Western MA ~ Dana Burton, Scholarship Chairman of the Zonta Club of Quaboag Valley, is proud to announce that Leah Jack was chosen to receive the club’s 2019 Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship, given annually to a woman pursuing an undergraduate or master’s degree in business management. She is now in the running for the Klausman award at the Zonta International District 1 level – representing the New England States and Nova Scotia, Canada.

Leah is currently the Director of Finance at DeeTee Freight Enterprises where she works to develop and improve financial and operational processes for the organization. Prior to joining DeeTee Freight, she was the Director of Business Operations at Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership, an education nonprofit focused on improving underperforming schools through increased autonomy. She also previously worked at J.P. Morgan as an analyst and associate in their Investor Services division.

Leah will begin graduate school in August of 2019 at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. While there, she will pursue a Master of Business Administration degree that will be used to inform her work as a financial manager post-graduation. She currently lives in Easthampton, Massachusetts with her husband Patrick and their adopted cat Ash.

Leah will be awarded a check for $1000 and a certificate from the club. She is unable to attend our September meeting but we hope she will join us at a future date so we can get to know her.

The Women in Business Scholarship was established in 1998 from a generous bequest by Jane M. Klausman, a member of the Zonta Club of Syracuse, New York USA, and the 1990-1995 Zonta International Parliamentarian.