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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.

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2025-26 CCAA Board Membership

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

  • Photo of Raymond Yu
    Raymond Yu ’89, President, Columbia College Alumni Association (CCAA)
  • Photo of Sherri Wolf
    Sherri Pancer Wolf ’90, Chair, Columbia College Alumni Association (CCAA) and Past President
  • Lauren Accordino CC’09
    Lauren Accordino ’09, Co-chair, Columbia College Fund (CCF)
  • Wah Chen CC’92
    Wah Chen ’92, Co-chair, Alumni Engagement Committee
  •  Brian Chung CC’16
    Brian Chung ’16, Co-chair, Young Alumni Journey Committee
  • Ben Cosgrove
    Ben Cosgrove ’90, Co-chair, Fund Development Council West
  • Carlos V. Cruz '88
    Carlos V. Cruz '88, Representative, Columbia Alumni Association (CAA)
  • Mohit Daswani CC’95
    Mohit Daswani ’95, Co-chair, Fund Development Council (FDC)
  • Lexi Diamond, Esq. CC’91
    Lexi Diamond, Esq. ’91, Co-chair, Homecoming and Reunions Committee
  • James P. Gerkis, Esq. CC’80
    James P. Gerkis, Esq. ’80, Secretary & Governance
  • Jennifer Hsia
    Jennifer Hsia ’06, Co-chair, Mentoring Committee
  • Alumnus David Javdan Esq. CC’90
    David Javdan, Esq. ’90, Co-chair, Columbia College Fund (CCF)
  • Joanne Kwong ‘97
    Joanne Kwong ’97, Co-chair, Intellectual Programming Committee
  • Emily Miles Terry CC’89
    Emily Miles Terry ’89, Vice President, Alumni Engagement
  • Nancy Pak ’90
    Nancy Pak ’90, President, Columbia College Women (CCW)
  • Maria Ramirez-Jurgens CC’92
    Maria Ramirez-Jurgens ’92, Co-chair, Class Agents
  • Julian Richardson CC’14
    Julian Richardson ’14, Co-President, Columbia College Young Alumni (CCYA)
  • Kurt Roeloffs ’84
    Kurt Roeloffs ’84, Co-chair, Intellectual Programming Committee
  • David Seidman CC'06
    David Seidman ’06, Vice President, State of the College
  • Michael Sin CC’05
    Michael Sin ’05, Co-chair, Homecoming and Reunions Committee​
  • James Stone ‘90
    James Stone ’90, Vice President, Development; and Co-chair, Fund Development Council (FDC)
  • Nina Tannenbaum CC’99
    Nina Tannenbaum ’99, Co-chair, Mentoring Committee
  • Mila Tuttle
    Mila Tuttle ’96, Representative, Board of Visitors
  • Christina Ying ’89, Co-chair, Alumni Engagement Committee
  • Tony Zheng CC’19
    Tony Zheng ’19, President, Columbia College Young Alumni (CCYA)

Past Presidents

  • Photo of Kyra Tirana Barry
    Kyra Tirana Barry ’87*
  • Michael Behringer CC89
    Michael Behringer ’89*
  • Photo of Geoffrey Colvin
    Geoffrey Colvin ’74*
  • Brian Krisberg CC81 LAW84
    Brian Krisberg, Esq. ’81*
  • Photo of Ted Schweitzer
    Theodore Schweitzer, Esq. ’91*
  • 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

  • Dr. Uchenna Acholonu Jr. ’96
  • Armond Adams ’06
  • Sarah Aibel ’92
    Matt Assiff
    ’89
  • Dr. Allison Bajger ’07
  • Randy Berkowitz 04
    Ganesh Betanabhatla ’06
  • Dr. Eli Bryk ’78
  • Michael Byowitz ’73
  • Nihara Choudhri ’96
  • Austin Cohen ’11
  • Alexandra Wallace Creed ’88
    Sherrie Deans ’98
  • Matthew Grossman ’05
    Gairy Hall, Jr. ’11
    Eric Hopp ’98
  • Emily Hu ’95
  • Riley Jones ’17
  • Edward Joyce ’83
  • Stefanie Katz-Rothman ’88
  • Venkat Kausik ’13
  • Kate Kerkering ’93
  • Michael Lee, '96
  • Jay Lefkowitz, Esq. ’84
  • Charles Leykum ’99
  • Joel Lusman ’93
    Cliff Massey ’10
    Laney McGahey ’17
  • Meredith Milstein Polivy ’03
  • Mark Momjian, Esq. ’83
    Diana Nasser ’87
    Neda Navab ’08
    Souren Ouzounian ’89
  • Margaret Robison ’90
  • John Rodin ’97
  • Dr. Heather Ruddock ’88
  • Jennifer Fudge Ryan ’89
  • Lisa Heffner Scolnik ’06
    Judith Shampanier ’90
  • Matt Sodl ’88
  • Tao Tan ’07
    Zahrah Taufique ’09
  • John Tsanas ’81
  • John Vincenti, Esq. ’90
  • Courtney Wilkins ’07
    Scott Yagoda, Esq. ’86
  • Kevin Zhang ’14

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS


Virginia Cornish ’91, Professor of Chemistry
Carlos V. Cruz '88, Representative, Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) *
Maya Ho ’18, Co-Chair, Young Leaders Council (YLC)
Kelsey Kats ‘13, Co-Chair, Young Leaders Council (YLC)
Joseph Moreno '02, Representative, Latino Alumni Association of Columbia University (LAACU)
Nancy Pak ’90, President, Columbia College Women (CCW) *
Valerie Purdie-Greenaway ’93, Professor of Psychology
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)
Tony Zheng ‘19, President, Columbia College Young Alumni (CCYA) *

STUDENT EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Sebastian Pallais-Aks ’26, President, Student Ambassadors for Columbia College Alumni (SACCA)
TBD, Representative, Senior Fund Co-Chair
TBD, Representative, Columbia College Student Council

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 *
Michael Marino, Interim Executive Director of Alumni Relations*

*Also members of the Executive Committee

† Ex-Officio members who are also general board members of the Columbia College Alumni Association.

^ Deceased