CLA Alumni Society Board
2006-2007 CLA Alumni Society Board of Directors
Board Officers
President: Paul Meierant
President-elect: Wendy Williams Blackshaw
Treasurer: Janet Drummond
Recording Secretary: Jill Driscoll
Immediate Past President , Nominating Committee Chair: W. Shane Schmidt
CLA Representative to UMAA National Board of Directors: Jim du Bois
Board Members
Wendy Williams Blackshaw (B.A. ’82)
President-Elect; Member, Executive Committee; Co-Chair, Academic Programs Committee
Jill B. Driscoll (B.A. ’94)
Recording Secretary; Member, Executive Committee; Chair, Student Relations Committee
Janet K. Drummond, (B.A. ’91, M.A. ’95)
Treasurer; Member, Executive Committee; Chair, College and Alumni Relations Committee
Jim du Bois (B.A. ’87)
CLA Representative to UMAA National Board of Directors; Co-Chair, Academic Programs Committee
Mary Eichhorn-Hicks (M.A. ’83)
Member, College and Alumni Relations Committee
Jane Magnuson (B.A. ’97)
Member, Student Relations Committee
Joan Marcantelli (B.A. ’54)
Member, College and Alumni Relations Committee
Paul Meierant (B.A. ’94)
President and Chair, Executive Committee; Member, College and Alumni Relations Committee
Nancy Peters (B.A. ’76)
Member, Student Relations Committee
Ex-Officio Volunteers and Former Board Members
W. Shane Schmidt (B.A. ’87, B.A. ’90)
Roles served: Immediate Past President; Chair, Nominating Committee
Nita Luis (B.A., '72, J.D., '77)
Roles served: Past President/Immediate Past CLA Rep. to UMAA National Board of Directors; Member, Nominating Committee; Member, Academic Programs Committee
Roger Beck (M.A., '68, Ph.D., '87)
Roles served: Past President; Member, Academic Programs Committee
Jeff Will (B.S., '86)
Roles served: Secretary/Treasurer and Member, Executive Committee
EX-OFFICIO STAFF
Erica Moe Giorgi (B.A., '95)
Director, Alumni Relations and Annual Giving, CLA
Mary Hicks
Director of External Relations, College of Liberal Arts
The Mission of the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Alumni Society is to create and sustain a network of relationships for the College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Alumni Association, and University of Minnesota Foundation. This network of relationships is dynamic and creates value in its ability to unite students, faculty, friends, and alumni.
The Purpose of the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Alumni Society is to:
- Support the education, research and service functions of the College of Liberal Arts and within the community of interests that the University of Minnesota serves.
- Stimulate the continued interest in, and promote the image of, the College of Liberal Arts to students, graduates, and former students in the College of Liberal Arts and University of Minnesota.
- Provide an opportunity for alumni to participate actively, as appropriate, in the affairs of the College of Liberal Arts and the University of Minnesota.
- Encourage lifetime study of the liberal arts and sciences.
- Generate interest in and respect for scholarship.
(Last updated: 9/13/06)