Volunteer Honor Roll 2016-17

We are deeply grateful to the many who have given their time and talent to further the mission of Kalamazoo College. This listing recognizes more than 700 volunteers serving from July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017. Thank you!
Board of Trustee Volunteers | Alumni Association Executive Board Volunteers | Emeriti Club Leadership Council Volunteers | Class Agent Volunteers
Event Host Volunteers | Reunion Committee Volunteers | Alumni Admission Volunteers
Career and Professional Development Volunteers

Board of Trustees

Hashem Akhavan-Tafti ’82
Gene Bissell ’76, Treasurer
Jevon Caldwell-Gross ’04
Marti (Larzelere) Campbell ’72
Jody Clark ’80
James Clayton ’78, Vice President
Amy Courter ’83, Secretary
Harold Decker ’67
Helen Etkin ’76
Gwen Fountain ’68
Donald Hafner ’66
Charlotte (Hauch) Hall ’66, Chair
Jim Heath ’78
Jerrod Howlett ’09
Si Johnson ’78, Vice President
Sandy Lipsey ’72
Erin Mazzoni ’07
Hans Morefield ’92
Jody Olsen
Brad O’Neill ’93
Donald Parfet
Gail Raiman ’73
Chris Reynolds ’83
Jim Robideau ’76
Mary Beth Sarhatt
Bill Stoeri ’78
Ronda Stryker
Jon Stryker ’82
Bonnie (Wachter) Swenby ’69
Amy Upjohn
Dick Yehle ’68
Deb (Tokarski) Yourick ’80

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Alumni Association Executive Board

The Alumni Association Executive Board (AAEB) is a leadership group who represent the general K alumni association and serve as an advisory board to college staff. AAEB is committed to fostering and maintaining lifelong, active relationships between the College and its alumni through efforts to support and engage alumni.

Alexandra (Foley) Altman ’97, Past President
Dee Bailey ’05
Cynthia Berman ’79
Kirsten (Browne) Bradford ’92, Secretary
Erin Brownlee Dell ’93
Dion Bullock ’12
Matt Bunkowski ’00
Alan Dee ’70
Dan Hoevel ’09
Bridget Jones ’91
Milo Madole ’12
Jeff Marinucci ’00
Erin Mazzoni ’07, President
Denise Miller ’90
Mary-Katherine Thompson Miller ’06
Alex Morgan ’11
West Nelson ’81
Suzanne (Kleinsmith) Saganich ’83
Don Schneider ’63
Andrew Terranella ’99
Shelley Weiler ’83
Deb (Tokarski) Yourick ’80, Vice President

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Emeriti Club Leadership Council

The Emeriti Club Leadership Council represents K alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago. Council members work closely with College staff to promote activities for emeriti alumni and to ensure that this special group of alumni is recognized for their valuable contributions to the life of the College.

Ilse Gebhard ’62
Charles Glatt ’62
Kay (Machin) Howson ’62
George Macleod ’60
Mary (Murch) McLean ’61, Vice President
Constance (Forsyth) Micklin ’62
Sally (Lange) Padley ’62, President
Stevenson Turner ’63
Bill Venema ’59, Past President

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Class Agents

Class Agents are alumni leaders who help their class stay connected to K and each other as well as build and sustain philanthropic support for the College through the Kalamazoo College Fund. Listed by class year in ascending order.

Bob Binhammer ’51
Tom Willson ’52
Judy (Lindberg) Shoolery ’57
Merrilyn (Cigard) Vaughn-Hoffman ’58
Karen (Lake) De Vos ’59
Ann (Wagner) Inderbitzin ’60
Mary (Hanson) Kerley ’61
Sally (Lange) Padley ’62
Bonnie (Bradford) Ramseyer ’63
Don Schneider ’63
David Clowers ’64
Kay (Seaman) Lewis ’65
John Honell ’66
Nancy Southard Young ’67
Bill Weiner ’69
David Kessler ’70
Steve Helm ’71
Anne (Skjaerlund) Fege ’73
Philip Kraushaar ’74
Tala Davidson ’75
Rob Van Patten ’76
Valorie (Vogel) Van Patten ’76
Lee Morriss ’77
Ann Dahmer ’78
Kerry Geffert ’78
Barb (Turner) DeRose ’79
Chris DeRose ’79
Kenneth King ’79
Mary (Seaberg) King ’79
L. West Nelson ’81
Dan McCarrel ’82
Tom Farthing ’83
Greg Schuetz ’84
Judy Hehs ’85
Bruce Kantor ’86
Rick Howrey ’87
Gila (Dorostkar) Millar ’88
Anastasia (Holland) Harnden ’89
Brita (Muller) Boer ’90
Dinesh Goburdhun ’91
Bridget Jones ’91
Carter Dougherty ’92
John Lawther ’93
Brad O’Neill ’93
Melissa (Stucki) Stevens ’96
Alexandra (Foley) Altman ’97
Corey Schultz ’97
Christina (Dudek) Anderson ’98
Jennifer (Getting) Jameslyn ’99
Erik Karell ’99
Andy Miller ’99
Zachary Schroeck ’00
Jennifer (Campbell) Starkey ’01
Joe Wicklander ’02
Jason Wright ’02
James Goodwin ’03
Sara Wiener ’03
Carolyn DeWitt ’04
Brittany Edwards ’04
Matt Pieknik ’04
Colin Baumgartner ’05
Kate McCracken ’05
Mike Glista ’06
Elyse (Rapp) Mihalik ’06
Mary-Katherine Thompson Miller ’06
Morgan (Hague) Sawchuk ’06
Tom Beck ’07
Bristol Day ’07
Erin Mazzoni ’07
Bridgett Blough ’08
Amber Guerrero ’08
Alexa Lindsay ’08
Kira (Dow) Castle ’09
Steven Charon ’09
Andy Girrell ’09
Juli Scalf ’09
Owen Willis ’09
Eric Aiken ’10
Kevin Dugal ’10
Brandon Luczak ’10
Jessica Messerschmidt ’10
Sarah Small ’10
Ajka Suljevic ’10
Anne Weir Schechinger ’10
Sarah Allexan ’11
Evan Bontrager ’11
Becky Dennis ’11
Harold Hermanson ’11
Alyssa McNamara ’11
Alex Morgan ’11
Nathan Gilmour ’12
Christine Lewis ’12
Meredith Loomis Quinlan ’12
Milo Madole ’12
Liz Solan ’12
Bridgett Colling ’13
Eric Glanz ’13
Swapna Gudipati ’13
Zari Haggenmiller ’13
Brittany King-Pleas ’13
Alex Rigney ’13
Darwin Rodriguez ’13
Anna Asbury ’14
Darrin Camilleri ’14
Mark Ghafari ’14
Sameen Haque ’14
Katie Moffit ’14
Kari Paine ’14
Grace Parikh Walter ’14
Sanjay Sharma ’14
Salwa Tareen ’14
Emily Witte ’14
Kelsey Donk ’15
Jake Gallimore ’15
Cameron Goodall ’15
Annie Gough ’15
Marquise Griffin ’15
Hannah Maness ’15
Emily Sklar ’15
Colin Smith ’15
Alex Werder ’15
Skylar Young ’15
Tyler Armor ’16
Alexis Fiebernitz ’16
Rey Hernandez ’16
Tutu Huang ’16
Kelly Ohlrich ’16
Dylan Polcyn ’16
Emerson Brown ’17
Bianca Delgado ’17
Eric DeWitt ’17
Alivia DuQuet ’17
Emily Finch ’17
Christopher Francis ’17
Emma Franzel ’17
Amanda Johnson ’17
Kamal Kamalaldin ’17
Emily Levy ’17
Kriti Singh ’17
Brooke Travis ’17

Thank You For Your Service!

The Kalamazoo College Fund sincerely thanks the following retiring class agents for their service and dedication to the College: Ann (Wagner) Inderbitzin ’60 (17 years), Bill Weiner ’69 (18 years), Ken King ’79 (13 years), Mary Seaberg King ’79 (13 years), Sara Wiener ’03 (12 years) and Morgan (Hague) Sawchuk ’06 (12 years). These class agents served as volunteers on behalf of the College and their classes to share the message of giving back. Their service has made a significant impact on the Kalamazoo College student experience.

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Event Volunteers

Event volunteers have served as hosts for Hornet Happy Hours, Regional Alumni Gatherings and Development events, represented K at other schools’ inaugurations, and participated as speakers or panelists on campus.

Madeleine Aborn ’14
Christina (Dudek) Anderson ’98
Nate Anderson ’98
Ashley Arnoldi ’12
Dee Bailey ’05
Adam Baranowski ’09
Jessica (Adams) Baranowski ’09
Bob Barnhart ’70
Nandita Bhargava ’11
Mandy Blinn ’00
Travis Braun ’13
Ray Chambers
Richard Cherry ’01
Sarah Clancy ’05
Jody Clark ’80
Tim Clarke
Molly Cline ’76
Steven Cline
Morgan Clothier ’15
Lindsey (Smith) Cobbe ’07
Gary Coffey ’76
Douglas Colton ’12
Greg Diment ’84
Bruce Dresbach ’83
Lynne Eddy ’66
Brittany Edwards ’04
Sharell Elam ’03
Kate (Phelan) Elci ’04
Katy (Ehlert) Escott ’10
Michelle (Wilks) Fanroy ’88
Anne (Skjaerlund) Fege ’73
Mark Ghafari ’14
Rick Gianino ’78
Susan Gilmore
Andy Girrell ’09
Alexandra Hayward ’13
Kenny Heidel ’13
Casey Herron ’07
Nora Hickey ’06
Thomas Hipple ’65
Fran Hoepfner ’13
Richard Hutchman ’91
Amy Johnson ’05
Karman Kent ’07
Mary (Hanson) Kerley ’61
David Kessler ’70
Kenneth King ’79
Mary (Seaberg) King ’79
Jordan Klepper ’01
Kyle Konwinski ’06
Matthew Kufta ’11
Mitchell Kundel ’01
Jenny (Thomson) Lamberts ’07
Brian Leugs ’81
Corinne Lewis ’81
Milo Madole ’12
Consuelo (Hernandez) Mainier ’96
Joseph Malone ’11
Anne-Louise Marquis ’84
Andy Miller ’99
Mary-Katherine Thompson Miller ’06
Kelly Ohlrich ’16
David Oliphant ’11
Brad O’Neill ’93
Devin Opp ’14
Alana O’Reilly ’12
Aubrey Ann Parker ’08
Anna Pierzchala ’04
Ian Powell ’12
Ike Pulver ’88
Jill (Piper) Punches ’84
Beverly Quist ’68
Bianca Rasho ’13
David Rhoa ’90
Dana Schmitt ’10
Annie Shetzer ’75
Nikki Steeves ’98
Angela Szvercsak ’05
Kate Thomas ’06
Bruce Timmons ’64
Carrie (VanDerZee) Troyer ’05
Hussain Turk ’11
Tieneke van Lonkhuyzen ’06
Nathaniel Victor ’09
Erin (O’Brien) Victor ’10
Lindsay Voss ’07
Madee Weisner ’14
Tom Wilkinson ’78
Chris Wozniak ’93
Jeffrey Yourick ’79
Deb (Tokarski) Yourick ’80
Linda Zalkauskas Hahn ’82

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Reunion Committee

Reunion Committee Members are alumni leaders who serve as a voice of the class during a reunion year and help to plan reunion activities, encourage attendance and participation in class reunion events and promote a class reunion giving challenge.

Sarah Allexan ’11
William Barrett ’66
Martha (Staples) Beverly ’66
Evan Bontrager ’11
Sally (Ironside) Brian ’71
Margy (Dewey) Brown ’66
Becky Dennis ’11
Lillian (Baker) Deschamps ’66
Mike Glista ’06
Dinesh Goburdhun ’91
Amy (Mantel) Hale ’66
Charlotte (Hauch) Hall ’66
Michael Ham ’66
Tracy Hanson ’01
Glenna (Simmons) Heckathorn ’71
Steve Helm ’71
Harold Hermanson ’11
John Honell ’66
Paulette Jahnke ’66
Bridget Jones ’91
Bruce Kantor ’86
Laura (Augustyn) Kroger ’01
Karen Leisinger ’66
Eugene Losey ’66
Alyssa McNamara ’11
Elyse (Rapp) Mihalik ’06
Mary-Katherine Thompson Miller ’06
Alex Morgan ’11
Dick Myers ’66
Beth (Neubert) Myers ’66
West Nelson ’81
Joan Perry ’66
Jennifer (Smith) Sanderson ’66
Morgan Sawchuk ’06
Jennifer (Campbell) Starkey ’01
Melissa (Stucki) Stevens ’96
Jim Tiefenthal ’66
Edie (Smith) Trent ’71
Rob Van Patten ’76
Valorie (Vogel) Van Patten ’76
Kathy (King) Vonk ’66
Donald Waller ’66
Jimm White ’66
Tom Wilsted ’66

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Alumni Admission Volunteers

The Office of Admission frequently enlists the help of alumni in the recruitment of prospective students to Kalamazoo College. Thank you to the following for sharing your K experience, and stories of life after K, with a future Hornet.

Madeleine Aborn ’14
Steven Adams-Smith ’91
Avery Allman ’16
Alexandra (Foley) Altman ’97
Christina (Dudek) Anderson ’98
Ashley Arnoldi ’12
Anna Asbury ’14
Dee Bailey ’05
Tom Beck ’07
Monisha Berkowski ’08
Cynthia Berman ’79
Sarah (Schaeffer) Bernard ’86
Nandita Bhargava ’11
Kirsten (Browne) Bradford ’92
Ann Bueche ’87
Elyse (Durham) Buffenbarger ’10
Kira (Dow) Castle ’09
Richard Cherry ’01
Sarah Clancy ’05
Mysha Clarke ’13
Valerie Cochran ’02
Rob Cooper ’10
Alexandra Crockford ’12
Josephine Csete ’83
Tala (Munther) Davidson ’75
Stefanie DeHart ’11
Amy (Nosich) Dolhay ’95
Sharell Elam ’03
Michelle (Wilks) Fanroy ’88
Connie Fernholz ’11
Angela Fong ’16
MacKenzie (Sudol) Foster ’12
Laura Fox ’10
Alison (Mizen) Gaul ’05
Pam (Brown) Gavin ’74
Kerry Geffert ’78
Marquise Griffin ’15
Xian Gu ’10
Zari Haggenmiller ’13
Russ Hankey ’96
Kelsey Hassevoort ’12
Steve Helm ’71
Nicole Higgins ’13
Barb (Cook) Hinz ’72
Fran Hoepfner ’13
Tutu Huang ’16
Amber (Terry) Hupp ’03
Bridget Jones ’91
Karman Kent ’07
Mary (Hanson) Kerley ’61
Brent Klein ’04
Jordan Klepper ’01
John Krezoski ’69
Matthew Kufta ’11
Sarah Kuljian ’10
Mitchell Kundel ’01
Elizabeth Lamphier ’08
Milo Madole ’12
Joseph Malone ’11
Hannah Maness ’15
Jillian (Belstler) Marecki ’10
Debra (Orselet) Marsteller ’75
Anna (Ward) Martin ’03
Colleen McIntee ’11
Natalie Melnick ’15
Cody Musselman ’11
David Oliphant ’11
Bronte Payne ’15
Matt Pieknik ’04
Dylan Polcyn ’16
Margaux Reckard ’13
David Rhoa ’90
Claire Riggs ’11
Alex Rigney ’13
Diana (Shirley) Roggenbauer ’88
Jonathan Romero ’13
Leah Rumsey ’11
Molly Sass ’09
Dana Schmitt ’10
Don Schneider ’63
Heather (Stevens) Schoning ’92
Corey Schultz ’97
Kristy (Conrad) Schuster ’96
Jennifer Servis ’13
Colin Smith ’15
Nikki Steeves ’98
Tyler Stewart ’11
Sarah Stewart ’11
Christy (Davis) Szekely ’10
Heide Taylor ’10
Lauren Torres ’10
Hussain Turk ’11
Liz Vincensi ’13
Anne Weir Schechinger ’10
Madee Weisner ’14
Bethany (Kestner) Whitehead ’98
Skylar Young ’15
Erin Young ’04
Deb (Tokarski) Yourick ’80
Mallory Zink ’15

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Center for Career and Professional Development Program Volunteers

Learning through experience has long been recognized as a vital component of the K-Plan. The Center for Career and Professional Development’s Discovery Externship and Internship programs, as well as the Kalamazoo College Professional Networking Group, underscore the College’s commitment to this type of experiential education. We are grateful to the following program participants for the time you invested in mentoring and sharing your professional expertise with K students.

Avery Allman ’16
Alexandra (Foley) Altman ’97
Ross Ambrose ’86
Jared Andrzejewski ’10
Dee Bailey ’05
Megan Bauer ’12
Kelly Bauer ’10
Nick Beam ’14
Nandita Bhargava ’11
Ryan Bizzis ’10
Jeanne Blondia ’87
Bridgett Blough ’08
Brita (Muller) Boer ’90
Evan Bontrager ’11
Marietta Bowman ’02
Kirsten (Browne) Bradford ’92
Margy Brill ’11
Erin Brownlee Dell ’93
Ann Bueche ’87
Matt Bunkowski ’00
Jane Burchfield ’85
Michael Cansfield ’87
Megan Carney ’92
Colin Cepuran ’15
Richard Cherry ’01
Chido Chigwedere ’17
James Clayton ’78
Val Cole ’83
Jeremy Cole ’96
Douglas Colton ’12
Amy Courter ’83
Robert Davidson ’93
Becky Dennis ’11
Kant Desai ’99
Michael DeWaele ’97
Douglas Doetsch ’79
Mike Doornweerd ’92
Kimberly Drew ’00
Mathew Duggan ’09
Justin Dula ’99
Ian Edwards ’13
Lawrence Eisenstein ’58
Melissa Erikson ’17
Justin Evans ’09
Caitlin Finan ’11
Kyle Fletke ’07
Nan Franks ’75
Rebecca (Karnosky) Frost ’07
Mark Furlong ’83
Randy Gepp ’74
Mark Ghafari ’14
Rick Gianino ’78
Michelle Gigowski ’11
Mike Glista ’06
Rudi Goddard ’13
Jay Goodwin ’85
Adam Gravley ’84
Christine Grodecki ’06
Alyse Guenther ’17
Marlene (Ramos) Guerrero Chavez ’08
Mireya Guzman-Ortiz ’17
Marie Halverson ’93
Russ Hankey ’96
Cole Hardy ’06
Kelsey Hassevoort ’12
John Hayes ’96
Jim Heath ’78
Harold Hermanson ’11
Kathleen (Roche) Hirsman ’76
Will Hobart ’06
Fran Hoepfner ’13
Dan Hoevel ’09
Edwin Hortelano ’83
Jerrod Howlett ’09
Cal Johnson ’71
Si Johnson ’78
Andrea Johnson ’15
Jimmy Kelly ’08
Karman Kent ’07
Terri Kline ’80
Peter Knight ’95
Emily (Scott) Kobza ’06
Kelly Koss ’04
Mitchell Kundel ’01
Carla Kupe-Arion ’02
Matt Lango ’97
Jodie Lawton ’99
Laura Livingstone-McNelis ’89
Matt Longjohn ’93
Blake MacDonald ’08
Haley Madel ’13
Joseph Malone ’11
Carlton Marcyan ’76
Jeff Marinucci ’00
Richard Marion ’90
Cara Marker ’96
Erin Mazzoni ’07
Molly McAuliffe ’89
J.P. McBride ’77
Mike McFall ’93
Lauren (Wadland) Meisel ’01
Andy Miller ’99
Alex Morgan ’11
Keith Morris ’94
Joshua Mrozowski ’09
West Nelson ’81
Pat Nichols ’98
Kristen Nuyen ’12
Donna (Coleman) Odom ’67
Kathleen O’Donovan ’11
Liz Okey ’07
Brad O’Neill ’93
Jeffrey Owen ’76
Angela Pratt Geffre ’97
Dimeko Price ’13
Gail Raiman ’73
Anne Renaud ’10
Sara Reschly ’95
Hope Reynolds ’02
David Rhoa ’90
Aaron Ries ’06
Alex Rigney ’13
Sarah Rockwell ’02
Christopher Rollyson ’82
Juli Scalf ’09
Dana Schmitt ’10
Don Schneider ’63
Christie Schuessler ’11
Elizabeth Schweitzer ’09
Saman Sedaei ’06
Tim Smith ’97
Sonya (Olds) Som ’94
Jeannette (Cooper) Srivastava ’00
Melissa (Stucki) Stevens ’96
D-L Stewart ’95
Erin Stockall ’11
Ajka Suljevic ’10
Andrea (Dakin) Teunessen ’98
Wade Thomson ’98
Jim Tiefenthal ’66
Nick Toboy ’06
Lauren Torres ’10
Eric Trautmann ’83
Edie (Smith) Trent ’71
Hussain Turk ’11
Rachel Udow ’08
Carla Varner ’97
Bill Venema ’59
Lorri (Thompson) Walch ’80
Samantha Weaver ’08
Madee Weisner ’14
Bethany (Kestner) Whitehead ’98
Stephanie Wilks ’01
Stephanie Willette ’08
Mary (Dillon) Woolever ’70
Michael Woolever ’71
Deb (Tokarski) Yourick ’80
Rachel (Legg) Zarit ’02
Bzee Zehnder ’85

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