2013 Slate of Nominees

Voting is now open and will end on April 30, 2013. An online ballot will be available here.  To request a paper ballot please call (802)443-5183 or email alumni@middlebury.edu.

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Nominee for Alumni Trustee

Dennis D. Parker, Class of 1977

Dennis  is the Director of the ACLU National Office's Racial Justice Program (RJP). Concentrating on issues of  ending the school-to-prison pipeline, which funnels children of color from the educational system into the criminal justice system, racial profiling, affirmative action, indigent representation and felon enfranchisement and predatory lending, the RJP seeks to remove barriers to equal opportunity for communities of color through litigation, public education, community organizing and legislation. Prior to joining the ACLU, he was the Chief of the Civil Rights Bureau of the Office of  the New York State Attorney. Mr. Parker also worked for fourteen years at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund litigating and supervising the litigation of scores of cases involving elementary and secondary education, affirmative action in higher education and equal educational opportunity. Other positions included work at the employment firm of Vladeck, Waldman, Elias and Engelhardt and the New York Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Division in Brooklyn, New York. He has published a book and numerous chapters and articles on a range of civil rights issues including housing discrimination, educational equity, affirmative action and testing. Mr. Parker lectures extensively on civil rights issues and is an adjunct professor at New York Law School. After graduation from Middlebury, he attended Harvard Law School. Mr. Parker is married to Cecilia Quintero and is the father of Zoe Grace Parker (’13). He has served as an alumni interviewer and, looking for every opportunity to return to campus, has participated in on-campus career counseling and has lectured on race theory and civil rights law.

Nominee for the Board of Directors for the
Middlebury College Alumni Association

Michelle Cady, Class of 2008

Michelle is a New York City-based Associate at an Asset Management firm, focusing on institutional sales and consultant relations. Since graduating from Middlebury as an English Major and Political Science Minor in 2008, Michelle has stayed involved with the Middlebury Community, serving as Class Correspondent and helping with her 5-Year Reunion Committee. After running Women's Cross Country at Middlebury, Michelle continues to run, dance, practice yoga and has embraced cross-training for triathlons, completing the Lake Dunmore Olympic Distance Race last August.