Spring 2002 volume 98 issue 2 : connecting
AAVC Board Election 2002
Please use the ballot postcard enclosed in your printed issue. Ballots must be received in time for the Annual Meeting at reunion, June 8, 2002.
Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC) is governed by a 22-member board of directors elected by alumnae/i from candidates nominated by an independently elected nominating committee. This year, seven positions on the board and three on the nominating committee are to be decided.
The AAVC nominating committee actively seeks and solicits potential candidates for AAVC board service. Recommendations from constituents are warmly welcome. Please send names to: Nominating Committee, Alumnae House, 161 College Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603, or email lomacaulay@vassar.edu.
For AAVC Board of Directors
For President
Paula Williams Madison ’74
Toluca Lake, California
Vassar volunteer experience
College trustee; member of the African American Alumnae/i of Vassar College; member of Vassar Club of Los Angeles.
Professional and community experience
President and general manager of NBC4 (KNBC, Los Angeles),
2000-present; senior vice president of diversity for NBC; chair of the
NBC diversity council; vice president and news director at WNBC, New
York, 1996-2000; executive news director at KHOU-TV in Houston, TX,
1987-1989; news director at KOTV-TV in Tulsa, OK, 1986-1987; community
affairs director and then news manager at WFAA-TV in Dallas, TX,
1982-1986; member of the New York and National Associations of Black
Journalists; member of the New York Press Club; board member of the
National Medical Fellowships, Inc., and Center for Public Integrity;
board member of the Maynard Institute; advisory board member of the
Poynter Institute for Media Studies; executive committee member of the
Campaign to Save Cardinal Spellman High School
For Trustee
Philip N. Jefferson ’83
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Vassar volunteer experience
AAVC secretary, 1999-2000; AAVC Executive Director Search Committee,
1999-2000; AAVC director-at-large, 1996-1999; AAVC Bi-Laws Review
Committee, 1998-1999; member of the Vassar Club of Philadelphia,
1997-present
Professional and community experience
Associate
professor of economics at Swarthmore College, 1997-present; economist,
Division of Monetary Affairs, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, 1996-1997; assistant professor of economics at Columbia
University, 1990-1996; visiting assistant research economist,
University of California at Berkeley, 1993-1995
For Director of Communications
Nina Feldman Smiley ’73
New Paltz, New York
Vassar volunteer experience
Chair,
Alumnae House manager search committee, 2001-present; member Alumnae
House committee, 2000-present; course credit adviser to Vassar student,
1993; resource for Vassar’s career services, 1992-present
Professional and community experience
Director of marketing at Mohonk Mountain House, 1990-present; member of
the New Roles in Society "think tank" with AARP, 1988-1990; associate
director of research at Porter Novelli, a public relations/marketing
communications firm, 1985-1988; administrative officer for public
affairs at the American Psychological Association in Washington, DC,
1983-1985; professor of psychology at the University of Maryland,
1980-1983
For Director-at-Large
Martha Mary Frey ’82
Evanston, Illinois
Vassar volunteer experience
Annual fund special gifts class chair, 1992-1996; Website coordinator
for Vassar Club of Chicago, 2001-present; treasurer for the Vassar Club
of Chicago, 1999-2000; scholarship benefit treasurer for the Vassar
Club of Chicago, 1997-1998
Professional and community experience
Independent marketing consultant, 2001-present; senior
consultant/analyst, Patricia Seybold Group, 1999-2001; director of
Internet commerce for Peapod, Inc., 1997-1998; founder and director,
Grainger.com, 1995-1997, M.B.A. from Amos Tuck School, 1987
For Director-at-Large
Laurie Padolf Mokriski ’69
Newton, Massachusetts
Vassar volunteer experience
30th reunion co-chair; 25th reunion chair of class auction; class correspondent, 1999-present; fundraising volunteer
Professional and community experience
Substitute teacher, 1998-2001; chief veterinarian and owner of
Wethersfield Animal Hospital and Marlborough Animal Hospital,
1980-1988; associate veterinarian, 1978-1980; ESL teacher, Rome and
Milan, Italy, 1970-1978; public relations assistant, First National
City Bank, Paris, France, 1969-1970
For Director-at-Large
Russell M. Opland ’91
Bear, Delaware
Vassar volunteer experience
Reunion committee member; annual fund volunteer, 10th-reunion class gift committee member
Professional and community experience
Privacy officer and HIPAA coordinator, 2001-present; information
systems auditor, 1999-2001; Y2K program manager, 1999-2000; senior
analyst, 1997-1999, University of Pennsylvania Health System;
firefighter/paramedic, South Metro Fire Protection District, 1995-1997;
project leader, software development, Cerner Corporation, 1992-1995;
vice commander, Delaware Wing, Civil Air Patrol (U.S. Air Force
Auxiliary); member National Education and Training Committee, Civil Air
Patrol; member Paperwork Reduction Advisory Board, Civil Air Patrol;
incident commander/mission coordinator, mission pilot, Delaware Wing,
Civil Air Patrol; formerly chief of staff, director of operations,
director of aerospace education, squadron commander, Delaware Wing,
Civil Air Patrol; formerly chairman, Health Information Technology
Committee, American Public Health Association (APHA)
For Director-at-Large
Craig W. Weinlein ’77
Dallas, Texas
Vassar volunteer experience
Treasurer of the Vassar Club of Dallas, 1982-present; Dallas area
alumnae/i admission volunteer; 25th-reunion committee member
Professional and community experience
Partner in the law firm of Carrington, Coleman, Sloman &
Blumenthal, L.L.P.; president-elect of the Dallas chapter of the
Federal Bar Association; member of the International Trademark
Association and American Bar Association; co-chair of the Trademark
Subcommittee for the ABA Intellectual Property Litigation Committee
For Nominating Committee
Maybelle Anne Taylor Bennett ’70
Washington, DC
Vassar volunteer experience
Member
of the Vassar Club of Washington, DC, alumnae/i admission committee and
book sale committee; panelist for the 30th anniversary celebration of
the Africana Studies Program at Vassar; career adviser for Vassar
students interested in urban planning and/or experience in Washington,
DC.
Professional and community experience
Director of the Howard University Community Association, where she
coordinates the university’s community planning and development
functions, oversees the university’s AmeriCorps program, 1991-present;
member of Leadership Washington, 1991-present; member of the Lambda
Alpha Land Economics Society; member of the board of directors of the
D.C. Building Industry Association, 1999-present, Manna Ventures, Inc.,
and Washington Halfway Homes; member of the District of Columbia Zoning
Commission, 1982-1998; director of research for the Coalition on Human
Needs, 1984-1991 and the Working Group for Community Development
Reform, 1978-1981
For Nominating Committee
Scott D. Fisher ’93
Hoboken, New Jersey
Vassar volunteer experience
Admission volunteer for the Vassar Club of Boston; mentor with the
Office of Career Development presenting information sessions for
students interested in pursuing business careers
Professional and community experience
Manager in the corporate strategy department at Public Service
Enterprise Group (PSEG), 2001-present; strategy consultant, Booz Allen
and Hamilton, 1998-2001; international development group at Abt
Associates, 1993-1996
For Nominating Committee
Jennifer Kohnen ’97
Atlanta, Georgia
Vassar volunteer experience
President of the Vassar Club of Atlanta, 1999 and 2001; fifth-reunion chair
Professional and community experience
Consultant with Watson Wyatt’s organization effectiveness practice,
1997-present; has worked with numerous Fortune Global 500 companies in
a variety of industries to align human resources practices and business
performance through organization measurement activities, including
employee and customer satisfaction research, corporate culture
analysis; active member and volunteer of the Atlanta Chapter of the
Society for Human Resource Management