Margaret "Meg" Crowley-Vance

Margaret "Meg" Crowley-Vance reviews American cities seeking a Society chapter. She reads each petition herself and has not yet granted a charter. Applicants are sometimes encouraged by the length of her follow-up questions; Meg regards that as premature.

Her background is executive search. She approaches a proposed chapter much as she would a candidate: a conversation, references, and another conversation if the answers do not quite agree.

Meg is comfortable taking time over a petition. She would rather hear how an applicant plans to run a chapter than how quickly it expects an announcement.

Professionally: Meg is a partner at a Chicago executive search firm. She places senior executives and is accustomed to people describing an ordinary vacancy as a singular opportunity.

Her husband Tom races Ducatis near Rimini. Meg spends part of the season at their Positano home, although she is campaigning for Praiano or Sicily. She likes running up hill towns and has tried the stairs in Ravello, Erice, and Positano before breakfast. Tom would prefer a house with easier parking.