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Alumni Board

Committees & Task Forces

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Committees

Alumni Support Committee
This standing committee focuses on supporting and strengthening regional chapters and fostering alumni connections with Macalester across the country. Alumni support committee members are very active in their local chapter activities.

2009-2010 Members
Lesly Sanocki ’90, chair
Tom Brown ’59
Rita Gehrenbeck ’57
Carlos Hollander-Pontes ’89
Joe Houlihan ’10
David Bebb Jones ’56
Dusty Kreisberg ’51
Julie Lehnhoff Zhu ’97
Candy Leonard ’67
Kate Maehr ’89
George Mavroudis ’84
Kay McCarthy ’65
Susan Perry ’83
Tom Simonson ’95
Gayatri Sarin ’11
Staff:  Carol Polk

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Development Committee
This standing committee works closely with Macalester's Development Office and the Annual Fund on various initiatives focused on increasing participation of alumni giving to the school.

2009-2010 Members
Kay McCarthy ’65, chair
David Bebb Jones ’56
Thomas Brown ’59
Martin A. Carlson ’94
Dusty Kreisberg ’51
George Mavroudis ’84
Alyson Muzila ’96
Rita Gehrenbeck ’57
Julie Lehnhoff Zhu ’97
Sarah Rossmann Deschamps ’88
Lesly Sanocki ’90, board secretary
Gayatri Sarin ’11
Tony Williams ’02
Staff:  Elissa Chaffee

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Multicultural Issues Committee
The mission of this standing committee is to reconnect alumni of color with the college, the alumni association, and students. Through support of alumni and student programming, alumni of color reunions, and other activities, this committee cultivates these connections and make them stronger.

2009-2010 Members
Jerry Darko-Appianti ’05, chair
Kimberley Brown ’74
Martin Carlson ’94
Daymond Dean ’91
Eric Engstrom ’11
Jackie Hoong ’12
Audrey Monsen Olson ’56
Alyson Muzila ’96
Newell Searle ’65
Kay Thomas ’63
Tony Williams ’02
Gayle Winegar ’75
Staff:  Stephen Sporer

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Nominations, Citations and Bylaws Committee
This standing committee is responsible for reviewing nominations for the annual alumni awards and making final recommendations to the Alumni Board. This committee also reviews nominations for new positions on the Alumni Board and makes a recommendation to Macalester's Board of Trustees for the alumni representatives to that body.

2009-2010 Members
Newell Searle ’65, chair
Kimberley Brown ’74, co-chair
George Bonniwell ’61
Jerry Darko-Appianti ’05
Carlos Hollander ’89
Candace H. Leonard ’67
Kate Maehr ’89
Susan Perry ’83
Elizabeth A. Snelson ’78, board president
Staff: Gabrielle Lawrence & Janice Dickinson

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Student Support Committee
This standing committee works to foster interaction between Macalester alumni and students and enhance experiences of students both on- and off-campus. The committee is responsible for planning a number of annual events and activities for students in each class.

2008-2009 Members
Gayle Winegar ’75, chair
Daymond Dean ’91
Eric Engstrom ’11
Dimitri da Gama Rose ’10
Khaled Habayeb ’03, board president elect
Jeremy Hanson ’95, board vice president
Jackie Hoong ’12
Joe Houlihan ’10
Audrey Monsen Olson ’56
Tom Simonson ’95
Kay Thomas ’63
Ed West ’95
Staff: Stephen Sporer & Laurie Hamre

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Task Forces

Planning Task Force
This task force develops Alumni Board priorities for each academic year.

Jeremy Hanson ’95, chair and board vice president
George Bonniwell ’61
Khaled Habayeb ’03, board president elect
Libby Snelson ’78, board president
Dimitri da Gama Rose ’10
Sarah Rossmann Deschamps ’88
Ed West ’95

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Updated 1 SEPTEMBER 2009

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