FIVE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS: Elected by the Alumni Council at Spring meetings.
| 28 ERA REPRESENTATIVES: (4-year term) Seven new representatives elected each year. Recommended by the Nominations Committee and approved by vote of the Alumni Council during the fall meeting, and ratified at the annual meeting of the Alumni Corporation. Proposed slate is listed in the winter edition of the Colgate Scene, which also summarizes the method for contesting the proposed slate through nomination by petition. If no new nominations are made, the Executive Secretary is authorized to cast a unanimous ballot for the Alumni Council’s proposed slate at the annual meeting of the Alumni Corporation during Reunion Weekend. |
ERA GROUP*
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YEARS |
# ALUMNI
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REPRESENTATIVES |
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| ERA I |
1929–1965
|
4,393
|
G. Copeland Bertsche '63
H. Gerald Nordberg '57
Robert P. Quitzau ’55
Christopher Smith '63
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| ERA II |
1966–1975 |
4,520 |
Thomas W. Dempsey, Jr. ’72
John Hecker '73
Robert B. Raiber '68
Robert B. Seaberg '69
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| ERA III |
1976–1982 |
4,239 |
Elizabeth Buchbinder '77
Bruce J. Crowley '79
Thomas McGarrity '79
Jeffery A. Oberg ’76
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| ERA IV |
1983–1989 |
4,502 |
Mark R. DiMaria '84
Diane Munzer Fisher '84
Joseph P. McGrath, Jr. ’85
Kevin R. Rusch ’85
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| ERA V |
1990–1996 |
4,570 |
Amy L. Dapot ’96
Robert Fawcett '91
Thomas J. Murphy '90
Heidi Bulow Parsont '90 |
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| ERA VI |
1997–2003 |
4,125 |
Dane Fraser '01
Yvonne Gyimah '01
Sara Golding Mullen '99
William J. Sweeney ’01
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| ERA VII |
2004–2011 |
4,112 |
Katie G. Finnegan '05
P. Bart Hale '04
Amy Hargrave Leo ’03
Ivan Kara '06
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TOTAL ALUMNI
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31,241
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*NOTE: ERA groupings are reconfigured every three years to reflect an even distribution of the current alumni population. The era groupings above are based on a reconfiguration done during the summer of 2010.
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EIGHT AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVES: (4-year term) Two new representatives elected each year, in the same manner
as ERA representatives. |
Joy D. Buchanan '99
Sandra Hall ’76
Robert Johnson '94
Kay Traester LaBanca '05
Lynn Plant ’77
Lisa Oppenheim-Schultz '85
Timothy C. Seamans '02
Kelli Wong Williams '03
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NINE REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS (RVP):
(4-year term) Recommended by Nominations Committee and elected by the
Alumni Council at the spring meeting. All nine RVP’s serve on the
District Clubs Committee.
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| AREA |
# ALUMNI |
RVP |
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Metro I
(NYC, LI, Westchester, Fairfield) |
5,747 |
Joanna E. Allegretti '05
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| New England |
4,984 |
Travis I. Leach '94
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Mid-Atlantic
(PA, DE, MD, DC, WV, VA) |
4,252 |
Christopher J. Gavigan '84
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| Upstate New York |
3,275 |
Nancy Miller Maynard '05 |
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| Far West |
3,253 |
Valerie Shapiro '02
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| Southeastern |
2,642 |
Laura Kurlander '84
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| Mid-West |
2,517 |
Daniel Solomon '05
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| Southwest/International |
2,400 |
Katie Chamberlain Roberts '01
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Metro II
(NJ except Phila. suburbs) |
2,171 |
Melissa J. Coley '79
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TOTAL ALUMNI
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31,241
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6 ALUMNI TRUSTEES: (Up to two 3-year terms) When a seat is vacant, the Executive
Committee recommends one current or past member of the Alumni Council as a candidate
for Alumni Trustee. Nominations from the floor are also considered. The candidate is
approved by the Alumni Council at the January meeting and forwarded to the Board of
Trustees Nominations Committee.
Gus P. Coldebella '91
Michael J. Herling ’79
Ronald A. Joyce '73
Jung Pak '96
James A. Smith ’70
Joanne D. Spigner ’76