2008 Association of Alumni Candidates

Cheryl Bascomb ’82
Candidate for First Vice President

Biography
Cheryl has spent over 20 years in marketing and communications working with organizations to help communicate positive, accurate, understandable messages to their markets and constituents. As an undergraduate, Cheryl was Captain of both the Track and Field and Cross Country teams, played rugby, and was a member of KKG and Cobra. Now living in Maine, she visits Dartmouth frequently, talks with current students, and understands both how the College has changed and how it has remained the same.

Statement
I adopt the statement of John Mathias and urge the election of our entire slate, including Keare, Spalding, Baldauf, Brown, Engelman, Harris, Jaxheimer, Kerr, and Schram.

With a full-time job and a busy family, I know first-hand the need to reach concerned alumni who care about the College but may not have the luxury of time to devote to studying issues relevant to today’s Dartmouth.

As a currently sitting member of the Association of Alumni Executive Committee, I have had the benefit of hearing from many different alumni and have had time to listen to their input, answer their questions, and represent their diversity of interests and ideas as best I can.

I have positive working relationships with a variety of people related to the College, from Trustees to Alumni Council officers, from administrators to people disenchanted with Dartmouth. All of them have my ear and have proven that they are willing to work with me and listen to my input.

After a year sitting on the Executive Committee and voting against the petition candidate majority, I am more committed than ever to end the rancorous and highly public debate and lawsuit that has created so much negative publicity for Dartmouth.

With the upcoming search for Dartmouth’s next President, it is important to create an atmosphere and a public perception of Dartmouth that is conducive to attracting the best candidates. We need an Executive Committee and slate of officers who are willing to be independent of special interests and communicate accurate, fair, and broadly representative viewpoints to Trustees, other alumni organizations, students, faculty, and administrators.

I look forward to focusing on making Dartmouth’s Association of Alumni play an important and positive role in the life of the College.

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