Ellen Glazerman ’84, P'26, Chair
Executive Director, Ernst & Young, LLP
Boston, Mass.  

Osborne “Oz” Hazel ’03, Chair of the Wesleyan Fund
Executive Search & General Counsel, The Marymont Group
New York, N.Y.

Melvin Acevedo ’99, Officer and Chair, AOCC
Vice President, Jennison Associated, LLC
New York, N.Y.

Keyonne Session ’17, Officer and Secretary
Recruiting Enablement Program Manager, Datadog
New York, N.Y.

Sadasia McCutchen ’17, Officer and Vice Chair, AOCC 
Head of Ecosystem, SignalFire
San Francisco, CA

Each year, Wesleyan alumni elect three of their peers to serve on the University’s Board of Trustees for a three-year term. While many schools have some Alumni-Elected Trustee representation, Wesleyan is unique in that nearly one quarter of the Board is elected by the alumni body. 

Voting for the 2025 Alumni-Elected Trustees is now live. Invitations have been sent out to all eligible voters. Learn more about our Alumni-Elected Trustee candidates. 

Feel free to nominate fellow alumni for the next cycle. Invitations to vote will be sent out in the Spring. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us. 

Melvin Acevedo ’99, Chair
Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis, Jennison Associates, LLC
New York, N.Y.

Kora Shin '10, MALS ’18, Co-Chair, Wesleyan Asian Pacific American Council (APAAC)
Associate Director of College Counseling, Head-Royce School
Oakland, Calif. 

Vacant, Co-Chair, Wesleyan Asian Pacific American Council (APAAC)

Nikolas Ortega ’19, Co-Chair, Wesleyan Latino Alumni Network (WesLAN)
Graduate Student
New York, N.Y.

Charlotte Castillo ’94, Co-Chair, Wesleyan Latino Alumni Network (WesLAN)
Managing Director, Poderistas
New York, N.Y.

Joy Rhoden Lewis ’92, Co-Chair, Wesleyan Black Alumni Council (BAC)
Senior Vice President, Health, Equity Strategies and Executive Director, Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, American Hospital Association
Washington, D.C.

Melissa Miller ’07, BAC Co-Chair, Wesleyan Black Alumni Council (BAC)
Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice, Oak Knoll School
Newark, N.J.

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Anthony J. Antonellis ’86, P’15, ’17  
Senior Partner/Attorney, Sloane & Walsh

David S. Bagatelle ’86 
Chief Banking Officer, Credit Sesame

Andrea Balkan ’86, P’22
Independant Trustee, Principal Credit Real Estate Income Trust

Julie Elizabeth Bennett ’00
Director, Citigroup Inc.

John F. Brown ’85 
Executive Vice President, Head of Global Client Development, Intech

Michael Charlton ’89, P’27

Julie W. Coffman ’88
Partner, Bain & Company

Gretchen Cooney ’83
Self-employed

Alan M. Dachs ’70, Hon’07, P’98, Emeritus 
President, CEO & Director, Fremont Group

Robert B. Davidson III ’83, P’16 
Advisor, TrueMarket LLC

Margaret Dunham Dempsey ’85, P’18, ’19 
Independent Education Professional

Gail Jenkins Farris ’84, P’14, ’16 

William J. Frischling ’86 
Director, Lord Abbett & Co. LLC

Joseph Giaimo ’11, MALS ’15
Wealth Advisor, J.P. Morgan Wealth Management

Peter J. Hicks ’72, Emeritus 
Former Co-Founder & Managing Director at Linx Partners, LLC

Jed Daniel Hoyer ’96, Emeritus 
Executive Vice President and General Manager, Chicago Cubs

Blair Ingraham ’14 MALS ’19 
Associate Director of Admission, St. George's School

Moira McNamara James ’78, P’10, ’16
Director, Digital Media, The Conference Board

Mark Karvosky ’97, MA ’98
Portfolio Manager, EverPoint Asset Management

Eric J. Krasnoo ’84
Executive Director, Coast Guard Academy Athletic Corporation 

John A. Kuhn ’86, P’15, ’17, ’19
President, Westfield Speciality

Andrew Lacey ’89
Deputy Chairman at Lazard Asset Management

Dana Aliza Levy ’12
Co-Founder at Sporos Bioventures

Madeleine Lundberg ’19
Corporate Development & Strategy, Equality Health

Daniel S. Lynch ’80, P’11, ’14, Co-Chair 
Executive Venture Partner, GVteam

Andrew Marrochello ’91
Director of Athletics, Boston University

W. Michael McKenna ’73 
Founder and Managing Partner, McKenna & Partners

Sean M. McKeown ’77, Emeritus 
Vice President/Purchasing, McMaster-Carr Supply Company

Seta Nazarian ’79, P’13 
Independent Non-Profit Organization Management Professional

Steven B. Pfeiffer ’69, Hon’99, P’99, ’05, ’08, ’13, Emeritus

Francine V. Rivkin ’78 
Consultant, Rivkin Small Business Consulting

David C. Robinson ’87, P’18
Former General Counsel and Executive Vice President, The Hartford

Dennis R. Robinson ’79, P’13 
President & COO, Mill Town Capital/Bousquet Enterprises

Patrick J. Ryan, Jr. ’85, P’22
Partner, Chief Credit Officer, Apollo Global Management's Credit Business

Warren C. Smith, Jr. ’78 
Managing Partner, Staley Capital Management

Ramanan Brian Sivalingam ’10

David B. Thomas ’77, P’15 
Co-Founder, Thomas & Dennler, LLC

Tim R. Warner ’73
Vice Provost, Stanford University

Susan Webster ’77, P’18, Co-Chair
General Counsel, Fremont Group

Michael F. Whalen ’83 (Durham, CT)
Director of Athletics; Adjunct Professor of Physical Education, Wesleyan University

The Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching was inaugurated in 1993 as an institutional recognition of outstanding faculty members. One to three Binswanger Prizes are presented each year, selected by the Binswanger Committee, and are made possible by the generosity of the Binswanger family that counts numerous Wesleyan alumni, alumnae and parents in its ranks. The standards and criteria for the annual prizes shall be excellence in teaching, as exemplified by commitment to the classroom and student accomplishment, intellectual demands placed on students, lucidity and passion. Recommendations may be based on any of the types of teaching that are done at the University including, but not limited to, teaching in lecture courses, seminars, laboratories, creative and performance-based courses, research tutorials and other individual and group tutorials at the undergraduate and graduate level.

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact us.

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2024-2025 Binswanger Committee

Jane Eisner ’77, P’06, ’12, Chair
Journalist
New York, NY

Andrew Fippinger ’03
Dean of Faculty, Horace Mann School
New York, NY

Ellen Glazerman ’84, P’26
Executive Director, Ernst & Young LLP
Boston, MA

Maria Ospina
Associate Professor of Spanish
Chair, Romance Languages and Literatures
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT

Tushar Irani
Professor of Philosophy and Letters
Faculty Director, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT

Meredith Hughes
Associate Professor of Astronomy
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT

2024-25 Trustee Nominating Committee

Andrew Calica ’01, Chair
Partner, King & Spaulding
New York, NY

Christine Bolzan ’92
Vice Chancellor of Experiential Education
Northeastern University
Boston, MA

Ellen Glazerman ’84, P’26
Executive Director, Ernst & Young Foundation
Boston, MA

Nick Meyer ’90, P’25
Entertainment Executive
Los Angeles, CA

Pritha Mittal ’96
Regional Head, Macquarie Group Foundation
New York, NY

Nick Nazarian ’13
Vice President, Everest Realty Company
New York, NY

Lauren Tobias ’99
Chief Maven at Maven Messaging and Communications
Washington, DC

Laurel Wise ’95, P’26
Educational Consultant
Richmond, VA

All graduates of Wesleyan University, all non-graduates who have attended the University for at least one semester and whose classes have graduated, all persons who have received honorary degrees from the University, all persons who are or have been trustees of the University, and all persons who may, from time to time, be entitled to vote for alumni-elected trustees shall be members of the Alumni Association. There are well over 30,000 alumni in all 50 states and many nations around the world.

The Association is governed by an Executive Committee including the officers; one or more representatives from each active Council and Committee of the Association, including no fewer than three representatives of regional Wesleyan clubs; and up to seven at-large representatives from among members of the Association.

The Executive Committee sets priorities for the Alumni Association and works with University Relations staff to facilitate and promote regional events and activities (e.g. president's receptions, faculty talks, cultural events, athletic events, community service events and Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) events), alumni of color activities, seminars, fundraising, career advising and networking, and recruitment of prospective students. 

Subcommittees of the Executive Committee include the Wesleyan Fund National Committee, which provides direction and support for The Wesleyan Fund; the Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching Committee, which reviews recommendations from students and alumni as well as teaching evaluations to select three faculty members each year; and the Nominating Committee, which oversees selection of trustees candidates for annual election.

The Executive Committee meets twice a year. An annual meeting for all alumni is held during Reunion & Commencement Weekend.

• Alumni Association Constitution (.pdf)
• Alumni Association Bylaws (.pdf)