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Young Alumni on the Rise: ANNABEL GROVE ’17

Recent graduates, nominated by members of the SCH community, open up about their found success, gratitude, and desire to do good.

Amidst the bustling world of aspiring professionals, a select group of recent SCH alumni are steadily carving their paths to success. Each of these individuals, no more than 16 years out of SCH, was nominated as someone who, according to our mission, “leads a life characterized by thoughtfulness, integrity, and a quest to effect positive change” by a member of the SCH community. Their stories, though marked by what some may call setbacks, have been fueled by a found interest, a passion to make a difference, and a healthy dose of resilience. 

These are their stories at a moment in time when they have found success through their professional endeavors, in part thanks to SCH. Where they will go next is undetermined, but after reading these profiles we think you’ll agree: These alumni will be aiming high.


“CEL is where I first discovered my love for innovation and I've been able to carry that through my career."

ANNABEL GROVE ’17
Associate Brand Manager of Innovation, Harry’s

Annabel Grove learned the power of social impact and innovation both in and out of the office early on in her career. “I have always wanted to work for a company that stands for something important and stands by it,” she says.

Harry’s was the answer for Grove, Class of 2017, whose passion for doing good for others began in the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) where she founded Philly Phit, a nutrition and physical education program for children. Through the organization, she and other volunteers worked with hundreds of students throughout Philadelphia to foster healthy lifestyles and help curb the obesity epidemic.

“CEL is where I first discovered my love for innovation and I've been able to carry that through my career,” she says. “For me, innovation is the perfect intersection of the creative and the quantitative, a unique combination of analysis and a leap of faith. It's the key to growth, for companies, society, and as people.”

In her current role at Harry’s where she is working on new product launches for the women’s brand, Flamingo, she uses both the creative and quantitative, at once brainstorming new products, including naming and design, among other tasks, while also analyzing volume forecasting, pricing scenario planning, and market trend analysis.

As an undergraduate at Wharton, Grove continued to admire and more thoroughly understand the inner workings of young startups with a strong mission and at Harry’s, she’s found, there is a strong focus on effecting positive change through volunteer work and charitable contributions. “I have gained exposure to a wide range of organizations, from food banks to mental health organizations, and how they work to improve their community,” she says.

That commitment has also led her to volunteer and foster for the homeless animal population, first at Penn and now near her home in New York where animal shelters are at critical capacity.

“To me, our purpose on this earth is to make it better,” says Grove, “That's why we're all here, so that's what I try to do however I can.”

Read more of these profiles in our print edition, here.

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