Events #1: NACUA seeks nominees for organization posts

Dear Colleagues and Friends:

It is my pleasure and privilege to advise you of the nominees for officer and at-large members of the NACUA Board of Directors who will be presented for election by the membership at the Annual Meeting in June in New York City.

They are:

    Second Vice President (2008-2009):
    Jonathan R. Alger, Vice President & General Counsel, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    Treasurer (2008-2011):
    Thomas G. Cline, Vice President and General Counsel, Northwestern University

    At-Large Class (2008-2011):
    Kathryn E. Baerwald, Deputy General Counsel, Georgetown University
    Nicholas DiGiovanni, Jr., University System of New Hampshire and Vermont State Colleges (Morgan, Brown & Joy)
    L. Lee Tyner, Jr., General Counsel, University of Mississippi
    David Williams II, Vice Chancellor for University Affairs, General Counsel, and Secretary of the University, Vanderbilt University
    Debra Zumwalt, Vice President and General Counsel, Stanford University

I hope you will take a moment to review biographical sketches of the nominees, located at http://WWW.NACUA.ORG/messages/BiosNominees0809.pdf.

The outstanding slate of nominees will bring a variety of experiences and backgrounds to the Board and help ensure that NACUA remains an organization committed to providing high quality services and support to its members. Please join me in congratulating them on their nominations.

The Committee issued its initial Call for Nominations on November 27, 2007, seeking candidates according to the following criteria:

* NACUA committee service and leadership responsibilities;
* Prior experience on other nonprofit boards of directors or other relevant professional or volunteer experience;
* NACUA Program participation;

* The quality and length of service to NACUA;
* The ability to contribute to a balanced representation of NACUA member institutions through consideration of institutional characteristics, including geographic diversity and an appropriate balance of large, small, public,

  and private universities and community colleges, as well as a mix of law firm and campus representation;
* Demographic diversity among member representatives; and
* The commitment and ability to work as an effective member of the NACUA leadership team.

The Committee met in conjunction with the NACUA CLE Workshop in March in Seattle, WA, to conduct its deliberations on nominations and develop a slate of nominees from the many highly qualified candidates who you had identified as potential nominees for presentation to the membership at the June 2008 Association's Annual Meeting in New York City.

The Committee and I wish to thank the membership for its response to this year's Call for Nominations. We also express appreciation to the nominees who expressed a willingness to serve the Association.

We look forward to seeing you in New York City.

Sincerely,

Georgia

Georgia Yuan, Immediate Past President & Chair,
NACUA Committee on Nominations and Elections