Emerson Foundation in Auburn adds former Hamilton College administrator to board

AUBURN, N.Y. — The Fred L. Emerson Foundation — a 90-year-old private family foundation based in Auburn — recently announced it has elected Mary McLean Evans to its board of directors.

Evans, who currently resides in North Carolina, is an accomplished higher-education fundraiser and administrator, having served in various roles at Hamilton College for more than 30 years, the foundation said in a late June news release. More recently she has served as managing director of the Committee of 200 and as VP for presidential initiatives for the American University of Paris. Evans has also previously served on the boards of Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare, the Kelberman Center, and the Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute. She earned her bachelor of arts degree from Hamilton College. 

“We are extremely pleased to welcome Mary McLean Evans to the Emerson Foundation board. As a fifth-generation family foundation, we look for exceptional individuals to serve as independent directors and bring complementary skills and backgrounds to our board,” Kristen E. Rubacka, Emerson Foundation president, said. “Mary’s work in higher education, philanthropy and with other nonprofit organizations makes her eminently qualified to help advance the mission of the Emerson Foundation.”