Steering Committee Leadership
Diane Yu ’73
Cochair
Member, Board of Trustees
Counselor to Leadership - NYU Abu Dhabi
Executive Director - NYUAD Community Programs
New York, New York
Marvin Krislov
Cochair
President, Oberlin College
Kathryn Stuart
Coordinator
Vice President for Strategic Initiatives
Oberlin College
Julie Min
Assistant to the Coordinator
Oberlin College
Board Members
Chris Canavan ’84
Director of Global Policy Development
Soros Fund Management
New York, New York
Tom Cooper ’78
Chartered Financial Analyst
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Company
Lincoln, Massachusetts
Meg Coward ’95
Motoko Deane ’71
Treasurer
Renewable Investment Corporation
Cohasset, Massachusetts
Lillie Edwards ’75
Michael Kamarck ’73
Former President
Merck BioVentures
Ithaca, New York
Robert Lemle ’75
Honorary Board Member
Chesley Maddox-Dorsey ’81
President and Chief Operating Officer
Access.1 Communications
New York, New York
David Shapira ’63
Chair, CEO, and President
Giant Eagle, Inc.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Leanne Wagner ’76
Principal
Leanne C. Wagner, LLC
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Liz Welch ’80
Retired General Manager
Management and Leadership Development
Microsoft Corporation
Seattle, Washington
Alan Wurtzel ’55
Private Investor
Washington, D.C.
Arts and Sciences Faculty
Ron Cheung
Associate Professor
Economics
Meredith Gadsby
Associate Professor
Africana studies
Bob Geitz
Associate Professor
Computer Science
Chris Howell
Professor
Politics
Erik Inglis
Professor
Medieval Art History
Maureen Peters
Associate Professor
Biology
Sandra Zagarell
Donald R. Longman Professor
English
Conservatory Faculty
Brian Alegant
Barker Professor of Music Theory
David Breitman
Director, Historical Performance Program
Associate Professor of Historical Performance
James Howsmon
Professor of Instrumental Accompanying
Lorraine Manz
Professor of Singing
Director, Otto B. Schoepfle Vocal Arts Center
Senior Staff
Tim Elgren
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Andrea Kalyn
Dean of the Conservatory of Music
Mike Frandsen
Vice President for Finance and Administration
Administrative and Professional Staff
Deborah Campana
Conservatory Librarian, Conservatory of Music
Andria Derstine
John G.W. Cowles Director of the Allen Memorial Art Museum
David Kamitsuka
Associate Dean
Associate Professor of Religion
Alumni
Chuck Spitulnik ’73
President
Oberlin Alumni Association
Partner
Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP
Washington, D.C.
Andrea Hargrave ’97
Oberlin Alumni Association
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Corporate Excellence for USG Corporation
Students
Machmud Makhmudov ’16
Politics
Lilburn, Georgia
Sophie Davis ’17
Violin Performance and Environmental Studies
Waldoboro, Maine
Additional Students on the Working Groups as of March 2015
Jasmine Anderson ’17
German Studies
Chicago, Illinois
Hayden Arp ’18
TIMARA and Comparative Literature
Alexandria, Virginia
Avalon McKee ’16
Neuroscience
Oberlin, Ohio
Sarah Minion ’17
Comparative American Studies
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Sophie Umazi Mvurya ’16
Politics and Law & Society
Nairobi, Kenya
