July 12, 1999 Volume 21, No. 17

Michael McGreevey Named Executive Assistant to President Michael McGreevey, most recently the director for special programs as well as interim director of alumni relations in the Office of Institutional Advancement, has been appointed executive assistant to the president. His new responsibilities will include working closely with President Peggy R. Williams on such issues as policy review, institutional planning, and special events. In addition, he will support President Williams’s work with higher education organizations and serve as a member of the President’s Council. He will start his new job in mid-July. McGreevey earned a bachelor’s degree in interpersonal and public communication from Bowling Green State University in 1986 and then obtained a master’s degree in higher education and student affairs administration from the University of Vermont. He came to Ithaca College in 1988 as assistant to the director in what was then called the Office of Campus Activities and Orientation. Since that time he has served the College in a number of capacities, including director of the London Center, the College’s study abroad program in England. McGreevey held that position from 1993 until 1997, when he joined the Office of Institutional Advancement. There he played a leadership role in development activities, including directing the Friends of Ithaca College, the local community organization that supports the College, and coordinating the London Center’s 25th-anniversary scholarship campaign. He also coordinated the President’s Associates, which recognizes the College’s strongest supporters. In addition, for much of this year he oversaw the College’s alumni activities as interim director, prior to the appointment of Graham Stewart ’81 as director of alumni relations this past spring. McGreevey replaces Sharon Runge, who will be relocating to Maryland with her family. Photo by Dave Maley