2010 Strategic Plan for the Wharton Club of Southern California
We are pleased to report that the Wharton Club of Southern California received the prestigious award for “Best Alumni Club 2009” as voted on by The Wharton School alumni board and faculty, in the domestic club category. It has been a year since we advanced the club in a manner to capture best practices from Wharton alumni clubs internationally. In 2010, we intend to further developthe club by implementing the best programs shared by clubs globally, with aspecific focus of smaller, moreexclusive group sessions available only to Wharton alumni who are paid club members. With this direction, club members have benefitted and will continue to benefit from smaller events and specialty group sessions that have a higher quality of attendee participation and greater networking value.
Calling all volunteers…
Are you interested in participating in the club in a volunteer management role? On January 6 from 6pm – 8pm PT at a venue next to LAX, the Club will hold a planning session to appoint volunteers into roles of interest for 2010.
Club management has outlined an aggressive line-up of regular general and specialty invitation-only group meetings exclusive to Wharton alumni members. With club volunteers the core to the success of the club, we would like to open the opportunity to participate in management of the club to Wharton alumni in Southern California. By volunteering, you will enjoy the opportunity to strengthen your Wharton network and re-connect with your peer Wharton alumni locally – in person – which of course creates stronger bonds than simply participating in on-line social networks. Participating in the management team of the Club will also provide satisfaction of contributing to the school in a manner quite different from that of most financial donations.
On behalf of all of the Club volunteers, we look forward to seeing you at upcoming events and as members of the most active and “Best” alumni club within the Wharton domestic alumni network. Please share this new direction and letter with your Wharton alumni colleagues.
Best regards,
Zafar Khan WG‘98
Chair and President, Wharton Club of Southern California
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WhartonClub of Southern California: Volunteer Line-Up
The club programs will fall within the following categories. Each category is open to new leadership, to be filled by existing club volunteers or new volunteers:
ManagementPositions
GENERAL MANAGEMENT Positions
- President
- Vice President of Membership: build membership in club and liaise with other Penn clubs.
- Vice President of Marketing and Communications: manage website content, publicity, newsletters, and other outreach to members, school, and press.
- Vice President of Finance and Operations: manage budget, reporting, and paid staff (administrative and book keeping).
- Vice President of Programming: oversee “Social Chair” and “Group Chair” as noted below. Vet and manage promotion of ad-hoc events and opportunities.
Within the Vice President of Programming’s purview, the following two management positions would run club events and specialty groups. Each event or group noted below would have its own dedicated group/event manager, coordinated by the “Social Chair” or “Group Chair” as appropriate.
SOCIAL CHAIR Position
All-Member Galas – program chair/manager position:
- Summer: July event, a relaxed dinner gathering held in thes and at an exclusive beach club.
- Winter: December/January event at an exclusive West Los Angeles venue.
Wharton Invitational Dinners – program chair/manager position: in each of February, April, June, September and November, the Club hosts an intimate evening dinner speaker series with a prominent business leader discussing a business challenge and lessons learned, along with informal group question/answer session. There will be five main dinner events scheduled with invited speakers announced through the year.
Wharton Locals Lunch– program chair/manager position: an informal monthly lunch gathering for networking, with a roundtable lunch discussion on a current topic selected at the previous session.
First Tuesdays -Happy Hour – program chair/manager position: the first Tuesday of each month, there are Wharton alumni organized after-work cocktail hours, with concurrent premium locations selected in West Los Angeles and in Orange County.
GROUP CHAIR Position
Specialty groups meet regularly in intimate, invitation-only meeting groups. These peer advisory groups have been well attended, and are a pillar of the Wharton Southern California community.
- C-Circle – group chair/manager position: intimate discussion group of c-level executives, managing directors, andpresidents of companies located in Southern California. Each six weeks, this group of Wharton Alumni meet in two concurrent sessions, one location in West Los Angeles and one location in Orange County.
- Real Estate Network– group chair/manager position: networking and topical discussion among Wharton alumni executives who are involved in the real estate industry or transactions in Southern California. This group meets periodically in West Los Angeles and Orange County and is affiliated with the National Wharton Real Estate group.
- Private Equity Club– group chair/manager position: Wharton alumni in Southern California who are in the private equity field gather periodically to share ideas and discuss private investment trends and deals. This group affiliates with the National Wharton Private Equity group.
- M&E Salon – group chair/manager position: Wharton alumni in Southern California who are in the media and entertainment field gather periodically with invited non-alumni guests to discuss media and entertainment opportunities and network amongst the group participants.
- Leads Lounge – group chair/manager position: Wharton alumni in Southern California who are interested in swapping business development lead potentials among members gather periodically in private sessions.
- Investor Forum – group chair/manager position: Wharton alumni high-net-worth investors in Southern California who are interested in private equity / debt investing gather to review presented private investment opportunities.
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