Darien native named Saint Michael's College Assistant Director of Annual Giving

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Jennifer Conetta named Saint Michael's College Assistant Director of Annual Giving

COLCHESTER, VT (12/10/2012)(readMedia)-- Darien native, Jennifer Conetta, former Assistant Director of Annual Giving at Middlebury College, has been named Assistant Director of Annual Giving at Saint Michael's College, her alma mater.

Ms. Conetta graduated from Saint Michael's in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in French cum laude, and worked at Middlebury from October 2009 till November 2012. She started at Saint Michael's on December 3, 2012.

"I learned a lot in my job at Middlebury and wanted to use what I've learned at my alma mater," she said. She was a phonathon volunteer while a student at Saint Michael's' and "learned about development there as well," she said.

Her position includes working with the senior class gift and even more, working with all current students to help them understand that they enjoy the generosity of alumni and they are the next generation who will support the college. She will also focus on young alumni and on helping them understand why development officers do what they do and why it's important.

"Giving back is empowering," Ms. Conetta said. "It's a vote of approval for what's happening on campus."

Now a resident of Shelburne, Vt., Ms. Conetta is the daughter of M'Liss and Dennis Conetta of Darien, Connecticut. She is an enthusiastic skier, runner and traveler.

Learn What Matters at Saint Michael's College, The Edmundite Catholic liberal arts college, www.smcvt.edu . Saint Michael's provides education with a social conscience, producing graduates with the intellectual tools to lead successful, purposeful lives that will contribute to peace and justice in our world. Founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, Saint Michael's College is located three miles from Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns. Identified by the Princeton Review, 2013 as one of the nation's Best 377 Colleges, and included in the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2013, Saint Michael's has 1,900 undergraduate students and 500 graduate students. Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Pickering, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other grants. The college is one of the nation's top-100, Best Liberal Arts Colleges as listed in the 2013 U.S. News & World Report rankings.

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