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Alumni Fund

 

Decade/Division Chair
Class/Option Chair
Solicitor

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Decade/Division Chair

Responsibilities:

  • Lead by example. Make a gift to the Fund before asking others to do the same.
  • Recruit, support, encourage, and manage a team of Class/Option Chairs and Solicitors. Encourage your Chairs to make their annual gift early in the year. The strongest classes and options are those that receive solid support from their Class/Option Chair.
  • Help determine and implement strategies toward the dollar and participation goals for the decade/division, and then follow up and work with your Chairs during the Fund Year in an effort to meet these goals.
  • Regularly submit contact results and provide updates to the Alumni Fund staff and/or to the Alumni Fund Chair(s).
  • Attend Board meetings, participate in conference calls as necessary, and review Alumni Fund Updates and Progress Reports to remain up-to-date on the progress of your decade/division and on the overall progress of the Alumni Fund.

    Class/Option Chair
    (Title changes to Reunion Gift Chair if in a current reunion year)

    Responsibilities:

  • Lead by example. Make a gift to the Fund before asking others to do the same.
  • Recruit, support, encourage, and manage a team of Solicitors. Solicit Alumni Fund gifts early from your Solicitors.
  • Assign classmates to the appropriate Solicitor and remind them to regularly submit contact results and provide updates to you and the Alumni Fund staff.
  • Help determine and implement strategies towards the dollar and participation goals for the class/option.
  • Read Alumni Fund updates to remain up-to-date on the progress of your class/option and on the overall progress of the Alumni Fund.

    Solicitor

    Responsibilities:

  • Lead by example. Make a gift to the Fund before asking others to do the same.
  • Help Caltech secure annual, unrestricted gifts by contacting all assigned classmates.
  • Provide regular updates to the Class or Option Chair.
  • Thank each donor assigned, preferably with a handwritten note.
  • Read Alumni Fund updates to remain up-to-date on the Fund’s progress of your class/option and on the overall progress of the Alumni Fund.

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