Alumni Association Board 2009-2010 |
ChairAlexis Gelber ’80, contributing editor, NewsweekVice ChairMichael Kubin '05, CEO and managing editor of Ionic Media, Inc.The BoardMyron Belkind '62, professorial lecturer, George Washington University's School of Media and Public AffairsRebecca Castillo '06, assistant director, Columbia Scholastic Press Association Jane Eisner '78, editor, The Forward Zubeida Jaffer '96, writer/author Shahabadeen Karim '95, news producer, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Fiona Kirk '00, freelance journalist Margaret McBride Lehrman '70, NBC News (retired) Richard Levine '63, president, Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, Inc. Steven Litt '80, art and architecture critic, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) Andrew Pergam '01, reporter with NBC30/WVIT-TV David Peterkin '82, executive director of news practices for ABC News Barry Rothfeld '73, president and publisher of the Poughkeepsie Journal Irina Slutsky '00, reporter, Geek Entertainment TV Gayle Pollard Terry '73, freelance writer Thomas Watkins '84, news editor, CNN Stephen Wolgast '92, instructor, School of Journalism & Mass Communications, Kansas State University Rick Zednik '94, commercial director and deputy chief executive, EurActiv About the Alumni BoardEach board member serves staggered terms, which are renewable for a full three-year term (maximum of two terms), and attends three annual meetings. The Society of Professional Journalists-Columbia chapter president and the alumni director serve as ex-officio members of the board. The chair of the Alumni Association serves as an ex-officio member of the J-School Board of Visitors as well as an ex-officio member of the Columbia Alumni Association.The Alumni Board was announced in April 2008, the culmination of a two-year process. In 2006-2007, an Alumni Association Task Force met to examine the mission, goals and best practices of a journalism school's alumni association, following the lead of Columbia University, which undertook an examination of its own Alumni Association. With the guidance of an outside consultant, the task force developed a strategic plan, which included a mission statement, primary goals and strategies. During 2007-2008, a transition team had the opportunity to lay the foundation for an Alumni Association that would work closely with the alumni relations office and serve as a link between the school and its alumni. |