Board of Alumni Committees

Administration: Aaron Forbort ’02, Chair
This committee oversees new board member nominations and selection process; board leadership selection; maintains fair elections; maintains and proposes revisions to bylaws as needed.

Alumni Recognition and Outreach: Erik Jensen ’81, Chair
This committee is responsible for overseeing the honors nomination and selection process; providing a slate of honors award candidates to the Board; and supporting the planning of the Honors Celebration at Alumni Weekend. This committee also develops new ideas to connect alumni and supports initiatives to create meaningful connections among alumni in various geographic regions, within class years, and affinity groups, including (but not limited to) Alumni Weekend and class reunions, Homecoming, regional programs, and Portland events.

Equity and Inclusion: Mary Bodine ’09 L’13, Chair - Marisol Jenkins  ’15, Co-Chair
This committee supports L&C’s diversity initiatives and develops programs to connect alumni and students of color. Recent initiatives have included forming the Lewis & Clark Black Alumni Association and the Lewis & Clark Native Alumni Association. Committee members also serve as liaisons with the institution’s Office of Equity and Inclusion and the student facing Office of Inclusion and Multicultural Engagement

Student Alumni Connections and Development: Jackson Shea ’89, Chair - Katie Byrnes ’79, Co-Chair
This committee is responsible for selecting Alumni Leadership Scholarship recipients each year; creating opportunities for the Board to meet the students; working with the students to support the work they are doing; setting up mentoring relationships with the students; working with the career center to support the career needs of current students, including networking, mentoring, mock interviews, etc.; working to expand career support to alumni; working with staff to support Careers Connections with Alumni; working with career center and Center for Entrepreneurship as needed.