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AAVC Board Election 2003

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, six positions on the board and three on the nominating committee are to be decided.

The committee actively seeks and solicits potential candidates for AAVC board service. Recommendations are warmly welcome. Please write to Nominating Committee, Alumnae House, 161 College Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY 12603, or visit www.aavc.vassar.edu/recommend/.

For Trustee
Philip N. Jefferson ’83
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Jefferson
Jefferson
Vassar Volunteer Experience
AAVC trustee 2002–03; AAVC secretary, 1999–00; AAVC Executive Director Search Committee, 1999–2000; AAVC director-at-large, 1996–99; AAVC Bi-Laws Review Committee, 1998–99; member of the Vassar Club of Philadelphia, 1997–present

Professional/Community Exp.
Associate professor of economics at Swarthmore College, 1997–present; economist, Division of Monetary Affairs, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1996–97; assistant professor of economics at Columbia University, 1990–96; visiting assistant research economist, University of California, Berkeley, 1993–95; mentor, American Economics Association’s Pipeline Project, 1998–present; Parent’s Advisory Board, Swarthmore Presbyterian Nursery Day School, 2000–present; Board of Directors, Children’s Urban-Arts Ensemble, 1985–2002

For Trustee
Jeffrey Goldstein ’77
Washington, DC

Goldstein
Goldstein
Vassar Volunteer Experience
Career advisory program participant; note writer and phone-a-thon volunteer for the Office of Development’s Annual Fund

Professional/Community Exp.
Managing director, World Bank, works with client countries in such areas as economic policy and poverty reduction strategies, trade, and financial and capital market systems; point person on the International Development Association and the debt-reduction initiative for highly indebted poor countries; and oversees the Bank’s financial operations and budget, 1999–present; co-chairman of BT Wolfensohn, member of the Bankers Trust Company Management Committee, and partner in predecessor companies, 1984–99; professor of economics at Princeton University, 1982–83; member of the board of trustees of the German Marshall Fund of the U.S., member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and member and past president of the board of trustees of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of New York City

For Director-at-Large
Margaret Venecek Johnson ’84
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Johnson
Johnson
Vassar Volunteer Experience
AAVC Awards Committee, 2001–present; AAVC Nominating Committee; Philadelphia Vassar Club, 1988–present, Philadelphia Vassar Show House, 1986–present

Professional/Community Exp.
Freelance writer, 1991–95; marketing consultant, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, 1989–91; advertising copywriter/broadcast producer, 1984–91; board member, Partners Program, 1999–present; current vice president for facilities, Lower Merion Township Inter-School Association; mentor for college-bound student, 1998–2002; past president, Gladwyne Elementary Home and School Association

For Director-at-Large
La Fleur Paysour ’72
Washington, DC

Paysour
Paysour
Vassar Volunteer Experience
Vassar Club of Syracuse, New York, 1974–76; Vassar Club of Washington, 2001–03; co-chair of national fundraising for Triple A VC, 2002–present

Professional/Community Exp.
Founder and executive director, Arts Watch International with offices in Washington, DC, and Selci-Sabino, Italy, 1988–present; journalist with specialties in medicine, higher education, the arts, 1974–90; critic reviewing classical music, dance, and literature, 1978–88; editor of NPR’s classical music program, Performance Today, 1993–95; co-producer and narrator of radio and TV documentaries, 1993–95; political fundraiser, 1990–present; Board of Directors, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, chair of its Minority Audience Development Committee, 1988–94

For Fund Advisory Chair
Katherine Wilcox Lambert ’75
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Lambert
Lambert
Vassar Volunteer Experience
Chair, 10th Reunion Class Fund; chair, 25th Reunion Class Special Gifts; member, Fund Advisory Committee, 2001–present; president, Wisconsin Vassar Club, 1993–2002

Professional/Community Exp.
Trusts and estates attorney, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., 1996–present; chair, probate section of the Milwaukee Bar Association, 2001–present; board member, Trustees for Funds and Endowments of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee, 2001–present; chair, Christ Church Endowment Trust Board, 1999-present; board member, Early Music Now, 2002–present

For Nominating Committee Chair
Eric D. Ort ’86
Farmington, Connecticut

Ort
Ort
Vassar Volunteer Experience
Member, LAGAVC, 1996–present; Club Admission Committee, 1995–present; member, AAVC Nominating Committee, 2000–02; vice president, Vassar Club of Hartford, 1999–2002; Fund Advisory Committee, 1998–2002; class correspondent, 1986–2001; 10th Reunion Gift Committee; 21st Century Committee (Boston and D.C.), 1988 and 1992

Professional/Community Exp.
Associate director of development Miss Porter’s School, 1994–present; assistant campaign director, Mercersburg Academy, 1991–94; executive assistant to the president, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA, 1986–89

For Nominating Committee
Eileen McDonald Amon ’81
Charlotte, North Carolina

Amon
Amon
Vassar Volunteer Experience
Carolinas Vassar Club, 1997–present (interim secretary, 2001–present; president, 1998–2001; co-founder, 1997)

Professional/Community Exp.
Housewife and essayist, 1991–present; volunteer, Myers Park Traditional School, 1997–present; board member, The Painted Tree Swim and Racquet Club, 2000–01

For Nominating Committee
Michael Ellis Harbison ’74
San Mateo, California

Harbison
Harbison
Vassar Volunteer Experience
Admissions volunteer, San Francisco Bay Area Vassar Club; mentor with Career Development; former admissions volunteer with the Sarasota, FL, Vassar Club

Professional/Community Exp.
President of Ellis Properties, Inc., a real estate investment company; former CFO/principal, Bon Appetit Management Co.; 18 years with Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., including CFO of several beverage divisions, president of Tropicana Latin America, executive vice president of wine divisions; member, board of directors of New York Studios, Inc., and past board member of Sterling Vineyards, Mumm Napa Valley, and the California Wine Institute; elected member of county-wide school board in Florida.

For Nominating Committee
Roberta Price ’68
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Price
Price
Vassar Volunteer Experience
Member and co-chair, New Mexico Vassar Admissions Committee, 1998–present; Vassar representative at New Mexico college fairs 1998–present; participant in start-up of Professor William Gifford Honorary Fund

Professional/Community Exp.
University of New Mexico Law School professor, 1989–94; intellectual property attorney, representing artists, foundations, and some Native American tribes and individuals in cultural and intellectual property issues, 1985–present, representing the Pueblo of Zia concerning non-Indian use of Native American cultural symbols, 1993–present; ACLU participating attorney in election law cases, 1989–present; professor in American Indian Law Center Pre-Law Summer Program, 2000; professor in and director of University of New Mexico Law School Instituto, 1990–94; winner of the 2001 Vassar Time-Out Grant and a Wurlitzer Foundation Grant in 2001