Alumni Trustee ballots are out. Anyone have any strong preferences?

[CL82]

I've read though the bios. I have a slight lean toward Parsons just because his expertise might be helpful regarding the STEM public private partnership.

...or we could write in HFD.

Any thoughts?

 

[Drew]

The way I see it there are 3 tiers. I would be happiest with either Carbray or Parsons as they both seem to understand the importance of growth in STEM fields as it ties into UConn's future rankings and students. I wouldn't mind Sullivan but I'm not sure how well his incredibly impressive business resume fits right now. His resume is incredibly impressive though and I feel like he could do a very good job. The last candidate is Welsh, and while I don't mean to sound disparaging to anyone it was frustrating to read a physics grad fail to discuss in detail how important the STEM fields are to UConn's future.

If I had to vote today I'm not sure who I would choose but I feel as though thats a pretty good synopsis. For those who haven't seen the candidates or would like to learn more about them, here is the link to the bios of each one:


http://uconnalumni.com/alumni-trustees/meet-the-candidates

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Parsons' experience, global contacts across broad sectors (STEM included), vital Fairfield County-link, etc. trumps the other good candidates' assets.

 

[huskymedic]

What! No conference realignment question in the Nominating Questions?? Epic failure.

 

[hardcorehusky]

Carbray has done a great job for a while now. He is someone I know has UConn's best interests at heart and is above any of the political fray.

 

[pepband99]

That's a seriously impressive set of CVs. Really any of these 4 would be a solid choice, but I agree with the Parsons nod.

 

[Drew]

http://today.uconn.edu/2015/08/richard-t-carbray-re-elected-to-board-of-trustees/


Carbray re-elected by the voters. Probably the right choice for the University, he's done well in the four years he's been there.