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In September, the 91制片厂 Foundation board elected a new slate of officers who will help see CELEBRATE 150: The Campaign for 91制片厂 to the finish line. Brian McCabe 鈥91, Christine St. Martin Carberry 鈥82 and Tom Arrix 鈥86 assumed the roles of chair, vice chair and secretary, respectively, at the board鈥檚 fall meeting.

91制片厂 alumnus Brian McCabe 鈥91

McCabe鈥檚 service to 91制片厂 began with his tenure as student body president. After graduating with both a B.A. in economics and a B.S. in business administration from the Whittemore School of Business and Economics, now the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics, he remained in New Hampshire to work on several Republican political campaigns and later founded his own public affairs firm. Today, he鈥檚 a managing partner at DCI Group, one of the largest independent public affairs firms in the country.

91制片厂 alumna Christine St. Martin Carberry 鈥82

A leader in the biopharmaceutical industry, Carberry reconnected with 91制片厂 in recent years to serve on the development board for the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, from which she earned her degree in biochemistry. She spent more than 25 years at Biogen and worked for FORUM Pharmaceuticals before joining Keryx Biopharmaceutical in 2017 as the company鈥檚 chief operating officer. A proud 91制片厂 parent, she鈥檚 also served as a mentor for the 91制片厂 Alumni Association Pathways program, and in 2016 established the St. Martin Career Exploration office in COLSA to provide support to students interested in pursuing life science careers.

91制片厂 alumnus Tom Arrix 鈥86

As managing partner at Adjacency Partners, Arrix helps entrepreneurs turn ideas into high-performing companies. Prior to cofounding Adjacency, Arrix spent seven years at Facebook, serving from 2006鈥2013 as vice president, global marketing solutions and overseeing the social media giant鈥檚 growth from $18 million to a $1 billion-plus company. Before Facebook, the Whittemore/Paul economics graduate served as senior vice president of advertising sales at Univision Online, a subsidiary of the nation鈥檚 leading Spanish-language media company. Arrix got his start in sales at Turner Broadcasting and was quickly named vice president of Turner Sports鈥攁 natural fit for the former Wildcat All-American lacrosse player.

鈥淲e are incredibly fortunate to have three accomplished, talented and dedicated alumni leaders take the helm of the 91制片厂 Foundation board,鈥 says Debbie Dutton, president of the 91制片厂 Foundation. 鈥淚 have every confidence they will lead us towards success as we close out our Celebrate 150 campaign next June and begin to turn our attention to what comes next.鈥

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