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Meet the new trustees A real estate broker who helps middle school students learn to succeed, a well-rounded volunteer with a love of keyboard performance, and a higher education administrator are the College’s newest trustees. They were elected at the Board of Trustees meeting in May, along with a new Young Alumni Trustee elected by members of the Class of 2014. The new trustees are: Nancy M. Athey ’72, long-serving nonprofit volunteer. Athey has been a director and vice chair of the board of the Greater Baltimore Crisis Pregnancy Center (now the Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns); sung with and served as a trustee and secretary of the board of the Handel Choir of Baltimore; recorded textbooks with Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (now Reading Ally); and filled several church vestry terms, including a 13-year stint as registrar of the vestry of All Saints’ Church in Reisterstown, Md. She is currently a volunteer for the Historical Society of Baltimore County. In 2012, Athey and her husband, Preston Athey, gave the College a generous gift to support the renovation and purchase of 30 Steinway pianos to elevate the College to distinction as an “All Steinway School.” Carlos Garcia ’88 P’18, attorney, real estate investor, salesperson and brokerage owner. Garcia and his wife, Lucinda Eng, manage Eng Garcia Properties, a residential and commercial real estate firm covering Washington, D.C.; Maryland; and Virginia and operating under the Keller Williams brokerage umbrella. Previously, Garcia practiced law at the U.S. International Trade Administration; at the firm of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher; as a dotcom general counsel; and as corporate counsel for Pitney Bowes. Garcia also served for 12 years as the board president of Higher Achievement, Inc., which brings rigorous academic programs and a robust mentoring network to underserved middle school students to improve grades, attendance and overall academic achievement. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of DKT International, a global public
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health NGO addressing reproductive health issues in developing countries. Eric J. Kaplan ’85, senior fellow and director of the Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Management at the University of Pennsylvania. In his role, Kaplan directs all academic and administrative aspects of this cohortbased Ed.D. program for mid- to senior-level leaders in higher education, nonprofits and industry. At Penn, he has also served as senior director of development and alumni relations for international initiatives, associate secretary of the university, interim dean of admissions, and associate dean and director of admissions. Previously, he led enrollment efforts as dean of admission and financial aid at Lehigh University and worked in the admissions offices at Brandeis University, Boston University and Westbrook College. He is also a consulting editor for Change — The Magazine of Higher Education. Blake Michael E. Reilly ’14, Young Alumni Trustee and coordinator of residential life and programming in the Dean of Students Office at Bates College. At Bates, Reilly supervises student residential life staff, runs bystander intervention programs, and assists with sexual assault education and advocacy. At Connecticut College, Reilly majored in biochemistry and served as president of the College’s chapter of One in Four, Inc., a nonprofit organization that works to raise awareness about and end sexual assault and rape, especially in collegiate and military settings. He also served as a housefellow, was a member of the cross country team and was captain of the men’s track and field team. The new trustees succeed Laura J. Allen ’81 and Young Alumni Trustee Gary Ng ’11. Trustees are eligible to be honored as emeriti trustees one year after retirement. At the May meeting, the Board voted to honor five past trustees with this distinction: William P. Barrack ’81, Constance H. Smith Gemmer ’80 P’10, Lynda Batter Munro ’76 P’08, Judith Tindal Opatrny ’72 and Kevin Wade ’76.
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