The Columbia College Alumni Association was founded in 1825 and has a rich history of engagement, leadership and influence at Columbia College.
Board members work collaboratively to lead and support an array of opportunities for alumni to stay involved and have a positive impact on the success of the College, including: the Columbia College Fund, the Alexander Hamilton Award and John Jay Awards Dinners and committees that address topics such as career education, student life and athletics.
For more information on the CCAA board, contact us.
2023-24 CCAA Board Membership
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Sherri Pancer Wolf ’90, President, Columbia College Alumni Association (CCAA)
- Theodore Schweitzer, Esq. ’91, Chair, Columbia College Alumni Association (CCAA)
- Zila Acosta-Grimes, Esq. ’11, Representative, Columbia Alumni Association (CAA)
- Armond Adams ’06, Co-chair, Alumni Engagement Committee
- David Chait ’07, Co-chair, Homecoming and Reunions Committee
- Nihara Choudhri ’96, Assistant Secretary & Governance
- Ben Cosgrove ’90, Co-chair, Fund Development Council West
- Carlos Cuevas ’05, Co-chair, Class Agents
- Margaret Flynn Robison ’90, President, Columbia College Women (CCW)
- Jennifer Hsia ’06, Co-chair, Student Connections Committee
- David Javdan, Esq. ’90, Co-chair, Fund Development Council (FDC)
- Joanne Kwong ’97, Co-chair, Intellectual Programming Committee
- Dara Marmon ’95, Co-chair, Class Agents
- Meredith Milstein Polivy ’09, Co-chair, Columbia College Fund (CCF)
- Diana Nasser ’87, Co-chair, Alumni Representative Committee (ARC)
- Rita Pietropinto-Kitt ’93, Co-chair, Young Alumni Journey Committee
- Sam Ravani ’18, Co-President, Columbia College Young Alumni (CCYA)
- John Rodin ’97, Vice President, State of the College
- Kurt Roeloffs ’84, Co-chair, Intellectual Programming Committee
- David Seidman ’06, Co-chair, Mentoring Committee
- Judith Shampanier ’90, Secretary & Governance
- Khadijah Sharif-Drinkard ’93, Co-chair, Student Connections Committee
- James Stone ’90, Co-chair, Fund Development Council (FDC)
- Jonathan Sobel ’88, Vice President, Development
- Matt Sodl ’88, Co-chair, Homecoming and Reunions Committee
- Maria Sun ’18, Co-President, Columbia College Young Alumni (CCYA)
- Zahrah Taufique ’09, Co-chair, Mentoring Committee
- Emily Miles Terry ’89, Co-chair, Alumni Engagement Committee
- Mila Tuttle ’96, Representative, Board of Visitors
- John Vincenti, Esq. ’90, Vice President, Alumni Engagement
- Carl Yin ’17, Co-chair, Young Alumni Journey Committee
Past Presidents
- Michael Behringer ’89*
- Kyra Tirana Barry ’87*
- Geoffrey Colvin ’74*
- Brian Krisberg, Esq. ’81*
- Gerald Sherwin ’55^
- Douglas Wolf ’88*
- Laurence H. Rubinstein ’60
MEMBERS
- Lauren Accordino ’09
- Dr. Uchenna Acholonu Jr. ’96
- Dr. Allison Bajger ’07
- Randy Berkowitz ’04Ganesh Betanabhatla ’06Michael Brown ’06
- Dr. Eli Bryk ’78
- Michael Byowitz ’73Wah Chen ’92
- Brian Chung ’16
- Steven Coleman ’83
- Alexandra Wallace Creed ’88Sherrie Deans ’98
Lexi Diamond, Esq. ’91 - James P. Gerkis, Esq. ’80Matthew Grossman ’05Gairy Hall, Jr. ’11Eric Hopp ’98
- Douglas Horowitz, Esq. ‘97
- Edward Joyce ’83
- Stefanie Katz-Rothman ’88
- Kate Kerkering ’93
- Arthur Kohn, Esq. ’84
- Michael Lee, '96
- Jay Lefkowitz, Esq. ’84
- Charles Leykum ’99
- Joel Lusman ’93Cliff Massey ’10Laney McGahey ’17
- Mark Momjian, Esq. ’83Neda Navab ’08Yong-Kyoo Rim ’00
- Dr. Heather Ruddock ’88
- Jennifer Fudge Ryan ’89
- Lisa Heffner Scolnik ’06
- Michael Sin ’05
- Tao Tan ’07John Tsanas ’81
Nina Tannenbaum ’99 - Courtney Wilkins ’07Scott Yagoda, Esq. ’86
- Christina Ying ’89Raymond Yu ’89Kevin Zhang ’14
STUDENT MEMBERS
- Ruth Dejene ’24, President, Student Ambassadors for Columbia College Alumni (SACCA)
Sophie Gorup ’24, Representative, Columbia College Student Council (CCSC) - Sadia Safa ’24, Senior Fund Co-Chair
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
- Zila Acosta-Grimes ’11, Representative, Columbia Alumni Association *
- Virginia Cornish ’91, Professor of Chemistry
- Noam Elcott ’00, Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology
- Margaret Flynn Robison ’90, President, Columbia College Women (CCW)*
- Maya Ho ’18, Co-Chair, Young Leaders Council (YLC)
- Kelsey Kats ’13, Co-Chair, Young Leaders Council (YLC)
- Ivan Leniski ’16, Representative, Latino Alumni Association of Columbia University (LAACU)
- Sam Ravani ’18, Co-President, Columbia College Young Alumni (CCYA)*
- Maria Sun ’18, Co-President, Columbia College Young Alumni (CCYA)*
- Mila Tuttle ’96, Representative, Columbia College Board of Visitors *†
- Courtney Wilkins ’07, Representative, Black Alumni Council (BAC) †
Douglas Wolf ’88, Chair Emeritus; Representative, Alumni Trustee Nominating Committee *†Ying Yen ’95, Representative, Asian Columbia Alumni Association (ACAA)
STAFF MEMBERS
Corey Aronstam, Deputy Vice President for Development, Columbia College and Arts & Sciences; Senior Associate Dean for Columbia College Development and Alumni Relations *Mara Henckler, Executive Director, Columbia College Fund *Thandiwe Jarrett-Abdulali, Director, Alumni Relations *
*Also members of the Executive Committee
† Ex-Officio members who are also general board members of the Columbia College Alumni Association.
^ Deceased