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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

  • Photo of Sherri Wolf
    Sherri Pancer Wolf ’90, President, Columbia College Alumni Association (CCAA)
  • Photo of Ted Schweitzer
    Theodore Schweitzer, Esq. ’91, Chair, Columbia College Alumni Association (CCAA)
  • Photo of Zila Acosta-Grimes
    Zila Acosta-Grimes, Esq. ’11, Representative, Columbia Alumni Association (CAA)
  • Armond Adams '06
    Armond Adams ’06, Co-chair, Alumni Engagement Committee
  • Alex Rosen CC'11
    David Chait CC07
    David Chait ’07, Co-chair, Homecoming and Reunions Committee​
  • Nihara Choudhri ’96, LAW '99
    Nihara Choudhri ’96, Assistant Secretary & Governance
  • Ben Cosgrove
    Ben Cosgrove ’90, Co-chair, Fund Development Council West
  • Carlos Cuevas CC'05
    Carlos Cuevas ’05, Co-chair, Class Agents
  • Margaret Flynn Robison
    Margaret Flynn Robison ’90, President, Columbia College Women (CCW)
  • Jennifer Hsia
    Jennifer Hsia ’06, Co-chair, Student Connections Committee
  • Alumnus David Javdan Esq. CC’90
    David Javdan, Esq. ’90, Co-chair, Fund Development Council (FDC)
  • Joanne Kwong ‘97
    Joanne Kwong ’97, Co-chair, Intellectual Programming Committee
  • Dara Marmon ‘95
    Dara Marmon ’95, Co-chair, Class Agents
  • Meredith Milstein Polivy ‘03
    Meredith Milstein Polivy ’09, Co-chair, Columbia College Fund (CCF)
  • Diana Nasser ’87
    Diana Nasser ’87, Co-chair, Alumni Representative Committee (ARC)
  • Rita Pietropinto-Kitt ’93
    Rita Pietropinto-Kitt ’93, Co-chair, Young Alumni Journey Committee
  • Sam Ravani ‘18
    Sam Ravani ’18, Co-President, Columbia College Young Alumni (CCYA)
  • John Rodin ‘97
    John Rodin ’97, Vice President, State of the College
  • Kurt Roeloffs ’84
    Kurt Roeloffs ’84, Co-chair, Intellectual Programming Committee
  • David Seidman CC'06
    David Seidman ’06, Co-chair, Mentoring Committee
  • Judith Shampanier
    Judith Shampanier ’90, Secretary & Governance
  • Khadijah Sharif-Drinkard ’93
    Khadijah Sharif-Drinkard ’93, Co-chair, Student Connections Committee
  • James Stone ‘90
    James Stone ’90, Co-chair, Fund Development Council (FDC)
  • Alumnus Jonathan Sobel CC'88
    Jonathan Sobel ’88, Vice President, Development
  • Matt Sodl CC'88
    Matt Sodl ’88, Co-chair, Homecoming and Reunions Committee
  • Maria Sun ’18
    Maria Sun ’18, Co-President, Columbia College Young Alumni (CCYA)
  • Zahrah Taufique ‘09
    Zahrah Taufique ’09, Co-chair, Mentoring Committee
  • Alumna Emily Miles Terry CC'89
    Emily Miles Terry ’89, Co-chair, Alumni Engagement Committee
  • Mila Tuttle
    Mila Tuttle ’96, Representative, Board of Visitors
  • John Vincenti, Esq. CC'90
    John Vincenti, Esq. ’90, Vice President, Alumni Engagement
  • Carl Yin ‘17
    Carl Yin ’17, Co-chair, Young Alumni Journey Committee

Past Presidents

  • Michael Behringer CC89
    Michael Behringer ’89*
  • Photo of Kyra Tirana Barry
    Kyra Tirana Barry ’87*
  • Photo of Geoffrey Colvin
    Geoffrey Colvin ’74*
  • Brian Krisberg CC81 LAW84
    Brian Krisberg, Esq. ’81*
  • Photo of Gerald Sherwin CC'55
    Gerald Sherwin ’55^
  • Photo of Douglas Wolf CC'88
    Douglas Wolf ’88*
  • Laurence Rubenstein
    Laurence H. Rubinstein ’60

MEMBERS

  • Lauren Accordino 09
  • Dr. Uchenna Acholonu Jr. ’96
  • Dr. Allison Bajger ’07
  • Randy Berkowitz 04
    Ganesh Betanabhatla ’06
    Michael Brown ’06
  • Dr. Eli Bryk ’78
  • Michael Byowitz ’73
    Wah Chen ’92
  • Brian Chung ’16
  • Steven Coleman ’83
  • Alexandra Wallace Creed ’88
    Sherrie Deans ’98
    Lexi Diamond, Esq. ’91
  • James P. Gerkis, Esq. ’80
    Matthew Grossman ’05
    Gairy Hall, Jr. ’11
    Eric 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 ’93
    Cliff Massey ’10
    Laney McGahey ’17
  • Mark Momjian, Esq. ’83
    Neda Navab ’08
    Yong-Kyoo Rim ’00
  • Dr. Heather Ruddock ’88
  • Jennifer Fudge Ryan ’89
  • Lisa Heffner Scolnik ’06
  • Michael Sin ’05
  • Tao Tan ’07
    Nina Tannenbaum ’99
    John Tsanas ’81
  • Courtney Wilkins ’07
    Scott Yagoda, Esq. ’86
  • Christina Ying ’89
    Raymond Yu ’89
    Kevin 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-Chai​r

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