The elegant City Club, with its breathtaking view of Panama City, was the setting for an alumni gathering on March 14, 2006. Hosted by Gabriel Safdie M'86, P'09 and his wife Sally, this event welcomed Babson representatives and connected over 40 alumni and families living in Panama.
Mr. Safdie welcomed the group and introduced Richard J. Snyder, Esq. ’60 H’94 P’93’01, Chairman of the Babson College Overseers. Mr. Snyder addressed the attendees on behalf of the Babson Governance and followed with updates about the state of the College. Marilyn B. Snyder M’80 P’93, the Deputy Director of the W.F. Glavin Center for Global Management, was also there to talk to the group about Babson’s Global Strategy and answer questions about the college’s current and future international initiatives.
Everyone was enthusiastic about Babson, shared memories and expressed interest to support Babson activities. The event was featured in the Social section of Prensa.com on March 18. This can be viewed via the following link http://ediciones.prensa.com/.
Richard and Marilyn Snyder then traveled to the Dominican Republic, where they were joined by Walter Esquivel P’98, Executive Director of the Institute for Latin American Business at Babson College and Michael McGrann, Associate Director of the Family Enterprising Institute at Babson College.
The grand tradition of Hotel Santo Domingo and a brilliantly decorated room were the setting for an alumni cocktail and dinner event hosted by Claudio Silvestri P’00 P’03 and his wife Roswitha.
Philip Silvestri ‘00 welcomed and introduced Richard Snyder to over 30 alumni and their families living in the Dominican Republic. Mr. Snyder gave an update of the state of the college. Walter Esquivel followed with a message from the Institute for Latin American Business, describing its current and planned activities for the region. Marilyn Snyder informed alumni about the W.F. Glavin Center for Global Management and Babson’s Global Strategy.
This memorable evening was marked by overwhelming enthusiasm by the group, and a growing interest for becoming engaged in Babson’s international activities. Alumni involvement in the organization of international events is deeply appreciated and essential. Thanks to Juan Pastor P’09, Madelaine Morrice ‘88 and Nisla de la Guardia ‘87 for their help in organizing these events. Special thanks to Gabriel and Sally Safdie and Claudio and Roswitha Silvestri for hosting such wonderful events and for their continuous support to Babson College.
Events such as this create an opportunity to strengthen the alumni network. We encourage you to remain connected to each other and to Babson. Alumni commitment and support is critical for the college’s advancement, so we deeply appreciate your enthusiasm. Your comments, questions and proposals for future events are welcomed, email us anytime to international_alumni@babson.edu.
Both international alumni events were sponsored by the W. F. Glavin Center for Global Management. The Glavin Center is leading Babson College’s international initiatives and contribution to the advancement of global management education. For more information visit www.babson.edu/glavin.
Invitations to these alumni events were sent by mail and email. If you are a Babson alum or parent living in Panama or the Dominican Republic and did not receive this information, please update your information in the Babson College Alumni Directory, so we can contact you for future events.
