BHS Alumni Association Honoring Three Women
Three distinguished alumnae will receive awards from the Brockton High School Alumni Association on May 31 at its 15th annual Alumni Awards Ceremony.
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Jan Sharkansky Singer, Class of 1982, of New Albany, OH, will receive the 2018 Alumni Achievement Award. Ms. Singer is chief executive officer for Victoria's Secret Lingerie, the world's leading intimate apparel and highly recognized retailing company. Previously, she was CEO of the Spanx, Inc. lifestyle brand offering hosiery, intimate apparel, active life and swimwear. Earlier in her career, she held senior leadership roles at Nike and Reebok.
Ms. Singer is an active supporter of the Central Ohio community through her involvement with United Way, Pelotonia and The James Cancer Hospital. After leaving BHS, Ms. Singer graduated from Ithaca College. She and her husband David have twins, Sophie and Maxwell.
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Amy Freedman Korim, Class of 1971, will receive the 2018 Alumni Service Award. She is a lifelong Brocktonian, musician, teacher and community leader. Her lifelong piano soloist career began at age 11 with the Brockton Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Korim attended Manhattan School of Music and Hart College of Music. In addition to playing classical music at a world class level, she likes to have fun with the local folk, blues and pop musicians and groups that play at the many music venues in the Brockton area.
During her 40 years of teaching, many of Ms. Korim's students have been top award winners in international piano competitions and have gone on to successful music and other diverse careers. She produces and performs in city-wide classical, jazz and children's concerts.
Ms. Korim currently serves on the boards of directors of Brockton Rotary and Brockton Symphony Orchestra. She was the catalyst and driving force behind the recent world premiere performance of the three-movement musical composition Brockton in April which was performed by the Brockton High School Advanced Concert Band.
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Greta Zukauskaite, Class of 2011, of Boston, will receive the 2018 Young Alumni Award. She was born in Lithuania and moved to Brockton with her parents and sister at the age of five. Ms. Zukauskaite was a student leader at Brockton High, including being class president, captain of the swimming team and participating in the International Baccalaureate Diploma program.
She earned her bachelor's degree from American University in Public Communications and her master's degree in Geography from King's College in London. Initially working as a substitute teacher across all Brockton Public Schools and being inspired by the district's youth, Ms. Zukauskaite became a community action coordinator of a youth leadership development program called C5 Leaders for Crossroads, a non-profit organization in Duxbury.
Also, that evening, the BHS Alumni Association will present $1,000 scholarship awards to three graduating Brockton High seniors -- Maria Cardoso, Claudio DePina Gomes and Sarah Witherbee.
There are more than 50,000 Brockton High School graduates spread throughout all 50 states and in other countries. The BHS Alumni Association strives to provide opportunities that engage and benefit both its members and Brockton High School.
This year's Alumni Awards Ceremony will take place on Thursday, May 31, at 7 p.m. in the Stacy Adams Cultural Arts Building at 33 Dover Street in Brockton. The event is free, but reservations are requested at robertsaltzman@bpsma.org or at (508) 894-4563.
