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Cornell University Council
Administrative Board 2009–2010

The council is managed by the Administrative Board, a group of elected and ex officio members. Board members are selected from university administrators, trustees, faculty, council members at large, alumni officers, and council committee chairs, and offer balanced representation and communication on all aspects of the council's work for the university.

The Administrative Board meets at least three times a year to discuss committee activities, university issues, faculty, development, and other items important to the council and to Cornell. Officers and members at large are your representatives. You should let a board member know about anything you think requires the board's attention.

Officers
Council officers are the chair, three vice chairs (or a number the Administrative Board feels is necessary), the executive director, and the director. The Administrative Board selects the chair and the vice chairs from council membership.

  • Chair: Oversees the organization and affairs of the council, is an ex officio member of all committees with full voting privileges, and is responsible for keeping the administrative board and the council informed on all council matters. The chair recommends to the administrative board new ways to increase the council's usefulness to the university.
  • Vice chairs: Assignments to be chosen by the chair, as needed. Attend Administrative Board meetings and assist the chair.
  • Executive director: Cornell's associate vice president for Alumni Affairs and Development.
  • Director: Director of the Office of the Councils, who directs the day-to-day business of the council.

Chair

Mitchell D. Lee AB '90, JD '96

Vice Chairs

Ariel E. Belen JD '81
Roderick Gong-Wah Chu MBA '71
Katrina E. James BS HE '96
John Quinones BS ILR '87
Jay F. Taylor BS CALS '80

Ex Officio Members

Chair, Board of Trustees
Peter C. Meinig '61, BME '62

Chair, Board of Trustees Executive Committee
Diana M. Daniels AB '71

President of the University
David J. Skorton

Provost
W. Kent Fuchs

Executive Director, Cornell University Council
Associate Vice President, Alumni Affairs & Development
Christopher V. Marshall

President, Alumni Federation
Nancy Abrams Dreier BS CALS '86

President, Cornell Association of Class Officers
Robert A. Rosenberg BS CALS '88

Chairs, Alumni Affairs & Development Comm.
Stephen B. Ashley BS CALS '62, MBA '64
Jan Rock Zubrow AB '77

Immediate Past Chair, Cornell University Council
Ronni Chernoff BS HE '67

Chair, Parents Fund Committee
D. Richard and Susan Blume Rowland PA '07, '12
Laurence and Diane Levy PA '08, '11

Chair, President's Council of Cornell Women
Carolyn Press Landis BS CALS '65
                                
Director, Cornell University Council
Marisue Taube '75

Standing Committees and Chairs

Admissions and Financial Aid
Cynthia Kubas BS CALS '78

Annual Meeting Planning 2009
Katrina E. James BS HE '96

Annual Meeting Planning 2010
Ronald T. Carman AB '73

Athletics Alumni Advisory
Jay W. Carter BS ENGR '71, MEN OR&IE '72

Committee on Career Services
Deborah Gerard Adelman BS HE '71, MS '74

Committee on Sustainability: Energy, Environment, and Economic Development
Hansen Hashim Clarke BFA AAP ���84

Committee on the Arts
Nancy Cooke McAfee AB '63
Rochelle Michlin Proujansky AB '71

Cornell's Adult University Alumni Advisory Board
TBD

Governmental Relations
Eliot J. Greenwald AB '73

Human Resources Advisory
Judy S. Huret PA '93, '96

International Programs
TBD  

Membership
TBD

Nominating
Ronni Chernoff BS HE '67

Public Relations
Betty Eng BS HE '92

Student & Academic Services
Annie Y. Wong AB '77

Technology Transfer
Kenneth W. Gurrola MBA '95

Trustee Members

Diana M. Daniels AB ���71
William V. Eaton BS HotelAdmin '61
Lisa M. Skeete Tatum BS ENGR '89

Faculty Members

Kent Kleinman
Michael I. Kotlikoff
Susan H. Murphy AB '74, PHD CALS '94
Donald A. Rakow MPS CALS '77, PHD CALS '87

Members At Large

Deborah Gerard Adelman BS HE '71, MS '74
Karen Tanner Allen AB '83
Ronald T. Carman AB '73
Robert I. Chodock BS HE '89
Natalie E. Cornell AB '79
Duane J. Dyson AB '81
Alexis O. Fernandez BAR AAP '83
Jeffrey D. Goldstein BS ILR '90
Ann C. Harris '77, BS CALS '82, DVM '83
Muriel B. Kuhs AB '61
Brian J. Miller AB '79
Scott J. Pesner BS CALS '87
Jay M. Silpe AB '94
Annie Y. Wong AB '77

Contact Us

130 E. Seneca Street, Suite 400
Ithaca, NY 14850-4353
ph: 607-254-7104
fax: 607-254-7139
Email: cucouncil-mailbox@cornell.edu

Council Webmaster: alumniwebmaster@cornell.edu