AAVC Board Slate 2006
For President (’06–’10)
Meg Venecek Johnson ’84
BrynMawr, Pennsylvania
AAVC Awards Committee, 2001– present; committee chair, 2002–present; AAVC Director-at-Large, 2002–present; Fund Advisory Committee, 2005– present; AAVC Nominating Committee, 1997–2000; Philadelphia Vassar Club, 1988–present (vice president for the Scholarship Benefit, 2005– present; Nominating Committee chair, 1999–2005; newsletter editor, 1989–2003; president, 1995–99; vice president for prospective students, 1990–92; young alumnae/i chair, 1988–90); Philadelphia Vassar Show House, 1986–present (Publicity Committee member, 1990–present; designers committee co-chair, 2002–present; program advertising chair, 1986–88)
Professional/Community Experience
Advertising copywriter/broadcast producer, 1984–91; Freelancewriter, 1991– 95; marketing consultant, Philadelphia Department of Public Health maternal, child health, immunization initiatives, 1989–91; boardmember, Partners Program, 1999–2002; Philadelphia Futures mentor for college-bound student, 1998–2002; president,Gladwyne Elementary Home and School Association, 2001–02; vice president for facilities, Lower Merion Township Inter-School Council, 2002–03; president, Inter-School Council, 2003–05; board member, 1787 Society of the National Constitution Center, 2003–05
For Communications Adviser (’06–’09)
LeslieD.Granston ’88
Brooklyn, NewYork
Member, Vassar Quarterly Advisory Committee, 1995–present; Annual Fund volunteer, 2006
Professional/Community Experience
Associate director of human resources, Time Inc., 2003–present; editor, (freelance and staff) Vanguarde Media, 2000–03; freelance writer and editor, 1998–2002; associate editor, George magazine, 1997–98; associate editor, Mademoiselle magazine, 1993–97; senior writer, Seventeen magazine 1992–93; features assistant, Vogue magazine, 1991–92; articles assistant, Mademoiselle magazine, 1990–91; editorial assistant, Random House, 1989–90; legal assistant, Sullivan & Cromwell, 1988–89; adult literacy instructor, Brooklyn Public Library, 1993–95; mentor, Student/Sponsor Partners, 1996–2000; member, Contemporary Friends of the Studio Museum in Harlem, 2004–05; member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
For Director-at-Large (’06–’10)
Tanya M. Odom ’92
NewYork, NewYork
Class correspondent, 1992–97; 5th year reunion chair, 1997; admission interviewer, 2000–present; class president, 1997–2002
Professional/Community Experience
Global diversity and inclusion consultant, 2001–present; change management consultant, Towers Perrin, 1999–2001; coauthor “Evaluation in the Field of Education for Democracy, Human Rights, and Tolerance,” 2004; consultant,Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation, 2003–present; assistant project director and coordinator of programs and special projects, Anti- Defamation League A World of Difference Institute, 1994–99; member of the Bertelsmann Foundation’s International Tolerance Network, 1999–2003; delegate, World Conference Against Racism, 2001; assistant to the director of Children’s Services and Consultant, 1994–96; volunteer, Fundacion Apoyo Infantil in Mexico and Posada del Buen Samaritano in Dominican Republic, 1992–93; case manager, Grand Street Settlement drop-out prevention program, 1993–94; Board member, Dutchess County Red Cross, 1990–92; president, Townsend Harris Alumni Association, 2004–present; board member, International Organization of Adolescents, 2002–04; Advisory Board Member, Camp Amerikids, 2003–present
For Director-at-Large (’06–’10)
Mary Holl Oldshue ’73
Portland, Oregon
Class treasurer, 2003–present; president, 1991–93,member and admission interviewer, 1978–present, Vassar Club of Oregon; AAVC Nominating Committee, 1987–89; admission interviewer, Vassar Club of New York, 1976–77
Professional/Community Experience
Principal, Arras Advisory Associates, 1994–2005; vice president, development and finance,CFO, Pacific Development Inc., 1987–93; treasurer, NERCO Inc., 1980–87; director of finance, QUALICO, 1979; assistant vice president, First Interstate Bank, 1978–79; assistant manager, Chemical Bank, 1973–78; treasurer and secretary, Marylhurst University Board Trustee, 1998–present; Center for Ethics in Healthcare Community Council, Oregon Health & Sciences University, 1989–present; Columbia Regional Program Advisory Council, 2002–present; Oregon Psychoanalytic Foundation Board, 2001–03; Financial Executives International, Portland Chapter Board, 1991–96
For Director-at-Large (’06–’10)
Lise Nussbaum O’Haire ’79
Atlanta, Georgia
Admission interviewer, 1996–98, 2004–05, 2005–06, vice president, 1996,Vassar Club of Atlanta; Vassar in Atlanta, 1993
Professional/Community Experience
Owner, LiseDesigns, 2003–present (Hand painted enclosure cards and hand knit scarves); Sincerely Yours stationery company, 1998–2001; author, TravelMates, 1997, Hey Mom I’m Bored!, 2000; president, 2003–05, vice president, 2002–03, membership chair, 2000–02, service learning volunteer coordinator, 2000–04 Pace Academy: BoosterClub; 10th grade level representative, 2002–03, The Lovett School; Parent Association president, 1997–98, vice president, 1996–97, parent representative program committee, 1997–98, senior parent representative, committee to build new playground, 1993–94, 4th grade level representative, 1995–96, Sally Foster chair gift-wrap, 1992–93, Trinity School; manager 08 (select soccer) team, 2002–05, 2006–present, manager 06 (select soccer) team, 1996– 2005, Tophat Soccer Club; volunteer, 1991–92, Egleston Children’s Hospital
For Nominating Committee (’06–’10)
Charlotte Prendergast Yochem ’83
Goliad, Texas
President,Vassar Club of South Texas, 1990–2005
Professional/Community Experience
Attorney, Yochem & McKain, 2005– present; financial advisor, Private Wealth Planners, 2001–present; prestige private client advisor, Prudential Securities, 1999–2001; attorney, Edwards, Perry & Haas, 1994–98; vice chair, Regional Park Planning Advisory Committee, San Antonio River Authority, 2003–present; vice president, 2001–05, Junior League of Corpus Christi, Texas; trustee and executive officer, Corpus Christi Public Library Foundation, 2001–05
For Nominating Committee (’06–’10)
Ronald Schwartzman ’75
Demarest, New Jersey
Vice president for strategic planning, 1991–95, AAVC; member, AAVC Club Committee, 1986-89; president, 1988–90, director, 1983–90, member, Scholarship Benefit Committee, 1990– 2004, chair, Admissions Committee, 1983–88, Vassar Club of New York
Professional/Community Experience
General counsel and vice president, UniTeller Financial Services, Inc., 2001–present; partner, Mezan, Stolzberg & Schwartzman, 1994–2001; trustee, Demarest Public Library, 1998–2005; president, board of trustees, Demarest Public Library, 2002–05
For Nominating Committee (’06–’10)
Joseph A. Heissan Jr. ’87
NewYork, NewYork
Class president, 2003–present; chair, 15-year reunion; admission interviewer, New York Vassar Club, 1999–present; phoner/writer, 2003–present
Professional/Community Experience
Development and alumni relations officer, New York School of Interior Design, 2003–present; director of development, New York Academy of Art, 1997–2002; executive recruiter, The Chatham Group, 1993–97; Ameri-Cares; Ridgefield Workshop for the Performing Arts