William Smith Alumnae Council

We are the William Smith Alumnae Council, the governing body of the William Smith Alumnae Association. The Alumnae Association includes every person who has attended William Smith and whose class has graduated. The Alumnae Council conducts the Association's business and promotes the interests of William Smith and strengthens the bonds between the College and its alumnae.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Kathy Regan '82, Director of Alumnae Relations
Alumni House
615 South Main St., Geneva, NY 14456
Phone: (315) 781-3700
Fax: (315) 781-3767

Executive Committee Members


Susan Lloyd Yolen '72, President

New Haven, Conn.
syolen@sbcglobal.net

Since 1987, Susan has served at Planned Parenthood of Connecticut, where she still considers it a privilege to work on issues that are as crucial and hard-fought as those surrounding reproductive rights and sexual health. She counts among her proudest successes the passage of the 1990 law securing legal abortion in Connecticut (should Roe v Wade ever be undone), and the 1999 passage of the Connecticut Pill Bill, requiring health insurance to cover prescription contraceptives. Neither could have been accomplished but for the efforts of a fine, cohesive group of women colleagues, the Connecticut Coalition for Choice.

Susan has been married since 1972 to Tim Yolen '72, an attorney in private practice in New Haven, who obtained a permanent injunction in 1985 against anti-abortion invaders of the Planned Parenthood clinic, then on Whitney Avenue. They are the parents of Greg, a recent graduate of Yale College, and Maggie, a junior at Colgate University.

Susan currently serves as the Chair of the Connecticut Coalition for Choice, and is a member of the national board of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. She chairs the nominating committee of the New Haven Mayor's Task Force on AIDS. She is a former trustee of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Susan received the 2005 Elizabeth Blackwell Award from the Connecticut National Organization for Women.


Melanie Sage '95, Past President

South Hadley, Mass.
melsage@comcast.net

Melanie was a writer at Phillips Exeter Academy from 2006-2006, working on Exeter publications such as The Exeter Bulletin and the Parents Newsletter. She is now at home with her two young children, Annabel and Rupert.

A Geneva native, Melanie came to William Smith College as a transfer student and graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Women's Studies. She was also a student trustee and member of Hai Timiai.

After graduating from William Smith, Melanie was the assistant director of admissions for the Colleges for two years. She also briefly worked as a freelance writer.

In addition to her role as council president, Melanie has remained involved in the HWS community. She ran in the Great Heron Road Race in 2002 and 2004, and she has written articles for the Pulteney St. Survey. Melanie was also a Career Link volunteer.

Melanie is married to Hobart Alumni Assocation's Past President Chuck Ramsay '92. She and Chuck reside in South Hadley, Mass., with their two children.


Kate MacKinnon '77, Vice President

Brooklyn, NY

Kate MacKinnon is in Management Technology, delivering human solutions in the technology of business. Currently, Kate is a Vice President of JPMorgan Chase, working in Human Resources, Compensation and Benefits, where she was recently rehired after working for twelve years in her own consulting business, providing consulting services to Fortune 100 companies as well as small businesses.

She developed her organizational development expertise as Vice President in Professional Development at JPMorgan Chase. As Senior Training Consultant, she was responsible for identifying strategic training and development needs and for the design and delivery of training programs.

Prior to joining Professional Development, Kate was a Senior Business Systems Analyst in the bank's Information Technologies group. She received an award for customer satisfaction and excellent customer service for a Lotus Notes application. The system itself received the 1994 Smithsonian/Computer World Technology Award.

When Kate isn't working in the world of business, she is a fine artist and Feng Shui practioner. She lives in beautiful Brooklyn Heights with her dog, Cooper, and two cats, Beau and Scoutie. She gets her energy recharged by walking her land in Woodstock, NY.

Other Members

Elected Alumna Trustees

Linda Arrington '88
New York, N.Y.
Lda66@aol.com

Joy Schildkraut Glaser, MD 62
Rye, N.Y.
jack.glaser@verizon.net

Gail Herman McGinn '73
Washington, D.C.
gail@mcginn.org

Executive Committee Members at Large

Historian
Laura McNally '96
Cleveland, Ohio
laura.mcnally@case.edu

Director of Alumnae Relations
(ex-officio)
Kathy Killius Regan '82
(315) 781-3700 (office)
(877) HWS-4438 (office)
FAX: (315) 781-3767
regan@hws.edu

Alumnae Relations Secretary
Betty Merkle
(315) 781-3700
merkle@hws.edu

Functional Representatives

Afro-Latino Alumni/Alumnae Assoc.
TBD

Alumna Achievement Award Chair
Laura Strickler '94
lauras@princeton.edu

Alumnae Student Relations
Lauren Shallish '05
shallish@hws.edu

Jillian Oberfield '01
jillianoberfield@hotmail.com

Career Development
TBD

Centennial Chair
Susan Flanders Cushman '98
cushman@hws.edu

Class Correspondent Chair
Taffy Smith Sibbett '50
esibbett@alum.hws.edu

Distinguished Faculty Award
Laurie Kerschner '78
laurie.kerschner@genmills.com

Heron Society
Kerry McCullough Brown '87
Kerry.Brown@cox.net

Honors
Christine Bennett-West '94
sailfastandtakechances@yahoo.com

Regional Programming
TBD

Student Representative
Ashley Snyder '08
ashley.snyder@hws.edu

Alumnae Advisory Board

Katharyn Schofield Martens '46 (1961-64)
Midlothian, Va.
herbkm@aol.com

Nancy Stone Wilson '50 (1967-72)
Asheville, N.C.
swilson241@charter.net

Miriam Kleiner Landau '58 (1972-75)
Flushing, N.Y.
mimi.landau@uja.com

Susan Connolly Eckert '70 (1978-80)
Lancaster, Pa.
eckert@unitedwaylancpa.org

Barbara Maynard Chilson '69 (1981-83)
Inverness, Ill.
barbchilson@hotmail.com

Holly S. Evans '71 (1983-84)
Copenhagen, N.Y.
hevans@ccsknights.org

Stephanie Shires Hooper '65 (1984-86)
Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
stephiehooper@msn.com

Carol Davidson Gottliebsen '75 (1986-88)
Ann Arbor, Mich.
cgottliebs@aol.com

Lindley E. Doran '69 (1988-90)
Houston, Texas
doran@rice.edu

Rebecca Tracy Boyle '81 (1990-92)
Hamburg, N.Y.
reba212@adelphia.net

Susan Albert Athas '75 (1992-94)
Dedham, Mass.
ftbf@verizon.net

D-L Kenney Wormley '70 (1994-95)
Philadelphia, Pa.
wormleydl@juno.com

Liza Pille Georges '80 (1995-96)
San Diego, Calif.
Elizabeth.p.georges@smithbarney.com

Susan Rock Tully '88 (1996-98)
Arlington, Mass.
srocktully@alum.hws.edu

Carol Brotman White '76 (1998-2000)
Bethesda, Md.
cbwhite@alum.hws.edu

Nancy Nowak Rutherford '71 (2000-2002)
Rochester, N.Y.
nrutherf@rochester.rr.com

Sandra A. Rivera '85 (2002-2004)
Washington, D.C.
srivera@usitc.org

 

Council Committees

Alumna Achievement Award

Laura Strickler '94 (Chair)
Lawrenceville, N.J.
lauras@princeton.edu

Sally A. Webster '74
Geneva, N.Y.
websters@union.edu

Kathy Killius Regan '82 (ex-officio)

Melanie Sage '95
South Hadley, Mass.
melsage@comcast.net

Centennial

Susan Flanders Cushman '98 (Chair)
cushman@hws.edu

Carol Spadaccia Kimmerle '74
Kenmore, N.Y.
spas36@adelphia.net

*Distinguished Faculty Award

Laurie Kerschner '78
St. Paul, Minn.
laurie.kerschner@comcast.com

Betsey McNamara '87
Concord, N.H.
bmcnamaragrants@comcast.net

Karin Richards Moore '89
Washington, D.C.
karin_67@yahoo.com

Kenneth Spitzer '55
Syracuse, N.Y.
kspitze2@twcny.rr.com

Frank Young '68
New York, N.Y.
fyoung@collegiateschool.org