Harvard Club of Savannah and Coastal Georgia

Officer Narratives

President: Stanley P. Mark

Stan received his AB from Harvard College in 1973 and his MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1976.  He spent the early part of his career in the retail industry and transitioned into the database marketing field in the early 1990’s.  He is a recent transplant to Savannah after spending the past 28 years in Seattle where he served as President of the Harvard Club of Seattle and the HBS Club of Puget Sound.  Stan has also participated in the Schools and Scholarship Committee since graduating from college.  He is married to Paula Prewett and they have two young adult daughters who work and live in San Francisco.

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  Past President: Francis X. Hayes

  Francis received a master’s degree from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education in 1977. Born and
  raised in Cambridge, he was elected Chairman of Cambridge’s Model Cities Program and assisted in the
  development of the first affordable housing Community Development Corporation in the nation. He’s
  served as a member of the Harvard Divinity School Planning Committee. For five years he was a
  Practicum Socius at Harvard Law School, working in concert with the Dean of Students. He’s held similar
  positions at HGSE and HBS. Francis is a founding member of our local alumni club.

• Vice President: Janet Clarke-Irwin

  Radcliffe ’57, BA cum laude, in Romance Languages:  Masters of Social Work, School of Social Welfare,
  Stony Brook New York, 1990: Private Therapist: 1990-present. Co-founded the Harvard Club of
  Savannah in 2010:  Currently Vice President of said organization, involved with membership and programming:
   CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) 2006-2012.  Mediation Center. Married, six children. 

• Vice President: Gwendolyn J. Jordan

  Gwen earned a B.A. degree in Sociology from Ohio Wesleyan University and an MPA degree from
  Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Ms. Jordan has held senior positions in local, state and federal
  government agencies, as well as, leadership positions in several nonprofit organizations. At Brown
  University, she directed applied research and development projects focused on educational equity in US
  public schools. Currently, Ms. Jordan is a Lecturer at Savannah State University, Department of Political
  Science and Public Affairs. Also, Ms. Jordan is working with the Harvard Club of Savannah to develop a
  partnership with the Savannah State University Model UN Program.

• Secretary: C. Kenneth Spriggs

  Ken received an A.B. degree in architecture from Princeton University in 1968 and a MArch. degree from
  the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1971. Completing his military service at Seymour Johnson AFB,
  Goldsboro, NC, he was honorably discharged as a Captain USAF in 1973. He spent two years at Sea Pines
  Company, Hilton Head Island, where he was on the planning team for the development of Kiawah
  Island, SC. In 1979 he opened his architectural office. The Spriggs Group has been in practice for the last
  40 years with production studio in Kolkata, India.

• Treasurer: Kef L. Wilson

  Kef is the Head of School at Savannah Country Day School, a coeducational day school with over 1000
  students from six weeks old through high school. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from
  Lafayette College and a master’s degree from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. Over his thirty year
  career in education, he has worked at several other independent schools including St. John’s School
  in Houston, TX and the Montair Kimberly Academy in Montclair, NJ. Besides serving as treasurer of the
  club, he sits on the Board of Advisors for Horizons Savannah. He is the father of three teenagers.

• Co-Chair, Schools and Scholarships Committee: William J. Massey III

  Native of Muncie IN. Graduated from HS in Birmingham MI. BS in Mining Eng at Michigan Tech 1964,
  and MBA from Harvard 1966. Retired from Goodyear in 2007 after 41 years, living and working in 10 countries
  in North America, South America, and Europe. Have been in Harvard Clubs in different countries in the
  world. In the Michigan Tech Sports Hall of Fame. Currently playing golf and tennis, and fly fishing.
  Married to Carmen Cepeda and have two sons and one daughter. 

• Co-Chair, Schools and Scholarships Committee: Victor Petralia

  Victor graduated Boston University in 1966, married Bette in 1968 and attended Harvard Business
  School Program for Management Development in 1976. Together they lived across the USA and traveled
  the world to work, learn, and experience life. Victor held executive positions in US public policy and with
  internationally known companies in the automotive, publishing, cellular communications, deregulated
  energy and internet commerce fields. Victor and Bette are retired and now live in St Marys GA.

• Chair, Membership Committee: Stacie Wong, M.D.

  Stacie received her A.B. in Psychology from Harvard College in 1983. She then returned to Georgia to complete her MD degree. After completing a residency in Anesthesiology at the Medical College of Georgia and a fellowship in transplant anesthesia at the University of Iowa she lived in Hawaii for 5 years. She and her husband, Dr. Robert Johnson, then moved to her hometown of Savannah in 2000 where she worked as a private practice anesthesiologist, as the Medical Director of the South University Anesthesiologist Assistant Program, and as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Mercer University School of Medicine. For the past 5 years Stacie has lived in Vidalia, Georgia where she continues her clinical.

• Chair, Programs Committee: Trevor Groce

  Trevor received an A.B. degree in English from Harvard College in 2010, with a secondary field in African American Studies. After a brief return to his native Illinois following graduation, he moved to Korea for three years to teach English. He and his wife now live in Savannah, where he has worked as a writer for the Savannah College of Art and Design since 2015. He has been a member of the Harvard Club of Savannah and Coastal Georgia since 2016, and regularly volunteers to conduct applicant interviews.