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2011 Colgate Alumni Council Election
The Nominations Committee of the Alumni Council has selected the following slate of alumni for election at Reunion 2011. The candidates, chosen from approximately 300 nominees, have strong records of varied Colgate volunteer service, a consistent history of giving financial support to Colgate, and meaningful personal or professional accomplishments or contributions to the greater community.
    Complete information about the election and challenge petition process, as well as full biographies of the nominees listed here, are posted at www.colgateconnect.org. Paper copies are available by calling 315-228-7433, or by sending an e-mail to alumni@colgate.edu.

Era I: Jerry Nordberg ’57
Jerry Nordberg is chairman of Nordberg Capital Partners. A 1997 Maroon Citation recipient and former campaign volunteer, he has provided extensive support for off-campus study programs and athletics.

Era II: Robert Seaberg ’69
Robert Seaberg, a managing director at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, serves on the Presidents’ Club Membership Committee and as a class agent. A former class gift chair and Reunion College presenter, he earned a Maroon Citation in 2009.

Era III: Bruce Crowley ’79
Hilbert Technology executive Bruce Crowley has been a leader in Annual Fund, Presidents’ Club, and class fundraising, and a longtime career adviser. He earned the 1996 Class Agent Excellence Award, a 2009 Maroon Citation, and the 2010 Silver Puck award.

Era IV: Mark DiMaria ’84
Attorney Mark DiMaria has been a career adviser and New York City–area admission volunteer. A district alumni club past president, treasurer, and board member, he currently serves as a class gift agent.

Era V: Tom Murphy ’90
Growth equity executive Tom Murphy has served as a dynamic class gift chair and Presidents’ Club class chair, raising funds for the David Retik ’90 Memorial Scholarship and other initiatives.

Era VI: Sara Golding Mullen ’99
Interior designer Sara Golding Mullen served on the New York City alumni club board. She serves on the Presidents’ Club Membership Committee.

Era VII: Katie Finnegan ’05
An associate with A.T. Kearney, Katie Finnegan serves on her alumni club board and the Presidents’ Club Membership Committee. She’s an admission volunteer, a Real World participant, and the 2010 Ann Yao ’80 Young Alumni Award recipient.

At-Large: Lisa Oppenheim-Schultz ’85
Education administrator Lisa Oppenheim-Schultz has been a career adviser, admission volunteer, Reunion College presenter, and reunion program committee and campaign steering committee member. An Alumnae Council founder, she serves as its current chair.

At-Large: Joy Buchanan ’99
Joy Buchanan is a consumer health reporter for the Tennessean newspaper. She is the Alumni of Color Board’s student-alumni program co-chair and returns to campus as a volunteer with the Office of Undergraduate Studies program.

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Regional Vice Presidents
In addition to the nine elected members, regional vice presidents are officially appointed at the council’s spring meeting.

RVP, Metro I: Joanna Allegretti ’05
An associate with AllianceBerstein, Joanna Allegretti has been an admission volunteer, class gift committee member, and New York City alumni club co-president. She earned the 2010 Ann Yao ’80 Young Alumni Award.

RVP, Metro II: Melissa Coley ’79
Melissa Coley, vice president at Brookfield Properties, is a career adviser, class agent, event host, and Women’s Advisory Committee participant.

RVP, New England: Travis Leach ’94
Boston-based environmental specialist Travis Leach has been a class gift committee member and co-chair, a reunion gift committee co-chair, and a member of his district alumni committee as well as its co-president.

RVP, Mid-Atlantic: Chris Gavigan ’84
Chris Gavigan is principal and managing director of Charon Planning Corporation. A Presidents’ Club class chair, he has appeared at Real World and served as regional admission committee chair.


Alumni Clubs and Groups


The writing’s in the sand at Treasure Cay Beach in the Abacos, Bahamas: Colgate 08/13/10. Celebrating Colgate Day were (l to r): Dave Stafford ’97, Jennie Bostic Leclere ’98, Ian Blackburn ’98, Elizabeth Ann Blackburn, Shiyana Valentine-Williams ’98, Adonal Foyle ’98, Jennifer Heldmann ’98, and Jimmy Wohl ’98.

Notes
Colgate Day
The only Colgate Day in 2010 was proudly celebrated around the world on Friday, August 13. In addition to informal gatherings, Triskaidekafanatics from the clubs of Boston, New York City, the Lehigh Valley, Rochester, and Savannah gathered, wearing maroon to proclaim their love of the number 13. Join the worldwide festivity every Friday the 13th; the next one is May 13, 2011.
 
Colgate on the road
The clubs of Northern New Jersey and Philadelphia enjoyed discussions with William Henry Crawshaw Professor of Literature Margaret Maurer in the fall regarding her specialty: Shakespeare. Maurer joined alumni and friends at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey on the campus of Drew University in late September for a reception, private talk in the theater’s balcony, and a performance of All’s Well That Ends Well. In early November, Philadelphia club members had lunch and a discussion with Maurer at The Wilma Theater before seeing the theater’s first-ever Shakespeare production, Macbeth.
    Colgate’s sustainability coordinator, John Pumilio, met with alumni and guests from the Club of the Rockies. Pumilio discussed the campus recycling program, green initiatives, and student involvement in sustainability.
    Political science professor Tim Byrnes joined the Club of the Chenango Valley in October for its monthly luncheon. Byrnes offered his perspective of the upcoming elections and made predictions for the remainder of President Obama’s term.

Presidential Inaugural Tour
President Jeff Herbst has been hitting the road and visiting with alumni clubs around the country. This fall, Herbst met with more than 750 alumni, parents, and friends from the clubs of the Chenango Valley, New York City, Fairfield County, Chicago, Northern New Jersey, Philadelphia, and the Alumni of Color organization. His tour will continue into the spring.

Welcome to the City
The metropolitan clubs welcomed members of the Class of 2010 as the most recent graduates in their new cities. Receptions were held in New York City, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.

Tail ’gates
Alumni were rooting for Raiders on the road at official ’gate tailgates throughout the fall. Alumni in South Carolina rallied for the Furman football game, while those in Syracuse relished the revival of an old Maroon-Orange rivalry at Syracuse University’s Carrier Dome. Other football fans congregated for pre-game festivities at Princeton, Cornell, Lehigh, and Fordham. The men’s hockey team kicked off their season with the inaugural Cape Cod Classic against Army. Alumni and parents gathered that morning for a scramble golf tournament at the Old Barnstable Fairgrounds Golf Course. Before the game (in which Colgate defeated Army in front of a sold-out crowd), Raider fans tailgated at the Cape Codder resort.

Club happenings
The Club of Phoenix convened for a brunch reception and afternoon tour at the Musical Instrument Museum, where Christina Linsenmeyer ’93 is curator.
    The Club of Grand Rapids heard from artist Amanda Katz ’10 at the Frederick Meijer Sculpture Gardens. Katz’s piece titled Vessel was entered in the local juried art competition. After a lecture describing the sculpture and collaborations at Colgate, Katz gave the group of 30 alumni a private tour of the gardens.
    The Resolutions performed for the Club of Washington, D.C., in mid-October as more than 50 alumni gathered in the home of Christopher Nulty ’09.


Members of the Carey family show off their argyle style during a golf tournament on the morning of the Cape Cod Classic hockey game. Left to right: Colleen, Joan, Lauren ’09, Bridget, Matt, Maggie ’11, and John.

Club leaders
We welcome as new alumni club leaders Emily Raiber Radovic ’02 (eraiber@gmail.com), Club of Southern California; and Christian Teeter ’95 (christian_teeter@sbcglobal.net) and Charles Wechsler ’88 (cwechsler@geologica.net), Club of Orange County.
    A special thanks to outgoing club leaders Lynn Sommer ’95, Club of Southern California; and Ken Roffe ’65, Club of Fairfield County.


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