Alumni Council

There are approximately 130 members of our Alumni Council, making it the most statistically representative body in NESCAC, our peer schools. The council meets on campus twice a year during Fallcoming and Reunion Weekend.

Mission

To support the key needs of the College and its alumni by mobilizing the talent, expertise, time and financial resources of all alumni. To do this, the Council will:

Lead all alumni volunteer groups in meeting the needs of the College and its alumni;
Provide the link between all alumni and all constituencies of the College;
Identify, recruit, and inspire alumni and prospective alumni to work in support of the College and each other, and provide recognition for those who do; and
Foster a spirit of loyalty and fellowship among alumni.

Meet the Executive Committee

Adriana Schmeling Payne ’92

President, Alumni Association; Chair, Alumni Council

Laura Engelhardt ’95

Vice Chair, Alumni Council

Cindy Perez ’98

Chair, Class Leadership Committee

Jeff Garte ’00

Vice Chair, Class Leadership Committee

John Christopher ’83, P’14

Immediate Past President, Alumni Association

Mike Singer ’09

Chair, Hamilton Career Network

Lindsey Byrnes ’09

Vice Chair, Hamilton Career Network

Neil Basu ’01

Chair, Nominations

Paul Reichert ’90

Vice Chair, Nominations

Jazmin Gatto de Torres ’02

Chair, Regional Affairs Committee

Anthony Jackson ’15

Equity & Inclusion Chair

Megan Hauck ’04

Equity & Inclusion Vice Chair

Dave Sadove ’10

Vice Chair, Regional Affairs Committee

Dave Bolger ’99

Chair, Community Engagement Committee

Peggy Garte ’01

Vice Chair, Community Engagement Committee

M. Lori Richard Reidel K’77

President, Kirkland Alumnae

Committees

The Executive Committee provides overall leadership to the Council and its committees and in the conduct of all Council business. The chair and vice chair of each standing committee are members of the Executive Committee.

Committee Liaison: Jacke Jones, Director of Alumni & Parent Relations

The Hamilton Career Network Committee was formed to develop and implement the new Hamilton Career Network (HCN) initiative. With the goal of connecting alumni to the College, students, and each other around their professional interests, the HCN Committee is comprised of leaders from eight primary industry areas. The leaders and their alumni volunteer teams coordinate programs and online communities focused around careers for the Hamilton community.

Chair: Michael Singer ’09
Vice Chair: Lindsey Byrnes ’09
Committee Liaison: Jess Zielinski, Associate Director of Alumni Relations

Arts & Entertainment
Mark Mullett ’05 - Chair
TBA - Vice Chair
Business
Sarah Pickup ’19, Chair
Brian Hu ’24 - Vice Chair
Communications
John Files ’94, Chair
Kate Northway ’11, Vice Chair
Education & Nonprofit
TBA - Chair
TBA - Vice Chair
Finance & Consulting
Aurora Cai ’21, Chair
Jason Schroder ’00, Vice Chair
Government & Law
TBA - Chair
Lauren Getman ’18, Vice Chair
Health
Maura Calsyn ’95, Chair
TBA - Vice Chair
STEM
Whit Rothe ’05, Chair
TBA - Vice Chair

Class presidents make up the membership of the Class Leadership Committee. Class presidents are charged with encouraging “total engagement” with the College from their classmates across four key areas: Connect, Attend, Volunteer, and Give. The presidents are the chief communicators for the class and oversee Reunion planning for the classes’ quinquennial (five-year) Reunion cycle.

Chair: Cindy Perez ’98
Vice Chair: Jeff Garte ’00
Committee Liaison: Jess Zielinski, Associate Director of Alumni Relations

Class	Leadership
1952	Jack R. Banks, Class Correspondent
1953	Hans L. Ullstein, Correspondent
1954	Stewart A. Pollock, Correspondent
1955	Ronald A. Krauss, President Roger M. D'Aprix, Correspondent
1956	Edward B. Bradley, President Greg Bathon, Correspondent
1957	Christopher F. Durham, President/Correspondent Paul N. McGiffin, Co-President
1958	Fred R. Brooks, Jr., President/Gift Chair David K. McMillan, Correspondent
1959	William F. Wieting, President Paul A. Bauer, Correspondent
1960	Robert B. Rockwell, President & Correspondent
1961	Dennis R. Baldwin, President Thomas R. Crane, Jr., Correspondent
1963	Douglas P. Wheeler, Correspondent
1964	Richard Pfau, President Jonathan C. Vick, Correspondent
1965	Bill M. Toomajian, President Jeffrey E. Kremen, Correspondent
1966	Edward S. Frese, President John S. Snyder, Gift Chair R. Curtis Brand, Jr., Correspondent
1967	Daniel D. Shonn, Jr., President Arthur F. Jones, Gift Chair A. Barrett Seaman, Correspondent
1968	J. Christopher Wilkinson, President Michael S. Berkowitz, Co-Gift Chair/Correspondent J. Harland Higby, Co-Gift Chair
1969	Steve T. Kenny, Co-President Michael D. Seitzinger, Co-President Thomas Ducibella, Correspondent
1970	Wilson C. Everhart, Jr., President Myron Bloom, Gift Co-Chair Bruce Gaylord, Gift Co-Chair Geoffrey Precourt, Co-Correspondent Ray L. Boggs, Co-Correspondent
1971	Jerome Pitarresi, President James J. Carey, Jr., Gift Chair Rory J. Radding, Correspondent
1972	Joseph K. Hage, III, President Matthew M. McKenna, Gift Chair G. Jeremiah Ryan, Co-Gift Chair Glenn M. Reisman, Correspondent
1972K	Donna O. Kerner, President Sara Redding Wilson, Gift Chair Susan A. Bickford, Correspondent
1973	James S. Vick, President Stuart J. Hamilton, Co-Gift Chair Dennis Oakes, Co-Gift Chair Richard P. Eckman, Correspondent
1973K	Connie L. Belfiore, President Jennifer Potter Hayes, Co-Gift Chair Judith Barnett Nauseef, Co-Gift Chair/Correspondent
1974	Edward G. Watkins, President/Correspondent Cosmo F. Castellano, Co-Gift Chair J. Bradley Caswell, Co-Gift Chair Donald R. Kendall, Jr., Co-Gift Chair Benjamin P. Madonia, III, Gift Planning Chair
1974K	Nanelle Napp, President/Co-Gift Chair/Correspondent Joanne Papanek Orlando, Co-Gift Chair
1975	Peter B. Lotto, President Joe C. Konen, Co-Gift Chair Robert W. Lyford, Co-Gift Chair Robert E. Hylas, Correspondent
1975K	Carolyn E. York, President
1976	Walt Stugis, Class President Donald B. Reynolds, Jr., Gift Chair Thomas J. Moore, Correspondent
1976K	Lisa R. Uvanni, President and Gift Chair
1977	Gregory J. Pepe, President Jan P. Berger, Gift Chair
1977K	M. Lori Richard Reidel, President Susan E. Skerritt, Co-Gift Chair Carol Travis Friscia, Co-Gift Chair/Correspondent
1978	John P. Brennan, Co-Gift Chair Robert D. Millar, Co-Gift Chair Robert J. McCormick, Correspondent
1978K	Patricia Watras Dana, President
1979	Steve A. Culbertson, Reunion Committee Co-Leader Robert H. Hartheimer, Reunion Committee Co-Leader Bradford C. Auerbach, Correspondent
1980	Francis J. Tietje, President Stephen W. Starnes, Gift Chair Peggy Daniel, Correspondent
1981	Eleanor Phillips Cyr, President Lou Di Cerbo, Gift Chair Paddy J. McGuire, Correspondent
1982	Scott J. Allocco, President/Gift Chair Bethany Fox Tulloch, Correspondent
1983	Natasha I. Householder, President Judith Alperin King, Gift Chair Joseph T. Flynn, Jr., Correspondent
1984	Randi Lowitt Gnesin, President Julia Lamson Ross, Gift Chair Charles F.X. Mierswa, Correspondent
1985	Paula Clancy, Co-President Sean E. Clancy, Co-President/Co-Gift Chair Aeon L. Cummings, Gift Co-Chair Deborah Grassi Baker, Correspondent
1986	Meredith Emerson Ritchie, President Alice Tornquist, Gift Chair Melissa D. Joyce-Rosen, Correspondent
1987	Christopher S. Flagg, President Eric A. Holloway, Gift Chair Monique Lui Holloway, Correspondent
1988	Parker M. Riehle, President Julio R. Dolorico, Gift Chair Maria T. DiGiulian, Correspondent
1989	Frank C. Vlossak, President & Correspondent Jeffrey Schackner, Gift Chair
1990	Thomas D. Brush, Jr., President Cleon E. Cumberbatch, Gift Chair Tamara L. Conway, Correspondent
1991	Brett H. Mandel, President Margaret B. Schilling, Gift Chair Raymond J. Lauenstein, Jr., Correspondent
1992	Richard M. Skinner, Correspondent
1993	Kathleen M. McDonough, President Gabriela Scully, Gift Chair Brendan J. McCormick, Correspondent
1994	Elizabeth Fox Keogh, Co-President/Co-Gift Chair Julie Saslow, Co-President/Correspondent Kyle F. Keogh, Co-Gift Chair
1995	Samantha Koss, President William J. Ferguson, Correspondent
1996	Christina McSorley Sommer, Correspondent
1997	Erin E. Head, President Brett J. Nolan, Gift Chair Leslie Allen Kotalik, Correspondent
1998	Cindy M. Perez, President Jonathan L. Gilbert, Gift Chair Samantha Packer Finkelstein, Correspondent
1999	Hilary J. Haldeman, President Celia M. Najar, Gift Chair Katie Miller, Class Correspondent
2000	Rori C. Dawes-Dyment, President Jeffrey A. Garte, Co-Gift Chair Tyler S. Hirschey, Co-Gift Chair Carol B. Lang, Correspondent
2001	Rhette A. Buller, President Margaret M. Malloy Garte, Gift Chair Nina Sharma, Correspondent
2002	Nicole L. Barron, President Tim Fossett, Gift Chair Daniel J. Fillius, Correspondent
2003	Maurice I. Owen-Michaane, President Frederick K. Jones, Gift Chair Amanda G. Horrigan, Correspondent
2004	Megan A. Hauck, President/Gift Chair Elizabeth A. Ransom, Correspondent
2005	Elizabeth Dolan Wright, President Michelle L. Noe, Correspondent
2006	Colby Bishop, Co-President Phoebe B. Scott, Co-President Meghan C. Hover Szczech , Correspondent
2007	Neal J. Frei, President Robert H. Rosenzweig, Gift Chair Sara A. Carhart, Correspondent
2008	Matt C, D'Amico, President and Correspondent
2009	Allison E. Stalla, President Stuart R. Lombardi, Gift Chair Fiona MacQuarrie Helmuth, Correspondent
2010	Wenxi Li, President Julia E. Pollan, Gift Chair Kory E. Diserens, Correspondent
2011	Nick Stagliano, Class Correspondent
2012	Lily C. Gillespie, President Sarah B. Chapin, Co-Correspondent Kathryn E. Steck, Co-Correspondent
2013	Amy C. Soenksen, President Alex M. Orlov, Correspondent William M. Rusche, Correspondent
2014	Meghan T. Doherty, President James Nguyen, Gift Chair Lauren E. Lanzotti, Correspondent
2015	Reuben E. Dizengoff, President Benjamin C. Fields, Correspondent
2016	Abby Homer, Class President Eli J. Burgard, Gift Chair Kaitlin A. McCabe, Correspondent
2017	Silvia M. Radulescu, President Conor M. Lamberti, Gift Chair Michael Z. Burchesky, Correspondent Ilana R. Schwartz, Correspondent
2018	Lilly A. Pieper, President Caroline M. Langan, Gift Chair Matthew H. Lebowitz, Correspondent
2019	Karthik Ravishankar, President Sarah A. Pickup, Gift Chair
2020	Nadav G. Konforty, President Ruth H. Schmidt, Correspondent
2021	Walter J. Westhoff, Gift Chair
2022	Krithika Ravishankar, Gift Chair
2023	Felix R. Tager, President Claire M. Kaplan, Gift Chair Maeve H. Wroblewski, Correspondent
2024	Natalie Elmes, Correspondent

The Community Engagement Committee (CEC) comprises the chairs of self-identified alumni groups who connect and identify based on common interests/affiliations. Its mission is to engender lifelong connection with the College by providing alumni with the opportunity to gather virtually and in-person to celebrate their commonalities and deepen their ties to each other and to the College. It includes the Multicultural Alumni Relations Committee (MARC).

Chair: Dave Bolger ’99
Vice Chair: Peggy Garte ’01
Committee Liaison: Nancy Huckaby, Senior Associate Director, Advancement Events

MARC Committee
Kimblie Silva, Chair
Robin Gane McCalla, Vice Chair
Jazmín Gatto de Torres ’02, Chair Emerita

Join MARC

The Equity & Inclusion Committee (EIC) promotes equitable and inclusive policies and practices throughout the committees and structure of the Alumni Council, and establishes concrete ways to apply these principles across Alumni Association activities. The EIC organization includes the vice chairs of Hamilton Career Network, Community Engagement, Regional Affairs, Class Leadership, and Nominations Committees.

Chair: Anthony Jackson ’15
Vice Chair: Megan Hauck '04
Committee Liaison: Nancy Huckaby, Associate Director, Advancement Events

The Nominations Committee recommends annually nominees for Alumni Trustee and selects individuals to be recognized for their service to Hamilton.

Chair: Neil Basu ’01
Vice Chair: Paul Reichert ’90
Committee Liaison: Katie Winn Boyer ’93, Director of Individual Giving

Members:
Maxwell “Max” Akuamoah-Boateng ’09
Joshua "Josh" Bruff ’05
Julia “Julie” Cron ’94
Christopher "Chris" Flagg ’87
Elizabeth “Liz” Finegan Menges ’84 , P’12,’17
Anna Potter Millar ’91, P'22
George Nehme ’79
M. Lori Richard Reidel K’77
Natalie Sanchez ’07
Amy Soenksen ’13
Alexander "Sandy" Webb ’05
Caleb Williamson ’17

Committee Liaisons:
Dick Tantillo, Senior Philanthropy Officer, Advancement
Katherine Winn Boyer ’93, Director of Individual Giving

The Regional Affairs Committee comprises the presidents of the major regional Alumni Associations and an ambassador representing the small regional alumni groups. Its mission is to engender lifelong affiliation with the College by providing alumni connections in the regions.

Chair: Jazmin Gatto de Torres ’02
Vice Chair: Dave Sadove ’10
Committee Liaison: Nancy Huckaby, Senior Associate Director, Advancement Events