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LEFT: Among the alumni in attendance were Michael Hogan, JD ’94, Susan Myers, JD ’91, second from left, with a guest, and Robert Panessiti, MSF ’98. RIGHT: Joining alumni and friends at this annual celebration were students Andrew Gomes (speaker) and scholarship recipients Savannah Larrier and Jewel Crouch.
Photographs by Michael J. Clarke
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spring 2026
Photographs courtesy of Advancement and by Michael J. Clarke
Suffolk University Reception & Evening at the
Boston Holiday Pops
Alumni and friends, including Trustee Tamela Bailey, JD ’04 (second from right), and Yolanda Burrell, MBA ’18, president of the SBS Alumni Board and chair of the Suffolk University Black Alumni Network (center), enjoyed a Celtics home game win.
Suffolk Night at the
Boston Celtics
Dean’s Cabinet Member Alan Sharaf, JD ’87, and his wife, Carolynn Levy, visited with Red Sox mascots Tessie and Wally, himself a very special friend of Suffolk, during the spring training game and luncheon.
Red Sox Spring Training Game & Luncheon
TOP: Event hosts and former trustees Kenneth Gear, BSBA ’89, JD ’95, and Hind Habbach, BA ’09, with Presidential spouse Margaret Arnold, and President Marisa Kelly at the Willard Center Club. BOTTOM: CAS Alumni Board Member Samrana Bertrand, MEd ’20, with Derya Ovayolu, who was taking part in Suffolk and The Washington Center’s “Inside Washington” seminar.
Suffolk University
Reception in
Washington, DC
Pictured from left to right are panelists Hind Habbach, BA ’09, and Trustee Dorothy Savarese, MBA ’04, HDCS ’21; panel moderator CAS Dean Edie Sparks; additional panelists Marilyn Shen, MID ’06, and Michele Garvin, JD ’87; Trustee Amy Nechtem, former chief justice of the Massachusetts Juvenile Court, who gave the closing remarks.
Photograph by Michael J. Clarke
Women’s Leadership:
Bridging Knowledge and
Experience Across Generations
TOP: International business major Imani Chanka (second from right) and Director of Suffolk’s Sports Management Program Skip Perham (far right) visit with reception guests.
BOTTOM: Event host Spencer Lake, BSBA ’84, with Lauren Cole, BS ’05, and Shyam Pushpanath, BS ’03
Suffolk University London Reception
Palm Beach area alumni were joined by newly admitted undergraduate and law students at a gathering hosted by Barbara and Peter Sidel, pictured in the center of the back row.
Palm Beach
Gardens Brunch