Board of Managers and Executive Council Slate for 2022

By Rebecca Keith | January 10, 2022

The Governance Committee, led by Chair-elect Jeannie Sager, met this fall and reviewed more than 50 submissions. The candidate pool was indeed deep with talents, backgrounds, and experiences needed to lead your Alumni Association. These names represent that diversity.

Nominations for the 2022–2023 Board of Managers are:

  • Martin Vargas, BS’94, of Knoxville, Tennessee, current Manager at Large, be slated as Chair-elect;
  • Dawn Whitehead, BA’97, MS’03, PhD’07, of Washington, D.C., current Manager at Large, be slated as Vice Chair;
  • Shontrai Irving, BA’97, JD/MA’03, of Gary, be slated as Secretary for a second year;
  • Jason Dudich, BS’01, of Indianapolis, be slated as Treasurer for a second year;
  • Mary Susan Buhner, BA’94, of Fishers slated at Manager at Large
  • Mautrice Meriweather, BA’01, MA’15, of Indianapolis slated Manager at Large.

Jeannie Sager, MA’03, of Carmel, current Chair-elect, moves to Chair and Josh Kornberg, BA’12, of Sellersburg, current Chair, moves to Immediate Past Chair in accordance with the IUAA Bylaws; The following are continuing Managers at Large:

  • Kyle King, BS’07, OD’11, of Evansville
  • Yung Nguyen, BS’89, MD’95, of Indianapolis
  • Sandy Searcy, BS’86, MS’88, of Bloomington
  • Cindy Stone, BS’78, MS’08, of Bloomington

The committee selected these 12 alumni for the Executive Council member-at-large seats. The terms are three years ending June 30, 2025.

  • Nicole DuPriest, BS’09, of San Antonio, Texas
  • Jennifer Feaster, BS’03, of Richmond, Indiana
  • Jason Gerdom, BS’97, of Boston, Massachusetts
  • Jerald Harkness, BA’91, of Indianapolis
  • Lauren Jolly, BS’04, of Louisville
  • Terri Jump, MS’78, EdD’85, of Naples, Florida
  • Evelyn Pierce-Hicks, BS’74, MS’78, of Indianapolis
  • Christine Pochert-Ringle, MS’86, MBA’88, of South Bend
  • Stacie Richter, BA’06, of Maple Grove, Minnesota
  • Angela Smith, BA’10, BA’20, of Indianapolis
  • Clifton Snorten, BS’08, of Fishers, Indiana
  • Renuka Sugumar, BS’09, of Indianapolis

I’m grateful to our wonderful Council and Board members whose terms expire June 30 of this year. Their time and commitment to our beloved IU is appreciated, and I look forward to working with them in other volunteer leadership areas well into the future.

All positions for this presented slate begin July 1, 2022. An election ballot will appear in the spring 2022 issue of the Indiana University Alumni Magazine and online in the My IU Member Hub.

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