Karen M. Hendricks '76, Brian T. Keane, Leslie Anne Miller '73, Anthony S. Ocepek, and Avery B. Ouellette '98 (young alumna trustee) have joined Mount Holyoke's board of trustees. The new board members were on campus last weekend.
Karen Hendricks '76 joins the board for a three-year term as the new president of the Alumnae Association. She is assistant director of the Department of Federal Affairs at the American Academy of Pediatrics in Washington, D.C. After earning her A.B. degree in political science from Mount Holyoke, Hendricks went on to receive a J.D. degree from New York University in 1979. In addition to her extensive work for the Alumnae Association, she is active in many community organizations, including the Junior League of Washington, the Capitol Area YWCA, and the Montgomery County Community Development Block Grant Advisory Committee.

Brian T. Keane is the chief executive officer of Keane, Inc., a firm that helps companies plan, build, and manage application software to achieve business advantage. He earned his undergraduate degree cum laude from Harvard University in 1983 and went on to earn an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School in 1987. His wife, Elizabeth Furnivall Keane '84, and his mother-in-law, former trustee Patricia Crane Furnivall '50, have also made many contributions to the Mount Holyoke community over the years.

Leslie Anne Miller '73 is a partner at McKissock & Hoffman, P.C. in Philadelphia. She received her A.B. degree cum laude from Mount Holyoke, her J.D. degree from the Dickinson School of Law in 1977, and her LL.M. with honors from Temple University School of Law. A former president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Miller has served in a variety of positions in a number of legal professional associations. Miller also serves as director of the boards of the Philadelphia Public Broadcasting System, the Philadelphia Regional Performing Arts Center, the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation, and the Pennsylvania Legal Services Corporation. She is a member of the board of the Pennsylvania Ballet and of the Academy of Music. Miller joins the Mount Holyoke board as an alumna trustee.

Anthony Ocepek is currently chairman of Riverside No. 2 Ventures, LLC. He is co-CEO of GeoVideo Networks, Inc., and was previously senior vice president of OmniAmerica, Inc., which merged with American Tower Corporation in 1999. In addition to his broadcasting and communications business involvement, Ocepek is a partner and financial coordinator of OWO Investments, the developers of the Heisley Center Corporate and Industrial Park. He has been active in many service and business organizations and was a director of Lake County National Bank and Bank One of Northeastern Ohio, Citizen Savings and Loan Company, Lake County Development Corporation, Lake County Historical Society, and the Corporate Board of the Holden Arboretum. He is currently active in a number of business and trade organizations and was a former trustee of the Lake County Parks Foundation and Phillips-Osborne School. Ocepek, a 1961 graduate of Kent State University, lives with his wife, Margaret Benes Ocepek '66, and their three children in Palm Beach, Florida.

Avery B. Ouellette '98 begins a three-year term as the new young alumna trustee. Ouellette, who received her degree in international relations magna cum laude, is a research assistant for the National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives in Washington, D.C., where she provides research for projects with a particular focus on gender and community development and assists with the preparation of the center's documents. In her senior year, Ouellette was president of the Student Government Association and worked in the Weissman Center for Leadership. As a student, she was active in Model UN and participated in the youth caucus of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.