Alumni Leadership

As the governing body of the Alumni Association, the Alumni Council includes the most active group of volunteers working for the College. The Council is charged with creating programs that provide alumni service to the College. Activities are directed from the campus by the Executive Director, who is also an administrator of the College. Members of the Council return to Oberlin for a weekend of meetings each fall.

The Alumni Council consists of the following groups:

• Executive Board
• Committees
• Regional Coordinators
• Regional Career Liaisons
• Self-Defined Groups
• Alumni-Elected Trustees
• Class-Elected Trustees
• Class Officers
• Lead Class Agents/Conservatory Cluster Agents
• Admissions Coordinators
• Former Presidents of the Alumni Association

There are provisions in the Alumni Association Bylaws for at-large members of the Alumni Council, individuals who are not part of one of the defined volunteer groups, but whom the Board believes would be valuable Council participants.

Resources for Alumni Council Members

Executive Board Organization

The Executive Board, which may have no more than nineteen members, is responsible for conducting month-to-month Alumni Association business.  It oversees the work of constituent groups and committees of the Alumni Council, develops and implements new programs, and studies issues important to the Council or to the alumni body. The Board ususally meets four times a year; in March, June, September, and November.

As stated in the Alumni Association Bylaws, the Board is composed of three elected officers, the President, the Treasurer, and either the President-Elect or the Past-President, committee chairs, at-large members, and no more than three affiliate group representatives.

Each President is elected to a one-year term as President-Elect followed by two years as President and one more year as Past-President. This means that the third officer of the Association during the first year of a President's term is the Past President, while during the second year it is the President-Elect. This four-year term of service cannot be repeated consecutively. The Treasurer may serve up to three consecutive two-year terms. Other Board Members may serve no more than six consecutive years.