2012-13
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Arthur J. Bellinzoni Carrie Bolton ’92, Vice Chair Marie Chapman Carroll ’75 Sarah C. Chase ’69, Secretary Fiona Morgan Fein ’65 Pamela Edgerton Ferguson ’69 Daniel J. Fessenden Stephen T. Golding Sarah J. Jankowski ’92 Stanley J. Kott, Chair Duncan Lawrence ’11 Alan L. Marchisotto Amy Cerand McNaughton ’86 Renée Forgensi Minarik ’80 Lisa Marsh Ryerson ’81 George S. Slocum Kevin A. Wilson ’12 Nancy Wenner Witmer ’61 Stephen L. Zabriskie
Wells
Editor-in-Chief Ann S. Rollo Managing Editor Clarissa Scott Editors Michael R. McGreevey Pamela Sheradin ’86 Editorial Assistants Hallett Burrall Jessica Corter David Foote ’11 Abigail Marnell Michele Vollmer Design Julia Reich Design | juliareichdesign.com Photography Jacqueline Conderacci George E. Farenthold Jr. Andrew Judson ’15 Nicole Pellegrino ’05 William Roberts Alex Schloop ’12 Neil Sjoblom Wells College Archives Debra Wilson
HONORARY TRUSTEES
Ann Harden Babcock ’45 John T. Bailey Katherine Gerwig Bailey ’52 Anne Wilson Baker ’46 David Barclay Nancy Barton Barclay ’56 Gordon Brummer Sara Clark Brummer ’56 Gail Fletcher Edwards ’57 George Edwards Jane Demarest Engel ’42 Lueza Thirkield Gelb ’52 Margery Leinroth Gotshall ’45 Suzanne N. Grey ’72 Joanne Lowell Johnson ’70 Shirley Cox Kearns ’54 David M. Lascell Jeannik Méquet Littlefield ’41 Edward E. Matthews Marcia Goetze Nappi ’56 Frank P. Reiche Janet Taylor Reiche ’52 Elizabeth Bowman Rothermel ’66 Shirley Schou Bacot Shamel ’58 Priscilla Slocum Virginia Grace Small ’50 Pike H. Sullivan Susan Wray Sullivan ’51 Martha Linton Whitehouse ’46 Henry F. Wood Jr.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS President
Lisa Marsh Ryerson ’81
Provost and Dean of the College
Cindy Speaker
Director of Communications and Marketing
Ann S. Rollo
Chief Operating Officer
Terry Newcomb
Vice President for Advancement
Michael R. McGreevey
Dean of Students
Jennifer Michael
Director of Admissions and Financial Aid
Susan Raith Sloan ’86
Assistant to the President
Kristen J. Phillips ’95
ASSOCIATION OF ALUMNAE AND ALUMNI BOARD President
On The Cover
Renée Forgensi Minarik ’80
Nominating Vice President
Class of 2012 graduates, Jennifer Miller (individualized major in business and entrepreneurship from Dunkirk, N.Y.), Melissa Miller (English major with a concentration in literature from Binghamton, N.Y.) and Mitchell Moulton (sociology and anthropology major with a concentration in sociology from Sheffield, M.A.) listen to the 2012 Commencement Address given by the 2010 Wells College Association Award recipient Karen Frankel Blum ’67.
Fran Trubilla Kissell ’78
Reunion Vice President
Mary Mitchell Goodman ’70
Retreat Vice President
Margaret Neenan Leahy ’84
WCA Trustees
Pamela Edgerton Ferguson ’69 Amy Cerand McNaughton ’86 Nancy Wenner Witmer ’61
National Annual Giving Chair
Sarah J. Jankowski ’92
Award Committee Chair
Sarah Messenger Gleason ’88
Member-at-Large
Stepheny Powell McGraw ’70 Betty Rodriguez Vislosky ’78
Member-at-Large, FARGO
Travis Niles ’09
Director of Alumnae and Alumni Relations
Laura Sanders
FSC FPO
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