1. Alum Association
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Alum Association Board of Directors

The Alum Association is governed by its Board of Directors, a group of dedicated alums who serve three-year terms. Several committees, some led by a member of the board, are actively involved in policy and program creation. They include the volunteer experience, classes and reunion, clubs and groups, communications, finance and nominating committees.

The board is a crucial part of the Alum Association’s vitality and success, and its members play a pivotal role in our programming and planning. Alums interested in serving on the board of directors or on a committee should send their names to the current Nominating Committee Chair Alessandra Hickson ’09 or to Trisha Tanner ’00, executive director of the Alum Association.

Rooted in History

At a time when women were not permitted to be trustees of colleges, Mary Lyon founded the Memorandum Society (the forerunner to the Alum Association) to give alums an independent voice and a financial role in the College’s future. In 1923, the Alum Association of Mount Holyoke College became an incorporated, not-for-profit organization with its own board of directors. There have been 38 alum board presidents over the years.
  1. Emily White Smith, class of 1858
    1872–1899*
  2. Mary Tuttle O’Bourdon, class of 1871
    1899–1905*
  3. Marion Gaylord Atwell, class of 1879
    1905–1910*
  4. Lucy Cope Shelmire, class of 1877
    1910–1915*
  5. Charlotte Leavitt Gilpatric, class of 1902
    1915–1920*
  6. Elizabeth Howell Wilkins, class of 1894
    1920–1925*
  7. Lena Aldrich Schuster, class of 1898
    1925–1928
  8. Margaret Steen Vauclain, class of 1901
    1928–1931
  9. Helene Pope Whitman, class of 1904
    1931–1934
  10. Maude Titus White, class of 1911
    1934–1937
  11. Gertrude Knox Wells, class of 1909
    1937–1940
  12. Margery Fassett Consoer, class of 1913
    1940–1943
  13. Christine Everts Greene, class of 1912
    1943–1945
  14. Jessie Scarborough, class of 1925
    1945–1949
  15. Louise Reynolds Weiser, class of 1919
    1949–1952
  16. Mary Budd Dunn, class of 1929
    1952–1955
  17. Mary Tuttle ’37
    1955–1958
  18. Dorothy Parr deFerranti ’30
    1958–1961
  19. Eleanor Greene Rogers ’42
    1961–1964
  20. Virginia Brillinger Sherman ’35
    1964–1967
  21. Barbara Waugh Stephenson ’45
    1967–1970
  22. Marcia Wells Erley ’46
    1970–1973
  23. Patricia Crane Furnivall ’50
    1973–1976
  24. Ann Schweitzer Alexander ’49
    1976–1979
  25. Deborah Holt McIntosh ’52
    1979–1982
  26. Barbara Hertwig Meschter ’37
    1982–1985
  27. Kathryn Eppston Rabinow ’64
    1985–1988
  28. Nancy Marks Perkins ’50
    1988–1991
  29. Linda Renasco Cadigan ’68
    1991–1994
  30. Margaret Claytor Woodbury ’58
    1994–1997
  31. Janet Hall ’70
    1997–2000
  32. Karen Hendricks ’76
    2000–2003
  33. Susan Beers Betzer ’65
    2003–2006
  34. Mary Graham Davis ’65
    2006–2009
  35. Cynthia Reed ’80
    2009–2014
  36. Marcia Brumit Kropf ’67
    2014–2018
  37. Maria Z. Mossaides ’73
    2018–2021
  38. Ellen Hyde Pace ’81
    2021-2024

* Presidents of the Memorandum Society (the forerunner to the Alum Association). In 1923 the Association became an incorporated, not-for-profit organization with its own board of directors.

Current members

President

W. Rochelle Calhoun ’83 P’13, President-Elect of the Alumnae Association Board of Trustees

W. Rochelle Calhoun ’83 P’13

  • Vice President for Campus Life, Princeton University, and MHC Alum Association President
  • Princeton, NJ

Members

Janice Albert ’82, Volunteer Experience Committee Chair, Mount Holyoke College Alumnae Association

Janice Abert ’82

  • Co-chair, Volunteer Experience Committee, Mount Holyoke College Alum Association
  • Heber City, UT
Naomi M. Barry-Pérez ’96, Alumnae Association Board

Naomi Barry-Pérez ’96

  • Chair, Clubs Committee, Mount Holyoke College Alum Association
  • Washington, D.C.
Akilah Noel Charlemagne ’00, Alumnae Association Board and Committee Member

Akilah Noel Charlemagne ’00

  • Vice President, Mount Holyoke College Alum Association
  • Buford, GA
Alexandra Crean ’12

Alex Crean ’12

  • Clerk, Mount Holyoke College Alum Association
  • Winchester, MA
Alessandra Hickson ’09

Alessandra Hickson ’09

  • Chair, Nominating Committee, Mount Holyoke College Alum Association
  • New York, NY
Diane Jones Lowrey, Alumnae Association Board of Trustees

Diane Jones Lowrey ’83

  • Chair, Communications Committee, Mount Holyoke College Alum Association
  • San Francisco, CA
Sabrina L. Mauer ’90

Sabrina L. Maurer ’90

  • Chair, Classes and Reunion Committee, Mount Holyoke College Alum Association
  • Guilford, CT
Nicole Villacrés-Reyes ’18, Alumnae Association Recent Alum Representative

Nicole Villacrés-Reyes ’18

  • Co-chair Volunteer Experience Committee
  • Recent Alum Representative, Mount Holyoke College Alum Association
  • Portland, ME
Oyinade Ogunbekun Wielock ’07

Oyinade Ogunbekun Wielock ’07

  • Alum Trustee-Elect, Mount Holyoke College Alum Association
  • Santa Monica, CA

Xiaosong (Shelly) Wu ’93

  • Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair, Mount Holyoke Alum Association
  • San Diego, CA

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Alum Association

The Alum Association is an independent organization that connects the global community of Mount Holyoke alums with each other and the College as we create meaningful change in the world.