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Alumni Association announces new executive board

University Park, Pa. -- Penn State Alumni Association President David C. Han '88, '05g has announced the makeup of the association's 2008-09 executive board. The 18-member volunteer board will include seven new members and will serve through June 30, 2009.

Executive board members are drawn from the 86-member Alumni Council, the Alumni Association's governing body. Executive board members include the Alumni Association's officers, the chairs of Alumni Council standing committees and several at-large appointments.

New to the Alumni Association's executive board are:

-- Ingrid Blood, State College, Pa., representing the Penn State Faculty Senate;

-- Darryl E. Bundrige '93, Philadelphia;

-- Alan R. Gedrich '82, Philadelphia;

-- George Khoury, State College, Pa., student representative from the Council of Commonwealth Student Governments;

-- Anne Riley '64, State College, Pa., representing the Penn State Board of Trustees;

-- Kay Salvino '69, State College, Pa.; and

-- Jill B. Semmer '88, Berwyn, Pa.

"These alumni serving on executive board and Alumni Council are some of the most loyal and committed volunteers," said Han. "We are grateful for their service to the Alumni Association and the University."

The executive board of the Penn State Alumni Association meets four times a year and provides leadership to the Alumni Council, the all-volunteer governing body that sets and oversees programs for the Penn State Alumni Association. The council determines strategies and programs to be carried out by the Alumni Association staff and also is responsible for electing the Alumni Association president and vice president.

Heading the executive board are Han (Hummelstown, Pa.), Vice President Barry M. Simpson '69 (Harrisburg, Pa.), Immediate Past President Lewis H. Gold '59 (Jenkintown, Pa.) and Executive Director and Secretary/Treasurer Roger L. Williams '73, '75g, '88g (State College, Pa.). Returning members of the executive board and their committee chair positions are:

-- Diane Y. Delozier '74, York, Pa., member of Budget and Finance Committee;

-- Leslie N. Firth '58, '61g, Mercer, Pa., chair of Legislative Education and Advocacy Committee;

-- Patricia G. Hayes '75, Lemont, Pa., co-chair of Membership Committee;

-- Pamela D. Loughner '78, '97g, '02g, Huntingdoon Valley, Pa., chair of Program Development Committee;

-- Elizabeth Skade Middleton '63, Newport Beach, Calif., chair of Volunteer Support Committee;

-- Marjorie Ganter Scholtz '62, Pittsburgh, chair of Membership Committee;

-- Kathleen Arnold Smarilli '71, Lancaster, Pa., chair of Budget and Finance Committee.

Committee assignments for new board members are Bundrige, chair of Diversity Committee; Gedrich, co-chair of Budget and Finance Committee; Khoury, member of Legislative Education and Advocacy Committee; Salvino, chair of Communications Committee; and Semmer, chair of Awards Committee.

With more than 160,000 members, the Penn State Alumni Association is the largest dues-paying alumni association in the world. Established in 1870, the Alumni Association strives to connect alumni to the University and to each other, provide valuable benefits to members and support the University's mission of teaching, research and service. For more information about the Alumni Association, Executive Board or Alumni Council, visit http://www.alumni.psu.edu/groups/council/ online.

Last Updated March 19, 2009

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