Barnard College Appoints Roberta Waterstone Albert
Director of
Alumnae Affairs
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August
18, 2000, NEW YORK, N.Y. -
Barnard
College has appointed Roberta Waterstone
Albert director of alumnae affairs, effective
September 5, 2000.
Albert,
a 1992 Barnard graduate, brings a strong
background in management consulting, marketing
and program management with cultural institutions
and organizations.
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Carol
Herring, vice president of development and alumnae
affairs, welcomed Albert and said: "We are very
pleased Albert will join the college as the director
of alumnae affairs. She possesses a great combination
of devotion to the institution, poise, as well as
extensive professional experience with the non-profit
world. With her energetic and creative approach
to program development, she will be able to further
strengthen and expand connections between 26,000
Barnard alumnae and the college."
Albert's
top priorities will include expanding Barnard's
alumnae programs in the New York Metropolitan area,
where approximately half of the college's graduates
reside, and developing new ways to keep recent graduates
across the country in touch with the college. She
will also build class and regional programming in
the United States and abroad, as well as career,
young alumnae and other affinity networks. She will
be responsible for further development of the alumnae
affairs web site, including the establishment of
the online alumnae community.
After
graduating from Barnard in 1992, Albert has held
various positions in cultural and educational program
management and consulting with Galerie St. Etienne,
New York (1992-96), Eldridge Street Project, New
York (1996-97), Children's Museum of Manhattan,
New York (1997-99), and most recently she has worked
in management consulting capacity at AMS Planning
and Research Corporation, Petaluma, CA, assisting
non-profit organizations in identification and creation
of strategic missions.
Albert
received a master's degree in Arts Administration
from Columbia University in 1997. She has been active
member of the Barnard alumnae community and currently
serves as vice president of her class of '92 and
was co-founder of the Barnard mentorship program
in the Bay Area of California.
Albert
succeeds Lisa Cohen Liman, a 1983 Barnard graduate,
who is leaving the position after seven years at
Barnard and three years as director of alumnae affairs.
Contact:
Lucas Held,
212-854-2037