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SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF
INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
Amy White ’81
VICE PRESIDENT OF ADVANCEMENT
Marianne Lord
EDITOR
Robert Dunn
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Robert F. Parsons
Seven Elm
EDITORIAL CONSULTANT
Vicki Sanders
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Anna Beasley
Andrew Faught
Abe Loomis
Myles Mellor
Maura King Scully
Elizabeth Sullivan
Katharine Whittemore
Jeri Zeder
CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS
Juliette Borda
Chris Buzelli
Webb Chappell
Christopher Churchill
Andy Friedman
Robinson Hill
Diana Levine
Tony Luong
Steve Sanford
IMAGE SPECIALIST
Adam DeTour
PRINTING
Lane Press
TRUSTEE & ALUMNAE/I VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP
CHAIR
Regina Pisa
VICE CHAIR
Denise M. Coll ’95SM
CLERK OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Jill Greenthal ’78
TRUSTEES
Deborah C. Brittain ’74SW
Jane Buyers ’81
Barbara Latz Cohen ’68
Dwight Crane
Helen G. Drinan, President, ’75LS, ’78SM
Tiffany Dufu
Jennifer L. Eckert, ’08SW
April E. Evans ’91SM
Elizabeth Fender ’84
Karen Hammond
Régis Mulot
Alix Laager P ’19
Leslie Lake ’86
Lisa J.B. Peterson
Faith M. Richardson ’84
Katie I. Schuller-Bleakie ’94SM
Toby M. Sloane ’60
William T. Speck GP ’15SW, ’17SNHS, ’19UG
Winston Tabb ’72LS
Pamela J. Toulopoulos ’73
Roslyn Watson ’71
ALUMNAE/I ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BOARD PRESIDENT
Lisa J.B. Peterson ’03
SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
Jean Scanlan ’69LS
SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT ALUMNAE/I ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
Kimberly Dalzell Riedell ’09SM
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK ALUMNAE/I ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
Rebecca Jackson ’09SW
AFRICAN AMERICAN ALUMNAE/I ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
Chanelle Peters ’04