Spring 2008 Volume 104 Issue 2 : connecting
AAVC Board Slate 2008
For Trustee (’08–’12)
Diane Downing ’77
Cleveland, Ohio
Vassar Volunteer Experience
President, 2003–05, program chair, 2001–03, Vassar Club of Cleveland
Professional/Community Experience
Vice
president, Cleveland Browns, 2005–present; director of stadium
operations, Cleveland Browns, 2000–05; new Cleveland Browns stadium
project manager, 1996–99; assistant executive director, Ohio Lottery
Commission, 1995–96; executive assistant for service, Cleveland Mayor
Michael R. White, 1990–95; executive assistant to Mayor George V.
Voinovich, 1985–89; deputy director, Department of Community
Development, Cleveland Mayor George V. Voinovich, 1980–85; assistant to
Cuyahoga County Commissioner Seth Taft, 1977–79; board member of United
Way of Greater Cleveland, Leadership Cleveland, the Diversity Center of
Cleveland, and the Bond Accountability Commission of the Cleveland
Metropolitan School District
For Vice President for Strategic Planning (’08–’12)
Tanya Odom ’92
New York, New York
Vassar Volunteer Experience
Class
correspondent, 1992–97; 5th year reunion chair, 1997; admissions
interviewer 2000–present; class president, 1997–2002;
director-at-large, AAVC Board of Directors, 2006–present
Professional/Community Experience
Global
diversity and inclusion consultant, 2001–present; Towers Perrin, change
management consultant, 1999–2001; co-author “Evaluation in the Field of
Education for Democracy, Human Rights and Tolerance,” 2004; Tommy
Hilfiger Corporate Foundation, consultant, 2003–present;
Anti-Defamation League A World of Difference Institute, assistant
project director and coordinator of programs and special projects,
1994–99; Bertelsmann Foundation’s International Tolerance Network
1999–2003; World Conference Against Racism, delegate, 2001; assistant
to the director of Children’s Services and Consultant, 1994–96;
Fundacion de Apoyo Infantil in Mexico and La Posada del Buen Samaritano
in the Dominican Republic, volunteer, 1992–93; Grand Street Settlement
drop-out prevention program, case manager, 1993–94; Dutchess County Red
Cross, board member, 1990–92; Townsend Harris Alumni Association,
president, 2004–present; International Organization of Adolescents,
board member, 2002–04; CampAmerikids, advisory board member,
2003–present
For Nominating Committee Chair (’08–’12)
Ellen McPhillips Baumann ’63
Jackson Heights, New York
Vassar Volunteer Experience
Member
of AAVC Nominating Committee, 2004–07; board member, serving in various
positions, including secretary, chair of nominating committee, member
of scholarship committee, Vassar Club of New York, 1968–99; Vassar
College Capital Campaign; member of 25th, 35th, and 40th reunion gift
committees
Professional/Community Experience
Attorney,
Reed Smith LLP, 1999–present; senior associate, Seyfarth, Shaw,
Fairweather & Geraldson, 1986–99; associate, Carro, Spanbock, Fass,
Geller, Kaster & Cuiffo, 1983–86; associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom, 1979–83; member and chair of English department,
Garden School, Jackson Heights, New York, 1964–76; member of English
department, Regina High School, College Park, Maryland, 1963–64;
member, Board of Trustees, 1982–present, Garden School; president,
Board of Trustees, 1991–2007, Garden School
For House Committee Chair (’08–’12)
Karen Strain Smythe ’82
Poughkeepsie, New York
Vassar Volunteer Experience
Member, AAVC House Committee, 2003–present; phoner/notewriter, Annual Fund, 2001–03
Professional/Community Experience
Vice
president, C.B. Strain & Son, 1998–present, a mechanical
contracting firm started by Smythe’s great-grandfather in the early
1900s; vice president for marketing, Dannon Company, 1997–98; vice
president for marketing, Delisle Company, 1993–97; product manager,
Dannon Company, 1991–93; associate product manager, Best Foods,
1988–91; assistant product manager, Frito-Lay, 1987–88; soccer coach,
AYSO in Tarrytown, NY, and Town of LaGrange Soccer League; Sunday
School teacher, St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church; choir member,
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church; class parent, Dutchess Day School; trustee
and secretary, board of The HealthCare Chaplaincy, New York City; board
member, The Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum; trustee and secretary, board
of The Bardavon 1869 Opera House
For Nominating Committee (’08–’11)
Jong Kim Kozman ’93
Dallas, Texas
Vassar Volunteer Experience
Admission chair and interviewer, 1993–present; class correspondent, 1993–98
Professional/Community Experience
Partner,
Andrew Kurth LLP, present; associate attorney, Andrew Kurth LLP,
1999–2007; associate attorney, Hall and Kleeman, PLLC, 1997–99; member,
State Bar of Texas, 1997–present; pro-bono legal services, Connemara
Conservancy Foundation, 2003–05, and Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program,
2006–present
For Nominating Committee (’08–’11)
Doug Johnson ’80
Tucson, Arizona
Vassar Volunteer Experience
Vice
president, Vassar Club of Tucson, 2001–present; class fund chair,
2005–present; admissions interviewer, 2003–present; class
co-correspondent, 1995–2000; notewriter/phoner, Annual Fund, 1989–91
Professional/Community Experience
Home
Mortgage Consultant, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, 2005–present;
co-founder, The Archer Group, 1998–2001; structured capital management,
Alex Brown & Sons, 1993–98; vice president, Morgan Stanley, 1984–89
For Nominating Committee (’08–’11)
Joy Williams ’87
Bloomfield, Connecticut
Vassar Volunteer Experience
25th reunion co-chair; class correspondent, 2002–present; class president, 1997–2002; notewriter/phoner, Annual Fund, 2003–05
Professional/Community Experience
Senior
director of sponsorship development, ESPN, 2005–present; assistant vice
president, JP Morgan Chase, 2002–04; additional production experience
at HBO, MTV, WCBS-TV, Mag Rack, and NYMetro.com; African American
Alumni Association, Columbia Business School, 2002–present; student
body president, Columbia Business School, 2000–01; Women in Cable, New
England Chapter, executive committee member, 2007–present. Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority, Inc, Theta Iota Omega Chapter, Cotillion chair,
1997–99; National Association of Negro Business and Professional
Women’s Club, Nassau Chapter, treasurer, 1995–96