The Indiana University Alumni Association Governance Committee has named alumni leaders for positions on its Board of Managers and Executive Council. Martin Vargas, BS’94, of Knoxville, Tennessee, will serve as chair and Jeannie Sager, MA’03, of Carmel, will serve as immediate past chair in accordance with the IUAA Code of Bylaws beginning July 1. Both were elected in 2021.

Board of Managers

• Dawn Whitehead, BA’97, MS’03, PhD’07, of Washington, DC: Chair-elect
• Yung Nguyen, BS’89, MD’95, of Indianapolis: Vice Chair
• Shontrai Irving, BA’97, MA/JD’03, of Gary: Secretary
• Jason Dudich, BS’01, of Indianapolis: Treasurer
• Shishir Deshpande, LL.M. ’06, of Delhi, India: Manager At Large
• Cindy Stone, BS’78, MS’08, of Bloomington: Manager At Large

Executive Council
Members at Large

• Marsialle Arbuckle, BS’82, of Livonia, Michigan
• Emily Carter, BA’03, of Chicago
• Kirby Durham, BS’04, of Noblesville, Ind.
• Ramon Hill, MS’06, of Miami Beach, Fla.
• Michele Johns, BS’82, JD’89, of Carmel, Ind.
• Leslie Kidwell, MA’13, of Indianapolis
• Genie LaLonde, BS’70, of Kokomo
• Elizabeth Lancaster, BS’13, of Silver Spring, Maryland
• Clayton Nicholas, BS’80, of Indianapolis
• Richard Okello, JD’22, of Indianapolis
• Alan Sickbert, BS’73, of Woodbury, Minnesota
• Craig Wells, BS’94, MBA’02, of Indianapolis

All positions begin July 1, 2023. Learn more about the election or governance cycle.