I get a revolving door of Alumni Relations folks every 2 years or so that initially reach out, want to chat on Zoom, invite me to things, etc... and then 9-12 months later, after I start feeling I have a good contact, I feel valued, they want me to be involved, etc...they fall off the face of the earth. I try to proactively reach out via email or LinkedIn, and I get ignored. Time and time again. The whole thing just reeks of some poorly managed corporate environment, where every so often the new manager has the "Bright idea" to "engage customers", which works for a few months and then falls by the wayside as a result of poor office culture. It's not even like these people don't work at the University anymore. In some cases it's a lateral move, in others its a promotion...in all cases, no hand off, no introduction to a new contact...not even a courtesy reply that they are doing other things now.
