The Ithaca College Board of Trustees has elected Ed Rivera '88 to a three-year term as alumni trustee and Chris Lee '10 to a two-year term as student trustee.
A veteran of the entertainment and financial services industries, Rivera currently provides advisory services to the executive management team at Sony BMG Music Entertainment. He has held management positions with Capitol Records, J Records, RCA Music Group, and Time, Inc., where he focused on developing financial, marketing, and strategic plans and budgets. He cofounded PlanetLive Inc., a San Francisco-based marketing and media company, and served on the board of directors of Latino.com.
Rivera earned his B.S. degree in finance from Ithaca and holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. He served two terms on the Ithaca College Alumni Association Board of Directors and has volunteered as a local area admissions representative, Career Network contact volunteer, and graduate school adviser for the Ithaca Opportunity Program.
Lee is a junior in the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance (HSHP) with a major in sport management and minor in legal studies. He has served on the President's Host Committee, as an orientation leader, and works as a student assistant in the Office of Media Relations. He attended the 2006 Cross Cultural Leadership Retreat sponsored by the Center for Student Leadership and Involvement, and in 2008 took part in the Alternative Spring Break program where he traveled to Louisiana to help rebuild homes for families affected by Hurricane Rita.
Lee is among 22 HSHP students selected to serve as interns with the Olympic News Service at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. He is a member of the executive board of Ithacappella, which took fourth place in the finals of the 2008 International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella held at Lincoln Center. He was named one of the outstanding soloists at the competition.
