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Woodlands Academy Alumna Jenny Sullivan Sanford Gives Keynote Address at Career Day

Woodlands
Academy of the Sacred Heart alumna Jenny Sullivan Sanford (class of 1980) will
give the keynote address during Career Day Jan. 31 at the school, 760 E.
Westleigh Road, Lake Forest.



Career
Day is open to the public from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and will feature three other Sacred
Heart alumnae.  Career Day takes place
every other year and is designed to showcase strong, professional alumnae to
current students to expose them to various career paths.



Sanford will
kick off the event at 8:30 a.m.; she was born and raised in Winnetka and is a
graduate of Georgetown University.  She
worked six years at a Wall Street banking firm before being campaign manager
for her then-husband.  Sanford published
a memoir, “Staying True,” an instant national bestseller, in 2010.

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Other
speakers include: Sherree Burruss, Woodlands Academy class of 2008; Kiki
Hamilton Clark, Villa Duchesne class of 1982; and Sarah Personette, Woodlands
Academy class of 1997.



Burruss
is sports anchor/reporter for ABC 17 in Columbia, Missouri.

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Clark is
a realtor with Prudential Rubloff.  She
has an extensive background in commercial property management and brokerage,
plus community service.



Personette
is president of Universal McCann advertising agency.  She leads cross-channel buying and planning,
analytics, custom content, strategy and business development on all U.S.
accounts.



For more
information about Career Day contact Maura Chamberlin, associate director of
advancement, alumnae relations, at 847-234-4300, ext. 239 or mchamberlin@woodlandsacademy.org



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Founded in 1858, Woodlands Academy is an independent
Catholic college preparatory day and boarding high school for young women, and
part of a worldwide network of Sacred Heart Schools that spans 19 cities in the
United States and 44 countries around the world.  A nonprofit, Woodlands
Academy’s identity is rooted in Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat’s desire to
inspire young hearts and minds to excel, to lead lives of integrity and to
serve.  For more information about Woodlands Academy, please visit www.woodlandsacademy.org



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