CREATING CONNECTIONS, CELEBRATING OUR SISTERHOOD

November 9–11, 2018

1 Welcome Welcome back to campus! We are excited that you have returned to celebrate 50 years of creating community and celebrating sisterhood at . Our weekend of panels, speakers and conversations will allow us to share experiences at Mount Holyoke and the impact that black women have had on the College and the world. At this particular moment in history it is fitting that we convene to look back on our history of leadership and activism on this campus and beyond, in order to return to our work in the world with a new sense of connection, support and resolve.

History The first Black Alumnae Conference was held in 1973. This conference is a special one because it is the 15th Triennial Black Alumnae Conference. Meetings of the Black Alumnae are rooted in the leadership and activism of the members of the classes of the 1960s and 1970s who worked together to create spaces and opportunities for black women on campus.

We also celebrate two other milestones that highlight the courage and strength of Black Mount Holyoke Women: the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Afro-American Society in 1967 (now the Association of Pan African Unity), and the Black Cultural Center in 1968 (now The Betty Shabazz Cultural Center). In their efforts to bring their cultural understandings onto campus, black women reshaped Mount Holyoke College into a more inclusive community and passed on a legacy of struggle, support and sisterhood. This weekend we celebrate our growing circle of sisterhood and acknowledge leaders within that circle.

2 3 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9

Welcome/Registration 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Betty Shabazz Cultural Center

Alumnae-Student Lunch noon–2 p.m. Dining Commons, Community Center

Campus Tours 2:30–4 p.m. Betty Shabazz Cultural Center

Cocktail Reception with President Sonya Stephens 4–6 p.m. President’s House

Open Worship 4–6 p.m. Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary

Dinner and Panel Discussion: “Life after MHC” 7–9 p.m. Willits-Hallowell Conference Center

M&Cs 10 p.m.–1 a.m. Betty Shabazz Cultural Center

2 3 Group Photo SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 6:30 p.m. Williston Memorial Library Atrium

Gym/Yoga/Exercise/Walk/BGR/GirlTrek Celebration Dinner: “Celebrating Our Sisters” 7–8 a.m. 7–9 p.m. Betty Shabazz Cultural Center Willits-Hallowell Conference Center Dress for the Celebration Dinner is semi-formal. Breakfast Table Talks/Sister Girl Time 8:30–9:30 a.m. Throwback Party Willits-Hallowell Conference Center 10 p.m.–1 a.m. Betty Shabazz Cultural Center Conference Welcome 9:30–10:15 a.m. Gamble Auditorium, Art Building

Panel Discussion: “Show Me the Money” 10:30–11:45 a.m. Gamble Auditorium, Art Building

Lunch and Panel Discussion: “State of the College” noon–1:30 p.m. Willits-Hallowell Conference Center

Keynote: “State of Black Women in America” 2–3 p.m. Gamble Auditorium, Art Building

Screening: “Capturing the Flag” 3:30–5 p.m. Gamble Auditorium, Art Building Please join us for a film featuring Laverne Berry ’71, about a tight-knit group of friends who travel to Cumberland County in North Carolina — a poster child for voter suppression in 2016 — who are intent on proving that the big idea of American democracy can be defended by small acts of individual citizens.

Open Worship 4–6 p.m. Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary

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Gym/Yoga/Exercise/Walk/BGR/GirlTrek 7–8 a.m. Betty Shabazz Cultural Center

Master Coaching Session with Akua Soadwa ’03 Celebrating 8–9 a.m. Willits-Hallowell Conference Center years OF CREATING COMMUNITY AND HONORING THE HISTORY OF LEADERSHIP AND ACTIVISM OF BLACK ALUMNAE Worship Service and Voices of Faith Choir Reunion ON THIS CAMPUS AND BEYOND 9:15–11 a.m. 50 Abbey Memorial Chapel

Brunch and Panel Discussion: “Power Down, Find Your Happy” 11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Willits-Hallowell Conference Center Dear Laverne, Congratulations “At Home” 1–5 p.m. Thank you for being such an to important person in the lives of Betty Shabazz Cultural Center so many women in New York Laverne Berry Women in Film and Television, especially me! from your friends You are most deserving of this at honor and many more. SHOP LOCAL! EAT LOCAL! BE LOCAL! Carey Homemade Fudge Farm Fresh Produce Local Honey & Maple Country Bakery Fresh Flowers Deli & Take-out Gifts & Gift Baskets Women calling the shots! Fresh Meat & Seafood Specialty Foods Local Ice Cream Beer & Wine (So. Amherst) 1150 West St. (Rte. 116 & Bay Road), South Amherst (413) 253-9528 * www.atkinsfarms.com www.nywift.org CHECK OUT OUR NORTH AMHERST STORE!!! 113 Cowls Rd. North Amherst, in the Mill District

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Akua Soadwa ’03 Brittany Lambert ’16 Akua Serwa Soadwa is the founder of Let’s Pursue You and is a transfor- Brittany Lambert graduated with a self-designed major in social inequality and mational coach, writer, teacher, leader and speaker. She is a visionary who a minor in English. She has worked at HubSpot for two-and-a-half years and is creates movements, moments and monumental shifts and is committed currently a product coach. She was recently selected as a culture coordinator in to our individual and collective consciousness of remembering who we charge of events and programming. Lambert also serves as volunteer captain and are and what our gifts are. Everything she creates and offers is in service youth ministry coordinator at her church. At Mount Holyoke, Lambert served of awakening and amplifying the souls of others for the betterment and as public relations chair for The Network, worked in the SAW Center, was a copy liberation of the individual, the family, the community and the world. editor and a books co-editor for The Mount Holyoke News and was appointed Holding a master’s degree in urban planning, design and development, to the Five College coordinating committee. She was also editor-in-chief of the with a focus in community development, Soadwa believes her work is Llamarada and has served as class board secretary since her senior year. Since transforming urban planning through putting the human experience first. graduation, her love of food and photography has taken her to Mexico, Portugal, Soadwa is also the founder of the Gye Nyame Empowerment Project and Hungary and Ireland, and she is already looking forward to her next adventure. the Sista-2-Sista Youth Summit, the vice president of dream directing at the Future Project, the former assistant camp director for the Lil Raggamuffin Carla Richardson Lambert ’88 Summer Camp, and a proud auntie of four nieces and one nephew. After graduating from Mount Holyoke, Carla Richardson Lambert pursued her medical degree at Howard University College of Medicine and completed her Bridget Grier ’14 residency in Pittsburgh, . She worked for 14 years at Unity Health Bridget Linae Grier is a student at University of Michigan Law School, Care, the largest provider of care for the underserved and homeless in Wash- where she serves on the boards of the Black Law Student Association ington, D.C. During that time, she held many leadership positions, including and the Art, Museum and Cultural Heritage Law Society, and as a associate director of family medicine and medical director of the East of the River member of the faculty hiring committee. She is also a member of the Community Health Center. After opening her private practice, Truly Blessed student collective at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. Grier Health & Wellness Center, she continued her commitment to helping those less was project coordinator for Clemency Project 2014. She also worked on fortunate by serving as medical director of another safety-net clinic in Maryland. the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s Engaged Learning Collections Dr. Lambert loves caring for multigenerational families and believes this is not Access Project. Most recently, she worked for the Smithsonian Associates just her profession but her calling. In her scarce free time, she enjoys reading, as operations coordinator for education and cultural programs. In 2017 hiking with her family, avoiding the gym and waiting for the next Mountain Day Bridget participated in the Tulane Siena Institute for International Law, — with ice cream, of course! Cultural Heritage and the Arts. While at Mount Holyoke, Bridget served on the boards of the Association of Pan African Unity and Students Deborah Smith Konrad ’77 Against Mass Incarceration and was president of the Xi Nu chapter of Deborah Smith Konrad has had a varied career that continues to evolve. She Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. became a stockbroker in 1986, went into money management in 1991 at a minority-owned investment management firm in Los Angeles, and then moved back to her hometown of Houston, Texas, in 1992. Her return was opportune; her mother suffered a major stroke and was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and Konrad became her caregiver. After her mother’s passing, Konrad developed a passion for genealogy. Her research has become an avocation that has placed WITH SPECIAL THANKS her in front of genealogical societies such as the Galveston Historical Foundation TO ALL OUR and the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. In 2014 she published a family SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS memoir, “The Blessing of Movement.” Konrad holds a master’s in health-care AT THE administration, completed while caring for her sister during the final year of her MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE life. She is working on her next book. Konrad lives in Cypress, Texas, with her BLACK ALUMNAE CONFERENCE 2018 husband, Nelson, of 16 years, and their fur baby, Kane.

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Franckline Casimir-Benoit ’86 Lee Carol Johnson Cook ’83 Franckline Casimir-Benoit is an accomplished wealth management Lee Carol Johnson Cook is a stay-at-home parent who enjoys volunteering. She professional with more than 25 years of experience working in estate and is the former director of admission and past career services counselor at the trust. She earned a J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law Georgetown University Law Center. Before that, Cook practiced law with Reed and is admitted into the bar in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Smith and with Pierson, Ball & Dowd. Cook currently serves on the board of The Washington, D.C. Casimir-Benoit is a certified trust and financial advisor Madeira School, where she is the president of the Parents’ Association, on the and was awarded the Claritas Investment Certificate in 2013. In 2018, she board’s diversity and annual fund committees, and on The Madeira School Fund was appointed to the American Bankers Association’s CTFA Advisory Parents Committee. She is an active member of the Reston Chapter of Jack and Board. She is currently a member of the Estate Planning Council of Bergen Jill of America, Inc.; the Posse Foundation’s DC Posse; and the AnBryce County and the Heart Advisory Council of the American Heart Association. Foundation’s advisory board. In 2014 at the 35th National Genealogy She serves as the chair on the board of trustees of the New Jerusalem Conference of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Cook Baptist Church. She is a founding member of the nonprofit Ecole Salem spoke about documenting her family history in “Reweaving the Threads of Education EBNJ Inc. in Irvington, New Jersey, and is a proud board a Tattered Family Story: Using Research to Fill in Holes in Oral History.” member of the Haitian American Nurses Association of Garden State. Casimir-Benoit is married to Garry Benoit, and they have three children. Sherri Burr ’81 Ms. Casimir-Benoit is grateful for the education that she received from Sherri Burr holds the Dickason Chair in Law Emirata and is Regents Professor Mount Holyoke College and, as a proud alumna, is still processing the Emerita at the University of New Mexico School of Law. She holds degrees term “MoHo.” from Mount Holyoke College, Princeton University and Yale Law School. An award-winning author of 26 books, including “A Short & Happy Guide to Laverne Berry ’71 Financial Well-Being,” Burr has also written scholarly articles, book chapters, Laverne Berry is an entertainment and media business affairs attorney travel pieces and newspaper columns. For 19 years she produced and hosted representing independent film and television producers, directors, the award-winning television show “Arts Talk,” dozens of episodes of which production companies, distribution companies, authors and media remain available on YouTube. A leading authority on entertainment law, companies. For 18 years she was a television producer and distribution Burr has interviewed numerous actors, directors and authors. In May 2018 executive, acting as executive producer for “Perfectly Normal for Me” she was named president of New Mexico Press Women. (produced by Elizabeth Hemmerdinger) and “The Silent Truth.” She was the co-executive producer for Emmy-nominated “Chely Wright: Wish W. Rochelle Calhoun ’83 Me Away” and “The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch.” Berry was both W. Rochelle Calhoun is vice president for campus life at Princeton University, a subject and producer of the documentary “Capturing the Flag.” She where she has administrative oversight for matters that help to shape the has been involved in alternative dispute resolution for 20 years. She is a student experience at Princeton, including athletics and campus recreation, member of the World Intellectual Property Organization Dispute Panel, career services, health services, religious life, diversity and inclusion, residential American Arbitration Association Commercial Arbitration Panel and life, service and student activities. She began her career in college admin- Mediation Panel. Named a New York Metro Area Super Lawyer for five istration while still a graduate student at Columbia University working years by Thomson Reuters, she has been included in the New York Metro with Playwrights Horizon Theatre to coordinate curricular and co-curricular Super Lawyers supplement to The New York Times. programs for their NYU students. She joined Mount Holyoke College in 1992 as ombudsperson and in 1999 became dean of students responsible for working with students of color and cultural organizations. She later became director of diversity and inclusion and associate dean of the college. In 2002 she was named acting dean of the college and in 2003 became executive director of the Alumnae Association. In 2008 she joined Skidmore College, serving as dean of students and, later, vice president for student affairs, where her achievements included helping to lead a $42 million housing initiative, revising the Sexual and Gender-Based Misconduct Policy, restructuring and renaming the career center, and supervising development of a $78 million comprehensive athletics facilities plan.

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CURRENT AND PAST MEMBERS OF ALUMNAE MEDAL OF HONOR ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1983: Margaret Claytor Woodbury ’58 1999: LaVida Dowdell ’74 2000: Mindy McWilliams Lewis ’75 Adelle M. Banks ’84 Karen L. LeRoy ’76 2002: Karen Davis-Delk ’82 Chair, Quarterly Committee, 1991-94 Chair, Program Committee, 1980-83 2003: Karen M. Hendricks ’76 Ashanta N. Evans Blackwell ’95 Sheryl Y. McCarthy ’69 2003: Deborah Northcross ’73 2004: Sheryl McCarthy ’69 Clerk, 2014-17 Chair, Quarterly Committee, 1988-91 2008: W. Rochelle Calhoun ’83 Alumnae Trustee, 2003-04 Carmen Boston ’84 2011: Antoria Howard-Marrow ’81 Clerk, 1996-99 Sharyanne J. McSwain ’84 Director-at-Large, 2009-12 LOYALTY AWARD Lee Carol Johnson Cook ’83 2009: Carmen Boston ’84 Member-at-Large, 1989-92 Markeisha J. Miner ’99 2010: Peggy L. Andrews ’90 Second Vice President, 1991 Clerk, 2017-Current 2014: C Dale Gadsden ’84 2017: Lisa Tompkins ’82 Tamara J. Dews ’06 Deborah A. Northcross ’73 Young Alumnae Representative, 2011-14 Chair, Program Committee, 1995-98 ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Vice President, 1998-01 2009: Barbara Smith ’69 Maisha Imani Hamilton ’70 Director-at-Large, 2001-02 2013: Heide Gardner ’78 Alumnae Trustee, 1991–92 Alumnae Trustee, 2006-07 2017: Katherine E. Butler Jones ’57 Judith E. Harris ’67 Théda W. Page ’82 ELIZABETH TOPHAM KENNAN AWARD Chair, Program Committee, 1978-81 Member-at-Large, 1986-88 2018: W. Rochelle Calhoun ’83 Karen M. Hendricks ’76 Tina Young Poussaint ’79 AWARD President, 2000-03 Alumnae Trustee, 2001-02 1985: Janet Mitchell ’72 Alumnae Trustee, 2015-16 1989: Mindy McWilliams Lewis ’75 Akua Serwa Soadwa ’03 Antoria Howard-Marrow ’81 1990: Karen M. Hendricks ’76 Young Alumnae Representative, 2008-11 Director-at-Large, 2003-06 1993: Opeyemi Parham ’78 Chair, Nominating Committee, 2010-13 Felicia Y. Thomas ’84 1993: Suzan-Lori Parks ’85 Member-at-Large, 1988-89 1993: Tina Young Poussaint ’79 Kayla R. Jackson ’86 1994: Felicia Y. Thomas ’84 Chair, Classes and Reunion Committee, 1998-01 Shirley J. Wilcher ’73 1995: W. Rochelle Calhoun ’83 Vice President, 2004-07 Member-at-Large, 1995-97 1996: Yvonne P. Chireau ’82 2001: Elizabeth Onyemelukwe Garner ’89 Gloria L. Johnson-Powell ’58 Margaret Claytor Woodbury ’58 2001: Mona K. Sutphen ’89 Alumnae Trustee, 1977-80 President, 1994-97 2017: Tamara J. Dews ’06

YOUNG ALUMNA VOLUNTEER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LEADERSHIP AWARD W. Rochelle Calhoun ’83 2002: Beveryln Blanchard-Zebrowski FP’97 2003-08 2009: Markeisha J. Miner ’99

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Ismat Strozier Abdal-Haqq ’70 Katia Evans deSouza ’99 Patricia Napper Knudsen ’64 Victoria W. Pierce ’71 Ifeoma U. Aduba ’95 LaVida Dowdell ’74 Jamie R. Kornegay ’14 Cynthia M. Polk-Allen ’74 Success J. Akposoe ’18 Alessandra M. Early ’16 Leila M. Kouakou ’18 Subira E. Popenoe ’16 Cydney Forrest Albert ’07 Aniekan O. Effiong-Akpan ’18 Carla Richardson Lambert ’88 Marilyn Lloyd Price ’62 Valerie Atkins Alexander ’81 Zineb El Mechrafi ’18 Jennifer A. Lamy ’18 Marilyn Y. Quaidoo ’16 Nialena Ali ’17 Sharyn Ainsworth Esdaile ’69 Ariya K. Lawson ’18 Julie Ferguson Queen ’80 Yaa A. Apori ’96 Audrey V. Eshun ’16 Mindy McWilliams Lewis ’75 Camille I. Reppert ’18 Jessica L. Azulay ’11 Sandi-Lynn A. Eshun ’18 Cherie R. Lockett ’75 Laura G. Rice ’90 Adelle M. Banks ’84 Zanethia Y. Eubanks ’94 Janet M. Long ’71 Edwina McCreary Richmond ’69 Faith Johnson Bonecutter ’74 Stefani C. Evans ’10 Olivia N. Lucas ’18 Amani L. Roland ’94 Carol Bonner ’72 C Dale Gadsden ’84 Deborah E. Fashole Luke ’18 Gabriella R. Ruffin ’17 Carmen Boston ’84 Melody C. Glynn ’15 Cymone J. Martin ’18 Lauren O. Ruffin ’03 Tracye M. Boyd ’94 Patricia Mullings Gordon FP’04 Bernice Judice Mays ’72 Afiya A. Samuel ’03 Eoin T. Bradley ’15 Mary Grantham-Sleet ’74 Mariesa M. Mazzone ’17 Isoke Samuel ’18 Sarah C. Brady ’18 Lori A. Green ’83 Sheryl Y. McCarthy ’69 Claire A. Sanders ’83 Destiny D. Brew ’17 Bridget Grier ’14 Stephanie E. McGregor ’72 Monica A. Scantlebury ’85 Alfreda M. Brewer ’77 Alicia S. Hammond ’08 Mary Williamson McHenry ’54 Nickawanna A. Shaw ’96 Chantelle J. Brigham-McMillan ’18 Sybil M. Hammond ’72 Sharyanne J. McSwain ’84 Mahawa Sidibay ’15 Ashley N. Brown ’05 Christine J. Harding ’16 Melanie B. Megginson ’94 Yvonne E. Skillings FP’02 Jennifer L. Brown ’98 Judith E. Harris ’67 Amber I. Mensah ’16 Ashanta M. Smith ’03 Juanita F. Buford ’75 Rina Tucker Harris ’89 Gloria Millner ’75 Stephanie E. Smith ’15 Sherri L. Burr ’81 Denise L. Harrison ’84 Markeisha J. Miner ’99 Laurel E. Stokes ’09 Janet E. Butler ’78 Nicole T. Hoffler ’16 Syry R. Mitchell ’17 Mona K. Sutphen ’89 Julisa K. Campbell ’15 Ella S. Holmes ’16 Emilykaye Lonian Mitchelson ’77 Denise McLeod Thomas ’74 LaVerne Shipp Canady ’89 Lynn R. Holmes ’77 Isabel A. Morgan ’14 Felicia Y. Thomas ’84 Victoria A. Cargill ’73 Lydia A. Holt ’98 Sheree Morgan ’88 Paulette Q. Thompson ’85 Patricia Carlock ’74 Rhynette Northcross Hurd ’71 Dominique Mortimer ’15 Michelle Tisdel ’93 Nicala Carter-Woolfolk ’77 Michelle D. Hurst ’74 Topaz Mukulu ’18 Patricia Long Tucker ’72 Franckline Casimir-Benoit ’86 Lynne C. Inman ’86 Dale Bonner Murphy ’75 Cheryl Johnson Vault ’88 Nikki A. Chambers ’10 Carol Davis Jackson ’77 Natasha Naidoo ’12 Vickie C. Victor ’18 Christine A. Chancy ’12 Kayla R. Jackson ’86 Kimberly Neil ’17 Charisse R. Waller ’18 Debra Martin Chase ’77 Benita M. Jackson-Smoot ’78 Symone A. New ’10 Julia Bynum Walley ’00 Dierdra Gray Clark ’89 Sydney N. Jacobs Allen ’18 Deborah A. Northcross ’73 Averie S. Washington ’15 Marylloyd Claytor ’74 Salma Jafiq ’16 Odiche C. Nwabuikwu ’18 Monique J. Washington ’91 Quo Vadis Iva Cobb ’98 Kelley Page Jibrell ’99 Ifeoluwa O. Olokode ’13 Marcia R. Webb ’87 Lee Carol Johnson Cook ’83 Marissa M. Johnson ’18 Lynn E. Owens ’75 Ayoola M. White ’13 Rockia Coulibaly ’16 Katherine Butler Jones ’57 Glenda L. Partee ’69 Constance Lindo White ’65 Jessica M. Craig ’15 Briyana V. Joseph ’18 Kirsten G. Peeler ’91 Linda A. Whitlock ’69 Cheryl L. Crowell ’78 Lysandra K. Joseph ’18 Grace L. Perry ’74 Carolyn Cobb Wilkinson ’51 Carolyn Daniels ’68 Akaetey I. Kabal ’17 Twila L. Perry ’70 Melanie J. Wilkerson ’15 Kenesha S. Darlington ’16 Kenice Kenlock ’18 Minerva R. Phifer ’94 Cary M. Williams ’93 Karen Davis-Delk ’82 Tracy S. Keya ’18 Mojabeng Phoofolo ’98 Margaret Claytor Woodbury ’58 Effie K. Degraft-Johnson ’16 Delores Jeter King ’70 Charisse B. Pickron ’08 Melissa C. Deodat ’18 Hana K. Kiros ’18 Barbara Wright Pierce ’43

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CURRENT AND PAST MEMBERS OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE We are proud to join the MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ALUMNAE HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS

Sava Asmelash Berhane ’07 Debra Martin Chase ’77 Mount Holyoke Black Alumnae Young Alumnae Trustee, 2009-12 Doctor of Fine Arts, 2007 Ashanta N. Evans Blackwell ’95 Mabel Murphy Haith ’37 Society in honoring Franckline Young Alumnae Trustee, 1997-00 Doctor of Laws, 1977 Debra Martin Chase ’77 Glenda A. Hatchett ’73 Trustee, 2011-Current Doctor of Laws, 2000 Casimir-Benoit and all of the Karen Davis-Delk ’82 Karen Jennings Lewis ’74 Young Alumnae Trustee, 1982-85 Doctor of Humane Letters, 2014 honorees of the Inaugural Elizabeth Onyemelukwe Garner ’89 Gloria L. Johnson-Powell ’58 Alumnae Trustee, 2012-13; Trustee, 2010-15 Doctor of Science, 1997 Leadership Awards for their Maisha I. Hamilton ’70 Suzan-Lori Parks ’85 Trustee, 1991-96 Doctor of Fine Arts, 2001 inspiring commitment to Rina Tucker Harris ’89 Mona K. Sutphen ’89 Young Alumnae Trustee, 1991-94 Doctor of Humane Letters, 2013 Karen M. Hendricks ’76 Shirley J. Wilcher ’73 professional excellence. Alumnae Trustee, 2000-03, 2015-16 Doctor of Laws, 2018 Rhynette Northcross Hurd ’71 Trustee, 2016-Current

Gloria L. Johnson-Powell ’58 ASSOCIATE DEAN OF STUDENTS Alumnae Trustee, 1977-82; Trustee, 1997-02 W. Rochelle Calhoun ’83 Katherine E. Butler Jones ’57 1992-02 Alumnae Trustee, 1973-78 ACTING DEAN OF THE COLLEGE Mindy McWilliams Lewis ’75 W. Rochelle Calhoun ’83 Trustee, 2006-18 2002-03 Sheryl Y. McCarthy ’69 SESQUICENTENNIAL AWARD Alumnae Trustee, 2001-06 1987: Maisha Imani Hamilton ’70 1987: Judith E. Harris ’67 Deborah A. Northcross ’73 1987: Frances Monroe King ’42 Alumnae Trustee, 2004-09 More than 85 Years 1987: Gloria Cochrane Onque ’51 Tina Young Poussaint ’79 1988: Marie Therese Oliver Jackson-Thompson ’69 of Truly Personalized Alumnae Trustee, 1999-04 1988: Sheryl Y. McCarthy ’69 Wealth Management. 1988: Barbara Smith ’69 Mona K. Sutphen ’89 fiduciarytrust.com Trustee, 2015-Current ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME 2015: Cheryl E. Daley ’94 Margaret Claytor Woodbury ’58 Trustee, 1985-97 © 2018 Fiduciary Trust Company International and subsidiaries (doing business as Fiduciary Trust 16 International) are 9part of the Franklin Templeton Investments family of companies. All rights reserved. 2018 BLACK ALUMNAE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

CO-CHAIRS C Dale Gadsden ’84 Deborah A. Northcross ’73

PROGRAM COMMITTEE Théda W. Page ’82 Felicia Y. Thomas ’84 Lori-Anne Ashwood ’09 Kendra N. Husband ’99 Anne Demosthene ’18

FINANCE AND FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE Cheryl R. Williams ’79 Naima N. McQueen ’11

MARKETING COMMITTEE Marylloyd Claytor ’74 Truth Hunter ’07

LOGISTICS/ACCOMMODATIONS Ashanta Evans Blackwell ’95 Markeisha J. Miner ’99

REGISTRATION COMMITTEE La Verne O. Morris ’84

SPECIAL THANKS Judith Herrell — Herrell’s Ice Cream Nicky Mesiah ’77 — Miss Nicky’s Toffee Mount Holyoke College Office of the President Mount Holyoke College Alumnae Association Mount Holyoke College Office of Communications Mount Holyoke College Archives & Special Collections