Leaders Give Challenge

At MIT Sloan, you gained the tools to grow as a principled, innovative leader ready to drive meaningful change in the organizations you join, the communities you serve, and the world at large. Your experience was made possible by alumni who generously supported the MIT Sloan community through their philanthropy. Today, this tradition of paying it forward continues to thrive through the MIT Sloan Annual Fund, which empowers current students to chart their own paths of impact. 

Judy Lewent, SM ’72, chair of the MIT Sloan Americas Executive Board, and her husband, Mark Shapiro, are long-standing philanthropic leaders in our community. This year, they have once again offered a generous challenge that asks 500 others to join them in making Dean’s Circle-level gifts through the MIT Sloan Annual Fund.

 Here are some examples of these donors’ meaningful impact: 

• One Dean’s Circle Leader who gave $25,000 provided funding to 13 student clubs.
• One Dean’s Circle Director who gave $10,000 funded an Action Learning project.
• One Dean’s Circle Partner who gave $5,000 funded a regional “MIT Sloan on the Road” event to meet potential applicants and admits around the globe.
• One Dean’s Circle Investor who gave $2,500 provided career coaching for up to 12 students.
• Two Dean’s Circle Investors who gave $2,500 supported one student club C-Function.

This year, your impact can be even greater. Please make your Dean’s Circle gift today—you will join other leadership-level donors with the collective goal to unlock the full $200,000 by June 30. 

The MIT Sloan community, including incoming Dean Rick Locke, PhD ’89, and other academic and administrative leaders, looks forward to recognizing you among its philanthropic leaders this year. 

Email mitsloangiving@mit.edu or call 617-253-1557 to learn more.

MIT Sloan Annual Fund Dean's Circle