Leadership

Letter from the President, Kent Putnam

SUMMER 2026

OLLI President, Kent Putnam

Greetings, fellow OLLI members and prospective members. I am very pleased and honored to have been chosen to serve as your President for the upcoming 2026-27 academic year.

Our OLLI chapter is in the midst of celebrating 35 years of service and carries with it a tradition of excellence that continues to this day. With our classes, activities, travel, social events, and more, we enrich the lives of our members and give back to our community, both directly and indirectly. Please consider giving some of your time to help make it happen. Volunteers are the engines that drive the OLLI train.

As we move forward through my term I look forward to meeting many of you, getting your feedback and input on our programs and hearing your suggestions on how we can make OLLI at FSU even better.

 

 

Kent Putnam

OLLI President 2026-2027

 

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From left to right, Kent Putnam (President), Cindy Foster (Second Vice President), and Vicki Holley (First Vice President)

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From left to right, Bob Bass, Laura Morris, Leslie Cahn, David Norman (Member Representatives)

Images provided by Bob O’Lary.

 

Advisory Council Voting Members

Name Title
Kent Putnam President
Vickey Holley First Vice President
Cindy Foster Second Vice President
Debbie Justice-Obley Immediate Past President
David Norman Member Representative
Rose Goodson Member Representative
Bob Bass Member Representative
Mary Anne Price Member Representative, Westminster Oaks
Laura Morris Member Representative, Red Hills Village
Leslie Cahn Member Representative
Carroll Bewley  Philanthropy Committee
Harriet Waas Philanthropy Committee 
Cindy Foster Chair, Scholarship Committee
Harriet Waas Co-Chair, Curriculum & Special Lectures Committee
Vicki Holley Co-Chair, Curriculum & Special Lectures Committee
Marsha VandenDooren Chair, Volunteer Committee
Fran Conaway Chair, Communications &Marketing Committee
Susan Yelton Chair, Society of Past Presidents
Linda Fairbanks Chair, Succession Planning Committee
Harriet Waas  Co-Chair, Member Satisfaction Committee
Susan Yelton Co-Chair, Member Satisfaction Committee

Special Interest Groups

Name Title
Lori Gormin Co-Chair, Monday Book Club
Mary Stephenson Co-Chair, Monday Book Club
Susan Barnes Co-Chair, Wednesday Book Club
Carol de Jarnette Co-Chair, Wednesday Book Club 
Marie Clewis Chair, Field Trips, Culture &  Activities
Frank Alarcon Co-Chair, Men's Group
Carroll Bewley Co-Chair, Men's Group
Vicki Holley Chair, Walking Club
Harriet Waas Co-Chair, Travel Club
George Waas Co-Chair, Travel Club
Laura Morris Chair, Spanish Club
Margaret McColley Chair, French Club
James Brown Chair, Photography Club
Bill Bryant  Chair, Lunch Discussion Roundtable
Denise Zabelski-Sever Co-Chair, Social Committee
Renae Mapstone Co-Chair, Social Committee
   

Membership Board Non-Voting Members

Name Title
Debra Herman OLLI Executive Director
Leslie Cahn Recording Secretary
Stefanie Hartsfield Program Coordinator
Mary Beth Trifiletti OLLI Business Associate

 

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