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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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