Title:Alumni Association Director Stepping Down After Decades of Service

Bill Reynolds (C’79, Parent’10,’13), executive director of the Georgetown University Alumni Association and associate vice president of alumni relations, is stepping down after 17 years of service to Georgetown. An executive search firm began an international search for his replacement in January. Reynolds remains in his role until the fiscal year ends on June 30.

“During Bill’s tenure, the scope, extent, and impact of the university’s and alumni association’s collaboration has grown and expanded monumentally, especially in terms of alumni affairs, programs, relationship- building, and development,” says R. Bartley Moore (F’87), vice president of Georgetown’s Office of Advancement. “There is no way to thank him sufficiently for all he has been part of.”

Reynolds brought to Georgetown extensive marketing and management experience. He spent 17 years at Unilever, including five as a marketing vice president for the Elizabeth Arden and Chese- brough Ponds divisions. He was also vice president of marketing at L’Oreal. He earned his MBA from Cornell University in 1981.

Reynolds’ service to Georgetown long precedes his current role and now spans four decades. He served as president of the alumni association and was a two-time chair of the Annual Fund. He chaired his fifth reunion and co-chaired his tenth. He also served on the Board of Directors, Board of Regents, and Board of Governors, and was a founding member of the United Kingdom Club.

Reynolds, the second-longest-tenured executive director in Georgetown University Alumni Association history and recipient of the prestigious John Carroll Award in 1993, leaves a legacy of accomplishments, including overseeing fundraising and renovation of the Robert and Bernice Wagner Alumni House, growing annual giving participation to historic levels, tripling undergraduate reunion attendance, and accelerating the alumni association as an engine of engagement.

Reynolds’ parents were the first co-chairs of the Parents Annual Fund and his sister Julia has dual degrees (SLL’85, L’89). His wife, Jeanne, graduated from the School of Nursing in 1982 and his two children, Kevin (C’10) and Claire (C’13), are Hoyas, as is his daughter-in-law Chrissy (C’10).

“Georgetown is in Bill’s DNA,” Moore said.

In the coming months, the Georgetown University Alumni Association will be celebrating Reynolds’ commitment and contributions to Georgetown.