Current Alumni Council Members

Rebecca Ditsch ’93

Alumni Council President

A native of Portland, Oregon, Rebecca graduated from Carleton in 1993 as a religion major with a concentration in South Asian Studies. She received her J.D. from Columbia University Law School and practiced corporate law for a number of years in New York City. She relocated to Minneapolis in 2011 and puts her legal experience to use in her role as Global Director of Product Management at Thomson Reuters.

Rebecca previously served as a Board Member of Franconia Sculpture Park in Shafer, MN, and chaired the Minnesota chapter of Thomson Reuters’ Black Employee Network. She currently serves on the Leadership Committee of Thomson Reuters’ Women @TR MSP chapter.

Always a proud alum, Rebecca’s re-engagement with Carleton began when she joined her 25^th reunion planning committee. She found that experience so rewarding that she has been an active volunteer for the college ever since, as an Alumni Annual Fund class rep, member of the Alumni Council, and helping to plan her 30^th reunion.

Her volunteer journey started because she wanted to help create a fun and memorable reunion for her classmates, and she continues volunteering because she wants to help ensure Carleton is the best place it can be for today and tomorrow’s students.

Tehmi Bozicevich ’24

Young Alumni Representative
Golden Valley, MN

Jackie Culotta ’19

Out After Carleton (OAC) Board
Representative
Minneapolis, MN

Jackie graduated from Carleton in 2019 with a degree in Biology. They are currently pursuing a biosciences MS researching new technology to prevent aquatic invasive species invasion into the Great Lakes. When they are not working with fish, Jackie likes to bike, canoe, and cross country ski. At Carleton, they played for the women’s rugby team, and worked to create inclusive spaces on campus as a Gender and Sexuality Center House Manager and Gender Discussion Group facilitator. Jackie sees OAC as an important continuation of that work to connect and support current students and alumni.

Trixie Dao ’18

At-Large Member
Washington, DC

Sally Davis Ellwein ’94

Alumni Admissions Representatives (AAR) Board Representative
Pittsburgh, PA

Ken Ehrman ’73

At-Large Member
Napa, CA

Graduating in 1973, I took a winding route to retirement in Napa, California. A Government and International Relations major at Carleton, I completed an M.Div. in New Testament from Boston University and eventually a D.Min. in Black Church Ministries. As an ordained United Methodist minister, I pastored churches in Ohio and Minnesota before ending my career as an Assistant Professor and Director of Field Education at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary on the Northwestern University campus in Evanston, Illinois. My spouse, Sally Dyck, is a Bishop in The United Methodist Church. 

As a co-chair of the Program Committee for our 50th Reunion, I found that volunteering and giving time to Carleton is very fulfilling, thus I’m pleased to serve as an at-large member of the Alumni Council.

Micah Evans ’02

Past President
Prosper, TX

After graduating from Carleton, Micah obtained a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Illinois at Chicago before completing an alternative certification program through National-Louis University.  In a career spanning almost 20 years, Micah has served as a teacher, behavior interventionist, and dean of students.  Her interests include educational equity, transformative leadership, and restorative practices. She is the proud recipient of the Carleton Exceptional Service Award.

Sandy Glick ’93

Alumni Annual Fund Board Representative
Vienna, VA

I’m co-founder of a Washington, DC consulting firm focused on the economics and environmental impact of mailing and shipping.

I first volunteered for Carleton as a member of 93’s 25th reunion gift committee. I then joined the Alumni Annual Fund (AAF) Board in 2021 and began as AAF chair in 2024.

I’m often amazed when I read about the professional accomplishments of fellow Carls, but I appreciate even more the consistent commitment of Carls to positively impacting their communities.

I volunteer to help broaden access to a great Carleton education and ensure that current and future students have an even better college experience than we alums had.

Sarah Hagerty ’13

At-Large Member
Boulder, CA

Susan Hammel ’86

Careers Alumni Board Representative
Wayzata, MN

Jamie Jurkovich ’87 P21

At-Large Member
St. Paul, MN

Michael Lovett ’70

At-Large Member
White Bear Lake, MN

Mike Lovett began his teaching career as a history teacher in New York, recruited on campus at Carleton in the spring of 1970, his senior year. After forty-seven “first weeks of school,” he completed his full-time career in 2017 as superintendent of the White Bear Lake Public Schools in Minnesota. 

Between teaching in New York and “superintending” in White Bear Lake, Mike was an administrator at public school sites and district levels in Minnesota, in a leadership role at the Minnesota Department of Education, and assistant superintendent with the Minnetonka Public Schools.  

For more than 40 years, he’s also taught graduate-level courses as adjunct faculty in educational leadership and policy. Mike has regularly presented on educational topics to Minnesota and National conferences; traveled internationally to Asia, Africa, and Europe for education and nonprofit partnerships; is the author of journal articles; a book and video series on teacher retention; and for twenty years a regular contributor to national publications on education.

Since his retirement from full-time work in 2017 Mike has slowed the pace some,  but modestly expanded teaching at the graduate level, currently adjunct faculty at the University of Minnesota and the University of St. Thomas; provides pro-bono and fee-based strategic leadership mentoring and management consulting to educational and nonprofit leaders through an LLC; and is active on several nonprofit boards. 

Mike earned his B.A. in History from Carleton in 1970, also attending Doshisha University in Japan in 1969;  and M.A. (1973) and Ph.D. (1979) degrees in Educational Leadership and Policy from the University of Minnesota.

Mike and his wife Sylvia (Carleton Class of 1970)  live in White Bear Lake; they have four adult children and two grandchildren.

Nathan Markowitz ’81

At-Large Member
Eugene, OR

Marjorie Mitalski ’24

Young Alumni Representative
Zionsville, IN

Marjorie Mitalski was a History Major and Music Minor at Carleton. She was a Student Representative on the Alumni Council and also served as a Student Departmental Advisor for the Music Department. She enjoys interacting with alumni and is honored to serve as a link between young alumni and the broader alumni community. 

Debra Ponce de Leon ’81

Multicultural Alumni Network (MCAN) Board Representative
Buffalo Grove, IL

Debra is a member of the Class of 1981 and majored in Economics.  Debra also has an MBA from DePaul University in International Finance. She continued her Carleton affiliation through the Chicago Alumni network including several years as chair and as a member/chair on the Class of ’81 Reunion committees. Today, Debra is the Small Business Credit Risk Executive at Bank of America.  She is a member of Bank of America’s Hispanic Latino Executive Council, is co-executive sponsor of Chicago’s HOLA employee network, leads Global Risk Management’s ALIGN network of Black/African American and Hispanic Latino executives, and in 2021, will co-sponsor a Multicultural Women’s Sponsor program in Chicago. Debra has two children who would not apply to Carleton and through them served on the Adlai E. Stevenson High School Choir Guild Board; Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District 103 Finance Committee; District 103 Learning Fund Board, and volunteer in the Lincolnshire Sports Association and Lincolnshire Lightning organizations.

Sue Scott ’77

‘C‎’‎ Club Board Representative‎
Minneapolis, MN

Sue Scott majored in biology and has a masters of science in microbiology from the University of Rhode Island and a masters of science in cell biology from Yale University. She previously worked as an instructor at The Taft School.

At Carleton, Sue was involved in Carleton athletics prior to the 1984 recognition of women receiving letters for varsity athletics. Past coaches Pat Lamb and Marie Matsen ’69 called her the “stalwart of the tennis team” and praised her work ethic and leadership as team captain for varsity tennis. She was a member of the Women’s Athletic and Recreation Association, which promoted women’s athletics and recreation on campus. In addition, Sue competed at the intramural level for basketball and softball.

Sue is a long-time, active volunteer in multiple areas for Carleton. Currently, she is a volunteer for the Career Center and a class agent for the Alumni Annual Fund, and she has served in the past on her class Reunion committee.

Naja Shabazz ’05

At-Large Member
Huntsville, AL

Naja Shabazz ’05 came to Carleton from Memphis, TN and now lives in Huntsville, AL. She majored in English and pursued a BFA in Interior Design from O’More College of Design in 2017. She works as an Interior Designer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. She earned a Commander’s Award for Civilian Service in 2019. She enjoys learning new languages, boxing, music, and more.

Betsy Sylvester ’06

At-Large Member
Minneapolis, MN

Jo Young ’96

Out After Carleton (OAC) Board Representative
Minneapolis, MN

Jo graduated from Carleton with a degree in Women’s Studies in 1996 when it was still a ‘design your own’ major.  While at Carleton Jo did lots of work for the Carleton LGBTQ+ student organization. After college when looking for work, Jo took advantage of IT experience gained doing work study and began a career in IT. Jo has continued to work in IT for 20-plus years and is interested in things that make most people’s eyes roll back in their heads, along with juggling the roles of the sandwich generation with a parent in assisted living and two kids in school.  While not rich in money, power, or advanced degrees, Jo is rich in life, family, and friends. 

Zhuoli Zhang ’21

At-Large Member
Northfield, IL

Born in Beijing and raised between there and Chicago, Zhuoli graduated from Carleton with a degree in Mathematics. After graduation, he moved back to the Windy City, where he works as a network planning analyst at United Airlines. He loved the people he met at Northfield, as well as the many connections he made since graduation. Volunteering for Carleton is his way of giving back to the community.