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Leadership expert and author John C. Maxwell wrote, 鈥淪mall disciplines repeated with consistency lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.鈥� Bethany Weise 鈥�05 exemplifies that idea with 21 consecutive years of .

Weise has spent more than a decade as a leader in the biotechnology industry, including nearly four years at , a global company that develops genetically targeted therapies to treat rare inherited diseases and other genetic conditions. She is currently a director of clinical program management after previously serving as a director of external validation and strategic risk management.
 

"I鈥檝e kept giving because I understood that there were gifts of time, money and expertise given by those who came before me that made my experience at F&M richer. I found joy in helping to perpetuate that for current and future F&M students.鈥�

Bethany Weise 鈥�05

A business administration major and international public policy minor at Franklin & Marshall, Weise lives in Philadelphia. She was very involved as a student, serving as a member of the Student Senate and the Student Space Committee. She also was a Buchanan Scholar and Career Services employee who participated in America Counts, Habitat for Humanity, Putting it Together in the Community, America Reads, and F&M C.A.R.E.S.

Weise recalls how her giving history began. 鈥淚 was a member of the Senior Gift committee, and that鈥檚 when I gave my first gift to the F&M Fund,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t turns out that articulating to my peers the value of giving 鈥� and what our collective impact could do 鈥� stuck with me along the way. I鈥檝e kept giving because I understood that there were gifts of time, money and expertise given by those who came before me that made my experience at F&M richer. I found joy in helping to perpetuate that for current and future F&M students.鈥�

Weise believes her F&M experiences, which focused on service to others and student government, continue to shape who she is today. 鈥淚n college, I learned the value of building and strengthening all types of community,鈥� she said. 鈥淢y involvement in student government gave me the opportunity to contribute a student voice to a community with a strong and rich tradition, but one that was open to new ideas. I learned how to find different ways both to listen and to be heard, and I recognized there was always a ripe opportunity to be involved and do more.鈥�  

She said that process began even before she enrolled at F&M. 鈥淓very experience I had when visiting campus, applying to F&M and interviewing there made it clear that I wasn鈥檛 just a collection of words and experiences on an application,鈥� Weise remembered. 鈥淭he people at F&M made me feel like I was being seen as someone who could and should contribute to that community. And they made it easy for me to understand that community and want to be a part of it.鈥�

Weise had words of advice for today鈥檚 F&M students. 鈥淓mbrace the ampersand mentality; look to connect with others and add where you can, especially if it makes you push the boundaries of your experience and try new things,鈥� she said. 鈥淔&M taught me to find my place in a community and figure out how I can add to it, have an experience and improve upon it, learn something new and expand on it, and find a personal connection and grow in it. I continue to make the most of the communities and spaces I鈥檓 in because of what I learned at F&M.鈥�