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Alumni
4,000+ Branson alums and growing
Welcome to the Branson Alumni Association. We’re happy you’re here. Check out the many ways to get involved and connect with Branson alumni below.
The friendships forged at Branson over four intense years remain strong even today. At my class’s fiftieth reunion last fall, 25 women picked up on old conversations as if there had been no interruption in time. At Branson, we had developed not only a common language, but also an unshakeable trust and belief in each other.
Rachel Hooper ‘69
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By the Numbers
4,352
alumni and counting
33%
alumni donor participation
(the highest rate among California day schools)
32
number of countries alumni live in
67%
of alumni volunteer in their community
Alumni News
![3 dancers posing]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1636963163/bransonorg/ozow3khpl0moq4skjnrs/AzaleaMenefee.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1636963163/bransonorg/ozow3khpl0moq4skjnrs/AzaleaMenefee.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1636963163/bransonorg/ozow3khpl0moq4skjnrs/AzaleaMenefee.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1636963163/bransonorg/ozow3khpl0moq4skjnrs/AzaleaMenefee.jpg","width":1176}])
Rhana “Azalea” Menefee ’17 returned to Branson to teach a duet she co-choreographed her senior year with Allison Benguiat ’18.
![Visual Artist Zheng Chongbin P’19 Brings the Natural World Into the Studio with Advanced Visual Art Students]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1623108546/bransonorg/mcuugika5ii3rlnzazj5/IMG_8061_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1623108546/bransonorg/mcuugika5ii3rlnzazj5/IMG_8061_1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1623108546/bransonorg/mcuugika5ii3rlnzazj5/IMG_8061_1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1623108546/bransonorg/mcuugika5ii3rlnzazj5/IMG_8061_1.jpg","width":1000}])
Internationally renowned visual artist Zheng Chongbin P'19 just wrapped up his month-long residency working with juniors in Eric Oldmixon’s Advanced Visual Arts class. Chongbin is an internationally renowned, Marin County–based artist whose career has spanned three decades.
![Alumni Speaker Series Presents A Conversation with the Makers of Citizen Penn]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1618438830/bransonorg/wd0ncndcfkul2vzmanoj/CitizenPenn.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1618438830/bransonorg/wd0ncndcfkul2vzmanoj/CitizenPenn.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1618438830/bransonorg/wd0ncndcfkul2vzmanoj/CitizenPenn.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1618438830/bransonorg/wd0ncndcfkul2vzmanoj/CitizenPenn.png","width":970}])
On the evening of Tuesday, March 23, 2021, Branson's Alumni Speaker Series provided a unique look behind the scenes of the soon-to-be-released documentary, Citizen Penn, a film chronicling the emergency relief work begun by Sean Penn after the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
![Filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom ‘92 on Inequality in America and the Power of Storytelling and Empathy]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1610819116/bransonorg/kfizblrwjrf4grwznm78/JenSiebelNewsom_11221cropped.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1610819116/bransonorg/kfizblrwjrf4grwznm78/JenSiebelNewsom_11221cropped.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1610819116/bransonorg/kfizblrwjrf4grwznm78/JenSiebelNewsom_11221cropped.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1610819116/bransonorg/kfizblrwjrf4grwznm78/JenSiebelNewsom_11221cropped.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1610819116/bransonorg/kfizblrwjrf4grwznm78/JenSiebelNewsom_11221cropped.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1610819116/bransonorg/kfizblrwjrf4grwznm78/JenSiebelNewsom_11221cropped.png","width":2200}])