25. The Alumni Council

For more than two decades, Alumni Council members have served as stewards for our community of nearly 6,000 alumni, offering programming and opportunities for connection and support.

For so many alumni, Dalton shaped our minds, built our character, inspired our creativity, and instilled a love of learning. For me, Dalton played a formative role in the foundation of my life and even brought me together with my husband (also a Dalton alum). So, I jumped at the chance to join the Alumni Council and looked forward to giving back to my alma mater.

For more than two decades, Council members — composed of Dalton alumni spanning the generations — have served as stewards for our community of nearly 6,000 alumni. The Council aims to offer compelling programming and avenues for connection, networking, and support. It also supports diversity initiatives and coordinates community service opportunities.

Dalton Connects provides alumni with career resources, helping to place young alums in summer internships, and holding frequent events for socializing and career networking. The Alumni Council also hosts the popular Alumni Conversation Series that features luminary members of the Dalton Community, with proceeds supporting student scholarships.

Alumni Council members are fortunate to walk the same hallways that we did as students, and we get front row seats to watch as the School reaches to even greater heights — both literally, in terms of adding new floors for STEAM studies at 89th Street, and figuratively, with the evolving curriculum designed to prepare students for new challenges ahead.

Best of all, Alumni Council members enjoy working together with the Administration to help build the future for the next generation of Dalton alums. 

—Joanna Stone Herman ’88. Alumni Council Vice-President