Meet the Team
![Vicki Laing - Acting Head of Development](/Media/Default/Alumni/Images/Keeping%20in%20touch/Vicki%20Laing.jpg)
Vicki is the Head of Alumni Relations and Events and is responsible for setting the strategy and vision for Alumni Relations, planning and implementing programmes and projects to engage alumni and provide tangible benefits to alumni and current students.
She secures commitments from alumni to provide professional expertise and volunteer service; collaborates with other RVC departments to create and maintain pathways for alumni participation and works with colleagues in fundraising to encourage giving to the Alumni Fund.
Working with the Events Manager, she oversees the co-ordination and delivery of the annual calendar of major RVC events. Vicki is a full member of the Institute of Fundraising and worked at the RVC for over 17 years (in fundraising, events and alumni relations). She has two children and a 6 year standard long haired dachshund called Pepper (short for Pepperoni!) who is incredibly lazy!
![Mark Collins - Development Office Assistant](/Media/Default/Alumni/Images/Keeping%20in%20touch/Mark%20Collins.jpg)
Mark is responsible for providing administrative support to the Alumni Relations team. Mark joined the RVC in 2014 after previously working at Oaklands College in St Albans.
You can reach out to the team by emailing Alumni@rvc.ac.uk.