The Moses Brown Alumni Association is proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Fall Alumni Awards who will be honored at this year’s Homecoming weekend. Alumni and friends are welcome to join us at the reception held on Thursday, October 17 at the Hope Club, Brown University. Register

Outstanding Young Alum Awardee

The Outstanding Young Alum Award recognizes a recent graduate for outstanding accomplishments and service in their professional, personal, or civic life.  Their achievements inspire young alumni and bring honor to Moses Brown.

Jamie Marshall ’15

Jamie Marshall is the co-founder and COO of Snackpass. After graduating from Moses Brown, Jamie studied at Yale University where she teamed up with fellow student Kevin Tan to found Snackpass in 2017. Snackpass is a social mobile ordering app for restaurants that users can use to order ahead, earn loyalty points, and connect with friends by gifting points and food.

Snackpass has gone viral on college campuses across the country including Yale University, Brown University, University of Michigan, University of California Berkeley, and more. As a result of working closely with restaurant operators for several years, Snackpass launched SnackOS, a restaurant operating system which helps restaurant operators become even more productive and profitable. Today, Snackpass has 50 team members primarily based in New York City and San Francisco. 

Jamie and the Snackpass team raised venture capital from Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Craft Ventures and Y Combinator. Jamie was featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, is a recipient of the Yale Startup Miller Prize, and was one of twenty annual recipients of the Thiel Fellowship. Jamie lives and works in New York City.

Karin Morse ’79 Service to Alma Mater Award

The Karin Morse ’79 Service to Alma Mater Award recognizes an alum for outstanding service to Moses Brown School. This person’s voluntary contributions have been long term, extend beyond the work of most volunteers, and speak to MB’s proud tradition of service to community.

Vin Porcaro ’83, P’11 ’24

Vin was a dedicated member of the MBAA Board from 2015-2021 when he joined the Board of Trustees. A member of the Governance and Budget & Finance Committees, Vin served until June 2024.

Vin was incredibly active on the Local Committee and from 2015-2019 Vin led the MBAA Turkey Tailgate, a beloved event which brought together alumni, families, students, faculty/staff, and friends on a grand scale.  He and his wife, Sue, have been dedicated to the school and the student experience by actively volunteering in a variety of ways.  In addition to adding special touches like grilling for guests at the Newport Polo Reception, they have organized tailgates for home and visiting football teams, established concessions for basketball games, and for the past five years Vin has also regularly recorded upper and middle school games, ensuring that the teams benefit from video analysis.

A successful business owner, Vin is President of Vincent Porcaro, Inc. (VPI), which he founded in 1996. Vin has built a performance-driven, third-party logistics company specializing in cost-efficient merchandise distribution for major clients like Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Yankee Candle, Foster Grant International, A.T. Cross, TJ Maxx, Nordstrom, and Dillards. VPI operates globally, providing expertise in logistics, distribution, transportation, and warehousing for retail products throughout North America.

Vin is an alumnus of Providence College, where he played and coached football.