M E M O R A N D U M

							May 11, 2010									
TO:		Members of the Board of Trustees	

FROM:	Nancy L. Zimpher, Chancellor

SUBJECT:	Appointment of Marti Anne Ellermann as Interim University Counsel of the State University of New York 


        I recommend that the Board of Trustees adopt the following resolution:

Resolved that Marti Anne Ellermann be, and hereby is, appointed Interim University Counsel of the State University of New York, effective immediately.

Background

	I recommend your appointment of Marti Anne Ellermann as Interim University Counsel of the State University of New York.

	Ms. Ellermann joined the University in 1980, and has served in managerial positions in the Office of University Counsel since 1996.  She currently serves as Senior Counsel.

	A copy of Ms. Ellermann�s resume is attached.
















Marti Anne Ellermann
123 Waters Road
Greenwich, New York 12834
(518)692-7333 (Home)
(518)320-1306 (Work)

Education

        Columbia University Law School
         New York, New York					J.D. 1978
         Awards: Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; 
         Teaching Fellow
        
	Stanford University
         Palo Alto, California					B.A. 1974

Work Experience	
	
	Senior Counsel						2006-Present
	Responsible for assigned office management tasks; legal matters arising at SUNY 
	New Paltz and University-wide in the areas of student and academic affairs, tuition, 	international programs, environmental compliance, ethics, and records; oversight 		of outside counsel contracts. Staff to Trustees� Committees on Student 	Life and 	Academic Affairs.

	Senior Managing Campus Counsel			1998-2006
	 
	?	Supervisory responsibility over campus counsel in Albany and 				�dotted line� supervisory responsibility over regional and 					designated campus counsel; coordination of University Counsel�s 				submissions to the Presidential Evaluation process.
	?	Office administration, including running search committees, 					developing office procedures for handling legal matters and 					supervising law student interns; oversight of Outside Counsel 					arrangements, including drafting RFPs and Contract amendments 				and oversight of billing matters. 
	?	System-wide policy development, including advice and  drafting 				in System-wide policy areas of student governance, tuition and fee policy, 			international students, use of facilities including political use of facilities, 			ethics and conflict of interest standards; academic freedom and 				academic policies and other assigned areas; legal staff to the 					Trustees� Committees on Student Life, Academic Standards,  and 				International Programs. 
	?	System-wide legal communication, including drafting of advisories				on legal developments as necessary; participation in 						University Task Forces ; legal presentations to University-wide 				professional organizations, including Chief Student Affairs 					Administrators, SUNY Judicial Affairs Officers, University Police 				Chiefs, SUNY Environmental Health and Safety Association; 					Participation in University-wide Policies and Procedures Project.
	
	

	Associate Counsel					1985- 1998
	Assistant Counsel					1980-1985
	State University of New York
	Albany, New York 12246

	?	Advise campus presidents and other senior administrators on a 				wide range of legal matters.

	?	Provide legal counsel to University and campus administrators in				Environmental compliance; employee relations, including 					disability discrimination, sexual harassment, discrimination 					generally; ethics; and student-related legal issues, including athletics
		and campus law enforcement functions.

	?	Represent the campuses in proceedings before state and federal 				administrative bodies, including New York State Division of 					Human Rights, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 					Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. 				Environmental Protection Agency, Immigration and Naturalization 				Service, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.  

	?	Serve as liaison between campuses and State Attorney General in 				litigation and defense of lawsuits and claims.

	?	Serve as liaison with Risk Management program for University 				residence halls.


	Associate						1979-1980 
	Caffry, Pontiff, Stewart, Rhodes and Judge
	Glens Falls, New York

	?	Clients included Skidmore College, a number of local school 					districts and Glens Falls Hospital.


	Confidential Law Assistant				1978-1979 
	Appellate Division
	NY State Supreme Court
	Albany, New York


Professional Affiliations

	Admitted New York Bar 1979
	National Association of College and University Attorneys