Greetings! I’m Abby from the Class of 2006, and I’m thrilled and honored to introduce myself to you as the new President of the Kent School Alumni Council.

The Alumni Council represents the greater Kent School Alumni Association, and our goal is to strengthen the connection between the alumni community and the School. I have served on the Alumni Council since 2022, and without question, the best part has been coming back to campus and seeing what’s going on at Kent today.

Nostalgia for my own time as a student mixes with the unique energy of each new class and creates something familiar and brand new all at once. I couldn’t be happier to be part of it, and I encourage everyone to consider visiting our beautiful campus someday soon.

I have spent a large part of my professional career so far in community building, so I’ve asked the Alumni Council to focus their energy this year on exactly that — we want to help Kent alumni find and connect with one another. Last year we introduced an initiative we call Kent School Supper Clubs in which volunteers across the country from Portland, ME to La Jolla, CA invited their fellow alumni to gather for meals together. It’s a simple yet powerful idea and we look forward to expanding it this year with more than 20 Supper Clubs around the world. Anyone can host one, and I encourage anyone interested to reach out to alumni@kent-school.edu. Chances are you have a good size Kent alumni population living and working near you and the amazing Alumni & Development office will help you with everything you need to find your Kent community.

Initiatives like these are intended to help all Kent alumni build and strengthen our connections to one another and to the School. When we nurture a vibrant and welcoming alumni community, we extend the Kent experience beyond just the time spent on campus as a student. We ensure that every Kent student graduates into a worldwide network that is ready and excited to support them throughout the next phases of their journey, no matter where they are or what path they choose. The Alumni Council is working on special programs dedicated to welcoming our youngest alumni (and the soon-to-be alumni in the sixth form!) into the Alumni Association. I’m looking forward to sharing more about those and other initiatives in the coming months.

The Alumni Council is also excited to partner with the Alumni & Development Office this year on a new fall giving day called Gather & Give. The former giving day, LoveKent, will be rebranded as a gratitude day for our donors, faculty, staff, and students. Gather & Give is a time to celebrate and support Kent, today’s students, and the vision for the future. Make plans to join the Alumni Council on October 29-30 by making a gift  to the Annual Fund.

I’m so excited to serve the Kent alumni community in this new role. I believe that Kent today is stronger than ever, and I hope you will all join us in building an even stronger future.

Warmest regards,
Abby T. Miller '06
​Alumni Council President