Harvard Business School Club of Connecticut

Community Partners 

 Scholarship Announcement

The Harvard Business School Club of Connecticut Community Partners is now accepting nominations for our 10th Annual Scholarship in Nonprofit Management .  The scholarship will enable the CEO or Executive Director of a Connecticut-based non-profit to attendStrategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management (SPNM) at Harvard Business School (HBS) in July 2013. 

SPNM is an intensive, one-week program taught by leading HBS faculty and attended by nonprofit executives from around the world.  The course gives nonprofit leaders the opportunity to step back from the day-to-day pressures of the workplace to examine their missions and to explore the strategic challenges faced by their organizations.  Working in groups, executives are able to compare their experiences and develop practical solutions to key issues.  Additional information about SPNM may be found at:www.exed.hbs.edu/programs/spnm. 

Scholarship Candidate Criteria:

1. Qualified candidates must be nonprofit executives (level of CEO, President, Executive Director) responsible for shaping the direction, mission, policies and major programs of their organizations.
2. Candidates should be from organizations with the capacity to implement and benefit from the management lessons and frameworks presented in the SPNM program, so we are considering organizations with a minimum of several full-time employees and an annual operating budget of at least $500,000 (preferably over $1 million). 
3. HBS will not consider applications from industry/trade associations, management support organizations, or consulting firms. 

The HBS Club of Connecticut Community Partners would like to extend the opportunity to apply for this scholarship to the widest possible range of candidates in our state. We are therefore asking our Connecticut alumni to recommend outstanding nonprofit executives. Scholarship candidates will be asked to submit an application form that is an abbreviated version of the HBS application.  Applicants will be evaluated by our Scholarship Committee, a group of alumni with experience in the nonprofit sector. 

If you know a CEO or Executive Director who would benefit significantly from the SPNM program, please contact Anna Song (HBS1992) via email at annapsong@gmail.com  for additional information.

The SPNM application can be downloaded from our website by clicking here.           

PLEASE COMPLETE AND E-MAILTHE APPLICATION BY FEBRUARY 15, 2013 TO:     
Anna Park Song (HBS 1992),   annapsong@gmail.com        

Past Scholarship Recipients

2004 Peter Sutton,  The Bruce Museum of Arts & Science

2005 Kristine Hazzard, The Center for Women & Families

           Suzanne Kuligowski, Girl Scout Council of SW CT

           Linda Moecker, Alzheimer's Association 

2006 Susan Ross,  Fairfield County Community Foundation

           Debra Mecky, Greenwich Historical Society

           Tim Hodges, YMCA of Stamford

           Sean O'Brien, Americares HomeFront 

2007 William Kowalewski, Nathaniel Witherell

2008 Jessica Sager,  All Our Kin

           Jennifer Herring, Maritime Aquarium

            Jodi Carter, Westport Country Playhouse

            Melissa Mulrooney, Stamford Museum & Nature Center 

2009 Eric Hammerling, CT Forest & Park Assoc.

           Pamela Davis, Silvermine Guild Arts Center 

2010 Dianne Auger, American Red Cross, Farmington, CT

           Rebecca Fretty, Greenwich Family YMCA

2011 Jennifer Smith Turner,  Girl Scouts of CT, Hartford, CT

2012 Mary Stalsburg,  High Hopes Therapeutic Riding, Old Lyme, CT

               Leigh Shemitz, SoundWaters