James Allan has been named assistant vice president for Alumni Relations and executive director of the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association. He will start his new role on November 18.

“Allan most recently served as vice president for advancement at the University of Calgary, where he led an integrated approach to university communications, fundraising, alumni relations and community partnerships,” said Fritz Schroeder, JHU’s senior vice president for development and alumni relations. .

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“With nearly two decades of experience in alumni relations and development, James is a champion of creating meaningful and mutually beneficial relationships between universities and their communities,” Schroeder wrote in an email to Alumni Relations staff, announcing appointment of Allan.

Mary Ann Dickson, A&S ’97, president of the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association, said Allan’s extensive international experience will bring an invaluable global perspective to enrich the alumni experience.

“The Alumni Association is pleased to welcome James Allan as Assistant Vice President of Alumni Relations,” said Dickson. “His leadership, vision and deep commitment to fostering meaningful connections will undoubtedly enhance our alumni community and strengthen the ties that bind us to Johns Hopkins. We look forward to working together to create exciting opportunities for our alumni and advance our legacy. institution in new and innovative ways.”

Allan led a significant renewal of alumni relations activities at York University in Toronto, including the creation of the York Circle outreach program to provide community members with access to university-generated ideas and research, while working with leadership volunteers and building the university . international alumni engagement activities.

At the University of Melbourne, Allan managed alumni engagement Creditthe first university campaign in Australia to set an alumni engagement goal alongside its philanthropic goal, successfully engaging over 100,000 alumni. He also oversaw the expansion of the university’s student and graduate mentoring programs to create the largest mentoring system of any university in Australia, with the participation of over 15,000 students and graduates.

During his time at the University of Calgary, Allan oversaw the creation and implementation of the university’s major brand and reputation activities, events and programming that engaged more than 35,000 alumni and community members each year, as well as the university’s philanthropic efforts, which annually has raised more than $150 million to support the university’s mission.

“When I think about transformation, I’m fascinated by the power of big ideas and diverse groups of people to create change, the ability of teams to come together around a meaningful goal to do something truly remarkable,” Allan says in his biography professional. . “I’m a passionate believer in the importance of collaboration, creativity and diversity: if you’re going to do something important and do it well, you have to think about it from as many different angles as possible.”

Allan holds a PhD in Communications from the University of Massachusetts, an MA in Communications from McGill University, and a BA in English and History from the University of Toronto.