About the UWAA

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is responsible for managing UWAA affairs and setting the tone and direction for the association. Numbering at least 15 members, the Board sets policy for the UWAA, serves as ambassadors to the alumni community and the public, and advocates for higher education. In keeping with our mission of broad-based engagement, UWAA trustees represent a wide range of viewpoints, backgrounds and experiences.

Current UWAA Trustees

For the term beginning August 1, 2020.

Officers

Ben Franz-Knight, ’96
President
2020–21

Agartha (Aggie) Clark, ’86, ’99
Past President
2020–21

Amit Ranade, ’98, ’03
President-elect
2020–21

Kris Lambright, ’86
Vice President
2020–21

Nate Fulton, ’99
Treasurer
2020–22

Joe M. Davis II, ’16
Secretary
2020–21

Erin McCallum, ’89
Assistant Secretary and
Legislative Advocacy Committee Chair
2020–22

Paul Rucker, ’95, ’02
Executive Director
Ex-Officio

At-large trustees

Emily Anderson, ’09
At-Large Trustee
2020–2023

Michael Brown, ’95
At-Large Trustee
2019–22

Bettina Carey, ’84
At-Large Trustee
2020–23

Pam Cleaver, ’85
At-Large Trustee
2020–23

Mark Glenn, ’95, ’01
At-Large Trustee
2020–23

Evelyn Hernandez, ’16
At-Large Trustee
2020–23

Flip Herndon, ’11
At-Large Trustee
2018–21

Mark Ostersmith, ’90
At-Large Trustee
2020–22

Saara Romu, ’07
At-Large Trustee
2018–21

Martha Sandoval,
’04, ’07
At-Large Trustee
2018–21

Tia Benson Tolle, ’86
At-Large Trustee
2019–21

Sabrina Taylor, ’13
At-Large Trustee
2020–21

Mike Tulee, ’93, ’15
At-Large Trustee
2019-22

Geographic trustees

Tanya Kumar, ’18
Regional Trustee
2020–21

Roman Trujillo, ’95
In-State Trustee
2019-21

Kyu C. Lee, ’00
International Trustee
2020–22

University representative trustees

David Hernandez, ’03
UW Bothell Trustee
2020–21

Rai Nauman Mumtaz, ’07, ’10
UW Tacoma Trustee
2020–21

Ex-officio (non-voting) members

Rickey Hall
Vice President
Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity
2020–21

Brooks Simpson
UW Foundation Board Representative
2020–21

Kim Durand
ICA Representative
2020–2021

Louise Little, ’81
Partner Representative
University Book Store
2020–21

Karam Dana, ’02, ’03, ’09
Faculty Representative
2020–21

Camille Hattwig
ASUW Student Forum Representative
2020–21

Aaron Yared
GPSS Student Forum Representative
2020–21

Gurleen Mann
UW Bothell Student Forum Representative
2020–21

Kristen Hargett
UW Tacoma Student Forum Representative
2020–21

To contact a member of the Board of Trustees, please contact Virginia Lerer, UWAA Board Administrator, at vlerer@uw.edu or 206-685-9217.

Board of Trustees position description

View printable position description: UWAA Trustee

Background and Purpose
The University of Washington Alumni Association was founded in 1889 and has been the foundation of the UW alumni community for more than 125 years.

UWAA’s mission is to support the University of Washington and higher education in the state of Washington.
The Board of Trustees is responsible for managing UWAA affairs and setting the tone and direction for the association. Numbering at least 15 members, the Board sets policy for the UWAA, serves as ambassadors to the alumni community and the public, and advocates for higher education. In keeping with our mission of broad-based engagement, UWAA trustees represent a wide range of viewpoints, backgrounds and experiences.
The UWAA is currently accepting nominations for trustee candidates, for terms beginning August 1, 2021, through Wednesday, March 31, 2021.

Confidentiality
Due to the limited number of new trustees selected each year through a competitive process, we ask that you do not inform candidates of their nomination. All deliberations are kept confidential.

Questions
The following process to nominate candidates to the UW Alumni Association (UWAA) Board of Trustees is an initiative of the independent 501(c)(3) UWAA, and not a process within the University of Washington. The information provided to the UWAA will be kept strictly confidential, used only for the purpose described below, and will not be shared with the University of Washington nor any other external agency or individual. Please contact Virginia Lerer, UWAA Board Administrator, at vlerer@uw.edu or (206) 685-9217 with any questions.