Vassar Quarterly - Summer 2018 - 52

CLASS NOTES
The lastest news and updates from your classmates.

Announcing the 2018 AAVC Board Slate

In accordance with the AAVC bylaws, the Board Slate was presented online 45 days prior to the AAVC Annual Meeting,
held during Reunion. The slate was ratified on June 9, 2018. It is presented here for your information.

AAVC President (2018-2022)
Stephen Hankins '85, P'13,'17
California
Additional Vassar
Volunteer Experience
AAVC Vice President
for Operations, 2016-
present; AAVC Trustee,
2017-present; co-chair,
Pyramid Society,
2011-2016; co-chair,
Parent Leadership Council, 2014-present;
member, Development Council, 2014-present;
mentor, Sophomore Career Connections, 2015;
class agent, Class of 1985, 2015; co-chair, Class
Fund, 2010-2014; member, Vassar 150 Campaign
Committee, 2011-2013; co-chair, 25th Reunion
Gift Committee, 2007-2010; member, Board of
Trustees, 1995-2007; volunteer, Career Advisor
Program, 1992-2006; notewriter/phoner, Annual
Fund, 1990-1992 and 2000-2002; member,
Annual Fund Advisory Committee, 1996-1999;
member, CVC Regional Campaign Committee,
1995-1999; chair, 10th Reunion Gift Committee,
1992-1995; co-president & president, San
Francisco Bay Area Vassar Club, 1992-1995;
member, 21st Century Committee, 1990-1994.
Professional/Community Experience
Partner, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila, 2016-
present; adjunct professor, University of
California, Hastings College of Law, 2017-present;
partner, group leader, executive committee
member, & coordinating partner, Schiff Hardin,
2007-2016; partner, Morgenstein & Jubelirer,
1998-2007; managing partner, Morgenstein
& Jubelirer, 2000-2004; associate, Morgenstein
& Jubelirer, 1994-1998; associate, Heller Ehrman,
1991-1994; member, Board of Managers, San
Francisco YMCA, 1999-2007; chair, Board of
Managers, San Francisco YMCA, 2005-2007;
director, chair of financial development committee, San Francisco YMCA, 2017-present; founding
trustee, secretary, San Francisco Friends School,
2001-2007; volunteer attorney, San Francisco ACLU,
1991-present; volunteer attorney San Francisco
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, 1991-1995.

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SUmmER 2018

AAVC Vice President for
Operations and AAVC Trustee
Brian Farkas '10 (2018-2022)
New York
Additional Vassar
Volunteer Experience
Chair, Clubs and
Regional Networks
Committee, 2016-2018;
president, Vassar Club
of New York, 2014-2018;
mentor, Sophomore
Career Connections, 2015-2018; member, Nominating Committee, 2014-2017; board member,
Vassar Club of New York, 2011-present; member,
Annual Fund Council, 2013-present; co-chair,
Class of 2010 Fund, 2010-present; interviewer/
college fair representative, Alumnae/i Admissions
Program, 2011-present; member, Campaign
Committee for the Vassar 150: World Changing
Campaign, 2011-14.
Professional/Community Experience
Attorney, Goetz Fitzpatrick LLP, 2013-present;
adjunct professor of law, Brooklyn Law School,
2014-present; adjunct professor, City University
of New York; volunteer mediator, New York State
Court System, 2012-present.

Chair, Vassar Fund
Committee (Interim; 2018-2022)
Stephanie Hyacinth '84
New York
Additional Vassar
Volunteer Experience
Member, Steering
Committee, African
American Alumnae/i of
Vassar College (AAAVC),
2017-present; member,
Vassar Fund Council,
2013-present; fund chair, Vassar Class of 1984,
2014-present; AAVC trustee, 2012-2016; member,
Annual Fund Advisory Committee, 2011-2012;
member, Vassar 150 World Changing Campaign
Committee, 2010-2014; member, Campaign
Steering Committee, 2010; member, AAAVC

Phonathon Program, 2008; alumnae/i convocation
speaker, AAVC, 1998; board member, Annual
Fund Advisory Committee, 1996-1997; directorat-large, AAVC, 1994-1998; liaison to Frances
Lehman Loeb Art Center, AAVC, 1993-1997;
co-chair, Reunion Gift Committee, 1994, 2004,
2014; chair, 21st Century Committee, 1991-1992;
volunteer, Vassar Club of New York Admissions
Committee, 1989-1993; member, 21st Century
Committee, 1988-1993.
Professional/Community Experience
Director, Corporate & Foundation Relations,
Macaulay Honors College at The City University
of New York, 2012-present; vice president for
development, Brooklyn Community Foundation,
2009-2012; senior manager of development,
NPower NY, 2002-2009; director of development,
Irvington Institution of Immunological Research,
1995-2000; director, corporate & foundation
relations, YWCA of the City of New York, 1993-1995;
program director, Brakeley, John Price Jones,
1987-1993; campaign assistant, Cooper-Hewitt,
National Design Museum, 1984-1987; lector and
usher, Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph R.C., 1998-
present.

Chair, Clubs Committee
(2018-2022)

Alan Neuhauser '09
Washington, DC
Additional Vassar
Volunteer Experience
President, Vassar Club
of Washington, DC,
2017-present;
co-president, Vassar
Club of Washington,
DC, 2016-2017; founding
president, Vassar Swim & Dive Alumni, 2010-2017.
Professional/Community Experience
Reporter, U.S. News & World Report, 2014-present;
reporter, DNAinfo New York, 2012-2014; ski
patroller, Deer Valley Resort, 2011-2012; editor,
Patch Media, 2010-2011; volunteer EMT, Fanwood
Rescue Squad, 2008-2011.



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