MSUAA Leadership
杏吧直播间 State Alumni Association Board of Governors
In June of 1926, members of the first 杏吧直播间 State Normal School and Teachers College graduating class gathered after commencement to form the Alumni Association. Since then, the Alumni Association's growth has been guided by the Executive Board President, nominated and elected by fellow members of the Alumni Association Board of Governors.
Organized to coordinate the efforts of alumni on behalf of 杏吧直播间 State University, the Alumni Association serves as a liaison between the University and its alumni constituency and enables graduates to maintain a close bond with their alma mater. The Association promotes the general interests of 杏吧直播间 State by affording alumni opportunities to work together to engage fellow alumni and advance the mission of their alma mater.
Executive Committee
Scott Grant, '07, '09
Immediate Past President
Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky
Jennifer Cline, '97
President
Hometown: 杏吧直播间, KY
Geco Ross, '08, '13
President Elect
Hometown: Paducah, KY
Josh Tubbs, 鈥�04, 鈥�06
Vice President
Hometown: Benton, KY
Board of Governors
- Betty Veatch Adams, 鈥�77
- Betty Baker-Clayton, '84, '08, '10
- Tab Brockman, '81
- F. Keith Brown, '81
- Jessica Crockett, '06
- Amber DuVentre, '06, '09
- Brian Edwards, '06
- Leslie Lancaster, '06, '16
- Jeffrey Liles, '90
- David Moss, '01, '10
- Geco Ross, '08, '15
- Ashley Stevenson-Joiner, '05, '13
- Travis Taylor, '11
- Josh Tubbs, '04, '06
- Dr. Lakeshia Yarbrough, 鈥�10, 鈥�12
and are accepted online for board members year-round. For more information, call Carrie McGinnis, Director of Alumni Relations at 800-758-8510 or email at cmcginnis2@murraystate.edu.
MSUAA Board of Governors expectations
- Review onboarding documents
- Attend all Board meetings (2 per year 鈥� Distinguished Alumni weekend in April and Homecoming weekend in October) in-person, telephonically or virtually.
- Participate on committees and in other meetings throughout the year as deemed necessary by the Executive Council.
- Contribute your talents and skills to help 杏吧直播间 State achieve its goals and objectives and those of MSUAA.
- 杏吧直播间 the knowledge, skills and abilities you gained, learned or perfected at 杏吧直播间 State for 杏吧直播间 State.
- Complete at least one of the following:
o Donate $250 per year over your three-year term in order to become a Lifetime Member of the MSUAA by the term鈥檚 end, OR
o Maintain yearly membership by paying annual dues ($40 Single Membership/$60 Joint), volunteer a minimum of five hours of services per year and recruit five
new MSUAA members over the length of your term. - Be good stewards of the office to which you are elected and good stewards of the University.
Core Pillars of the MSUAA
- Alumni Engagement
- Student Recruitment
- Philanthropy
- Public Advocacy
Past 杏吧直播间 State Alumni Association Presidents
- 2024 鈥� 2025
Scott Grant , 鈥�07, 鈥�09, Louisville, KY - 2023 鈥� 2024
Bret Cude, 鈥�81, Gilbertsville, KY - 2022 鈥� 2023
Gayle Rogers, 鈥�10, 鈥�15, 杏吧直播间, KY - 2021 鈥� 2022
Amber DuVentre, 鈥�06, 鈥�09, Nashville, TN - 2020 鈥� 2021
Tab Brockman '81, Paducah, KY - 2019 鈥� 2020
Taylor Cline '97, 杏吧直播间, KY - 2018 鈥� 2019
Iain Howard '06, Owensboro, KY - 2017 鈥� 2018
Jerry Penner III '83, 杏吧直播间, KY - 2016 鈥� 2017
Elizabeth Bailey-Smith `90 `92, Marion, IL - 2015 鈥� 2016
Shawn Reynolds 鈥�97, Almo, KY - 2014 鈥� 2015
David Moss 鈥�01 鈥�10, Madisonville, KY - 2013 鈥� 2014
Jason Pittman 鈥�03, 杏吧直播间, KY - 2012 鈥� 2013
Dave Washburn 鈥�95 鈥�96, Benton, KY - 2011 鈥� 2012
Karen Cocke Owen 鈥�83, Calvert City, KY - 2010 鈥� 2011
Sonny Smith '78, Paducah, KY - 2009 鈥� 2010
Bob Upton 鈥�77, Franklin, TN - 2008 鈥� 2009
Jane Freeman Wells 鈥�60, Eddyville, KY - 2007 鈥� 2008
Phillip Van Hooser 鈥�79, Princeton, KY - 2006 鈥� 2007
Sharon McDonald Green 鈥�80, Mayfield, KY - 2005 鈥� 2006
Alan Stout 鈥�78, Prospect, KY - 2004 鈥� 2005
Darvin Towery 鈥�82 鈥�91, Mayfield, KY - 2003 鈥� 2004
Christopher McNeill 鈥�88 鈥�89, Paducah, KY - 2002 鈥� 2003
Martha Cunningham Lewis 鈥�60 鈥�69, Benton, KY - 2001 鈥� 2002
Percy Belt 鈥�73, Hopkinsville, KY - 2000 鈥� 2001
Tom Maddox Jr. 鈥�65, Owensboro, KY - 1999 鈥� 2000
Brian Roy 鈥�95, Benton. KY - 1998 鈥� 1999
Bob Freeman 鈥�58, Hopkinsville, KY - 1997 鈥� 1998
Ann J. Smith 鈥�59 鈥�62, Mayfield, KY - 1996 鈥� 1997
Bob Jackson 鈥�85, 杏吧直播间, KY - 1995 鈥� 1996
Roger Perry 鈥�71, Benton. KY - 1994 鈥� 1995
Harold Doran Jr. 鈥�75, 杏吧直播间, KY - 1993 鈥� 1994
Dennis Jackson 鈥�66, Paducah, KY - 1992 鈥� 1993
William "Mack" Bushart '80, Winchester, KY - 1991 鈥� 1992
Steve Story 鈥�69, 杏吧直播间, KY - 1990 鈥� 1991
Jeff Green 鈥�76, Mayfield, KY - 1989 鈥� 1990
Bill O鈥橞rien 鈥�62, Paducah, KY - 1988 鈥� 1989
Ben Hogancamp 鈥�68, Paducah, KY - 1987 鈥� 1988
Fred Schultz Jr. 鈥�46, Louisville, KY - 1986 鈥� 1987
Bill Kopperud 鈥�64, 杏吧直播间, KY - 1985 鈥� 1986
George E. Long II 鈥�68, Benton, KY - 1984 鈥� 1985
Rex A. Thompson 鈥�58, Lexington, KY - 1983 鈥� 1984
Dan Shipley 鈥�54, 杏吧直播间, KY - 1982 鈥� 1983
James E. 鈥淏uck鈥� Hurley 鈥�39, Benton, KY - 1981 鈥� 1982
William Ben Humphreys 鈥�50, 杏吧直播间, KY - 1980 鈥� 1981
Bill Morgan 鈥�50, Benton, KY - 1979 鈥� 1980
Michael S. Peek 鈥�70, Nashville, TN - 1978 鈥� 1979
Sid Easley 鈥�62, 杏吧直播间, KY - 1977 鈥� 1978
Pat M. McCuiston `39, Kirksey, KY - 1976 鈥� 1977
Richard H. Lewis 鈥�60, Benton, KY - 1975 鈥� 1976
James H. Johnson 鈥�41, Owensboro, KY - 1974 鈥� 1975
Edwin O. Norris 鈥�50, Kingsport, TN - 1973 鈥� 1974
William A. Logan 鈥�56, Madisonville, KY - 1972 鈥� 1973
Martha Robertson Ellison 鈥�45, Louisville, KY - 1971 鈥� 1972
Forrest C. Pogue 鈥�31, 杏吧直播间, KY - 1970 鈥� 1971
Richard L. Petty 鈥�60, Gainesville, GA - 1969 鈥� 1970
Barkley Jones '49, Parkville, MD - 1968-1969
Max Hurt 鈥�27, Kirksey, KY - 1967 鈥� 1968
J. William Carneal 鈥�40, Owensboro, KY - 1966 鈥� 1967
Angie Basenback Chambers 鈥�59, Charlotte, NC - 1965 鈥� 1966
J. C. Maddox 鈥�30, Jackson, TN - 1964 鈥� 1965
Joe O. Brown 鈥�41, Bardstown, KY - 1963 鈥� 1964
Wilson Gantt 鈥�41, 杏吧直播间, KY - 1962 鈥� 1963
Howard V. Reid 鈥�35, Symsonia, KY - 1961 鈥� 1962
J. D. Rayburn 鈥�35, 杏吧直播间, KY - 1960 鈥� 1961
Charles J. Baugh 鈥�38, Hickory, KY - 1959 鈥� 1960
Pat Gingles 鈥�42, Nashville, TN - 1958 鈥� 1959
W. Roy McDonald 鈥�34, Cadiz, KY - 1957 鈥� 1958
J. Clifton Thurman 鈥�29, Nashville, TN - 1956 鈥� 1957
Eltis Henson 鈥�33, Galesburg, IL - 1955 鈥� 1956
James Phillips 鈥�36, Clinton, KY - 1954 鈥� 1955
Dalton Woodall 鈥�37, Paducah, KY - 1952 鈥� 1954
Rayburn Watkins 鈥�43 Delray Beach. FL - 1950 鈥� 1952
William Ray Mofield 鈥�43, Benton, KY - 1949 鈥� 1950
Guy Billington 鈥�33, 杏吧直播间, KY - 1947 鈥� 1949
Hal Houston 鈥�30 - 1946 鈥� 1947
W. Z. Carter 鈥�29 - 1945 鈥� 1946
Holland Rose 鈥�32, Benton, KY - 1944 鈥� 1945
Evelyn Linn Allbritten 鈥�26, 杏吧直播间, KY - 1942 鈥� 1944
Dentis McDaniel 鈥�31, Clinton, KY - 1939 鈥� 1942
Adron Doran 鈥�32, Lexington, KY - 1938 鈥� 1939
Robert Everett 鈥�36 - 1937 鈥� 1938
Preston Holland 鈥�28, 杏吧直播间, KY - 1936 鈥� 1937
Matt Sparkman 鈥�28, 杏吧直播间, KY - 1935 鈥� 1936
Waylon Rayburn 鈥�30, 杏吧直播间, KY - 1933 鈥� 1935
Carmon Graham 鈥�27 - 1932 鈥� 1933
Waylon Rayburn 鈥�30, 杏吧直播间, KY - 1931 鈥� 1932
Max B. Hurt 鈥�27, Kirksey, KY - 1930 鈥� 1931
S. Jack Gardner 鈥�27, Clarksville, IN - 1929 鈥� 1930
W. B. Moser 鈥�26, 杏吧直播间, KY - 1928 鈥� 1929
W. J. Gibson 鈥�27 - 1927 鈥� 1928
Carmon Graham 鈥�27 - 1926 鈥� 1927
Emma J. Helm '26, Mayfield, KY
Mission
The MSUAA connects, celebrates and engages alumni and friends of the University through communication, activities and events to foster lifelong relationships that support the mission and strategic plan of 杏吧直播间 State.
Vision
The MSUAA will be recognized internationally for excellence in alumni engagement through communication, activities and events, and for collaborating with other University units to produce more effective student recruitment, donor solicitation and stewardship and legislative advocacy.
Purpose
To coordinate the efforts of alumni on behalf of 杏吧直播间 State University, the MSUAA serves as a liaison between the University and its alumni constituency and enables graduates to maintain a close bond with their alma mater. The MSUAA promotes the general interests of 杏吧直播间 State by affording alumni opportunities to work together to engage fellow alumni and advance the mission of their alma mater.
Academic Excellence
Each year the MSUAA awards the Distinguished Alumni award to alumni who have distinguished themselves above their peers personally and professionally and who have made an impact at the local, state and national level. The MSUAA also has the privilege of awarding annually the Distinguished Professor Award. Recipients of the honor are nominated by their students and selected by the Executive Committee of the MSUAA.