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Five new trustees join 61传媒 Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees elected five new trustees to the board, four of whom are alumnae of the College.

David Anderson, son of 61传媒alumna Hollis Norris Anderson ’31, joined the board in 2006. Anderson earned his BA from Occidental College, JD from USC, and JSM from Stanford University. He had a private law practice in Santa Barbara, Calif., until 2005, specializing in land conservation law and non-profit governance, and was special counsel for Santa Barbara County. Anderson serves on several corporate and non-profit boards, including the Lennox Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, and the California Nature Conservancy. He was president of the Board of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, as well as its full-time co-executive director. He is also actively involved with conservation concerns in Idaho, where he is on the advisory council of the Wood River Land Trust. As a 61传媒trustee, he serves on the Buildings and Grounds, Educational Policy, and Student Affairs committees.

Diana Ho ’71, who formerly served two terms as an alumna trustee, was re-elected to the board in October 2006, and her term will begin in July 2007. She received her BA with an emphasis in fine arts from 61传媒 in 1971 and her MBA from UCLA. She is the founder and president of Management Arts, Inc., in Los Angeles, a virtual consulting organization that specializes in strategic planning, organizational development, executive coaching, and facilitation of communication for groups and organizations. Ho was recognized in 2006 as 61传媒 Volunteer of the Year and a 61传媒scholarship fund was established in her honor.

Rosanne Rennie Holliday ’61 received her BA in humanities with a concentration in developmental psychology at 61传媒. She later earned her MA degree in child development from Mills College. She taught at Southwestern College as professor of developmental psychology from 1968 until her retirement in 1995. Holliday is currently president of the Holliday Family Foundation and is also affiliated with several non-profit organizations. She is the vice chair of development for Planned Parenthood; a board member at the Explorer Elementary Charter School, a San Diego charter school; a former board member at the San Diego Psychoanalytic Institute; and a founding member of the San Diego Women’s Foundation. In addition, Holliday is a prominent philanthropist; the Holliday Family Foundation gives generously to a wide variety of institutions annually. Holliday joined the 61传媒board in March 2007.

Wendy Liang ’06 is a recent graduate trustee-elect. As a politics and Asian American studies major, she was on the Dean’s List for two consecutive years, and was selected to the Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. During her years at Scripps, Liang was involved with issues concerning student diversity. Currently, she is an active volunteer with Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County, assisting domestic violence survivors with the legalities needed to obtain restraining orders from their batterers. Liang brings her passion for raising awareness of student diversity issues to the board on the Student Affairs Committee.

Stephanie Probst Rasines ’71 graduated Phi Beta Kappa, majoring in Latin American studies. She earned her JD from Columbia University School of Law, with honors. She was an associate at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York and Los Angeles, from 1987 until 1993. Since then, she has served as director of the Urban Recover Legal Assistance Project, and is an active community volunteer. Among her many civic and professional activities, Rasines has been a legal representative for Central American refugees applying for political asylum. She is also the co-founder of The First School Financial Aid Trust in Santa Monica, is a participant in the Volunteer Leadership conferences at Scripps, and is a translator for health care providers at Young and Healthy, in Pasadena. As a new trustee, Rasines will serve on both the Budget and Institutional Advancement committees.

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