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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

Paula Williams Madison ’74
Paula Williams Madison ’74
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

Philip N. Jefferson ’83
Philip N. Jefferson ’83
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

Nina Feldman Smiley ’73
Nina Feldman Smiley ’73
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

Martha Mary Frey ’82
Martha Mary Frey ’82
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

Laurie Padolf Mokriski ’69
Laurie Padolf Mokriski ’69
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

Russell M. Opland ’91
Russell M. Opland ’91
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)

Craig W. Weinlein ’77
Craig W. Weinlein ’77
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

Maybelle Anne Taylor Bennett ’70
Maybelle Anne Taylor Bennett ’70
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

Scott D. Fisher ’93
Scott D. Fisher ’93
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

Jennifer Kohnen ’97
Jennifer Kohnen ’97
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