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Alumnae Association Board of Directors

 

The board of directors provides guidance and leadership to the Alumnae Association of Smith College. Directors have a range of experience and expertise that benefits the Association, its staff, and alumnae. If you would like to be considered for a director’s position, please click here.

 

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Lynn Smith Fox '77
Canton, NY
President, AASC Board of Directors, 2011–2014
SMITH VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE: Member, class Fund team; director, Alumnae Association Board of Directors; chair, Alumnae Fund; class president; Fund team coordinator, 20th Reunion; member, Smith clubs of Washington, DC; Pasadena, CA; St. Louis, MO.

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC EXPERIENCE: Senior advisor, Federal Reserve Board of Governors; assistant to the Federal Reserve Board; community volunteer, leading efforts to refurbish downtown Canton
 
 

Laura Thomas Rivero ’84
Miami, Florida
Vice president, 2011–2014
SMITH VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE: Chair, AASC Nominating Committee; Alumnae Association Regional Coordinator (AARC) for Florida; class Fund agent (25th reunion); former president, Smith College Club of Miami.
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC EXPERIENCE: Assistant United States Attorney, specializing in criminal and civil appellate law.
 
 
Erika Brewer

Erika Smith Brewer ’86
New York, New York
Treasurer, 2011–2014
SMITH VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE: Class Fund agent; secretary and Fund team coordinator; board of trustees, Smith College Club of New York City; chair, Membership Committee; Theater Benefit Committee.
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC EXPERIENCE: General manager, The Wallace Dillman and Brewer Family Farms; vice president, JPMorgan Chase and predecessor banks; treasurer and chair of finance and development committees, Calhoun School Board; treasurer, brown bag program, Christ and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church; board of trustees, The Brownstone School; board president, Yerkes Cemetery Association; chair of planning and budget, St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church Vestry; volunteer, Gay Men’s Health Crisis Child Life Program.
 
 

Peg Merzbacher '77
Norwell, Massachusetts
Clerk, 2009–2012
SMITH VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE: NAAC for Region 1 (MA); AAC, Massachusetts South Shore; class fund agent; member, Boston Smith club.

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC EXPERIENCE: Director of marketing, Peapod, one of the country’s largest Internet grocers; over 25 years of experience in retail food marketing in both the bricks and mortar and online grocery channels; local chairperson for American Field Service Foreign Exchange Program; host of several foreign students, Girl Scout leader.
 
 

Judy Johnson Campagnari '85
Westerly, RI
Chair, Classes Committee, 2010–2013
SMITH VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE: Gold Key guide; class president; Alumnae Fund Committee; class Fund agent.

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC EXPERIENCE: Director, Commercial Development, Pfizer Inc; trustee, Westerly Adult Day Care Center, Westerly, RI; board director, Ocean Community YMCA, Westerly, RI; president, advisory board, St. Michael School, Pawcatuck, CT; assistant director, Smith College Office of Admission; associate director, Smith College Office of Career Development; recipient, MBA, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh; mother of one daughter.

 
 

Fiona Ward Clapp '87
New Rochelle, New York
Chair, NAAC, 2009–2013
SMITH VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE: AAC and member, Smith College Club of Westchester, New York; NAAC for Region 4 (New York State); former member, Smith College Club of London; volunteer, 20th Reunion Committee.

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC EXPERIENCE: Former retail sales manager, Tiffany & Co., New York City and London; former task force chair and member of the Grants Committee, Golden Shoestring; member of the Scholarship Committee and sustaining member, Junior League of Westchester-on-the-Sound; Annual Fund parent volunteer, Hackley School; former member of the Benefit Committee, Concordia Conservatory; former fundraising chair, SJP School; mother of boy and twin girls.
 
 

Susan Goodall '83
New York, New York
Director, SAQ Liaison, 2010–2013
SMITH VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE: Class vice president, 10th Reunion.

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC EXPERIENCE: Editorial development director, executive managing editor, both at Glamour magazine; managing editor, deputy editor, executive editor, all at Worth magazine; editorial business manager, Vanity Fair; foreign editions manager and assistant to the editor, both at Harper's Bazaar; oversees Glamour Women of the Year Fund, an initiative to raise money for charities that support grassroots activists; board member, New York Women in Communications Foundation.
 
 

Sarah Khurshid Khan '87
New York, New York
Chair, Affinity and Special Interest Groups, 2010–2013
SMITH VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE: Speaker, "Building Community: A Conference and Reunion for Students and Alumnae of Color," 2008; Smith Book Club of Madison; Smith alumnae informal gatherings in Madison; Smith College Club of New York City; attended 10th and 15th Reunions.

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC EXPERIENCE: Director, Founder, The Tasting Cultures Foundation, Assistant scientist, University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Family Medicine/Integrative Medicine; US program consultant, Global Diversity Fund, New York City; editor, Integrative Medicine Updates newsletter, University of Wisconsin; Khan Nutritional Consulting, and Long Island College Hospital School; graduate research fellow and assistant, Columbia University; intern, Women, Infants and Children of New York City; intern and researcher, Médecins Sans Frontières in Paris; member, Society for Economic Botany; member, advisory board, Natural Gourmet Institute; recipient, PhD in plant sciences/ethnobotany, CUNY Graduate Center, NY Botanical Garden; recipient, master's in public health and master's in human clinical nutrition, both from Columbia University.
 
 

Peggie Ward Koon '74
Augusta, Georgia
Director, 2009–2012
SMITH VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE: Hostess for Coretta Scott King’s pre-funeral musical celebration with classmate Yolanda King ’75; participant, 2004 Smith College Alumnae of Color Weekend; longtime AAC for various regions around the country; member, BASC.

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC EXPERIENCE: Deputy COO, Morris DigitalWorks; long career in the field of process control and process automation. Author of 16 technical papers on process control, process automation, computer integrated manufacturing, optimal resource allocation, disaster recovery, partnering, and other IT management issues for professional organizations such as the International Society of Automation(ISA) and the IEEE Industry Applications Society. DVP-Elect ISA Industries & Sciences (2010-2012), ISA Honors & Awards Committee (2009-2011), Past Director ISA Management Division, Marketing & Sales Summit Planning Committee, Board of Directors Women’s Ministry, First Baptist Church

 
 
Catherine Webb

Catherine Webb ’70, MD
Chicago, Illinois
Director, 2011–2014
SMITH VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE: President, Smith College Club of Ann Arbor, Michigan; board of directors, Smith College Club of Chicago; class Fund agent (25th Reunion); special gifts committee (30th Reunion).
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC EXPERIENCE: Board certified pediatric cardiologist with thirty years’ experience caring for patients at Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, and C.S. Mott Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI; currently, professor of pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, and professor emeritus of pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; mentor to many students and fellows in their graduate education programs; member of multiple hospital, medical school, and university committees as well as numerous organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and World Heart Federation; author of multiple scientific publications and papers; listed in multiple “best doctor” publications. Volunteer and civic experience: Sustaining fellow and governing member, Art Institute of Chicago; board of directors, Shaw Chicago; governing member, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; board of directors, Chicago Chamber Musicians.
 
 

Leslie Dean Mark '83
Leawood, Kansas
Chair, Regional Club Coordinators (RCC), 2009–2012
SMITH VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE: Alumnae admissions volunteer; class fund agent; 25-year volunteer and past president, Greater Kansas City Smith College Club; RCC for Region 8 (Midwest).

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC EXPERIENCE: Owner, LDM Calligraphy & Graphic Design; line designer/artist, Hallmark Cards, Inc.; member, the Washington Calligraphers Guild; Helzberg Fellow, Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City; member/volunteer, AFS-USA; local school volunteer.
 
 

Ann Mitchell '75
Alexandria, VA
Director, 2010–2013
SMITH VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE: Class Fund agent and member, 30th Reunion committee; member, Smith College Club of Washington, DC; former AAC of Smith College Clubs in Greenfield, MA, Milton, MA, and Greenville, SC.

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC EXPERIENCE: President and CEO, Montgomery Hospice; director, Hospice of the Greenville Hospital System; hospice director and MeSH administrator, Franklin Medical Center; research analyst, Yale Center for Health Studies; credit analyst/lending officer, Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City and Rio de Janeiro; board member, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization; member, personnel lay ministry, Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church; recipient, master's in public health, Yale University, 1981.
 
 
Rachel Nyback

Rachel Nyback ’92
Hermosa Beach, California
Director, 2011–2014
SMITH VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE: Member, Smith College Club of Los Angeles; admissions volunteer in Los Angeles and Kuwait; class Fund volunteer; 10th Reunion volunteer.

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC EXPERIENCE: Rector, St. Cross Episcopal Church in Hermosa Beach, CA; teacher for nine years in public suburban Los Angeles schools and at Universal American School in Kuwait; volunteer with programs for feeding the homeless and AIDS patients; mentor to new clergy; Hermosa Beach police chaplain; lead overseas youth pilgrimages.
 
 
Dale LaFleur

Dale LaFleur ’93
Tuscon, Arizona
Director, 2011–2014
SMITH VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE: President, treasurer, member, Smith College Club of Tucson; member, Smith College Club of Seattle.

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC EXPERIENCE: Assistant director, International Affairs, The University of Arizona; over eleven years’ professional experience in international education focusing on the development of international students, international institutional partnerships, and student-exchange programs; recipient of master’s in student development administration from Seattle University; member of numerous organizations, including the Association of International Educators and the European Association of International Educators; proud mother of two children.
 
 

Leslie Brooks Solomon '82
New York, NY
Smith Fund Representative, 2010–2013
SMITH VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE: Member, Advancement Committee, Smith Fund cabinet; served as special gifts co-chair, 25th Reunion; class president; special gift agent; class fund agent; vice president, Smith Club of New York.

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC EXPERIENCE: Principal and owner, Allomet Partners, LLC; board member, Turnaround Management Association, New York chapter; serve on Temple Shaaray Tefila youth committee; recipient, MBA, Wharton School of Business.

 
 

Lois D. Thompson '66
Los Angeles, California
Director, 2009–2012
SMITH VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE: Special gifts chair, 25th and 40th Reunions; treasurer, Smith College Club of Los Angeles; president, Smith College Club of Los Angeles; vice president, Smith College Club of Los Angeles; frequent traveler with Smith Travel program.

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC EXPERIENCE: Dispute resolution partner, Proskauer, Rose LLP; judicial law clerk; admitted to the state bars of California and New York, as well as to the US Supreme Court, US Circuit Courts for the Second, Seventh, Ninth, Eleventh and Federal Circuits, US District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of NY, Southern, Central and Northern Districts of CA; volunteer for several bar and civic activities both nationally and locally.
 
 

Steffanie Garrett '88
Chicago, IL
Chair, Nominating Committee, 2010-2012, (ex officio)
SMITH VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE: Vice chair, AASC Nominating Committee; panelist, “Smith Women and the Practice of Law,” 2007; host, AASC Common Ground Chicago focus group; local coordinator, AASC “Graceful Transitions” Chicago symposium; director, Alumnae Association board of directors; chair and Midwest regional coordinator, NAAC; AAC, nominating chair, and special projects chair, all for the Smith College Club of Chicago.

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC EXPERIENCE: Partner and Illinois Litigation Deputy Practice Group leader, Holland & Knight, LLP; Recruiting Committee, Mentoring Program co-chair, Diversity Committee co-chair, Litigation senior counsel/associate partner liaison, associate Task Force founder and chair, Summer Associate Program co-chair, Pro Bono Champ 2006 and 2007, all at Holland & Knight, LLP; assistant state’s attorney, Criminal Trial Division, Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, Chicago; member, American Bar Association, Litigation Section, and Illinois State Bar Association; Leadership Council, National Immigrant Justice Center; Art Committee co-chair, Soirée des Arts Committee, Lycée Français de Chicago; Children’s Gala Committee, Chicago Humanities Festival; Children’s Zoo docent, Lincoln Park Zoo; recipient, JD, College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, 1991.