Jane Alderman, CFO, Administrative Director

Jane Alderman, CFO, Administrative Director, Peter C. Alderman Foundation

Undergraduate Degree and Major:
BS in Psychology
 
Graduate School(s) / Degree(s) / Year(s):
University of Connecticut School of Business, MBA, 2005

My family and I established the Foundation in honor of my younger brother. My father is a doctor and my mother was teacher. My degree has proven invaluable in the daily operations and strategic thinking necessary in running a successful organization.

Meeting so many inspiring people, whether it is the victims we help or people who have dedicated their lives to helping others.

Working on the database is both boring and extremely frustrating. Data entry is mundane and producing reports is complicated.

To honor my younger brother. It was a clear choice.

I felt that in order to have a successful nonprofit, it needed to be run like a business. And since no one else in my family had any business experience, I chose to go back to school.

After school, I decided that I wanted to gain some work experience at another nonprofit in order to best serve my family's Foundation. So, I worked for Albert Sabin Vaccine Foundation for a few months. Once it became clear that my main role would be to fundraise, I realized that I only wanted to fundraise for one organization—The Peter C. Alderman Foundation.

In order to work in the non-profit world, someone needs to be a jack of all trades. Money is the biggest obstacle and the more talents a single person possesses, the more you can save.

It helped me to know how I was going to apply my education.

Don't underestimate the importance of networking.

A school that fosters team projects like UCONN. No matter where you end up working after school, you will have to work with other people and it is essential to know how to be a team player.