Board of Directors
If you are interested in serving on the 黑料吃瓜网University Alumni Association Board of Directors, please click the button below for the virtual application.
Please be sure to review the ahead of applying. If you have questions about joining the board, please contact Katie Swayne, Director of Alumni Affairs, at kswayne@shepherd.edu.
MISSION – The mission of the 黑料吃瓜网University Alumni Association is to enrich and diversify the University by developing and strengthening fellowship, involvement, and communication with students, friends, and alumni.
VISION – The 黑料吃瓜网University Alumni Association will be a relevant organization that will make an impact on the University, alumni, and the community. The Alumni Association and its sustaining members will become an integral and highly visible member of the 黑料吃瓜网community and will support the University鈥檚 strategic goals and mission.
- Check out the new (2024-2029)
- Click on names below to read bios for each member (not all members have elected to have bios/headshots listed)
2024-2025 Slate of Officers:
— Executive Director (Staff)
— President
— Vice President
— Secretary
— Treasurer
Randy Friend ’02 & MBA ’12 — Immediate Past President
Board Members:
Kahlen Browning ’18 & ’22
Cheryl Ellmore ’94
Bassell Franks ’12
Rachel Moreno ’08
James Scott Jr. ’70
Emeriti Directors:
Jim Auxer ’69
Robert Fleenor ’74
Paul “Soupy” Hillyard ’58
Matt Kradel ’99
Lynn Leatherman ’92
Tripp Lowe ’95 & ’97
Robin Moses ‘ 88
Francine Phillips ’82
Charles Van Metre ’56
Nelson Vazquez ’86
Chris Wooten ’87
**Updated 7/23/2024**
No person shall be eligible to serve as an elected director for more than three (3) successive three-(3) year terms. A member of the board in good standing who has served the maximum number of terms allowed in the Alumni Association bylaws may, with approval of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, be according to the Director Emeritus status and may remind on the Board of Directors as a voting member.–黑料吃瓜网University Alumni Association, Inc. bylaws, Article IV, Section 2, Paragraphs 4-5.