Trustee
Colleen M. McNamara
Appointed 1/13/03
Trustee McNamara is Executive Director of the Michigan Cable Telecommunications Association, and was elected to the Michigan State University Board of Trustees for a term beginning January 1, 1995. In November 2002, she was reelected for second eight-year term beginning January 1, 2003.
Ms. McNamara became Executive Director of the Michigan Cable Telecommunications Association, which represents cable television companies throughout Michigan, in 1988. She was previously chief executive officer of the Michigan Waste Industries Association and director of the Housing Resource Center in Lansing. She also worked in the administration of the Michigan Senate. Ms. McNamara received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Science from MSU in 1974.
A resident of Okemos, McNamara is active in the community. Currently, she serves as a member of the board of directors for the Educational Child Care Center in Lansing. She also has been a member of the board of directors for the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Concerned Citizens for the Arts, and the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame.
She is president of the McNamara Scholarship Foundation, which has awarded more than $500,000 in college scholarships to minority students. She has also worked with students and staff in MSU’s Department Of Telecommunications on issues related to cable television and telecommunications public policy.