National Alumni Board

President

Ernest Vargo, II
BA ’78

President & CEO
Eskenazi Health Foundation

Vice President

David A. Harris
BAED '79, MAED '86

Retired Principal
Hudson City Schools

Nursing Alumni Ambassador

Thomas K. Lehman
BSN ’09

Systems Analyst, Nursing Informatics
Cleveland Clinic

Law Alumni Ambassador

Cara L. Staley
JD ’04

Law Clerk, The Honorable John R. Adams, U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Ohio

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.

Nicole “Nikki” L. Douglas
BSED ’07

3^rd Grade Teacher
St. Gabriel’s Catholic School

Paul M. Douglas
BSBA ’06

Financial Advisor
UBS Financial Services, Inc.

Brad M. Fellows
BA ’97

Founder/Consultant
The Fellows Practice, LLC

David S. Harvey, Jr.
BSA ’90

Vice President, Corporate Counsel
Labor andnEmployment Law
The GEO Group Inc.

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

Nancy A. Likens
BA '81

Director, Wadsworth Center for Older Adults
Wadsworth Soprema Senior Center
City of Wadsworth

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

Lewis W. Adkins, Jr.
JD ’92

Board of Trustees Office 
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

Brittany Finch
'10, '11

Assistant Director
Alumni Relations
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

Kristi Reese

Associate Director 
Alumni Relations
The University of Akron

Joshua E. J. Thomas
BSCE ’17

Student Trustee
Board of Trustees Office
The University of Akron