Board of Overseers
The Board of Overseers is an advisory body dedicated to sustaining and advancing the mission and strategic priorities of Emerson College in order to help ensure its continuing status as one of the nation’s preeminent colleges of communication.
Its mission is to enhance and foster the vision and strategic imperatives of the College, drawing upon the experience, skills, and resources of individual members and the collective wisdom and advice of the Board.
As integral members of the College community, Overseers attend important College events, meetings, lectures, exhibits, concerts, and other functions.
Officers
| Daniel H. Black, JD, P'07, Chair; Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Santa Monica, CA |
Members
| Eric Alexander, BS ’78, President, Negotium Partners, New York, NY | Winthrop L. McCormack, P'09, Publisher, McCormack Publishing, Portland, OR |
| Alyse Levine Holstein, P'07, Principal, htg partners, Jamesville, NY | Colette A.M. Phillips, BS '76, BS ’76, President/CEO, Colette Phillips Communications, Boston, MA |
| Denise Kaigler, BS '85, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Boston Scientific, Boston, MA | Donald Spetner, P'12, Executive Vice President, Korn/Ferry International, Los Angeles, CA |
| Gary Krantz, BS '81, President, Krantz Media Group, New York, NY | Mike Vaslinda, President, Mike Vasilinda Productions, Tallahassee, FL |
| G. Michael Mara Jr., BS '81, BA ’81, President, Valley Forge Capital Advisors, Inc., Malvern, PA | Mary Sweig Wilson, PhD, G'64, President, Laureate Learning Systems Inc., Professor Emerita, University of Vermont, Winooski, VT |
Emeriti
| John Charles Ford, President, John C. Ford Associates, New York, NY | Jan Jacobs Greenhawt, BS '69, Consultant for Speech Pathology, Boca Raton, FL |
