Alumni from classes ending in 1s, 2s, 6s, and 7s return to Pingree for an evening of fun.
Alumni from classes ending in 1s, 2s, 6s, and 7s descended upon the Athletics Center on Saturday, October 15 for Community Reunion 2016. Pingree also celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its football program with a tailgate and win against Hyde School. Other highlights included dance tunes spun by DJ Lenworth "Kip" Williamson and a Pingree-themed photobooth. Over 200 alumni came out for the celebration, which lasted into the night.
Friends and alumni gathered at Kennedy House to toast and honor Dick and Nancy Kennedy, and there was no shortage of loving stories about their indelible impact on Pingree School. Kennedy House was constructed by the Kennedy family in 1964 and they lived there until Dick and Nancy's retirement in 1981. The house then served as the Head's Residence from 1982 to 2002 and has remained faculty housing from 2002 to the present. As the new plaque states: "The influence of the Kennedys continues well beyond the two decades they devoted to Pingree and lives on in the hearts of the alumni and faculty whose lives they touched."
The Mimi Davis Emmons '64 Alumni Association Award is presented each year to a Pingree graduate who has, through extraordinary effort and dedicated service, made a significant contribution to the quality of life of their school, community, or society as a whole. This year's recipient is Amanda Crawford Jackson '96.
After attending the Danvers Public Schools through eighth grade, Amanda received the Pingree Scholar award and immediately fell in love with the school's engaging academics and close, nurturing environment. At Pingree, Amanda was captain of the ice hockey team, played soccer and ran cross country, and participated in Social Concerns, College Bowl, and Math Team. Amanda is a proud member of the Pingree School Class of 1996. She served seven years on the Alumni Leadership Board, helping to establish an annual career development seminar for the senior class and also served on the Pingree School Board of Trustees from 2010 to 2016.
As senior director, business development, for SRS Acquiom, Amanda builds relationships for the company with private equity, venture capital, legal and M&A communities in the Eastern US and Europe. Amanda works with prospective clients and outside counsel to streamline the process of engaging SRS Acquiom and provides guidance in handling post-closing issues such as purchase price adjustments, indemnification claims, escrow funds, and payments.
Amanda brings more than 10 years of business experience from the financial printing industry, where she assisted clients with initial public offerings, merger and acquisition transactions and compliance filings at RR Donnelley and Bowne.
Amanda graduated from the University of Richmond, where she was a Phi Beta Kappa scholar. Amanda and her husband, Ned (a former Pingree teacher and coach), live in Danvers with their two sons, Nate and Cole.