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CLA Alumni Society Board

2011-2012 CLA Alumni Society Board of Directors

Board Officers

President: Richard Orr

Treasurer: Katie Merkel

Recording Secretary: Jana Graney

Board Members

Jana Graney (B.A., economics '95)

  • Recording secretary
  • Member, Executive Committee
  • Co-chair, College & Alumni Relations Committee

Sean Latterner (B.A., political science ’06)

  • Chair, Mentoring/Student Relations Committee

Jane Magnuson (B.A., Spanish & English ’97)

  • Member, Mentoring/Student Relations Committee

Katie Merkel (B.A., political science ’02)

  • Treasurer
  • Member, College & Alumni Relations Committee
  • Member, Executive Committee

Richard Orr (B.A. political science & sociology '06)

  • President, Executive Committee
  • Member, Executive Committee

John Rudi (B.A., economics '08)

  • Co-chair, College & Alumni Relations Committee
  • Membership Chairperson

Andy Trecker (B.A. political science ’91)

  • Immediate Past President
  • Chair, Nominating Committee
  • CLA representative to UMAA National Board of Directors

Ex-Officio Staff

Erica Moe Giorgi (B.A., political science '95)

  • Director, Alumni Relations and Annual Giving, CLA

The Mission of the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Alumni Society is to create and sustain a network of relationships for the College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Alumni Association, and University of Minnesota Foundation. This network of relationships is dynamic and creates value in its ability to unite students, faculty, friends, and alumni.

The Purpose of the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Alumni Society is to:

  • Support the education, research and service functions of the College of Liberal Arts and within the community of interests that the University of Minnesota serves.
  • Stimulate the continued interest in, and promote the image of, the College of Liberal Arts to students, graduates, and former students in the College of Liberal Arts and University of Minnesota.
  • Provide an opportunity for alumni to participate actively, as appropriate, in the affairs of the College of Liberal Arts and the University of Minnesota.
  • Encourage lifetime study of the liberal arts and sciences.
  • Generate interest in and respect for scholarship.
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