The GW Board of Trustees elected Cynthia "Cissy" Baker, MVC '78, and Omar Woodard, BA '05, MPA '07, as members of the board May 16. Baker, a Charter Trustee, and Woodard, a Young Alumni Trustee, will assume their duties on July 1, 2008.

"These new trustees join our board as GW continues to grow its intellectual capital and reputation as a world class university," said W. Russell Ramsey, BBA '81, chairman, GW Board of Trustees. "Cissy returns to our board with proven leadership skills and will offer valuable guidance, especially as GW further develops its Mount Vernon Campus. Still actively engaged in the GW community, Omar's insights into the needs of recent alumni will be a tremendous asset."

Baker is vice president of news operations for Tribune Broadcasting, a subsidiary of the Tribune Company of Chicago. Woodard is an associate with The Whitaker Group, a strategic consulting firm focused on Africa.

For more, read the GW press release.