Connecting

AAVC Board Slate 2007

Judith Axenzow Lewittes ’63
Judith Axenzow Lewittes ’63
For Trustee (’07–’11)
Judith Axenzow Lewittes ’63
New York, New York

Vassar Volunteer Experience
Class fund chair; class reunion fund chair; reunion gift committee; mini-reunion organizing committee; member, Poughkeepsie Area Vassar Club and Vassar Club of New York; board member, Friends of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center

Professional/Community Experience
Consultant, nonprofit fundraising and board development, 1991–present; regional advisory board, Barclay’s Bank of New York; special assistant to the president for fundraising, 1991–92; chief fundraising officer, 1981–91; director, AAVC Fund (later Vassar College Annual Fund), 1975–81, Vassar College; board member, Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill; Healthcare Chaplaincy; American Lyme Disease Foundation; Vassar Brothers Hospital; Planned Parenthood of Dutchess-Ulster; Family Counseling Services of Dutchess County; Poughkeepsie Area Fund

Brooke Duncan III ’74
Brooke Duncan III ’74
For Trustee (’07–’11)
Brooke Duncan III ’74
New Orleans, Louisiana

Vassar Volunteer Experience
Student representative, Board of Trustees Master Planning Committee; active member (and occasional officer) of Louisiana Vassar Club, 1974–present; Development Leadership Council, 1993–2000; vice president, class of 1974, 2004–present; AAVC director-at-large, 2001–05; AAVC treasurer 2003–04

Professional/Community Experience
Labor lawyer since 1986; previously managed a manufacturing concern in New Orleans; narcotics detective with the New Orleans Police Department, receiving several awards for outstanding duty; chair, Louisiana State Police Commission; Louisiana Children’s Museum; Louisiana Civil Service League; Metropolitan Area Committee; Louisiana Nature and Science Center; Community Service Center; Tulane University Provost’s Council; Housing Authority of New Orleans Scholarship Committee; United Cerebral Palsy of Greater New Orleans; United Way; Each One Save One

Steven Mangle Williams '94
Steven Mangle Williams '94
For Treasurer (’07–’11)
Steven Mangle Williams ’94

Alexandria, Virginia

Vassar Volunteer Experience
Class treasurer, 1993–99; VSA treasurer, 1992–93

Professional/Community Experience
Program director, Corporate Executive Board, 2000–present; economist, Federal Reserve Board, 1998–2000; teaching assistant, economics department, University of Wisconsin, 1997–98; health care policy research assistant, Laguna Research Associates, 1994–96; co-chair, Habitat for Humanity, San Francisco, 1994–96; Vassar Hunger Action, 1990–93

Josephine Benz Carpenter '57
Josephine Benz Carpenter '57
For Fund Advisory Chair (’07–’11)
Josephine (Nicky) Benz Carpenter ’57

Wayzata, Minnesota

Vassar Volunteer Experience
Alumnae/i admission volunteer, Minnesota-Dakotas Vassar Club

Professional/Community Experience
Educational consultant, 1977–present; guidance counselor, 1971–73; associate dean of admissions, 1967–70, Pembroke College; assistant director of admissions, 1962–67, Barnard College;
regent and member, capital campaign committee, Saint John’s University; current adviser, campaign committee, MacPhail Center for the Arts; current adviser, campaign committee, Minnesota Public Radio; chair and board member, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library of Saint John’s University, 1994–2004; past president, Independent Educational Consultants Association; member, National Association of College Admissions Counselors; board of trustees member, Macalester College; chairman, Minnesota Public Radio; board of directors chair, Minnesota Orchestral Association

Justina Fugh Frenzel '83
Justina Fugh Frenzel '83
For Director-at-Large/Awards Committee Chair (’07–’11)
Justina Fugh Frenzel ’83

Arlington, Virginia

Vassar Volunteer Experience
Member, AAVC Awards Committee, 2006–07; member, AAVC Nominating Committee, 1995–99; class fund chair, 1998–present; class secretary, 1993–98; class president, 1997–98; member, 15th reunion committee; food chair, 10th reunion committee; admission interviewer and book club volunteer, Vassar Club of D.C.; sophomore class president, 1980–81

Professional/Community Experience
Senior counsel for ethics, responsible for ensuring the agency’s employees comply with the federal standards of ethical
conduct, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2006–present; lawyer, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1987–2006

Jason Baumgarten '98
Jason Baumgarten '98
For Director-at-Large (’07–’11)
Jason Baumgarten ’98

Seattle, Washington

Vassar Volunteer Experience
Board member, Vassar Club of New York; alumnae/i interviewer in New York and California and interview coordinator in Washington State

Professional/Community Experience
Engagement manager, McKinsey & Company, 2004–present; program manager, Microsoft, 2003; executive search consultant, Spencer Stuart, 1997–2001

Nancy Dunston Dorris '62
Nancy Dunston Dorris '62
For Nominating Committee (’07–’10)
Nancy Dunston Dorris ’62

Edina, Minnesota

Vassar Volunteer Experience
Class fund chair, 2002–present; directory chair and book sale volunteer, Vassar Club of Washington, DC; scholarship sale chair, admission committee chair, former president, Minnesota-Dakotas Vassar Club; member, Regional Capital Campaign Committee

Professional/Community Experience
Personnel specialist, University of Illinois, 1962–64; teacher, Vicksburg, MS, 1964–65; volunteer, Letchworth Village, NY, center for mentally challenged, 1968–71; chair, Child Care Center Board, Karlsruhe, Germany, 1974–76; chair, political precinct and school referendum leader; chair, voter ID and Get Out the Vote for U.S. Senate Campaign, 1983; Minneapolis Chair, Symphony Ball; Zoo Ball Patron Committee

Joyce Rubin Schwartz '71
Joyce Rubin Schwartz '71
For Nominating Committee (’07–’10)
Joyce Rubin Schwartz ’71

Chevy Chase, Maryland

Vassar Volunteer Experience
Volunteer, Vassar Filmfest and Vassar Scholarship Benefit Lecture; co-president, 2000–02; co-chair, admission committee, 1975–85, Vassar Club of Washington, DC

Professional/Community Experience
Docent, National Gallery of Art, 2003–present; docent, National Museum of Natural History, 1974–2003; science teacher, elementary and middle school, 1974 – 2003; co-author of four biographies for children