Director of Alumni Engagement & Philanthropy

Friends Seminary educates students from kindergarten through twelfth grade, adhering to the values of the Religious Society of Friends. We strive to build a diverse school where students exercise their curiosity and imagination as they develop as scholars, artists and athletes. In a community that cultivates the practices of keen observation, unhurried reflection, critical thinking, and coherent expression, we listen for the single voice as we seek unity.

The disciplines of silence, study, and service provide the matrix for growth: silence opens us to change; study helps us to know the world; service challenges us to put our values into practice. At Friends Seminary, education is rooted in the Quaker belief in the Inner Light – that of God in every person. Guided by the testimonies of integrity, peace, equality, and simplicity, we prepare students to engage in the world that is and to help bring about a world that ought to be.

Founded in 1786, Friends Seminary, the oldest continually operating coeducational, independent Quaker school in New York City, seeks a dynamic, relationship-centered Director of Alumni Engagement & Philanthropy to join the Office of Institutional Advancement.

Reporting to the Director of Institutional Advancement, the Director of Alumni Engagement & Philanthropy serves as the primary liaison to Friends Seminary's alumni community and leads a comprehensive strategy to strengthen alumni engagement, volunteer leadership, and philanthropic support.

This position plays a critical role in fostering lifelong connections between alumni and the School while advancing institutional priorities through meaningful engagement, stewardship, and fundraising. The successful candidate will be an energetic relationship-builder who can inspire alumni participation, cultivate volunteer leaders, identify philanthropic opportunities, and serve as an ambassador for Friends Seminary's mission and values.

• Develop and implement a comprehensive alumni engagement strategy that advances the School's mission and strategic priorities.
• Foster lifelong relationships between alumni and Friends Seminary through meaningful opportunities for connection, service, mentorship, networking, and philanthropy.
• Develop programs that engage alumni across generations, geographic regions, identities, and areas of interest.
• Strengthen pathways that connect students, recent graduates, and alumni.
• Collaborate with faculty, administrators, and community partners to increase alumni involvement in the life of the School.

• Assist with alumni fundraising efforts in support of institutional priorities including Fund for Friends.
• Develop and implement reunion giving strategies that increase both participation and philanthropic support.
• Manage a portfolio of alumni prospects and conduct qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship activities.
• Partner with the Director of Institutional Advancement and Major Gifts team to identify, develop, and advance leadership and major gift opportunities.
• Support planned giving initiatives and long-term donor stewardship.
• Promote a culture of philanthropy grounded in community, stewardship, and shared responsibility.

• Serve as staff liaison to the Alumni Council and drive its strategic priorities.
• Recruit, train, and steward alumni volunteers, including reunion volunteers, class agents, class correspondents, affinity group leaders, and career mentors.
• Develop volunteer leadership pathways that deepen alumni engagement and strengthen philanthropic participation.
• Partner with volunteer leaders to expand alumni outreach and community-building efforts.

• Lead the planning and execution of alumni engagement programs including:
  • Reunion Weekend
  • Regional and affinity-based events
  • Alumni networking opportunities
  • Career exploration and mentoring programs
  • Service initiatives
  • Alumni-student engagement programs
• Partner with School leadership on cultivation, stewardship, and community-building events.
• Travel as needed to engage alumni in key markets and regions.

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