Alumni Trustee Election

February 12 - April 1, 2024

Your Vote Counts!

For more than 150 years, the Williams alumni body has had the opportunity to select our alumni trustees, thereby participating in the governance of the college. Currently, the Board of Trustees includes 25 alumni, five of whom have been chosen by their fellow alumni through this ballot process. This year's candidates are Sumant Bhat '03, Cheryl Robinson Joyner '85 and Mary Kipp '89.

Your voice and your vote matter deeply in this important process. Electronic ballots have been distributed to all alumni with an active email address in the Williams database.

Williams uses a secure service called ElectionBuddy for the online voting process. You can find your electronic ballot in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your spam folder. Your electronic ballot will link you to an ElectionBuddy web page to register your vote and you should follow this link with confidence.

The overall election timeline is as follows:

Monday, February 12
Electronic ballots will be distributed to all alumni with an active e-mail in the Williams database.  Paper ballots will be mailed to all alumni without an active email address on file and to those who have expressed a paper preference by the last week of February.

Monday, March 4
A first reminder electronic ballot will be sent to those who have not voted.

Monday, March 13
Deadline to request a hard copy ballot from the Alumni Engagement Office.

Monday, March 25 
A final reminder electronic ballot will be sent to those who have not voted.

Monday, April 1
All hard copy ballots must be received in Williamstown and e-voting will close at 11:59 pm EDT.

June 8, 2024
Alumni Trustee results will be formally announced at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Alumni.

Thank you to the Nominating Committee of the Society of Alumni for creating the slate of candidates who are presented in accordance with Article XI of the Constitution of the Society of Alumni. Members of this year’s nominating committee are: Leslie Senke ’89; Brian Lee ’96; Emily Flynn Pesquera ’09; Brian Carpenter ’86, Nominating Committee Chair; Funmi Olosunde ’06, VP of the Society of Alumni; and Brent Shay ’78, President of the Society of Alumni.

Questions and comments can be sent to the Williams Alumni Engagement Office at (413) 597-4151 and [email protected].

Thanks in advance for your support.

Best wishes,

Brooks Foehl '88
Executive Director of Alumni Relations
Secretary of the Society of Alumni