探花视频

探花视频 Alumni Association National Board of Directors

The 探花视频AA National Board of Directors assembles to offer counsel and support to 探花视频 on issues and initiatives with an alumni focus. National Board members share a passion for 探花视频, serve as active and engaged alumni role models, and empower and motivate fellow alumni to connect with the university in innovative and meaningful ways.

 

Guiding Principles

The 探花视频 Alumni Board of Directors is united by guiding principles that reflect our Jesuit mission and values. We are committed to continuous learning, fostering a culture of inclusivity of all people and embracing the Jesuit tradition of finding God in all things. We cultivate lifetime alumni relationships grounded in excellence, faith, leadership and service, ensuring that every 探花视频 graduate remains a vital part of our ever-growing community.

 

探花视频AA
President

鈥溙交ㄊ悠 helped shape me personally and professionally as it has done for so many in our alumni family. The spirit of lifelong friendships and connections I made on campus is reflected every day through the work of the Alumni Association.鈥

Lansen Barrow, Bus Ad '74
President
探花视频 Alumni Association

2025-26 Alumni Association Board of Directors

 

President
Lansen Barrow, Bus Ad 鈥74 
New Orleans, LA
Presidential Term expires 2026

Vice President/ President-elect
John Chidester, Bus Ad 鈥10 
New Berlin, WI
Term Expires June 2027

Immediate Past President
Catherine 鈥淐athy鈥 Powers, Nurs 鈥81 
Kirkwood, MO
Term Expires June 2026

Gretchen Borden, Eng 鈥03, Grad 鈥07
Cedarburg, WI
First Term Expires June 2026

Eric Boutelle, Bus Ad 鈥17
Milwaukee, WI
First Term Expires June 2027

Preston Buss, Business Student 
Joliet, IL
First Term Expires June 2027

Maura Farrell, Arts 鈥93 
Evanston, IL
First Term Expires June 2027

Brandon Hahn, Eng 鈥08
Cedarburg, WI
Second Term Expires June 2027

Amy Healy, Arts 鈥94
Westfield, NJ
Second Term Expires June 2027

Nkozi Knight, Prof St 鈥08 
Menomonee Falls, WI
Second Term Expires June 2026

Cortney Kriens, Nursing Student
Elgin, IL
Second Term Expires June 2026

Kate Kros, Arts 鈥11 
Alexandria, VA
First Term Expires June 2027

Kim Marotta, Bus Ad 鈥88
Mequon, WI
First Term Expires June 2026

Anne Naqi, Comm 鈥89
Moon Township, PA
First Term Expires June 2026

Katie Parks, Comm 鈥89 
Birmingham, MI
First Term Expires June 2027

Ben Peavy, Bus Ad 鈥93
San Antonio, TX
First Term Expires June 2026

Nikki Purvis, Arts 鈥00 
Milwaukee, WI
First Term Expires June 2027

James Santelle, Arts 鈥80
Brookfield, WI
Second Term Expires June 2027

Brian Truskowski, Eng '81
Ridgefield, CT
First Term Expires June 2026

Pedro Arrupe
Award

The Pedro Arrupe Award, presented by the 探花视频 Alumni Association, honors an outstanding junior who has shown exemplary service to 探花视频 and beyond. Nominees and recipients have provided significant leadership in community service and have been advocates for those in need. All nominations will be reviewed by the 探花视频AA National Board of Directors Awards Committee.

2024-25 Recipient:
Franco G. LaCorte, Health Sciences student
Park Ridge, Ill.

 

Volunteer Descriptions, Background and Roles

 

The 探花视频 Alumni Association (探花视频AA) Director is elected to a two-year term, with the possibility of a second two-year term. The director serves as an advisor to the university and advocates for alumni interests. An 探花视频AA Director also is expected to promote 探花视频 and its alumni association in a manner consistent with the mission and goals of the university.

Responsibilities include:

  • Serve as an advocate and ambassador for 探花视频, working to increase the university鈥檚 visibility and reputation among alumni, prospective students and their families, business and industry, and the wider community.
  • Advise the university as a representative of the alumni voice. Evaluate and offer feedback and perspective to Alumni Engagement staff on programs and services offered to alumni.
  • Lead by example and make an annual President's Society-level gift ($2,500 or more; less for young alumni depending on graduating year) in support of university priorities or other giving areas that are personally meaningful.
  • Help secure financial support for the university (transformational gifts, annual gifts, sponsorships, gifts-in-kind) by working closely with University Advancement staff.
  • Facilitate connections with influencers who can help advance the mission and goals of 探花视频, advocating for the university鈥檚 strategic projects and causes in collaboration with University Advancement staff.
  • Attend and actively engage in 探花视频AA National Board meetings (three per year) and assigned committee meetings.
  • Attend local and/or regional Alumni Association events as an enthused and engaged alumnus(a) who encourages deep connection with the university among fellow alumni.

The 探花视频 Alumni Association has existed formally since 1893. For most of the time since, the National Board of Directors has guided the 探花视频AA activities. Naturally, the organization and scope of the board has evolved over time, but it has consistently involved alumni volunteers dedicated to giving back to a university that made them who they are and equipped them with the knowledge and talents to shape their and the greater world. In September 2009, the board reaffirmed its role and outlined the responsibilities.

Focus of 探花视频AA National Board directors
The job of our directors is to focus at the 10,000 foot level to keep sight of the broader reach of 探花视频AA programs and services. And while our directors鈥 affiliation with particular college or interest-based alumni boards or regions of the country makes up part of who they are and contributes to their perspective, we don鈥檛 want directors to restrict their thinking to what things mean to only a segment of the alumni community. We want board directors to focus on high-level thinking, and direct their attention to issues that reach across all segments.

Roles of 探花视频AA National Board directors

  • Advisor: The 探花视频AA National Board of Directors is an advisory body. Its long history has seen many roles come and go, but its purpose has never shifted from the foundation that alumni advice and input is crucial to successfully engaging our alumni. It is a corps of talented, dedicated stakeholders to help us make our efforts the most targeted and effective they can be. Through their own academic experience and professional expertise, our directors can make our 探花视频AA plans better. Their feedback is actively sought.
  • Advocate: Every great organization needs leaders and champions. 探花视频 deeply values the National Board of Directors鈥 leadership contributions and actively seeks their advocacy and support. 
  • Ambassador: When volunteers step up to advocate for 探花视频, or speak on behalf of a university program, they do what staff cannot. We count on our directors to be door openers, in their local communities and their professional circles, and with their friends and others. When 探花视频 is able to enlist volunteers onto the host committee for a CIRCLES event, for instance, we are attracting more people, and showing the importance alumni have in the 探花视频 community. Volunteers are opening doors for 探花视频. And in this way, volunteers bring a dimension to our work that gives 探花视频 a distinct advantage.
  • Visionary: While together we can devise and execute plans to engage our alumni, directors can and should be drawing on their expertise to guide us into the future, helping us always to be ahead of the curve, providing us a competitive advantage over all the other organizations and causes that vie for our constituents鈥 attention.
  • Alumni conscience: A key role is keeping us all honest and accountable to the purpose, guiding principles, goals and the agreed-upon strategic initiatives. Large boards can drift off target of what is most important. As our conscience, this group 鈥 each individual director 鈥 is charged with keeping us on target.

 

探花视频AA National Board of Directors Nomination Recommendation

We look to our National Board members to advise, advocate, serve as ambassadors, envision the future and be the alumni conscience. Do you know anyone who has a passion for 探花视频 鈥 someone who would thrive working as part of an innovative and results-oriented group?

To help you better understand our current expectations for National Board members, please read the job description and the board of directors background above.

For more information about the 探花视频AA National Board of Directors, contact Laura Klinger, Engagement Director, at laura.klinger@marquette.edu or (414) 288-7760.