June 09, 2004

Coleman Travelstead New Alumni President

travelsteadColeman Travelstead is the new president of the UNM Alumni Association. Travelstead is publisher of “Techcomm, the National Journal of Technology Commercialization,” at Technology Ventures Corporation in Albuquerque. He is also president of the New Mexico Entrepreneurs Association.

As president, Travelstead will act as an advisor to the Board of Regents on behalf of the alumni, and will function as a link between the university and more than 120,000 graduates and students who make up the alumni community.

Alumni Relations Director Karen Abraham says, “The president of the Alumni Association acts as the conscience of the university through the eyes of the alumni.”

The UNM Alumni Association has chapters throughout the world and is developing constituency chapters that draw together alums who share specific interests. The UNM Alumni Association can be reached at http://www.unmalumni.com/

Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627

Posted by scarr at June 9, 2004 08:24 AM