Welcome Party

A number of ODU alumni were on hand in Richmond Feb. 9 to meet with Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, after he took office in January. Pictured are, from left: Claire Geiger Ackiss ’99, ODU executive director of alumni relations; Elizabeth Taraski, ODU associate vice president for development and alumni relations; Jim DeAngio ’93, ODU coordinator of governmental relations; Lauren Conner ’79, 2005-06 president of the Alumni Association; Gov. Kaine; Ross Mugler ’84 (M.P.A. ’03), Alumni Association board member and vice rector of the university’s Board of Visitors; Boyd Allison ’79, 2003-04 president of the Alumni Association; Vince Burgess ’73, commissioner of the Virginia Department of Veterans Services; and Donna Morris ’77, 2006-07 president of the Alumni Association.