Nominees for GAA board of directors announced

The General Alumni Association has announced the names of those alumni nominated to serve as officers and members of its board of directors.
Kristyn M. Dyer ’94 has been appointed executive secretary. Michael H. Shanahan ’78 has been re-appointed treasurer. GAA bylaws do not require yearly nomination to this office.

The nominations for the board were selected in accordance with the GAA bylaws, which allow for no more than 20 alumni to be chosen annually for three-year terms, at least 10 of them as at-large members, and 10 of them drawn one each from the immediate graduating class and from each third class preceding the graduating class.

Although this slate of candidates represents the choices of the GAA nominating committee, it should be noted that any member of the GAA may be nominated in accordance with Article VII of the bylaws, as follows: “Any member of the Alumni Association may be nominated for director by a petition containing the signatures of 20 alumni with the executive secretary no later than April 1.”

Any member of the GAA who would like to be so nominated should submit a petition to Patrick L. McCarthy ’63 by April 1. If any petition should be received, a ballot will appear in the next issue of Holy Cross Magazine so that alumni can vote for the candidate(s) nominated by petition. The names of newly elected officers and directors will be announced at the GAA’s annual banquet during Reunion Weekend. All alumni are invited to attend.

President
John R. Hayes Jr. ’91
John R. Hayes Jr. ’91 is associate vice chancellor for institutional advancement at the University of Massachusetts, Boston; he received his master’s degree in business administration from Babson College, Babson Park, Mass., in 2002. A class agent, Hayes served as a reunion gift co-chair for his 5th and 10th reunions; he has been a class chair since 2002. In addition, Hayes was a volunteer for the Lift High the Cross Boston Regional Campaign Committee. For the GAA, he twice served as chair of the Senior Reception Committee—and has been a member of the Nominations and Elections Committee. Hayes resides in Andover, Mass., with his wife, Nicole, and their two children, Mia and Jack.

President-elect
Gregory H. Cahill ’81
Gregory H. Cahill ’81 is a senior vice president with Nordblom Company in Boston, a full service commercial/industrial real estate firm. A past president of the Holy Cross Club of Greater Boston, he is a recipient of its Crusader of the Year and Haberlin awards. Co-chair of the Club’s monthly lunch program, Cahill is a class agent and a longtime GAA director. His involvement with the GAA has included serving as a vice president and member of many committees—including nominating, regional clubs, alumni admissions and budget and finance. Cahill has conducted senior interviews for the Admissions Office. He and his wife, Vicky, reside in Wellesley, Mass., with their son, Peter.

Immediate Past President
Kathleen Troidle Jackson ’83
Kathleen Troidle Jackson ’83, who has worked for IBM since 1987, is currently a client executive in its financial services sector. Prior to joining the company, she attained the rank of captain in the United States Air Force and worked as a systems analyst on the Air Force Data Intelligence Handling System in Omaha, Neb. Troidle Jackson holds a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics and a master's degree in computer systems management from Creighton University, Omaha. Chair of the scholarship and the IT committees and a class agent, she has also served on the nominating, communications, book prize and finance committees. Troidle Jackson is a resident of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.   

First Vice President
Colleen F. Amann ’92

Second Vice President
Brian A. O’Connell ’71

Treasurer
Michael H. Shanahan ’78

Secretary
Kristyn M. Dyer ’94

President’s Representative
Rev. Charles J. Dunn, S.J.

2007-10 Directors

Year Group
                       
1998-2007 
Deirdre E. Gillin ’02     
Isaac D. Tesfay ’04
                             
1988-1997
Maureen E. Moran ’89
Jennifer E. Burns ’96
                                                  
1978-1987 
Roseann Fitzgerald ’78
R. Thomas Mahon ’85
                             
1968-1977 
Stephen J. Kelleher Jr. ’71       
Marilou Lang ’76
                                                  
1900-1967      
Joseph H. Ballway Jr. ’64        
David G. Mahaney ’63

The 2007-08 Executive Committee:
Maureen E. Moran ’89
James E. Sparkes ’71