Alum Association
Alum Association Board of Directors

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.

Alum Association Board Presidents

Emily White Smith, class of 1858
1872–1899*
Mary Tuttle O’Bourdon, class of 1871
1899–1905*
Marion Gaylord Atwell, class of 1879
1905–1910*
Lucy Cope Shelmire, class of 1877
1910–1915*
Charlotte Leavitt Gilpatric, class of 1902
1915–1920*
Elizabeth Howell Wilkins, class of 1894
1920–1925*
Lena Aldrich Schuster, class of 1898
1925–1928
Margaret Steen Vauclain, class of 1901
1928–1931
Helene Pope Whitman, class of 1904
1931–1934
Maude Titus White, class of 1911
1934–1937
Gertrude Knox Wells, class of 1909
1937–1940
Margery Fassett Consoer, class of 1913
1940–1943
Christine Everts Greene, class of 1912
1943–1945
Jessie Scarborough, class of 1925
1945–1949
Louise Reynolds Weiser, class of 1919
1949–1952
Mary Budd Dunn, class of 1929
1952–1955
Mary Tuttle ’37
1955–1958
Dorothy Parr deFerranti ’30
1958–1961
Eleanor Greene Rogers ’42
1961–1964
Virginia Brillinger Sherman ’35
1964–1967
Barbara Waugh Stephenson ’45
1967–1970
Marcia Wells Erley ’46
1970–1973
Patricia Crane Furnivall ’50
1973–1976
Ann Schweitzer Alexander ’49
1976–1979
Deborah Holt McIntosh ’52
1979–1982
Barbara Hertwig Meschter ’37
1982–1985
Kathryn Eppston Rabinow ’64
1985–1988
Nancy Marks Perkins ’50
1988–1991
Linda Renasco Cadigan ’68
1991–1994
Margaret Claytor Woodbury ’58
1994–1997
Janet Hall ’70
1997–2000
Karen Hendricks ’76
2000–2003
Susan Beers Betzer ’65
2003–2006
Mary Graham Davis ’65
2006–2009
Cynthia Reed ’80
2009–2014
Marcia Brumit Kropf ’67
2014–2018
Maria Z. Mossaides ’73
2018–2021
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

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

Members

Janice Abert ’82

Co-chair, Volunteer Experience Committee, Mount Holyoke College Alum Association
Heber City, UT

Marie Bacchiocchi ’88

Chair, Classes & Reunions
Manalapan, NJ

Naomi Barry-Pérez ’96

Chair, Clubs Committee, Mount Holyoke College Alum Association
Washington, D.C.

Akilah Noel Charlemagne ’00

Vice President, Mount Holyoke College Alum Association
Buford, GA

Alex Crean ’12

Clerk, Mount Holyoke College Alum Association
Winchester, MA

Sarita Gupta ’96

Vice President of US Programs, Ford Foundation
Alum Trustee
New York, NY

Alessandra Hickson ’09

Chair, Nominating Committee, Mount Holyoke College Alum Association
New York, NY

Diane Jones Lowrey ’83

Chair, Communications Committee, Mount Holyoke College Alum Association
San Francisco, CA

Melissa Marietta ’00

Director at Large (Lifelong Learning)
Cooperstown, NY

Beth McGuire ’96

Director at Large (Marketing)
Eden Prairie, MN

Yuch Miller ’13

Director at Large (Global Initiatives)
Plano, TX

Sowmya Subramanian ’96

Alum Trustee-Elect
Mountain View, CA

Nicole Villacrés-Reyes ’18

Co-chair Volunteer Experience Committee
Recent Alum Representative, Mount Holyoke College Alum Association
Portland, ME

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.