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The Annual General Meeting
welcomed
Tom
Porter BA ’74, LLB ’78
,
at left
, to a two-year term
as president of the Alumni Association – marking
the end of the term for now past-president,
Jeff
Flacks BHK ’96, MBA ’98.
Porter is a partner in the law firm Mousseau
DeLuca McPherson Prince, and he spent 12 years
as a Windsor city councillor (1982-1994). Porter
also served on a number of boards, including the
Essex County Lung Association, Glengarry Non-
Profit Housing Board, Essex Region Conservation
Authority, Windsor-Essex County Development
Commission and Community Care Access
Committee. In addition, he and his family own and
operate Windsor Squash and Fitness Club Inc. and
the Jackson Health Centre.
Six new directors were elected to the board:
1. Adam Hughes BA ’90
- director of Information
and Technology Services, the Region of Peel;
2. Sarah Renaud BA ’03
,
BSW ’04
- crisis services
worker, Windsor Regional Children’s Centre;
3. Jean Wright BA ’71, DTE ’72, BEd ’72
-
recently retired teacher, Windsor Essex Catholic
District School Board; co-chair of the Women’s
Basketball Gala Breakfast, and a recipient of the
University’s prestigious Clark Award;
4. Saverio Rinaldi BSC ’77
– enterprise architect,
Electronic Data Systems in Detroit;
5. Don Bruner BComm ’70
– former partner,
Chrysler Shillington & Company, Chatham;
inductee of the Alumni Sports Hall of Fame
(Lancer Men’s Hockey),
6. Elaine Whitmore BScN ’88
- executive
director, John McGivney Children’s Centre; a
certified health executive (Canadian College
of Health Service Executives), as well as many
memberships, including the Rotary Club and the
Windsor Club.
Retiring from the Board following completion of
their terms are:
Terry Fink, Stuart Galloway
BComm ’87, Sheila Wright BA ’61, Hugh
Sheldon BA ’76, Dave Bondy BA ’72, MBA ’74,
and Bill Wright BA ’70, LLB ’73
(president 05/06).
AGM WELCOMES NEW PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS TO ALUMNI BOARD
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