86 Penn State alumni compete for 3 seats on university’s board of trustees

The Drawing for Ballot Positions

Published: Wednesday, February 29, 2012,  7:47 PM

 some of this article is excerpted from:  The Patriot-News

The key to success in this election, said Scott Munroe, will be to show alumni you are not a one-issue candidate.     “We’re going to have to push beyond just re-organizing the board and investigating Sandusky,” Munroe said. “We pretty much all agree on that.”     That means rebuilding the connection between the state and the university.     Joanne DiRinaldo, who already sits on the board of Penn State’s New Kensington campus, wants to improve communication for the branch campuses.     Some of these candidates have aligned themselves with groups like Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship or Penn State Alumni Trust Choice, (Scott Munroe, Scott Fozard, Sam Y Zamrik, Joanne DiRinaldo, and Myke Atwater Triebold).  Others are running on their own.     Wednesday’s drawing was a chance for many of these people to meet for the first time. The mood was collegial, though Anne Riley, the only incumbent alumni trustee running for re-election, did not attend.   At least fifteen candidates are attorneys, and seven work in finance. Eight candidates live in the State College area. Thirty-four live outside Pennsylvania.