The Alumni Association new officers for the 2007–08 academic year are listed below.
PRESIDENT
Peter J. Farrell, BS Business Administration ’79 and MBA ’85, is director of business development for the Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering. He previously served as president-elect, treasurer, and vice president of service of the Alumni Association and on the George Mason University Annual Fund Committee.
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Roger E. “Ted” Arnn, BS Law Enforcement ’93, is a captain in the Fairfax County Police Department. He served as vice president of programs for the Alumni Association and president of the WGMU Radio Alumni Chapter. Arnn received a Bronze Medal of Valor in 2005 from the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce for controlling a fire in a single vehicle crash and freeing the passenger.
VICE PRESIDENT, ADVOCACY
Rodney W. Turner, JD ’93, is a senior attorney for NASD (National
Association of Security Dealers) Enforcement. He has served
as a director of the School of Law Alumni Chapter since 1999 and chapter president in 2001–02.
VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBER INVOLVEMENT
Tennille S. Parker, BA Government and Politics ’97, is a senior housing specialist for the city of Falls Church, Virginia. She previously served as president and membership chair of the Black Alumni Chapter.
TREASURER
Rose Tajvidi, BS Marketing ’85, is a senior technical recruiter for
L-3 Communications. She has served on the Alumni Association Board as director at large. Tajvidi won the Career Connection Alumni Award in 1999.
SECRETARY
Tomas A. Dundzila, MBA ’99, is an associate at Booz Allen Hamilton. He has been on the Alumni Association Scholarship Committee since 2001, serving as its chair from 2004 to 2005.
DIRECTORS AT LARGE
Susan M. Hardenburgh, BA History ’04, designed and administers AARP’s Driver Safety Program and is an archaeologist at
Gunston Hall, George Mason’s plantation in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Dennis V. Pereira, BS Computer Science ’01, is a software engineer
at Northrup Grumman Corp. and recipient of the 2007 IT&E Alumni Chapter Outstanding Service Award.
Christopher F. McGowan, BS Accounting ’94, a CPA in Maryland and Virginia, is tax director at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He was the 2007 Alumni Career Connection Award recipient and has served as treasurer of the School of Management Alumni Chapter.
To celebrate our namesake’s 282nd birthday, the Alumni Association will visit George Mason’s plantation home, Gunston Hall, for its renowned Plantation Christmas programon December 8. Please join us as we enjoy an 18th-century holiday, strolling the lantern-lit pathway leading to the mansion and its candlelit rooms. Ride in a horse-drawn carriage and speak with costumed characters in the house and on the grounds as they go about the seasonal activities of plantation life. In addition, a delicious holiday buffet will be prepared for us.
$35 per adult, $20 for children (ages 6 to 10)
Tickets are limited. Please RSVP online at www.gmu.edu/alumni, click on Activities and Events.
A men’s 1989 Mason class ring was found by Calvin Lee of Jacksonville, Florida. The ring is silver with a blue stone and engraved inside with “X-G100SP.” Call Lee at 904-334-6875 to claim.
For more than 30 years, the Alumni Association has honored individuals who have enhanced Mason’s reputation through their outstanding achievements. Please nominate someone you know who is worthy of recognition for the Alumnus of the Year Award or the Alumni Service Award. Nominations are also sought for the Faculty Member of the Year Award. More information can be found at www.gmu.edu/alumni/awards. The deadline for submissions is February 11, 2008.