Five executive officers are elected by the Alumni Council at spring meetings.
President (One 2-year term)
Christine Cronin Gallagher ’83
Vice President (One 2-year term)
Theresa Donohue Egler '77
Treasurer (Up to two 2-year terms)
Kathleen Dill ‘89
Legal Counsel (Up to three 2-year terms)
Michael F. Morrone ’68
Executive Secretary Ex Officio (Indefinite number of 1-year terms)
Timothy Mansfield
28 ERA REPRESENTATIVES: (4-year term) Seven new representatives elected each year. Recommended by the Nominations Committee and approved by vote of the Alumni Council during the fall meeting, and ratified at the annual meeting of the Alumni Corporation. Proposed slate is listed in the winter edition of the
Colgate Scene, which also summarizes the method for contesting the proposed slate through nomination by petition. If no new nominations are made, the Executive Secretary is authorized to cast a unanimous ballot for the Alumni Council’s proposed slate at the annual meeting of the Alumni Corporation during Reunion Weekend.
*NOTE: Era groupings are reconfigured every three years to reflect an even distribution of the current alumni population. The era groupings above are based on a reconfiguration done during the summer of 2010.
EIGHT AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVES: (4-year term) Two new representatives elected each year, in the same manner as era representatives.
NINE REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS (RVP): (4-year term) Recommended by Nominations Committee and elected by the Alumni Council at the spring meeting. All nine RVPs serve on the District Clubs Committee.
| AREA | | # ALUMNI | | RVP |
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Metro I
(NYC, LI, Westchester, Fairfield) | | 5,747 | | Joanna E. Allegretti '05
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| New England | | 4,984 | | Travis I. Leach '94
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Mid-Atlantic
(PA, DE, MD, DC, WV, VA) | | 4,252 | | Christopher J. Gavigan '84
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| Upstate New York | | 3,275 | | Nancy Miller Maynard '05 |
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| Far West | | 3,253 | | Valerie Shapiro '02
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| Southeastern | | 2,642 | | Laura Kurlander '84
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| Mid-West | | 2,517 | | Daniel J. Solomon '05 |
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| Southwest/International | | 2,400 | | Katie Chamberlain Roberts '01
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Metro II
(NJ except Phila. suburbs) | | 2,171 | | Melissa J. Coley '79
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| TOTAL ALUMNI | | 31,241 | |
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SIX ALUMNI TRUSTEES: (Up to two 3-year terms) When a seat is vacant, the Executive
Committee recommends one current or past member of the Alumni Council as a candidate
for Alumni Trustee. Nominations from the floor are also considered. The candidate is
approved by the Alumni Council at the January meeting and forwarded to the Board of
Trustees Nominations Committee.