Melanie Butler Hands Over Day To Day OP Reins To Caroline Spencer
In addition to her busy day job as Foundation Director of Marketing, Admissions and Communications, Melanie Butler is also the Old Princethorpians' Secretary, a role she has held for some 15 years. She has been instrumental in the development of the OPs Association, supporting friendraising and the OPs Committee with great energy and enthusiasm. Over the years, many OPs will have enjoyed an alumni event, read with interest the OP newsletter, or reconnected with old friends through the OP network, all of which will have been facilitated and co-ordinated by Melanie.
As the Foundation has developed, Melanie's role within the Foundation has broadened too, with the addition of the Crescent School and a wider remit including a growing emphasis on supporting the strategic direction of the organisation working alongside Foundation Principal, Ed Hester.
Last year, the Foundation appointed an Alumni Relations and Development Officer, Caroline Spencer, to strengthen and support connections with Old Princethorpians and our wider alumni community. Now two terms into her new job, we are pleased to share that Caroline will be taking over the day-to-day alumni relations activity from Melanie, though Melanie will still have a hand in the strategic direction of OPs and will still be part of the OPs Committee. In particular, Caroline will be organising events, co-ordinating and supporting alumni interactions with the College and managing the OPs social media accounts.
Melanie comments, "Working with the OPs and getting to know so many over the years has been one of the most joyful and personally satisfying parts of my work at Princethorpe over the last 18 years. There have been so many memorable highlights from the Summer Suppers and Pub Meets, to the Hong Kong Reunion, our Golden Jubilee Year and our Careers Fairs. Whilst I will not be as involved on a day to day basis with activity, I will make sure to come along to OP events and will keep a watchful eye over the direction of the association, as it continues to go from strength to strength."
Caroline adds, “I can’t believe I have been here for nearly two terms now. Thank you to Melanie and all my colleagues for making me feel so welcome and for helping me to settle in so happily. Thank you also to the many OPs I've met so far, in person or online, your generosity and kindness has really helped me feel part of the OP family as I've made my first efforts to get to know you all. I am looking forward to getting to know many more of you, and to strengthening all our alumni’s connections with their old schools.”