Staff Profile: Arran McNabb ’06

Director of Alumni and Parent Relations Arran McNabb ’06 has been a staff member at Harvey Mudd for 12 years. Arran produces the College’s on-campus events for families and alumni, including Family Orientation, Family Weekend and Alumni Weekend. She also works closely with the Alumni Association Board of Governors and manages some of the alumni social media platforms. Find out Arran’s simple, cute and effective way to manages stress, what she does for fun and more in this Q-and-A.

What is your favorite part about your job and why?

People. I work with so many parts of this campus, and it is pretty fun working with such a lovely team of people.

What is something people don’t understand about your job that you wish they did?

The information we have about alumni is completely based off of what alumni share with us. If they don’t tell us where they live or what they do, we do not necessarily have records of that information. We don’t currently have a way to import all info about all alumni automatically.

If you could add anything to campus to improve the employee experience, what would it be?

More puppies!

What is your favorite hobby, activity or creative outlet?

I’m a crafty kit maker, like book nooks or wooden scenes.

What is your most effective strategy for dealing with stress?

Cats.

What book or podcast are you enjoying right now?

I enjoy a lot of podcasts, like “Maintenance Phase” or “Worlds Beyond Number” and many other just chatty podcasts.

What is the last concert you attended?

Sara Bareilles at the Hollywood Bowl (cough Millennial cough).