Welcome to the Columbia Business School Alumni Club of Washington, DC website.

We hope this site helps you connect with other alumni, become active in club activities, and provides you with valuable information that supports your professional advancement.

For more information about upcoming events and to get involved, please contact Darren Kowitt '97.

Club Contact
Darren Kowitt '97
DC Alumni Club Chair
darren.kowitt@cbsdcalumclub.com

Membership

OUR VISION: Our board would like to take our club to the next level by developing a more robust infrastructure and putting on more programming.  To do that, we will need funds to reserve venues, subsidize speakers, and offer refreshments.  Your dues will help us become more professional in our communications and administration, and our ultimate goal is to be a club that warrants space for an annual dinner with Dean Hubbard.  There are 1,100 of us in the DC Metro region, the 5^th largest concentration in the world.  It is to capitalize on that base – with thought-provoking lectures, networking and socializing that strengthen the Columbia brand – that we ask for your help. 

BECOMING A MEMBER: We have set the annual dues at $60, which is pro-rated to $45 for this early April launch!

BENEFITS OF JOINING: Besides helping us to become a better club, your dues will have other benefits as well.  You will get preferred pricing for both our in-house events and reciprocal membership in the Columbia University Club of D.C.

I’m pleased to say that I think 2009 will be a good year for the CBS DC Alumni Club.  By joining us, you can make it even better.  As we learned in business school, you get what you pay for.

 So, if you’re convinced and want to join make your check for $45 to Columbia Business School Club of Washington, D.C.

And send it to: Columbia Business School Club of Washington, D.C.
c/o Dana Scherer, Treasurer
1200 First Street, # 1234
Alexandria, VA  22314

And if you do so, on behalf of Club Leadership, THANK YOU!

Upcoming Events

Executive Recruiting: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Date: Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009
Time: Doors open at 6:00pm; Panel Begins at 6:30pm
Location: The Offices of Korn Ferry International, 1700 K Street, NW Suite 700, Washington DC
Cost: $15 members, $20 non-members (friends and colleagues are welcome)
RSVP: Email Darren.Kowitt@cbsdcalumclub.com to register.  SPACE IS LIMITED, SO PLEASE REGISTER EARLY!

Vicky Fiore ’95, President, The LenzGroup
Alex Martin, Senior Client Partner, Industrial, Korn/Ferry
Sloan Baxter, Client Partner, Financial Officers, Korn/Ferry
Jon Barney, Principal, The Avascent Group
Allen Reed, President, Reed & Associates

Please join the Alumni Club of Washington D.C. to hear honest answers about executive recruiting from Ivy League MBAs in the industry.  This event is meant to help people curious about positioning their experience so as to become executive recruiters, and also those who wish to know more about working with executive recruiters as candidates.

Special thanks to Vicki Fiore '95 and to Korn Ferry.

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Dinner and Movie Night
Friday, November 20th
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F Street NW, Washington DC

Join us for a night at the theater followed by a late night dinner.  We will be seeing Cate Blanchett in Streetcar Named Desire at the Kennedy Center.  The show begins at 7:30 p.m.

Our orchestra tickets are priced at $97 (including group handling and paypal fees).  Email Darren to purchase your ticket(s).

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Private Real Estate & The Public Realm: A Luncheon & Lecture with Yale Professor Alexander Garvin
Friday, November 20, 2009 at 12:30 p.m.
Public Education Network, 601 13^th Street, NW, Suite 710 SOUTH, Washington D.C.

The cost is $25, including lunch.  Please email Darren.Kowitt@cbsdcalumclub.com to register.

Please join the Alumni Club of Washington D.C. for an intimate discussion on how zoning, public policy and public investment choices create a feedback loop with private real estate development – a phenomenon all the more relevant in light of the VA gubernatorial election’s transit policy debate and the DC Metro Purple Line proposal.

Speaker Biography
Alexander Garvin has combined a career in urban planning and real estate with teaching, architecture, and public service. He is currently President and CEO of Alex Garvin & Associates, Inc., a planning and design firm in New York City.  From 1996 to 2005, he was Managing Director of Planning for NYC2012, New York City’s committee for the 2012 Olympic bid. During 2002-2003, he was the Vice President for Planning, Design and Development at the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the agency charged with the redevelopment of the World Trade Center following 9/11. Over the last 39 years he has held prominent positions in five New York City administrations, including Deputy Commissioner of Housing (1974-1978) and City Planning Commissioner (1995-2004).

Alex is the Adjunct Professor of Urban Planning and Management at Yale University, where he has taught a wide range of courses for 42 years, including “Introduction to the Study of the City,” which has remained one of the most popular courses in Yale College. In addition, he teaches two courses in the School of Architecture, including a seminar on “Intermediate Planning & Development

Special Thanks to Martin Standiford ’85 of ING Clarion Real Estate who has arranged for donated space for our first Real Estate lecture luncheon.

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SAVE THE DATE: Happy Hour in Virginia
Wednesday, December 2nd

More information to follow.

Past Events

November 2009- Out of the Office and Into the Kitchen! Cooking Class- Culinaerie
October 2009- Career Event with Sandra Stewart '88- McKenne Long and Aldridge
October 2009- Alumni Happy Hour- The Jefferson Hotel: Quill Lounge
October 2009- Career Workshop with Sandra Stewart '88
September- End of Summer BBQ- Home of Tom Killiam '81
August 2009- One Ivy End of Summer Happy Hour- kstreet Lounge
August 2009- Alumni Happy Hour- Home (rooftop terrace) of Nick Panos '97
July 2009- Alumni Happy Hour- W Hotel, POV Roof Terrace
July 2009- Nationals Game and Stadium Tour
July 2009- MBA's in Government Contracting
June 2009 - Dinner and Reception at the Embassy of Pakistan
June 2009- Worldwide Alumni Club Event with Senior Vice Dean Chris Mayer- Women's National Democratic Club (lecture) and Dupont Hotel (reception)
May 2009- Alumni Happy Hour- Sofitel Hotel
May 2009- MBAs in Government: Alumni Panel at the Partnership for Public Service
May 2009- Can the NYC School System be a model for DC? with Joel Klein and Michelle Rhee
April 2009- Articulating Your Value to Your Next Employer with Sandra L. Stewart '87- Donovan House Hotel
April 2009- Happy Hour- Sofitel Hotel
March 2009- Happy Hour - St. Regis Hotel
December 2008- Happy Hour- Ceiba Restaurant Bar
November 2008- Happy Hour- The St. Regis Hotel Bar
October 2008- The Law and Politics of the 2008 Election- DLA Piper
October 2008- Happy Hour- Zola Restaurant
June 2008- Happy Hour- Eagle Grill
June 2008- Worldwide Alumni Club Event: Cocktails
May 2008- New Admitted Students Reception with Professor Geoffrey Heal- Adame
April 2008- Happy Hour- Army/Navy Club
March 2008- Event with Professor Duggan- Center for Global Development