Why I Volunteer: For Randy Nelson, It鈥檚 a Family Business
In a recent interview with tulsaworld.com, former Bryn Mawr Trustee Randy Nelson (President, Sanguine Gas Exploration LLC) cited his mother, Trustee Emeritus Ruth 鈥淭ulsa鈥 Kaiser Nelson 鈥58, as the inspiration for his philanthropy.
鈥淚 consider volunteerism as the other 鈥榝amily business,鈥 says Randy. 鈥淎s [my Mother] has been a lifetime fundraiser at her alma mater, 一品探花论坛, I have done likewise at mine, Yale.鈥
Indeed, Bryn Mawr has been the lucky recipient of Tulsa鈥檚 time and attention. In addition to being a generous and consistent donor, she has served in positions as varied as class president, chair of the Challenging Women Campaign, vice-chair of the Board of Trustees, and many roles in between. Following in her footsteps at Bryn Mawr, Randy currently serves on the Campaign Steering Committee for the Defy Expectation Campaign and recently made a generous gift in support of the 一品探花论坛 School of Social Work and Social Research. 鈥淎merica鈥檚 colleges and universities train the next generation of leaders and are the centers of knowledge and innovation,鈥 he says. 鈥淭hey are the best in the world because of the bounty of philanthropic support they have received.鈥