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Board of Directors

Association Governance

The Alumni Association is governed by alumni volunteer leaders who comprise the board of directors. Twenty-one directors are elected to a three-year term, and three are appointed by the University's president.

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 (2007-08)

• Nomination Form
• Past Presidents

Kirk Hoffman BBA '85 President Committee(s): Vice President of Financial Planning, King Trust Company (Spring Arbor, MI)

Richard Bailey, II, MBA '85 Vice President Committee(s): Executive Vice President/Chief Lending Officer of Community National Bank of the South (Lake Mary, FL)

Philip Chludzinski BBA '80 Treasurer Committee(s): CPA, Partner, Brink, Key & Chludzinski, P.C. (Portage, MI)

Dale Tanis BBA '74, MBA '84 Past President Committee(s): CFO-Sr Vice President of Finance, Irwin Seating Company (Grand Rapids, MI)

Charles Binder BA '71 Committee(s): U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan (Bay City, MI)

Jeffry Bothwell BBA '99 Committee(s): Senior Vice President, GE Commercial Finance (Chicago, IL)

John Bromley BBA '62 Committee(s): Consultant, Battler Creek Community Foundation (Battle Creek, MI)

Lucy Caldwell BS '71 Committee(s): Director of Microbiology, Fettig Labs (Grand Rapids, MI)

Craig Courts BBA '83, MBA '91 Committee(s): President, Michigan Regional Inergy Propane, LLC (Caledonia, MI)

Margean Gladysz BS '75 Committee(s): Senior Vice President / Regional Director, National Executive Service Corps. (NESC) (Tinton Falls, NJ)

Bettie Goodman, BS '63, MA '68 Committee(s): Professor/Academic Advisor, Information Systems, C.S. Mott Community College (Flint, MI)

Debra Jones-McConnell, BBA '81 Committee(s): Client Advisor and Vice President, Bank One Private Client Services (Detroit, MI)

Christopher LaLonde BA '01 Committee(s): TBA (Kalamazoo, MI)

Guk Keong Low BBA' 99 Committee(s): Sr. International Financial Analyst, Irwin Seating Holding Company (Grand Rapids, MI)

	John Knowles BA '03 Committee(s): Chief of Staff for State Representative, Kevin Green, MI House of Representatives (East Lansing, MI)		James Koessel BS' 72 Committee(s): Executive Vice President, Byron Center State Bank (Byron Center, MI)
	William Morden BBA '74 Committee(s): Managing Partner, TMV Group (Wixom, MI)		Sue Hutchings Neumann BA '76, MA '84 Committee(s): Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Public Affairs & Educ., Albertsons, Inc. (Boise, ID)
	Terry Olson BBA '82 Grosse Pointe, MI		William Parsons BA '67, MA '71 Committee(s): Director of Administration and Human Resources, Miller, Canfield, Paddock (Detroit, MI)
	L. Ronald Portser BS '60 Committee(s): Retired Director of GM-NAO, General Motors (Bloomfield Hills, MI)		Angela Robinson BS '74 Committee(s): Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Bolingbrook, IL)
	Elizabeth Rogers, BS '91, MPA '94 Committee(s): R.N. Clinical Director (Grand Rapids, MI)		Britney Starr, BA '08 Committee(s): Student Representative (St. Ignace, MI)
	Wendy Westbrooks BA '94 Committee(s): Physician Medical Resident (Southfield, MI)		Chris Womack BS '79 Committee(s): Executive Vice President, Georgia Power Company (Atlanta, GA)