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ALUMNI AFFAIRS
All-new format and new members announced for Young Alumni Council
Now in its fourth year, the BSC Young Alumni Council (YAC) is growing into a valuable resource for the college and for young
Birmingham-Southern graduates.
For the first time this year, the Alumni Affairs Office asked prospective members of the council (young alumni who’ve graduated in the
last 10 years) to apply through an online form. Twenty-three general members were chosen from among the outstanding applicants (nine
were founding members), 10 regional members were added, and 32 at-large members were named.
To maintain consistency while the new format of the council is being developed and introduced, Outstanding Young Alumni Award
recipient Rebecca Beers ’04 was once again tapped to serve as YAC chair. A chair-elect will be named to shadow Beers and assume
leadership next year.
“I am honored to be leading BSC’s Young Alumni Council in my last year of being a ‘young’ alum,” Beers says. “We were overwhelmed
with the enthusiasm of some 70 outstanding young alumni from Alabama and across the country—even internationally—who applied to
join the council.”
Beers said that the enthusiasm and dedication of the new YAC indicates that Birmingham-Southern has a dynamic and bright future
ahead.
“The new council is committed to ensuring that future BSC students will have an experience on the Hilltop that was just as rewarding
and life-changing as their own,” she adds. “We have an exciting year of events planned for our young alums, and we are confident that the
leadership of this group will raise our young alumni engagement to an unprecedented level.”
2013-14 YAC MEMBERS
Rebecca Beers ’04* – Chair
*denotes founding member of YAC
Brittany Arias ’13
Andrew Bailey ’12
Nancy Williams Ball ’04*
Kristen Prince Brasher ’05
Christopher Daniel ’08
Catherine Cummings Davidson ’09
Anna Davis ’12
Stephen Denton ’13
Laura Saliba Ellis ’05*
Justin Fargason ’09
Nikki George ’05
Jennifer Damian Hamrick ’06
Adam Israel ’06*
Emily Duggan Israel ’06*
Brett Janich ’10
Kelsey Grissom Johnson ’06
Ben Lewellyn ’08
Chad Long ’05*
Clay Malcolm ’11
Brent Martina ’07
Shema Mbyirukira ’05*
Wilson Nash ’07*
Neal NeSmith ’10
Benjamin Odendahl ’11
James Randolph ’10
Ashley Rhea ’11
Zachary Richards ’13
Danielle Ridgeway ’06*
Herdon Rouse ’09
Jeanie Sleadd ’09
Katie Wilson ’08
Colin Alexander ’13
Brandon Bates ’05
Brittany Berkopec ’13
John Boutwell ’09
Will Breland ’11
Devan Byrd ’13
Christianna Denelsbeck ’13
Faith Dorn ’12
Jordan Duchock Goad ’08
Emily Godsey ’08
Chryseis Griffin ’06
REGIONAL MEMBERS
Casey Daniel ’07 – Boston
Susan Fant ’09 – Gadsden
Elizabeth Mitchell Jones ’04 – Mobile
Rob NeSmith ’11 – Washington, D.C.
Michael Popwell ’12 – Franklin, Tenn.
Sunday Vanderver ’04 – New York City
Ellie Walker ’08 – Atlanta
Anne Wood ’13 – Huntsville
Jessica Wood ’05 – Millington, Tenn.
Nino Christopher Yu Tiamco ’13 – Chicago
AT-LARGE MEMBERS
Lee Hopf ’11
Collin Janich ’13
John McCarty ’08
Mandy McDaniel ’13
Alex Miller ’13
Laura Moore ’13
Cal NeSmith ’07
Kristen Sornsin Osborne ’07
Stephen Palmer ’05
Leslie Brown Plaia ’08
Brent Pritchard ’04
Cole Rudder ’13
Alexa Ruiz ’13
Simone Schicker ’11
Michael Speigle ’09
Lindsey Horton Sway ’07
Grace Sweeney ’11
David Talley, IV ’09
Daniel Wiggins ’13
Zaki Yazdi ’12
Rebecca Kornegay Yeager ’06
