Board of Governors (BOG)

The Alumnae Association of Mills College is governed by a Board of Governors elected from candidates nominated by an independently elected nominating committee. The Board is comprised of 27 members, including three Alumnae Trustees, a faculty representative, and regional governors. Governors serve a three-year term, unless they are appointed to fill a mid-term vacancy, in which case they sit on the Board for the remainder of that term. Alumnae Trustees and the President of the Board of Governors represent alumnae on the Mills College Board of Trustees.

The Governors are responsible for the legal entity that is the AAMC; they are responsible for the interface of the organization and the community; and they are responsible for the affairs and concerns of the organization.

New Alumna Trustee Elected
Lyn Flanigan '65 has been elected to serve as an Alumna Trustee for the 2008-2011 term on the AAMC Board of Governors and the College's Board of Trustees. The results of the election were announced at the May 14 Board of Governors meeting by AAMC Nominating Committee Chair Micheline Beam '72.

Important Information

Announcement of changes in AAMC-College relationship, July 2007 (32k, pdf)

Proposed AAMC Bylaws 2008: Please read the proposed changes and amendments to the AAMC Bylaws, which will be voted on by alumnae at a special meeting on Saturday morning, September 21. Send your questions and comments to Anita Aragon Bowers '63, AAMC President, at AnitaAragonBowers@alumnae.mills.edu or 510.430.3374.

AAMC bylaws, proposed changes 2008 (80k, pdf)

Board of Governors Meetings

Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Saturday, November 3, 2007—Retreat
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Commencement and Annual Meeting:
Saturday, May 17, 2008
For information call (510) 430-2110

All regular Board of Governors meetings take place at Reinhardt Alumnae House and are scheduled for 6:30– 9:00 pm.

Officers of the Board of Governors
President: Anita Aragon Bowers ’63
Vice President: Linda Jaquez-Fissori ’92
Vice President: Diana Birtwistle Odermatt ’60
Treasurer: Kathleen Janes ’69

Alumnae Trustees
Lyn Flanigan ’65
Susan Brown Penrod ’71
Gayle Rothrock ’68

Faculty Representative
Vivian Fumiko Chin ’89

Board Members 
Michelle Balovich ’03
Marie Bowman ’78
Lynda Campfield ’00, MA ’02
Beverly Curwen ’71
Rina Faletti ’81
Cynthia Guevara ’04
Jennifer King ’00
Karlin Sorenson ’92
Rita Stuckey, MA ’01, EdD ’05
Alice Zakian ’73

Student Governor
Jax Vogel '08

Regional Governors
Eastern Great Lakes: Joyce Menter Wallace ’50
Middle Atlantic: Nancy Pallesen ’64   
Middle California: Alice Zakian '73
Mid-West: Judith Smrha ’87   
North Central: Linda Cohen Turner ’68  
Northeast: Carolyn Chapman Booth ’63  
Northern California: Brandy Tuzon Boyd ’91  
Northwest: Gayle Rothrock ’68   
Rocky Mountains: Louise Hurlbut ’75
South Central: Colleen Almeida Smith ’92  
Southeast: Ann Cavanaugh ’65
Southern California: Julia Almanzan ’92     
Southwest: Elaine Chew ’68