New VP for Alumni Relations Martha (Johnson) Beattie ’76 started on May 9. “I view my role first and foremost as sustaining the excellence that already exists in the proud traditions of alumni relations, but also looking for new challenges that will keep us thriving,” she says. The former teacher and crew coach (she led the junior women’s national team in 1983) told her staff that though she was excited to be in the stroke seat, teamwork will be required to “cross the finish line first.”