

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Haverford Award

Liz McGovern ’91 is a social justice advocate, nonprofit leader, and physician. Her career has been defined by a commitment to establishing and perpetuating equity-driven, inclusive, and participatory approaches to health and human welfare. She served at urban community health centers for over 15 years, working with refugee, immigrant, and vulnerable populations, and has volunteered on crisis and public health missions in Guatemala, Haiti, and Ethiopia. In 2011, Liz founded WEEMA International, which partners with rural communities in southwestern Ethiopia to provide safe water, life-saving healthcare, quality education, and economic opportunities. While at Haverford, Liz majored in biology and received her B.A. in 1991, followed by her M.D. in 1997, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. As an undergraduate she was a member of the lacrosse, basketball, and soccer teams. Liz is married to Scott Early and the couple reside with their family in Acton, MA.

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Distinguished Achievement Award

Richard Besdine ’61 P’89 has devoted his career to development and advancement of geriatrics through university-based and public health care policy work; he has developed and managed research, health care delivery systems and educational programs on aging at a university base, and served as a senior healthcare executive in the federal government. After doing his training in Scotland (there were no geriatrics programs in the U.S. at the time), he returned home to start one of the first American geriatric medicine programs at Harvard University. Over the next 40 years, he built similar programs at the University of Connecticut and at Brown University. He’s currently professor of medicine and professor of health services policy and practice at Brown University and is board certified in internal medicine, geriatrics, and infectious disease. Richard has authored more than 125 scholarly publications on aging and edits widely in medicine. Richard’s proudest honor was international. He was selected as Morgagni Lecturer at the University of Padua during the 250th Anniversary celebration (2011) of the publication of Giovanni Battista Morgagni’s seminal 1761 book De sedibus et causis morborum per anatomen indagatis (“On the sites and causes of diseases as investigated by anatomy”). He graduated cum laude from Haverford in 1961 with a B.S. in biology and went on to attend the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He trained in internal medicine, infectious diseases, and immunology at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Richard is married to Fox Wetle; they reside in Barrington, RI.

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Young Alumni Award

Brianna Duncan-Lowey ’15 is a graduate student in virology at Harvard Medical School. Her doctoral thesis work focuses on immune systems in bacteria, which helped uncover the evolutionary origin of components of the human antiviral immune system. Prior to attending Harvard Medical School for her doctoral studies, she was awarded a post-baccalaureate fellowship at the National Institute of Health where she studied the Hepatitis C Virus. Brianna's work has extended beyond the laboratory, as she has shared her passion for science, and for higher education to advance the careers of students from communities historically excluded from science and medicine. She volunteered with Generation Hope, a not-for-profit organization that helps teen mothers obtain college degrees; and she now volunteers with Dana-Farber's CURE (Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences) Program and Harvard's Health Professions Recruitment Exposure Program (HPREP), both high school science enrichment programs created to address poor health outcomes in underserved communities. Brianna received a B.A., with honors, in biology from Haverford in 2015, and she minored in environmental studies. As an undergraduate she was an Honor Council representative and was also a member of the softball team. Brianna resides in Boston, MA.

Forman Award

Orion Kriegman ’96 is the executive director of the Boston Food Forest Coalition, a nonprofit land trust, building edible parks in the city. Among the projects Orion has been involved with is Egleston Community Orchard (ECO), a rain-fed garden filled with fruit trees, bushes, vegetable beds, flowers, and art. ECO serves as the neighborhood park, hosting local festivals, outdoor movies, and cultural events. After a young man was shot on the street in front of ECO, the neighborhood experienced how creating community spaces helps reduce violence and forges relationships across race and class divides. Prior to this, he was co-director of NET New England, where he led Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition supporting community leaders to create an economy that is place-based, sustainable, and reduces race and class inequity. He was an associate at Tellus Institute, where he served for many years as coordinator of the Great Transition Initiative, an international network of scholars and activists examining the requirements for a transition to a sustainable planetary civilization. In the past, he has focused on ways to enhance meaningful community participation in the development of urban neighborhoods. He also worked for two years in Guatemala, helping the government and civil society implement the policies outlined in the peace accords. Orion graduated from Haverford in 1996, with a B.A. in political science. While at Haverford he trained with the Bryn Mawr badminton team, winning a place on the collegiate All-American team his senior year. He resides in Jamaica Plain, MA.

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Kaye Award

Eric (Rick) Sterling x’71, ’73 was executive director of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation for 31 years promoting drug policy and criminal justice reform. Eric frequently lectures and testifies in the U.S. and Canada and his analysis is sought by researchers and the news media. He has been featured in numerous documentary motion pictures. He helped found and served on the boards of non-profits such as Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), Marijuana Policy Project, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, etc. His public service includes the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission. In the 1980s, as assistant counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, he wrote drug, gun control, pornography, and money laundering laws. Entering Haverford in 1967, he was in the 2-year Humanities concentration. He withdrew in 1969 to work in the anti-war movement. Eric graduated from Haverford in 1973 with a B.A. in religion, was an editor of the Bi-College News, and was a member of Founders Club. At the 1973 Commencement, he introduced Prof. Louis Green, the speaker. He received his J.D. from Villanova University in 1976. As an alum, Eric has been an extern sponsor for more than four decades, spoke at regional alum gatherings and was a member of the Corporation. He became a Quaker at Haverford and serves on the Ministry and Worship Committee at Bethesda Friends Meeting. He is married to June Beittel and they reside in Chevy Chase, MD. Their daughter, Maya Sterling, graduated from Vassar ’20.

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Perry Award

Alan Klein ’81 is a partner with the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where he is co-head of the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. He joined the firm in 1984, and became a partner in 1993. Among myriad professional achievements, Alan was named a 2017 "M&A Trailblazer" by the National Law Journal and a 2012 "Dealmaker of the Year" by The American Lawyer. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Montefiore Health System, the Jewish Theological Seminary, The Library of America and The Dalton School, where he is the past President of the Board, a director of Lawyers for Children and past Board Chairman of Film Forum. Alan earned a B.A. in history, with honors, from Haverford in 1981 and a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1984. During the Educating to Lead, Educating to Serve Campaign, Alan was a member of the Committee of One Hundred as well as the Scholarship Steering Committee and endowed the Judith Fondiller Klein Memorial Scholarship Fund in memory of his mother. He was the New York Regional Campaign Chair for the Lives That Speak campaign. An exhibit selected from Alan’s collection of rare first editions and memorabilia of the poets Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams opens in March at the Lutnick Library on campus and online. Alan's brother, David, is a member of the Class of 1985. Alan is married to Lauren Klein and they reside in New York, NY, with their two children.

Perry Award

Jenifer Schweitzer Brooks ’91 is chief marketing officer at Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. (GLG), where she oversees all aspects of the company’s global marketing operations, Americas events, and expert management efforts. Jenifer has nearly two decades of experience as a senior marketing executive, including six years at Bloomberg, where she led Global Brand Management. Before joining GLG, she was chief marketing officer at Golub Capital, a credit asset management firm with $35 billion in assets under management. Jenifer earned a B.A. in history from Haverford in 1991, and a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1994. While at Haverford, she was a member of the lacrosse team. As an alum, Jenifer has been involved with reunion planning and giving since her 5th reunion and has increased and honed her volunteer skills on the fundraising side since joining the Annual Giving Executive Committee in 2013. During her volunteer tenure she has moved from member, to vice chair, and is now chair of the Committee. She played a leadership role in cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding leadership Annual Giving and future Major Gift donors during the Lives That Speak Campaign, and she continues to partner strategically with the Individual Giving office to make peer giving asks. She was also a key player in the Class of 1991's 25th reunion fundraising effort. She is married to Bruce Thorpe and has 2 children, ages 16 and 9. The family resides in New York, NY.

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Sheppard Award

Thien Le ’05 P’24 is a vice president and financial advisor at Morgan Stanley where she focuses primarily on the wealth management needs of high net worth individuals and families globally. She has global experience in capital markets, merchant banking, and wealth management and is passionate about helping people and communities around the world. She won first place in the Global Sustainability Challenge in New York, developing a five-year plan for a nonprofit organization and spearheaded the steering committee for the Environment and Social Finance Forum in Asia. Thien was a board member of Vietnam Relief Effort, a nonprofit based in New York, where she oversaw microfinance projects, disaster relief projects, and building schools in Vietnam. In 2020, Thien was named as a MAKERS@ Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, a recognition that celebrates women who are groundbreakers, advocates, and innovators in their given field. She earned a B.A. in economics and East Asian Studies from Haverford in 2005. While at Haverford, she was president of the Asian Student Association. Thien is a founding member of the Multicultural Alumni Action Group, was a member of the Alumni Association Executive Committee, and is a Center for Career and Professional Advising extern sponsor. She spearheaded and secured funding for the establishment of the Tetsutaro Inamuru Scholarship in honor of the first Asian alum who graduated from Haverford. She currently serves as a member of the Corporation. Her daughter, Katelyn Vo, is a member of the Haverford Class of 2024. Thien resides in Greenwich, CT.

MacIntosh Award 

David Thomas ’71 is co-founder of International Integrators, a collaborative, global community dedicated to the promotion of Integrative Health. He has varied expertise from a distinguished career in law, business, entrepreneurial ventures, and community service. During David’s 37 years living in Boston, he was an active volunteer and leader in the Beacon Hill Civic Association, the Hill House Community Center and the Beacon Hill Business Association. He led several community initiatives, including a successful effort to reduce noise pollution caused by faulty and outdated subway construction, and also representing the community in requiring a local university to house its students in more appropriate locations. He earned a B.A. in Spanish from Haverford in 1971 and a J.D. from Georgetown University in 1974. Since his graduation, David has been very involved with Haverford. He is a former member of the Board of Managers, and served as chair of the Property Committee for 11 years; his term ran from 1996 to 2008. David chaired the National Gifts Program Committee during the Educating to Lead, Educating to Serve Campaign, and was a member of the Campaign Executive Committee. He is also a past member of the Alumni Association Executive Committee. He was the recipient of the Kannerstein award in 2011. He has served as an Admission Representative for many years, focusing more recently on interviewing international applicants. David is married to Kathryn Hayward and the couple reside on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, Spain.

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The Alumni Association Executive Committee (AAEC) and Alumni Association Awards Deliberations Committee have determined that, in lieu of offering the "Friend of Haverford College" Award for 2021, they would like to recognize the dedication and fortitude exemplified by all of the students, faculty, and staff who came together, in the face of many obstacles, to maintain and strengthen the Haverford experience. Our thanks go to each of you for your individual contributions and collective efforts, which showed you all were actively focused on the ideals that underpin what it means to be Haverfordian. Our thoughts are with you as you continue to make progress, meet challenges, and grow together.

The Kannerstein Award

Chris Norton is president of the Washington Center, an organization that provides residential internships in public policy and public service to college aged students, for academic credit. He is a retired managing partner of the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. after nearly 20 years with the company, and he served as chairman of the board of Loomis Chaffee School. Chris earned a B.A. in history from Haverford in 1980. As an alum, his long and distinguished service to the College spans decades. Among other significant contributions, Chris served on the Board of Managers for over a decade, including an executive role as vice chair, as well as chair of the Development and Long Range Planning Committees. He was also an effective and longstanding fundraising volunteer in the Educating to Lead, Educating to Serve campaign and a co-chair of the Lives That Speak campaign for Haverford. A generous advocate of the College, Chris contributes to several endowed funds, including his own newly endowed Norton Family Professorship in Music. Chris is married to Carter Norton and the couple have five children, including Kate Norton Magovern ’08 and Kiley Norton ’11. Chris also shares his family connection to Haverford with his father, Nicholas Norton ’52, brother, Andrew ’84 and uncle, D. Norton Williams ’39. Chris and Carter reside in New Canaan, CT.

The Haverford Award

Peter Ewell is president emeritus of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS). His work focuses on assessing institutional effectiveness and student learning and involves both research and direct consulting with institutions and state systems on collecting and using assessment information in planning, evaluation, and budgeting. He has directed many projects on this topic and has consulted with over 425 colleges and universities and 27 state systems of higher education on topics including assessment, program review, accreditation, and student retention. He is an internationally recognized consultant who has authored or co-authored eight books and numerous articles on the topic of improving undergraduate instruction through curriculum and instructional reform, and the assessment of student learning. In 1998, he led the design team for the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), which has since been administered to more than six million students at more than 1650 colleges and universities. In addition, he has prepared commissioned papers for many education agencies and has been involved in program evaluation, organizational development, and strategic planning for a variety of non-profit and arts organizations. Peter graduated from Haverford in 1970 with a B.A. in political science. As an undergraduate he was a member of the Sailing Team and the Glee Club. He went on to receive a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University in 1976 and to teach at the University of Chicago. Peter is married to Jennifer Mauldin and the couple resides in Boulder, CO.

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The Distinguished Achievement Award

Thomas Spray was chief of cardiothoracic surgery and holder of the Mortimer J. Buckley Endowed Chair in Cardiac Surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Professor of Surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine or the University of Pennsylvania. Thomas received his medical degree and training in general and cardiothoracic surgery at Duke University, and specialty training in cardiac pathology at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health before joining the faculty of Washington University in St. Louis, going on to become the chief of pediatric cardiac surgery there. He was recruited to Philadelphia in 1994. Thomas has contributed over 300 peer-reviewed papers top the literature in congenital and adult cardiac surgery, and is an editor of 6 major textbooks. He has held numerous leadership positions in national and international professional associations, including the presidency of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery in 2009. He was the 2009 awardee of the American Heart Association’s William W. L. Glenn Lectureship and received the prestigious Plus Ratio Quam Vis medal from Poland’s Jagiellonian University in 2017. Under Thomas’ direction, neonates, infants, and children with a wide variety of complex cardiac and pulmonary abnormalities can be fully evaluated and treated by a specialized multidisciplinary team at CHOP. While at Haverford, Thomas majored in biology and received his B.A. in 1970. He was a member of the Corporation from 1973 to 2001. Thomas retired in 2018 and now resides in Flat Rock, NC.

The Young Alumni Award

Shreyas Shibulal is the founder of Micelio, a platform to foster the electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem in India. The platform includes the Micelio Fund, a resource that will make seed stage investments in startups in the EV space. The platform also includes a product development facility, Micelio Discovery Studio, to support these startups. Shreyas was a computer science major at Haverford, graduating in 2015. He went on to graduate from Haverford's 4+1 engineering program, receiving his Masters in Embedded Systems Engineering in 2016 from the University of Pennsylvania. Shreyas has always had a passion for automobiles. While an undergraduate, Shreyas spent his summers building his own car and interning at Tesla. When he moved back to India, Shreyas wanted to combine his passion for automobiles, his experience in technology and his calling to start a business venture with a social conscience. Catalyzing the EV ecosystem through Micelio was a natural fit. Shreyas' vision, commitment, and initiative in sustainable mobility all point to the values of the Haverford community, and their impact. Shreyas’ father, SD Shibulal, is a co-founder of Infosys and a current member of the Haverford Board of Managers. Shreyas’ sister, Shruti Shibulal, is a member of Haverford’s Class of 2006. Shreyas is married to Bhairavi Madhusudhan Shibulal and the couple resides in Bangalore, India.

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The Forman Award

Carmen Crow Sheehan has worked for the Peace Corps since 2012, in Washington DC, the republic of Georgia, and most recently Albania where she is currently based as regional safety and security officer. She also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador from 2000-03. Carmen has spent her time post-graduation dedicated to humanitarian aid and development largely in the international sphere, having also worked for the American Refugee Committee in Darfur, the International Medical Corps in northern Uganda and Mozambique, and Jhpiego in support of health programming in 30+ countries. Carmen received a B.S. in biology from Haverford in 2000, and as an undergraduate played on the women’s basketball team. She also studied abroad in Australia during her junior year. Carmen went on to receive an M.S.W. from Tulane University in 2004, and an M.P.H. for International Health and Development from Tulane in 2005. Carmen is joined in Tirana by her husband Colin and their two daughters.

The Kaye Award

David Wessel is director of the Brookings Institution's Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, the mission of which is to improve the quality and efficacy of fiscal and monetary policies and public understanding of them. He joined Brookings in 2013 after 30 years on the staff of The Wall Street Journal where, most recently, he was economics editor and wrote the weekly “Capital” column. He is a contributing correspondent to The Wall Street Journal and appears frequently on NPR's Morning Edition. He is the author of two New York Times bestsellers – In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke’s War on the Great Panic and Red Ink: Inside the High-Stakes Politics of the Federal Budget. David majored in economics at Haverford and was an editor of the Bi-College News. David is a former Reunion volunteer and campaign fundraising committee member. Currently, he works as a committed advocate for the Center for Career and Professional Advising. He regularly shares job postings with the office and is a former extern sponsor. In addition, he is a co-founder and funder of the Public Policy Forum, hosted each year for the past six years. David is married to Naomi Karp. The couple have two children and the family resides in Washington, D.C.

The Perry Award

Christopher Dunne graduated from Haverford in 1970, with a B.A. in political science. As an undergraduate, he was a member of the Founders Club, served on the Haverford News, and was class president for three years. He was elected permanent class president at his 25th Reunion. After Haverford, Chris earned a J.D. from Georgetown Law, an S.M. in Physiology from Harvard in 1981, and an M.P.A. from Harvard in 1982. Chris has been a dedicated College advocate since his graduation. He is currently chairing his 50th Reunion Committee and is a giving advocate. He previously served as a member of the Board of Managers, president of the Alumni Association Executive Committee, a campaign fundraising committee member, an admission volunteer, and chair of the Haverford Fund. Chris received the Kannerstein Award in 2000. He is a member of the Haverford Monthly Meeting and the Corporation of Haverford College. Chris practiced law for 38 years and had a second career in development as principal gift officer at Ursinus College and as senior associate director of Institutional Partnerships at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dedicated to his community, Chris currently is vice chair at Independence Public Media of Philadelphia and served as a volunteer attorney and board member of the Support Center for Child Advocates, receiving their Distinguished Advocate Award in 2011. Chris is married to Genny Dunne and the couple have three daughters and five grandchildren. Their daughter, Jessica Dunne Reshefsky, is a member of the Class of 1998. The couple resides in Haverford, PA.

The Sheppard Award

Polly Ross Ribatt s an independent educational consultant who also works part time as the CFO of local start up soccer club. In addition, she is a corporation member of Beacon Academy, a 14-month school between 8th and 9th grades designed to prepare motivated and promising urban students for success in competitive independent high schools and beyond. Polly earned a B.A. in history from Haverford in 1990 with a concentration in Growth & Structure of Cities at Bryn Mawr, and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago in 1994. While at Haverford, she was a member of the tennis and squash teams, and was captain of both teams during her senior year. Since her graduation, Polly has been a passionate advocate for the College’s mission and has consistently contributed her time to alumni and Haverford community engagement in a number of ways. She is a current admission volunteer, a former member of the Alumni Association Executive Committee where she was an especially active liaison to Career Services, and she served as the Boston regional chair during the Lives That Speak campaign. Additionally, in her many volunteer roles, she has hosted a variety of Boston area events for all alumni, parents, and friends over the years. Polly is married to Gregg Ribatt and the couple have three biological children and provide a permanent home to another child they first met through Polly’s work at Beacon Academy. The family resides in Brookline, MA, just outside Boston.

The MacIntosh Award

Eric Sedlak is a partner at K&L Gates LLP in Tokyo. He has practiced law in Chicago, San Francisco, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, and Tokyo. He has advised on matters in over 40 countries, on every continent except Antarctica. As of 2019 he is a vice president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, and chairs its external affairs advisory council. He also served on the boards of the American Chambers of Commerce in Vietnam and Singapore. Eric earned a B.A. with honors in economics from Haverford in 1980, and a J.D. from New York University in 1984. While at Haverford, he was a member of the cross country team. Eric has been involved as a volunteer in many ways since his graduation. He formerly participated as a member of the International Council, a Reunion volunteer, and a class volunteer. He is currently a member of the Corporation of Haverford College and an admission volunteer. In his role as an admission volunteer, Eric has made it possible for prospective students in Japan to meet, in person, with an alum ⁠— a previously unavailable option in the region. Additionally, during the most recent admission cycle, Eric completed more interviews than any other volunteer. He also helps staff college fairs in Japan. Eric is married to Junko Hoshizawa and the couple have twin daughters. The family resides in Tokyo, Japan.

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The MacIntosh Award

Gabi Koeppel is an independent consultant in real estate law. Previously, she was assistant general counsel for the Rouse Company. Gabi earned a B.A. in English from Haverford in 1990, and a J.D. from the University of Maryland in 1993. While at Haverford, she was a member of the field hockey team. Gabi serves as a giving advocate and is a former member of the Annual Fund Executive Committee and Reunion gift chair. Gabi has also been a dedicated admission volunteer for a number of years. She has worked diligently to go above and beyond in completing in-person interviews and video interviews for both domestic and international perspective students. She also serves as a willing resource for other volunteers and as a regular host for admitted student receptions. Gabi is married to Aaron Velli and the couple have two children. The family resides in Chevy Chase, MD.

The Friend of Haverford College Award

Tom Donnelly is the head coach of Haverford’s men’s track and cross country programs. A 2014 inductee into the USTFCCCA Hall of Fame, Tom enters his 45th year with Haverford in the 2019-20 seasons. Tom has taken Haverford to 76 Middle Atlantic and Centennial Conference championships, including 64 titles since the 1993 season. His runners have earned 172 cross country and track & field All-American awards since 1980, including 29 individual NCAA championships and an NCAA championship relay team. Tom’s career reached a coaching pinnacle when Haverford won the 2010 NCAA Division III Championship, the first team in College history. On top of his coaching abilities, Tom fosters a culture of excellence and leads by example. He represents everything that Haverford strives for and cares just as much about shaping better students/people as he does about creating better runners. Prior to Haverford, Tom was an All-American in cross country and track at Villanova University. Tom has two sons, Patrick and Edward Donnelly. Patrick graduated from Haverford in 2009.