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Board of Directors

Association Governance

The Alumni Association is governed by alumni volunteer leaders who comprise the board of directors. The board is comprised of 21 directors who are elected for three year terms as well as a representative from both the Student Alumni Association and the WMU Foundation. The Association's Executive Director and the University President are also non-voting members of the board.

Members of the board of directors are chosen because of their willingness and potential to work together to serve the best interest of the entire University, fellow alumni, and current and potential students. Often a board member is chosen because of a specific skill that is needed by the University or the Alumni Association.

Expectations of Directors

• Each director must be a member of the WMU Alumni Association.
• Each director is expected to attend two meetings of the board each year. The fall meeting is held the Friday before Homecoming, and the spring meeting is traditionally scheduled on the last Friday in April. Both are held on the University's Kalamazoo campus.
• Each director is expected to serve on at least one standing committee of the board. Committee meetings are held throughout the year via conference telephone calls.

Responsibilities of Directors

• Establishing Alumni Association policy.
• Assisting in long-range and strategic planning by developing and implementing programs which are in keeping with the association's goals and by providing evaluation of existing programs.
• Promoting the University and its Alumni Association by encouraging fellow alumni to join the association and to participate in its programs.
• Supporting local alumni events and maintain familiarity with views of other alumni, collectively and individually.
• Monitoring the financial affairs of the association
• Recruiting outstanding prospective students for WMU, informally among friends, or formally as an Alumni Admissions Ambassador.

Board of Directors (2000 - 2010)

• Nomination Form
• Past Presidents
  

Richard Bailey, II M.B.A. '85 President Former Chief Lending Officer, President of Commercial Banking, HomeBanc, N.A. (Sarasota, FL)

Sue Neumann B.A. '76, M.A. '84 Vice President Senior Vice President, Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.(Creve Coeur, MO)

Margean Gladysz B.S. '75 Treasurer Senior Vice President/Regional Director, National Executive Service Corps. (NESC) (Tinton Falls, NJ)

Chris Womack B.S. '79 Past President Executive Vice President, Southern Co. (Atlanta, GA)

Albert Allison B.B.A. '71, M.B.A. '77 Manager, Financial Investigations Baker Street Group, Inc.(San Diego, CA)

Charles Binder B.A. '71 U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan (Bay City, MI)

John Bromley B.B.A. '62 Consultant, Battle Creek Community Foundation (Battle Creek, MI)

Lucy Caldwell B.S. '71 Director of Microbiology, Fettig Labs, retired (Grand Rapids, MI)

Philip Chludzinski B.B.A. '80 Treasurer CPA, Partner, Brink, Key & Chludzinski, P.C. (Portage, MI)

Shawn Denney SAA Representative

Nanette Keiser B.S. '80, M.A. '96, Ed.D. '00 President, Berrien Community Foundation (St. Joseph, MI)

John Knowles B.A. '03 Director of External Affairs, Ave Maria College of Law (Naples, FL)

Christopher LaLonde B.A. '01 Principal, Veritas Law Group (Kalamazoo, MI)

Larry Lueth B.B.A. '74 President and Sr. Lender, First National Bank of Michigan (Kalamazoo, MI)

Craig Misner B.S. '69, M.A. '72, Ed.D. 84 President, Southwestern Michigan Leadership Institute (Kalamazoo, MI)

William Morden B.B.A. '74 Managing Partner, TMV Group (Madison Heights, MI)

 

Mark Murvay B.A. '61 Semi Retired

Michelle Olmsted B.S.' 86 Development Director, Seidman College of Business, GVSU (Grand Rapids, MI)

William Parsons B.A. '67, M.A.'71 Director of Administrative and Human Resources, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, P.L.C., retired (Plainwell, MI)

Annette Baron Popiel B.S. '86 Director of Business Development, AIREA, Inc. (Farmington Hills, MI)

Ronald Portser B.S. '60 Director of GM-NAO, General Motors (retired) (Bloomfield Hills, MI)

Angela Davis Robinson B.S. '74 Sr. Vice President, Administrative Services, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Retired (Chicago, IL)

Elizabeth Rogers B.S. '91, M.P.A. '94 R.N. Clinical Research Coordinator, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogynecology Institute (Grand Rapids, MI)

Mercedes Varasteh B.A. '03 Associate Attorney, Frank, Haron, Weiner & Navarro (Troy, MI)

Randy Watkins B.S. '76, M.P.A. '75 Senior Investigator, State of Michigan (Lansing, MI)

	William Parsons B.A. '67, M.A. '71 Retired Director of Administration and Human Resources, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, P.L.C. (Detroit, MI)		L. Ronald Portser B.S. '60 Retired Director of GM-NAO, General Motors (Bloomfield Hills, MI)
	Angela Robinson B.S. '74 Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Chicago, IL)		Elizabeth Rogers, BS '91, M.P.A. '94 R.N. Clinical Research Coordinator (Grand Rapids, MI)