Sondra Boss Siegel, a retired associate director in Conference Services at the University of Pennsylvania, died on December 5 in Rochester, New York. She was 77 years old.

Ms. Siegel grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1984, she came to Penn as a temporary extra person in the School of Arts & Sciences’ College of General Studies (CGS). Later that year, she was hired as an administrative assistant in the School of Arts & Sciences.

In 1988, she became a coordinator in Conference Services. In 1998, she was promoted to associate director of Conference Services. In this role, she arranged an average of 110 meetings per year, working in partnership with offices across campus to meet housing, security, food service and other needs of clients holding meetings or events on campus.

She retired from Conference Services in 2006, then returned to Penn to work in Residential Living until 2010.

Ms. Siegel is survived by her son, Stephen (Michelle Dziejman); her daughter, Merrie; three grandchildren, Mitchel, Sophia and Jimena; her sister-in-law, Ruth Thomas; her nephew, Michael; her niece, Sarah; and Aaron Siegel.

Donations in her memory may be made to Penn’s Village (www.pennsvillage.org) or the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation (www.freelibrary.org).