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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.
Thank you for supporting the Brown Annual Fund as a volunteer! Our team has created the Volunteer HQ as a resource hub for you. To help you get started please take a look at the onboarding materials included on this page. You can find your staff liaison, committee page, and everything other tool we've created with the navigational toolbar.
If you can't find what you're looking for or have suggestions for the Volunteer HQ feel free to contact your staff liaison directly or email brownfvp@brown.edu.
Both the Brown Annual Fund and endowment play a critical role in making Brown a spacial place to live and learn. Together, they make Brown stronger.
Used Immediately
Allows Brown to be nimble
Gifts of any size
100% of gifts are available for immediate use
Unrestricted uses
Sustained by annual fund donors
Invested
Addresses long-term needs of the University
Usually gifts of larger amounts
Small percentage of gift interest is used today
Restricted to certain areas
Self-sustaining
The Brown Annual Fund is a "family of funds" that encompasses Brown's annual giving opportunities. Together, these funds touch nearly every nook and cranny of life at Brown. You can find a link to each fund's Alumni + Friends webpage for more information on The Brown Annual Fund page listed on the navigational toolbar.
There are a few key dates in our fundraising year, which runs from July 1st to June 30th. The weeks leading up to the Fall and Spring giving days are some of the most active for volunteers. You can expect more frequent updates and guidance from your staff liaisons during those periods leading up to the giving days, as well as the end of the calendar year (EOCY) and the end of the fiscal year (EOFY).
We want to make your outreach as easy as possible which is why we provide outreach templates on this site and encourage you to sign up for the Volunteer Portal hosted on GiveCampus. If you would like to use the Volunteer Portal this year please reach out to your staff liaison.
July 1: Start of the Fiscal Year
October 8: Bruno Gives Back Day
November 13: All Volunteer Presentation
November 18: I Heart Brown Day
December 31: Calendar Year End
March: Volunteer Appreciation Month
April 16: All Volunteer Presentation
April 28: Brunonians Pay It Forward Day
June 30: Last Day of Fiscal Year