National Alumni Board

Chairman

David A. Harris
BAED '79, MAED '86

Retired Principal
Hudson City Schools

Vice-Chair

Nicole “Nikki” L. Douglas
BSED ’07

Stay at Home Parent

Nursing Alumni Ambassador

Thomas K. Lehman
BSN ’09

Systems Analyst, Nursing Informatics
Cleveland Clinic

School of Law Alumni Representative

J. Alex Quay
JD ’09

Litigation Attorney
BROUSE McDowell

Scott Armstrong
BSCE ’82

Business Development
Welty Building Company, LLC

Dr. Tierney Bates
BA ’99, MA ’02

Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs
North Carolina Central University (NCCU)

James DePew
BSIM ’95

Vice President and Consultant
BDeWees Consulting, Ltd.

Todd A. Hoff
BSME '89

Global Vice President, Group Head of Innovation
Brambles/CHEP

Anne E. Lazzerini
BSBA ’04, MBA ’07

Business Analyst
FirstEnergy Solutions

Nischal R. Pai
MS ’86, MBA ’89, MS ’90

Managing Director Head of Hedging & Structured Solution
Intelligent Edge Advisors

Donald J. Pavlik
BSBA ’00

Senior Vice President
PNC Bank

McKenzie Gerzanics
’19

Board of Trustees
The University of Akron

Brian L. Cherkala
JD ’78

Senior VP and National Director of Field Fiduciary Adm.
KeyBank

Kim M. Cole
BA ’93, MPA ’95

Vice President, Development
Executive Director UA Foundation
The University of Akron

Olivia P. Demas
’91 '95

Vice Chair
Board of Trustees
The University of Akron

Christine Franz
'93

Senior Administrative Assistant
Alumni Relations
The University of Akron

Curtis S. King
BA ’85

Senior Vice President
Universal Television Publicity, Marketing & Corporate Communications
NBC Universal

Willy R. Kollman
BA ’08, MAED ’10

Assistant Vice President
Alumni Relations
The University of Akron

Ernest Vargo, II
BA ’78

Immediate Past President
The University of Akron
President & CEO
Eskenazi Health Foundation