March/April 2010
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Mariela Maldonado joined the Alumni Office on January 4 as associate director, administration. She spent the last 4½ years at the Earth Institute, most recently as the assistant director of human resources. Maldonado will work with Merideth Kerby, director of planning and administration, on financial issues and human resources and will manage the day-to-day administration operations.
Star Sawyer joined the University’s Office of Alumni Development on February 8 as the new director of the Welcome Center, which is located on the first floor of the Columbia Alumni Center. Sawyer, who is from Bellaire, Texas, comes to Columbia from the University of Florida Alumni Association in Gainesville, where she led programs and activities for Florida’s 300,000-plus alumni base.