The Nominating and Governance Committee is pleased to present the slate of nominees for open board positions for 2025–2029:
- Maybelle Taylor Bennett ’70
- Stephanie Goldberg ’14
- Kevin Lee ’14
- Patricia Ann Neely ’75
- Sam Thypin-Bermeo ʼ11
AAVC Trustee
- Maybelle Taylor Bennett ’70
- (she/her/hers)
- Washington, D.C.
- Term of Service: 2025–2029
Additional Vassar Volunteer Experience
Director, AAVC Board of Directors, 2021–present; member, AAVC Alum Recognition Committee, 2021–present; member, AAVC Career Networking Committee, 2021–present; class agent, Class of 1970, 2018–2021; member, Club Admission Committee, 1997–2009; notewriter/phoner, Annual Fund, 2005–2006; member, AAVC Nominating Committee, 2002–2005; panelist, 30th Anniversary Celebration of the Africana Studies Program at Vassar, 2001.
Professional/Community Experience
Director, Howard University Community Association, 1996–2019; Assistant for Community Relations and Planning, Howard University, 1991–1996; Member Board of Directors, Douglass Community Land Trust, 2020–2024; Pastor, Covenant Christian Community, 2013–2023; Member Board of Directors, D.C. Building Industry Association, 2000–2015; Commissioner and Chair (7 years), Zoning Commission of the District of Columbia, 1982–1998; Member, Leadership Greater Washington, 1991–present; Member, Lambda Alpha Land Economics Society, 1984–present; Director of Research, Coalition on Human Needs,1984–1990; Director of Research, Working Group for Community Development Reform, 1978–1981.
AAVC Board Director
- Stephanie Goldberg ’14
- (she/her/hers)
- New York
- Term of Service: 2025–2029
Additional Vassar Volunteer Experience
Vice Chair, AAVC Alum Recognition Committee, 2024–present and off-board committee member, 2020–2024; President, Vassar Club of New York, 2024–present, and Program Committee Co-Chair, 2020–2024, and Social Media Coordinator, 2020–2023, and Communications Co-Chair, 2021–2022, and Programming Chair, 2018–2020, and Deputy Programming Chair, 2016–2018; Off-board committee member, AAVC Clubs Committee, 2024–present; Co-President, Class of 2014, 2019–present, and Social Media Coordinator, 2020–2024, and Class Fund Chair, 2014–2019, and Co-Chair, 2014–2019, and Volunteer, 2014–2015; Volunteer, Club Admission Committee, 2018–present and 2014–2016.
Professional/Community Experience
Associate Director, Partner Development, Global Digital Business, Sony Music Entertainment, 2023–present; Marketing Chair, Women’s Initiative Network, Sony Music Entertainment, 2023–present; Talent Advisory Group Executive Council Member, Sony Music Entertainment, 2023–present; President, Emerging Professionals NYC, Sony Music Entertainment, 2023–present; Sustainability Task Force Member, Sony Music Entertainment, 2021–present; Fostering Rescue Animals, 2017–present; Associate Director, E-Commerce and Marketing, Sony Music Entertainment, 2021–2023; Communications & Membership Chair, Emerging Professionals NYC, Sony Music Entertainment, 2020–2023; Co-Chair, Recent Alumni Network, New York University, 2020–2021; Brand Manager/Project Manager, Merchandising, Sony Music Entertainment, 2019–2021; Board Member, Recent Alumni Network, New York University, 2019–2020; Sponsorships Director, A2IM Indie Week and Libera Awards 2022, Marauder, 2022; Sponsorships Director, A2IM Indie Week and Libera Awards 2019, Marauder, 2019; Music and Social Change Lab Manager, New York University, 2018-2019; Sync Licensing Intern, SyncShop, Sony Music Entertainment, 2018; Executive Intern to Rob Stringer, CEO of Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, 2018; Special Projects, Office of the President, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 2017–2018; Project Manager, Hall of Fame and Visual Art, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts 2017; Administrative Assistant, Hall of Fame, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 2015–2017; Program Assistant, Community and Family Programs, Lincoln Center Education, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 2015; Jazz Programming Intern, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2014; Friends Office Coordinator, Tanglewood Music Center, Boston Symphony Orchestra, 2014; Intern, New York, The Recording Academy, 2013; Assistant Sound Engineer, John C. Baker Recordings, LLC, 2013.
AAVC Board Director
- Kevin Lee ’14
- (he/him/his)
- California
- Term of Service: 2025–2029
Additional Vassar Volunteer Experience
Off-board committee member, AAVC Clubs Committee, 2024–present; Chair of Steering Committee, Vassar Club of San Diego, 2021–present; Committee Member, Class of 2014, 2018–present and Treasurer, 2014–2018; Volunteer, Club Admission Committee, 2017–2024.
Professional/Community Experience
Environmental Health & Sustainability Manager, Dr. Bronner’s, 2023–present; Environmental Impact & Compliance Specialist, Dr. Bronner’s, 2019–2023; Green Business Associate, San Francisco Department of the Environment (SF Environment), 2017–2019; Sustainability Fellow, VOX Global, 2016; Research Assistant, The Field Museum, 2015; U.S. Department of Energy Research Assistant, Argonne National Laboratory, 2014; U.S. Department of Energy (Environmental Protection Division) Research Assistant, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2014; Environmental Biology Research Assistant, Vassar College, 2012–2014; Biology Teaching Assistant, Vassar College, 2013; National Science Foundation (NSF) – REU Research Intern, Fordham University, 2013.
AAVC Board Director
- Patricia Ann Neely ’75
- (she/her/hers)
- New York
- Term of Service: 2025–2029
Additional Vassar Volunteer Experience
Off-board committee member, AAVC Vassar Fund Committee, 2016–present; President, Class of 1975, 2015–present, and Musicale Coordinator, 2024–present, and Class Agent, 2023–present, and Volunteer, 2016–present, and Class Agent, 2019–2020, and Volunteer, 2013–2014, and Notewriter or Phoner, 2012–2013; Volunteer, Club Admission Committee, 2007–present; Member, Class Reunion Gift Committee, 2012–2015.
Professional/Community Experience
Member of the grants panel for New York State Council on the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, 2019–present; Board member, Viola da Gamba Society of America, 2019–present, and Chair of the DEI Committee, 2019–present; Director of Abendmusik, New York’s Period Instrument String Band, 2012–present; Freelance musician–Specialty Historical Performance (early-bowed strings), present; Board member, Early Music America, 2020–2025, and Chair of the IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Access) Taskforce, 2018–2020; Manager of Events and Individual Giving, The Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, 2017–2019; Music Faculty, The Brearley School, 1998–2019; Director of Development, COPLAND HOUSE, INC. COPLAND HOUSE, INC., 2015–2017; Consultant (part-time Executive Director), Connecticut Early Music Festival, 2012–2015; Member of the Grant Panel for The Fund for Creative Communities & the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, 2013; Foundations and Corporations Coordinator, Jewish Child Care Association, 2010–2012; Senior Director of Programs, Harlem School of the Arts, 2008–2010; Director of Foundations and Corporations for New York City, The Sphinx Organization, 2007–2008; Consultant, Collegiate Chorale, 2006–2007; Associate Director of Scheduling, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 2005–2006; Director of Concert Operations, Mannes College, the New School for Music, 1993–2005; Director of Public Information and Assistant Director of Development, Mannes College of Music, 1993–1996.
AAVC Board Director
- Sam Thypin-Bermeo ʼ11
- (he/him/his)
- New York
- Term of Service: 2025–2029
Additional Vassar Volunteer Experience
Correspondent, Class of 2011, 2022–present; mentor, Sophomore Career Connections, 2024; Social Media Coordinator, Vassar Club of South Florida, 2022–2023; Communications Chair, Vassar Club of South Florida, 2021–2023.
Professional/Community Experience
Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 2023–present; Principal, Thypin Bermeo PLLC, 2022–2023; Staff Attorney, Florida Justice Institute, 2020–2022.
