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Marcia Dunn, MD, 1982 Brown graduate with a concentration in Semiotics, is an ophthalmologist who earned her M.D. from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where she also completed her residency and fellowship, specializing in corneal and refractive surgery. She also holds an MBA from Southern Methodist University. Dunn has served as a clinical instructor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and has been a member of both the Department of Medicine Advisory Board and the medical school admissions committee. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Her involvement with Brown University includes service on the Public Art Committee and the Ad Hoc Committee for Athletics. She has also been a member of several leadership councils, including the Women’s Leadership Council—where she co-chaired the 125 Years of Women at Brown conference—the President’s Leadership Council, the Internship Council, the Brown Annual Fund Class Committee, and the Parents’ Leadership Council. She also served as Co-Chair of the 40th Reunion Class Gift Committee for the Brown Annual Fund. Beyond her contributions to Brown, Dunn is active in the arts and education. She currently serves on the boards of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Dallas Museum of Art, where she chairs the Collections Committee.

Carlos Lejnieks, a 2000 Brown graduate, is chief executive officer of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex, Hudson and Union Counties, and past chairman of Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Jersey. Lejnieks is co-founder and trustee emeritus of Democracy Prep Public Schools, a network of schools based in Harlem serving over 6,000 students. Previously, he held positions at North Star Academy/Uncommon Schools and Goldman Sachs. He has also served on President Barack Obama's regional finance committee and the transition teams of New Jersey governors Chris Christie and Phil Murphy as well as then-Newark Mayor Cory Booker. An Aspen Institute Emerging Leader fellow, Lejnieks is chairman of Jersey City Medical Center. He is past president of the Brown Alumni Association, the first Latinx person to hold that position. A collegiate wrestler, Lejnieks earned a master's degree from the London School of Economics and holds an honorary doctorate from Saint Peter's University.

Daniel O’Keefe, a Class of 1997 Brown graduate, serves as commissioner of economic development and chief innovation officer for the State of Connecticut. He has been a member of Governor Ned Lamont’s cabinet since 2023. Prior to public service, O’Keefe was a technology investor for 25 years, most recently as a managing partner of Apax Partners and a general partner of TCV, both global investment firms. O’Keefe serves on a number of civic and nonprofit boards, including the Board of Trustees at the University of Connecticut, the Board of Regents of Connecticut’s State Colleges and Universities, and as chairman emeritus of the Opportunity Network, an education nonprofit that serves high-achieving students from historically marginalized communities. O’Keefe holds a bachelor’s degree from Brown and an MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School, where he served as president of its alumni board. For Brown, he has served as class president, as a board member and treasurer of the Brown Alumni Association, as chair of the Brown Annual Fund Leadership Committee, and previously sat on the President’s Leadership Council and the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship Advisory Council.