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North American Chapter Roundtable

Our successesOur challengesOur solutions

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Reports from the Field

• NY Tristate: Roland Abi Nader• Montreal: Johnny Kairouz• Ohio River Valley: Hala Zahreddine• Ottawa: Samir Samaha• Philadelphia: Asma Ghannam• Toronto: Maha Zabaneh• Washington DC: Ghada Rihani

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Common Successes

• Types of Events?• Alumni reconnecting?• Valuable assistance alumni to alumni?

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Common Challenges

• Maintaining event attendance• Hands on participation = extra help!• Leadership transition• Budgetary limitations• Time management constraints vs.

commitment to chapter (alumni are counting on you!)

• Intra-chapter collaboration

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Our vision for the future. Our solutions

• Regular chapter leadership networking possibility. Phone/in-person?

• Leadership training • More visits from AUB faculty and

leadership