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Hall to the Chief
Reed Hall assumes the top spot on WAA’s executive committee.
Culminating his second stint on WAA’s volunteer board of directors, Reed Hall ’70 became the board’s chair on July 1. Hall, who spent five years on the board from July 1997 to June 2002, will have a one-year term as the association’s top adviser, and says that his primary goal is to forge a good relationship with UW-Madison’s incoming chancellor, Carolyn “Biddy” Martin PhD’85.
“It’s important to have a very, very solid working relationship with the chancellor’s office,” Hall says, noting that WAA’s president and CEO, Paula Bonner MS’78, had strong and successful ties with outgoing chancellor John Wiley MS’65, PhD’68, enabling WAA to expand its programming for both alumni and students. “Paula and John and the rest of the board worked together very well, and I hope we can continue to improve that,” he says.
Hall, who lives in Marshfield, Wisconsin, is the executive director of the Marshfield Clinic, one of the nation’s largest private, multispecialty medical practices. Bonner says that his experience in working with such a large organization will serve the alumni association well. “With more than 300,000 graduates around the world, we’ve got to serve a huge population with different goals and desires,” she says. “Reed has the skill set to help us hear and respect all those voices, while keeping us focused on the strategic goals that are important to the organization as a whole.”
In addition to forging a good relationship with Chancellor Martin, Hall says those goals include aiding the university in its 2009 reaccreditation process and planning for the association’s 150th anniversary, which will take place in 2011. “I think we can offer a lasting gift to the university and the state,” he says.
Hall succeeds Doug Griese ’75, WAA’s chair from July 2007 to June 2008. Along with Hall, several new members will join the WAA board of directors in 2008, including Farrah Flanagan ’98, an editor and producer with CNN in Atlanta, Georgia; Curt Fuszard ’76, president and CEO of Associated Investment Services of Green Bay, Wisconsin; Jean Towell Gebhard ’79, assistant director of media relations at Northwestern Mutual in Milwaukee; Diana Haugen ’05, a public relations specialist from Santa Monica, California; Pete Kappelman ’85, co-owner of Meadow Brook Dairy Farms in Manitowoc, Wisconsin; and Stephanie Swartz ’74, chief nursing officer of Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in
La Crosse, Wisconsin.
— John Allen
Culminating his second stint on WAA’s volunteer board of directors, Reed Hall ’70 became the board’s chair on July 1. Hall, who spent five years on the board from July 1997 to June 2002, will have a one-year term as the association’s top adviser, and says that his primary goal is to forge a good relationship with UW-Madison’s incoming chancellor, Carolyn “Biddy” Martin PhD’85.
“It’s important to have a very, very solid working relationship with the chancellor’s office,” Hall says, noting that WAA’s president and CEO, Paula Bonner MS’78, had strong and successful ties with outgoing chancellor John Wiley MS’65, PhD’68, enabling WAA to expand its programming for both alumni and students. “Paula and John and the rest of the board worked together very well, and I hope we can continue to improve that,” he says.
Hall, who lives in Marshfield, Wisconsin, is the executive director of the Marshfield Clinic, one of the nation’s largest private, multispecialty medical practices. Bonner says that his experience in working with such a large organization will serve the alumni association well. “With more than 300,000 graduates around the world, we’ve got to serve a huge population with different goals and desires,” she says. “Reed has the skill set to help us hear and respect all those voices, while keeping us focused on the strategic goals that are important to the organization as a whole.”
In addition to forging a good relationship with Chancellor Martin, Hall says those goals include aiding the university in its 2009 reaccreditation process and planning for the association’s 150th anniversary, which will take place in 2011. “I think we can offer a lasting gift to the university and the state,” he says.
Hall succeeds Doug Griese ’75, WAA’s chair from July 2007 to June 2008. Along with Hall, several new members will join the WAA board of directors in 2008, including Farrah Flanagan ’98, an editor and producer with CNN in Atlanta, Georgia; Curt Fuszard ’76, president and CEO of Associated Investment Services of Green Bay, Wisconsin; Jean Towell Gebhard ’79, assistant director of media relations at Northwestern Mutual in Milwaukee; Diana Haugen ’05, a public relations specialist from Santa Monica, California; Pete Kappelman ’85, co-owner of Meadow Brook Dairy Farms in Manitowoc, Wisconsin; and Stephanie Swartz ’74, chief nursing officer of Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in
La Crosse, Wisconsin.
— John Allen
Nominate a Wisconsin Original
WAA is seeking nominations for the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Awards. If you know of a UW-Madison graduate who exemplifies the best of the university’s influence, we want to hear about him or her. Find nomination materials at uwalumni.com/awards. WAA will accept nominations until September 30, 2008.
Chapters to the Rescue
In conjunction with this year’s Homecoming theme, Bucky to the Rescue, WAA and its chapters around the country are launching a food drive. Each week that the Badgers play a Big Ten opponent, chapters are encouraged to collect food from fans who attend game-watching parties. WAA will offer prizes for participating chapters. For details, see uwalumni.com.
Events
- Around the World by Private Jet - November 1
- Maui Invitational Basketball Tour - November 21
- Maui Invitational Basketball Tour - November 21
- Maui/Oahu Football Tour - November 29
