Executive Board Election

Judy Calhoun is CEO of NOCO Humane, a 55-year-old, private nonprofit animal welfare organization serving the people and animals of northern Colorado. With over 40 years’ experience in nonprofit administration, Judy’s background includes serving as the Vice President for Development and Community Relations at Dumb Friends League in Denver, the Director of Development for the Peninsula Humane Society in California, Associate Executive Director for the Colorado Veterinary Medical Foundation, and experience with several colleges and universities. Her career began as a fieldworker for the Bryn Mawr College Centennial Campaign. Her educational background includes both a BA and MA in Sociology and she is a Certified Animal Welfare Administrator (CAWA) and Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE).

Judy is currently on the Convener Group for the Northern Colorado Nonprofit Sector Partnership, a member of the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado’s Loveland Community Fund Committee, c-chair of the Advocacy Committee for the Animal Welfare Association of Colorado and a board member of Coloradoans Protecting Animal Welfare and Colorado Veterinary Care Coalition. She is a past Board Chair of The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement and a past president of the Colorado Federation of Animal Welfare Agencies. She was active in forming the Northern Colorado Regional Animal Welfare Coalition to bring together animal related groups in the Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming area. She was part of a small group of animal welfare CEO’s in Colorado who developed the Socially Conscious Animal Sheltering concept.

Laurie is a consultant to colleges and universities, helping leaders, teams, and boards navigate strategic issues and communicate a compelling vision for the future. Her work is grounded in decades of communications and strategy leadership at a range of institutions, including Smith College, the University of Michigan, and the University of Pennsylvania. She advises clients on matters of board relations and governance, presidential and senior team transition, reputation management, institutional positioning and visibility, and strategic planning. On behalf of Bryn Mawr, she has volunteered on multiple reunion fundraising teams for the Class of 1987 and served as a member of the Alumnae Association Communications Advisory Board.

Vidya, founder of Warrier Strategy LLC, is a self-leadership catalyst for women seeking to amplify their impact. She helps them disentangle from societal, cultural and/or familial norms so they can show up as their full unapologetic selves across all areas of their life. Prior to starting her own business, she spent 15+ years in finance, market research and strategy in Fortune 100 companies and global health nonprofits.

Vidya began volunteering with the Bryn Mawr community in 2012, when she served as treasurer of the Bryn Mawr Club of Philadelphia. After moving to Washington, DC, she continued to volunteer at the Club level, first in membership and then serving as president from 2016-2018.

Since leaving DC in 2019, Vidya’s lived in Chicago, Phoenix, and Houston. And in each city, she’s enjoyed connecting with the local Bryn Mawr community.  She looks forward to bringing her skills and love of community building to this next phase of volunteering. When she’s not working, you can find her dancing, watching a British television series, reading a romance or cozy mystery, or planning a trip. 

Bea is a partner at Honigman LLP, a leading law firm in Michigan, where she co-leads the IP Litigation Group, is the co-managing partner of the Ann Arbor office, and serves on the Board of Directors. She has extensive experience in handling complex and high-stakes IP litigation and counseling matters for clients in a wide range of industries, including consumer packaged goods, financial services, automotive, manufacturing, media and entertainment, and pharmaceuticals.  

Bea is actively involved in the IP law community, both nationally and locally. She is an officer and secretary of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), a leading national organization of IP lawyers, and a former chair of its Women in IP Law Committee. She has been recognized as a leading IP lawyer by various publications and organizations.

Bea is a proud alumna of Bryn Mawr, graduating in 1992 with a degree in Russian, and later returning to the School of Social Work and Social Research for dual degrees in social work. She then earned her JD from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston. She is passionate about Bryn Mawr and its mission of providing a transformative education for women. She has served as a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee and the Committee on Leadership Development, as well as briefly functioning as the SE Michigan Club Co-Chair.

Stephanie is the Assistant Head of School for Academics at Trinity Episcopal School, where she also teaches a social action seminar. She has spent the last fifteen years doing what independent school teachers do best: wearing multiple hats! In addition to teaching Social Studies and English-Language Arts across grades 5-10, she has directed service-learning programs, served as an academic and grade-level dean, spearheaded curriculum design and interdisciplinary planning initiatives, coached lacrosse (MS, US, college), and served as an athletic director. She is thrilled to engage in strategic thinking and visioning for Trinity’s K-8 academic program, working daily to answer the question, “What is best for teachers and learners?” 

In 2008, Stephanie graduated magna cum laude with special honors in History from Bryn Mawr College, and in the following year, she earned her M.S. Ed. in Education from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, where her research focused on the history and evolution of single-sex colleges and universities. In 2023, she earned her Instructional Leadership Certificate from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. In addition to volunteering as an Alumnae/i Admissions Representative, Stephanie most recently served as the President of the Bryn Mawr College Alumnae/i Club of Charlotte. She was the recipient of the College’s Young Alumnae/i Service Award in 2023. Stephanie resides in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her daughter.