Welcome back, Owls! 

It is my honor to serve as your new Director of Alumni Engagement. As a longtime faculty member in the English Department, I’ve had the joy of getting to know many of our younger alumni over the last 12 years through classes, co-curricular clubs, advisory, affinity spaces, Project Week, etc. In that time, I fell in love with this school community, a love that is deep-seated and founded upon my relationships with the students and their families. These relationships are what led me to this role – YOU are the heartbeat of this school community, and we want that heartbeat to continue long after the caps go flying on graduation day. I am looking forward to getting to know more of our amazing Owl alumni community as I foster new relationships in this role. I also want to thank our outgoing Director of Alumni Engagement, Christian Fulghum ('77), for his stewardship of the Alumni Program over the last decade. I look forward to carrying the baton forward and honoring the good work Christian and the Alumni Board have already accomplished.

As your new Director of Alumni Engagement, I will work closely with the Alumni Board, the Development Team, the senior class (our rising alumni) and their advisors, and the various departments on campus, especially Athletics, Arts, and Experiential Ed. Though I am only a few days into this role and will be working on strategically planning the growth of the Alumni Program with the aforementioned constituents, I have set three intentions for this year:

1. Build Relationships
2. Improve Communication
3. Reimagine our Alumni Program

To read more about these aims, click here.

As the school year swings into motion, life has returned on Overlake’s campus. All the nostalgia that comes with that back-to-school energy has me walking the paths of campus with a smile on my face. Teachers have been swapping summer stories in the Campus Center, students have begun to arrive for sports and orientations, and the campus is in “full bloom” thanks to the work of our amazing maintenance team. If you live in the area, I encourage you to pop by for a visit and if you do, be sure to come find me on the third floor of the TLC.

I look forward to bringing joy and energy to our Alumni Program and to meeting many of you over the coming months. In the meantime, to learn more about me, I invite you to read this 25 Things list and/or connect with me at alumni@overlake.org. I hope to see you at the alumni campus events happening later this semester.

Happy “fall” alumni! I look forward to connecting with you soon.

Warm Regards,

Jenni Baldwin
Director of Alumni Engagement

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Alumni Spotlight: Olivia Stiles

Overlake’s 2024 Development & Alumni Engagement Intern

Outstanding Overlake Class of 2023 graduate Olivia Stiles spent her summer serving as our Development & Alumni Engagement Intern. Hoping to pursue a career in business, Olivia reflects how the Intern position helped her “experience a new lens of the [business] world” that she plans to enter post-graduation. A proud Owl Alumna, Olivia was eager to make “a difference in a community that has already prepared [her] for higher education and life” and notes that “the work [she] did [at Overlake] was really special.”

A central aim of Olivia’s summer work focused on overseeing the Overlake Alumni social media accounts as well as conducting research and outreach to Alumni and current Overlake families. Additionally, Olivia assisted with the planning, communication, and execution of the joint Retirement Celebration last June. “What gives me the most pride is seeing the joy and gratitude from community members that resulted from my work,” she says. As a highly involved student during her four years as an Overlake Upper Schooler, Olivia is also a highly engaged young alumna, embodying a passion for learning that demonstrates our school Mission, Vision, and Values in action. 

After her internship concluded mid-August, Olivia headed back to Occidental College in Los Angeles where she is currently pursuing a double major in economics and psychology. When she’s not nose deep in her studies, Olivia can also be found training and competing with the Occidental Cross-Country Team, carrying forward a passion for running that sparked as a member of Overlake’s Varsity Cross-Country Team. With an anticipated college graduation year of 2027, Olivia’s current plan is to pursue a career in marketing, a future toward which she is clearly already making gains given the communication and social media skills Olivia demonstrated as our intern. Thank you to Olivia for her work as our Development & Alumni Engagement Intern. We look forward to hearing about your future successes!