Nominees for Alumnae Association Directors and Committee Members
In accordance with Article VI, Section 2 of the Bylaws of the Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College, the Nominating Committee has prepared and recommends the following slate for election at the Annual Meeting to be held on May 24, 2008. Each candidate has been fully informed of the responsibilities and rights of the position and has indicated consent to serve if elected. Alumnae may submit additional nominations according to the procedure outlined in Article VI, Section 4 of the Bylaws. Terms are for the three years ending June 30, 2011 unless a different year is noted.
FOR ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Young Alumnae Representative: Akua S. Soadwa '03, Brooklyn, N.Y. Former membership co-chair, New York Club. Founder, Gye Nyame Empowerment Project and A Touch of Soadwa. M.A., urban planning, design, and development, Cleveland State University. Urban analyst, N.Y. State Banking Department.
Clerk: Julianne Trabucchi Puckett '91, Chapel Hill, N.C. Class co-vice president, Reunion co-chair, Website coordinator. Former class co-vice president and Reunion co-chair, Reunion booklet chair, co-scribe, class agent; club president/contact, Alabama Club; admissions or assistant admissions representative, New Orleans, Huntsville, Baltimore, and Orange County clubs; Enrollment Task Force. Loyalty Award. M.A., English, University of South Carolina. Senior user experience designer, Motricity, Inc.
Director-at-Large for Information Technology: Elizabeth A. Osder '86, Culver City, Calif. Former class nominating committee, Reunion scribe, Reunion gift caller, class agent. M.J., journalism, University of Missouri. Knight Fellow, Stanford University; director of product development, NYTimes.com; vice president, iXL Media and Entertainment, senior director, product innovation, Yahoo! News; visiting professor, University of Southern California, principal, The Osder Group, Consultancy.
Alumnae Relations Committee Chair: Mari Ellen Reynolds '91, Mountain View, Calif. Head class agent. Former Alumnae Association Alumnae Relations Committee and Program Committee; Reunion gift caller, class agent; vice president, Peninsula Club; vice president, membership chair, book award chair, assistant admissions representative, Christmas Concert, New York Club; admissions representative, Mid-Hudson Valley Club; program chair, Westchester County Club. Biological sciences major. Chief of staff and chief of development and communications, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
FOR ELECTION TO THE COMMITTEES:
Alumnae Honors Research Committee:
Chair: Frances M. Lussier '73, Silver Spring, Md. Class Reunion gift caller. Former Alumnae Association Alumnae Honors Research Committee; Reunion gift caller, Reunion nametag chair, Reunion lead gift Committee, class vice president, Cornerstone Representative, class agent. Ph.D. physical chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Senior analyst, Congressional Budget Office. Former senior research analyst, Rand Corporation; program analyst, Office of the Secretary of Defense; systems analyst, Institute for Defense Analyses.
Member: Beverly Lang Pierce '74, Alexandria, Va. Former Alumnae Association Finance Committee, class agent. Asian Studies major. Non-profit management consultant; edited several volumes of the recently published “Virginia Slave Births Index, 1853-1865” for the Alexandria Library. Retired director of administration, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden at the Smithsonian Institution.
Alumnae Quarterly Committee:
Member: Emily A. Dietrich '85, Redmond, Wash. Former Alumnae Association Outreach Committee; class agent, Reunion gift caller; admissions representative, vice president, program chair, Peninsula Club. M.A., English, University of Michigan, and CED, Education, San Jose State University. Freelance writer and novelist; has published in MS magazine and Seattle Woman, and has been a teacher.
Alumnae Relations Committee:
Member (to 2010): Sharon A. Wynne '90, New York, N.Y. Former class agent; various roles, New York Club. English and politics major. Senior special events manager, ESSENCE magazine. Former English teacher and account executive.
Member: Jennifer L. Mele '93, Arlington, Mass. Former Alumnae Association Strategic Planning Committee and Program Committee; class co-scribe, Reunion sign chair; admissions representative, membership chair, Boston Club. Politics major. Senior marketing manager, Northeastern University.
Classes and Reunions Committee:
Member: Sara A. Stiltner '02, Tacoma, Wash. Reunion gift caller. Former Reunion chair, class agent, reunion gift caller. Currently attending Bainbridge Graduate Institute for Business Administration. Independent consultant in database management.
Joan ("Wink") Winkel Ripley '55, Mount Kisko, N.Y. Class Website coordinator. Former Reunion vice-chair, originator of class Web site, Reunion Website coordinator, class vice president, Reunion gift caller; class nominating committee; treasurer, ways & means chair, and director, board member at-large,Westchester County Club. President, Second Story Bookshop, Chappaqua, N.Y.
Clubs Committee:
Member: Christine A. Vaughn '01, Durham, N.C. Former president, Atlanta Club. Studying for master’s degree in public policy at Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University. Education policy and public school reform is focus of graduate work; working on thesis on ensuring accountability within the new Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program. Former elementary school teacher.
Member: Erin K. Purcell '93, Seattle, Wash. Former class agent, Reunion gift caller; president, secretary, Web master, newsletter editor, board member, Puget Sound Club. MBA, Washington University. Finance manager, Quantum Corp., a technology company.
Finance Committee:
Member: Lynda (“Lyndy”) Dean Alexander ’80, Louisville, Ky. MBA, New York University. Career in finance and accounting, specializing in non-profit finance primarily with the Girl Scouts. Senior director of operations, chief financial officer for the National Center for Family Literacy, Louisville.
Nominating Committee:
Member: Lydia J. Young '75, Palo Alto, Calif. Class agent; assistant admissions representative, Peninsula Area. Former Alumnae Association Alumnae Honors Research Committee; Reunion gift caller, Cornerstone Representative, class agent. M.S., applied physics, and Ph.D., nuclear science and engineering, Cornell University. Vice president of technology and chief technical officer, Photon Dynamics, Inc., San Jose, Calif.
Member: Mayra Garcia '94, La Jolla, Calif. At-large director, San Diego Club; former co-president, assistant admissions representative, San Diego Club. J.D., Boston University. Criminal defense attorney.
Nomination of Alumnae Trustees and Awards Committee:
Chair: Mary Kamerling Allyn '63, Sarasota, Fla. Former Alumnae Association Nomination of Alumnae Trustees and Awards Committee, vice chair of Executive Director Search Committee 2002-03, Program Committee chair of Board of Directors, chair of Executive Director Search Committee 1990; Sesquicentennial Auction Committee; class president, Reunion welcome/hospitality chair, Reunion gift caller. Alumnae Medal of Honor. Community volunteer. Retired associate dean of students, MHC.
Member (to 2010): Alma Tina Hogan '74, San Francisco, Calif. Resident Dormitory Oversight Committee. Former MHC trustee, alumnae trustee, MHC Finance Committee, Campus Master Planning Committee and Construction Oversight Committee. Major gifts volunteer; Reunion gift caller, class nominating committee chair, Cornerstone Representative; assistant admissions representative, San Francisco Club; admissions representative, Northern Calif. Medal of Honor. Graduate, Duke University School of Law. Licensed real estate broker, independent consultant in real estate law; development, strategic and project management.
Member: Ashanta Evans-Blackwell '95, Chicago, Ill. – Former young alumnae trustee, Presidential Search Committee; Alumnae Association ALANA Committee chair; class agent, Reunion gift caller; assistant admissions representative, Chicago Club; admissions representative, New Orleans Club. Graduate, Vanderbilt University School of Law. Lawyer in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois for the Honorable William J. Hibbler.
