Season 3, Episode 8: Advancement and Communications PART 2 with Jan Abernathy & Marjorie Jean-Paul

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Jan Abernathy is the Chief Communications Officer at The Browning School in New York, a K-12 all-boys school with 400 students. She is also the president of the New York City Independent School Communications Professionals, which has over 120 members throughout the tri-state area. Jan is the principal of a consulting firm and a trustee of Grace Church School. She has written for NAIS’s Independent Schools Magazine on crisis communications and how schools responded to the Black@ movement.

Marjorie Jean-Paul is the Chief Community Engagement Officer at Buckley Country Day School, where she heads up development, alumni relations, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is an experienced fundraising professional working within corporate and non-profit settings. During her professional career, she has raised support for independent schools, colleges, universities, and other non-profits. Prior to joining Buckley, Marjorie served as the Director of Development and Alumni Relations at the Waldorf School of Garden City in New York. Marjorie has extensive experience working as a philanthropic and management consultant, including as a senior director at Changing Our World, a fundraising consulting firm specializing in major fundraising campaigns and corporate philanthropy. She is a graduate of Cornell University. She also obtained a Master of Science Degree in Nonprofit Management and Organization Development from The New School. Marjorie recently completed the DEI Certification Program at Cornell University. She is also a member of the 2021 cohort of the NYSAIS Justice, Equity, Diversity Institute, a year-long program for administrators at independent schools.

Here are links to the resources mentioned in PART 2 of our conversation with Jan Abernathy & Marjorie Jean-Paul about advancement and communications.

  • Connect with Jan and Marjorie, and learn more about the Black Advancement Networking Group (BANG) here.

  • Book: Subtle Acts of Exclusion by Tiffany Jana

  • Organization: GirlTrek

  • Contact Marjorie at marjorie.p.jeanpaul@gmail.com

  • Book: The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee

  • Podcast: Southlake

  • Contact Jan at jabernathy@browning.edu

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