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

Suzanne Appel '02, Officer and Chair, Wesleyan Fund Volunteer Leadership Committee
Managing Director, Vineyard Theater
(New York, N.Y.)

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

Gail (Jenkins) Farris '84, P'14, '16, Officer and Member, Athletics Advisory Council (AAC)
(Atlanta, Ga.)

Keyonne Session '17, Officer and Secretary
Enablement Trainer, Closing, Better
(New York, N.Y.)

Thank you to all who voted in this year's election. Learn more about the 2023 Alumni-Elected Trustees.

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 third of the Board is elected by the alumni body. 

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.

Aaron Veera '14, Co-Chair, Wesleyan Asian Pacific American Council (APAAC)
Growth Strategist + Educator
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. 

Nikolas Ortega '19, Co-Chair, Wesleyan Latino Alumni Network (WesLAN)
Growth Strategist, Google
San Francisco, Calif.

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

Michele Barnwell '89, Co-Chair, Wesleyan Black Alumni Council (BAC)
Writer and Executive Producer, Reel Roost
Los Angeles, Calif.

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

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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
Managing Partner, Brookfield Asset Management

Julie Elizabeth Bennett '00
Director, Citigroup Inc.

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

Julie W. Coffman '88
Partner, Bain & Company

Sarah Columbia '82
Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP

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 

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 Giamo '11, MALS '15
Director of Strategic Management, Fedway Associates

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

Rob King '84
Senior Vice President and Executive Editor-at-Large, Content at ESPN

Eric J. Krasnoo '84
Senior Vice President, US Sailing

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

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

Karen Adair Miller '83 
Trustee, Northwood School

Rob Miller '82
TV Agent, Creative Artists Agency

John M. Moriarty Jr. P'21

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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2023-2024 Binswanger Committee

Bobby Donaldson ’93, chair
Associate Professor of History, University of South Carolina
Columbia, S.C.

Gloster Aaron
Associate Professor of Biology, Wesleyan University
Middletown, Conn.

Jane Eisner ’77, P’06, ’12
Director of Academic Affairs, Columbia School of Journalism
New York, N.Y.

Andrew Fippinger ’03
Dean of Faculty, Horace Mann School
New York, N.Y.

Erika Franklin Fowler
Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
Middletown, Conn.

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

Maria Ospina
Associate Professor of Spanish, Wesleyan University
New Haven, Conn.

Lauren Glotzer ’94, chair
Chief Strategy Officer, Chegg, Inc. Scarsdale, NY

Christine Bolzan ’92
Executive Director, Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute
Boston, MA

Andrew Calica ’01
Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
New York, NY

Marcus Chung ’98
VP, Manufacturing & Supply Chain, ThirdLove
San Francisco, CA

David Davenport ’88
Managing Director, NY Greenbank
New York, NY

David Hill ’86
President, DHill Professional Services LLC
Silver Spring, MD

Nick Meyer ’90, P’25
President of Film, Eone & CEO, Sierra/Affinity Los Angeles, CA

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

Monisha Nariani ’99
Chief Operating Officer, Citigroup, Inc. New York, NY

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)
• Regulations for the Election of Alumni Elected Trustees (.doc)
• Alumni Association Bylaws (.pdf)
• Regulations for the Selection of the Binswanger Prize (.doc)