Meeting of the Board of Regents | December 2008

SUMMARY

Issue for Consent Agenda

Reappointment of Barbara A. Brinkley to the Board of the Archives Partnership Trust Board.

Reason(s) for Consideration

Required by State Statute.

Proposed Handling

The reappointment will come before the Cultural Education Committee on December 15, 2008.  I recommend approval by the Full Board on December 16, 2008.

Procedural History

The New York State Archives Partnership Trust Act (Chapter 758 of the Laws of 1992, as amended) gives the Board of Regents four (4) appointments to the Trust Board.  The current Regents appointments are:  Ms. Barbara A. Brinkley, Dr. Ann L. Buttenwieser, and Mr. Harold Holzer.

Background Information

              The Archives Partnership Trust is a 501 (c) (3), public benefit corporation for the sole benefit of the New York State Archives.  The Trust provides private funds, services and support to sustain the excellence of the State Archives, particularly in the areas of education, public programs and preservation to ensure that one of New York’s most valuable cultural assets is available for future generations.  The Trust is governed by a Board of leading citizens, appointed by the Governor, Legislature and the Board of Regents.   It is requested that Barbara A. Brinkley be reappointed to a three-year term beginning on December 16, 2008.

Barbara A. Brinkley of Jay, New York, is a retired investment banking executive, having left a position as Senior Vice President at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. in 2001 to pursue pro bono volunteer projects and activities.  Since that time, Ms. Brinkley has worked with coalitions of local organizations in the Kingston, NY area to found, organize and produce Governor’s Observance Day honoring the first NYS Governor George Clinton and to rename the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge for Gov. George Clinton.   She also organized a successful coalition to produce the Celebration of the 225th Anniversary of the New York State Constitution of 1777 in Kingston in 2002.  Ms. Brinkley has served as Regent of the National Society, DAR, New York Chapter; Directress General of the Society of Daughters of Holland Dames; Board member of the Daughters of the Cincinnati; Trustee of the Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York; and Trustee of St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery Historic Landmark Fund.  In 2004, she was honored as Volunteer of the Year by the Conference of Historic and Patriotic Societies.  Ms. Brinkley holds a BA degree from Smith College, Northampton, MA.

Recommendation

The Regents should approve the reappointment of Barbara A. Brinkley to the Board of the Archives Partnership Trust for a three year term, commencing December 16, 2008.

Timetable for Implementation

Immediate.