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Alumni Council

The Tufts Alumni Council serves as the governing body of the Tufts University Alumni Association, which includes all persons who have received a degree from any school or program of Tufts University, as well as those former students who pursued an approved course of study for at least one year. There is no membership fee.

The council has more than 300 term, transitional, and emeritus members. Nine new members are elected each year to a 10-year term. They represent all the schools of the university. Upon conclusion of their initial term, they may be offered additional terms. Each year the senior class elects four transitional members to a five-year term. This ensures that young graduates are represented. Alumni who have served at least two 10-year terms may be offered emeritus membership on the council. Through the Alumni Council and its volunteer committees, TUAA has broad influence on programs and services for all Tufts graduates.

Alumni elected to the council are expected to provide significant leadership and support to the university and the alumni body. They make contributions to Tufts by directing programs, services, and benefits for all graduates. Council members are also expected to contribute financially to Beyond Boundaries: The Campaign for Tufts each year in support of the council's pledge for 100 percent participation by its members and a cumulative gift of $20 million for the campaign.

The Alumni Council's work is accomplished through its committees and worldwide network of regional alumni chapters. Council members research and implement important initiatives through the following standing committees: Executive, Alumni Resources, Alumni Weekend, Awards, Career Services, Communications, Continuing Education, Development, Financial Resources, Homecoming, Nominating, Regional Programs, Shared Interest Groups, Student Issues and Young Alumni, and Traditions.

Members of the Alumni Council are elected by alumni ballot for an initial 10-year term, and the candidates nominated are alumni who have demonstrated support of the university through participation in university or alumni-related activities.

Each year, the Nominating Committee strives to offer a slate which will maintain a council that is as balanced as possible in terms of respective schools within the university, age, gender, geographical location, and ethnicity.

Alumni Association Officers (Executive Committee) 2008-2010