Damaris Tapia, Director of Alumni Relations at NEIU, and I sit down to discuss the role of Alumni in any organization. We cover how Alumni can provide benefit to an organization, what role they play with new students (or members) and how an organization can continue to give back to their alumni community and not look at them solely as a source of donations.

Damaris is an alumna of Northeastern Illinois University, earning a degree in Speech and Performing Arts in 2001. She has more than ten years experience as an alumni relations professional serving both private and public universities in Chicago. As a proud alumna, her goal is to help foster a strong relationship and connection to Northeastern, offer valuable alumni resources that provide personal and professional development and facilitate alumni/student mentoring relationships.