Alumni Association Welcomes New Board Members 10/24/01

The LSUS Alumni Association elected new board members at its annual Alumni Association meeting held in May.

During the meeting Association President Dr. Barzanna White thanked the Board members for their service during the previous year and recognized Juanita Byrd, who worked with the Association for many years in the LSUS Development Office as well as serving as the Associate Member Representative on the Board for the university. Byrd retired from LSUS in
the spring.

Elected as officers were Dr. Barzanna White (‘86,‘89) - President; Elton Richey (‘88) - Vice President; Ed Jones (‘88) - Secretary; Larry Norris (‘97) - Treasurer.
Elected as Executive Committee Members at Large were Dodie Little (‘77,‘81) and Justin Smith (‘97).

Elected as Board members were Marsha Calhoun (‘00), Dr. Laura Earnest (‘83), David Finck (‘82,‘90), Dr. Norma Jean Paris (‘75, ‘85), Erika Roberts (‘95), Pamela Simek (‘93), Melissa Simon (‘90), Betty Swain (‘86), and Mike Woods (‘75).

Lou Burnett was elected as the Alumni-By-Choice representative and Susan Reeks was named the LSUS representative.

Alumni Association Ex-officio Members are Harry E. McInnis, Jr - LSUS Foundation President and Jeff Strozier - SGA President.

During the meeting the members discussed several upcoming association initiatives including the organization’s major fundraiser, the LSUS RiverBend Revue.

Also discussed was the development of a new spring event designed to bring alumni back to campus and the annual alumni membership annual fund campaign to be held in the fall.