Cast Your Vote

Cast your vote online at wmalumni.com/vote. The board recommends a YES vote for the entire slate. Voting closes Feb. 8, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. All alumni are eligible to vote in board elections. Full biographies and personal statements can be found at wmalumni.com/vote.

SAIDAH NASH CARTER ’96 | ATLANTA

Starting her career with Reuters NewMedia during the early days of the consumer internet, Saidah developed multimedia news products for global giants like The New York Times and Google. As the former senior vice president of Africa Innovation at Thomson Reuters, she launched the flagship Data and Innovation Lab in Cape Town, South Africa. She is passionate about fostering intrapreneurship and collaborates closely with the League of Intrapreneurs as a global catalyst. She has been recognized with awards such as the Inspiring 50 Women in Tech Award and the United Nations Voices of African Mothers Innovation Award. In 2019, she co-founded the boutique consultancy Bright Insights Global (BIG). Soon after, she founded BIG Labs for Good as a platform for data-led social innovation and community initiatives.

CHRISTIAN CHISOLM ’18, M.B.A. ’24 | NEW YORK CITY

After graduation from W&M in the ROTC program, Christian commissioned into the U.S. Army and served as an armor officer in the 3rd Infantry Division. His military career included a deployment to Eastern Europe, supporting peacekeeping, COVID-19 relief and NATO security missions. In 2022, Christian transitioned from the Army to pursue an MBA at the Raymond A. Mason School of Business. During his MBA program, he championed initiatives for student veterans through the VET program, collaborated closely with the Center for Military Transition and served on the Graduate Business Honor Council, including as chairman. Upon completing his MBA, Christian moved to Manhattan, where he joined JPMorganChase to pursue a career in corporate financial strategy.

CHASE JORDAN ’15 | WASHINGTON, D.C.

Chase Jordan is EY’s global private equity ESG leader. He helps client-serving partners across tax, assurance, consulting and strategy & transactions groups understand how to embed sustainability into their traditional offerings. Previously he was a founding management team member of Malk Partners and a strategy consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton in both the Dubai and Washington, D.C., offices. While at W&M, Chase was a student assembly senator, member of Alpha Phi Omega and president of TEDx. He is a former chair of the Young Guarde Council and is a class ambassador. He is currently treasurer of the W&M Alumni Association Board of Directors and chair of the Finance & Investment Committee.

CYNTHIA LITTLE JORDAN ’88 | WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA

Cindy graduated from William & Mary with a bachelor’s degree in history, then received a master’s degree in health care administration from The George Washington University. She has spent the majority of her career in various regulatory compliance executive consulting roles with Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California. In addition, she serves on the Board of Directors for two local library organizations. Cindy is a class ambassador for the Class of 1988, is a member of the Society of 1918 and served on the local planning committee for W&M Weekend in San Francisco in 2023.

REBECCA MILKOWSKI-GERDELMAN M.B.A. ’12 | CHESTER, VIRGINIA

Rebecca earned her MBA from W&M’s Raymond A. Mason School of Business with a Major General James Wright MBA Program Fellowship. A colonel in the U.S. Army, she serves at Fort Gregg-Adams in Virginia. Her career spans 22 years of tactical, operational and strategic sustainment operations in the U.S. as well as abroad. Rebecca has commanded at the company and battalion level, most recently serving as the director for strategic communication for a multi-star command. A combat veteran of four deployments, Rebecca has worked seamlessly with her sister battalions in support of U.S. forces during the crisis in Ukraine. Rebecca met her husband, Mark Gerdelman M.Acc. ’13, M.B.A. ’13, while attending William & Mary.

GRAEME MILLER ’85, M.B.A. ’87 | SPRING, TEXAS

Graeme is a co-owner of MG Miller Holdings LLC and has been operating a residential real estate business since 2020. Immediately after graduating, Graeme entered the consumer electronics industry and helped introduce personal computing into the retail business segment. He served 22 years as a sales executive with Hewlett-Packard Inc., where he managed several of HP’s largest global business partners. At W&M, Graeme played varsity football as a four-year starter at offensive guard and served as team captain during the 1985 season. A longtime supporter of W&M Athletics, Graeme currently serves as a class ambassador and is a member of the Sports Resource Council, driving engagement activities and fundraising with alumni in support of W&M Football.

LUIS NAVAS ’82, P ’13 | MIAMI

Luis came to William & Mary as a foreign student from Nicaragua in 1978. He has been in the private wealth management industry for over 43 years and is now a partner at Insigneo Financial Group. Luis is a member of the board of the American Nicaraguan Foundation, a 501(c)(3) that has provided more than $2 billion in aid to Nicaragua. He is also a member of the board of the Florida International Business Association. He was a member of the Reves Global Engagement Board for two decades and is now on the Familia Advisory Board. In 2018, Luis created the Jorge Alberto Urcuyo Scholarship, which aids W&M students whose immigration status prevents them from receiving financial aid or federal assistance. In February 2024, he received the Douglas N. Morton ’62 Alumni Service Award.

KIRSTEN QUACKENBUSH ’05 | VIENNA, VIRGINIA

Kirsten is an attorney at Capital One and a member of the enterprises agency finance group. She is currently the secretary of the W&M Alumni Association Board of Directors. She previously served as president of the W&M D.C. Metro network and chair of the Chapter Presidents Council. In 2016, she received the Alumni Association’s Douglas N. Morton ’62 Young Alumni Service Award. Kirsten is a charter member of the Society of 1918. She was part of the Asian Centennial Planning Committee to help celebrate and commemorate the 100th anniversary of the admission of the first Asian student to W&M. A founding member of the APIM (Asian, Pacific Islander & Middle Eastern) Association Advisory Board, she continues to serve on the board today.