  {"id":7089,"date":"2016-07-21T20:24:41","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T20:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/?p=7089"},"modified":"2020-05-11T15:22:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T15:22:09","slug":"new-alumni-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2016\/07\/21\/new-alumni-board\/","title":{"rendered":"New to the Alumni Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Five Auggies elected to serve three-year terms on the Augsburg College Alumni Board will network with and mentor current Auggies, build community with alumni, and provide a vital link between the College and graduates.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p3\">Derek Francis \u201908<\/h4>\n<p class=\"p4\"><em><span class=\"s1\">School counselor, Minneapolis Public Schools<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThrough the awesome community and volunteer opportunities at Augsburg, I realized I was passionate about working with youth. Augsburg\u2019s value of service to the community transformed my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p3\"><strong>Lori Higgins \u201994, \u201912 MAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p4\"><em>President, MetroNorth Chamber of Commerce<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI am eager to give back to the school that has given me so many opportunities, such as political internships with [former <strong>U.S. Rep.] Martin Sabo \u201959<\/strong> and MN Sen. Bill Luther, which began my career.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p3\"><strong>Josh Krob \u201908, \u201915 MBA<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p4\"><em>Business development, Gravie<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cA continuing passion of mine is to grow our networking efforts, both for employers and individuals as they connect with Auggie alumni.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p3\"><strong>Janeece Oatman \u201905<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p4\"><em>Development director, American Diabetes Association<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI have a passion for committee-building, and I am interested in networking opportunities, reconnecting with campus, and fellow Auggies.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p3\"><strong>Brad Randall \u201913<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p4\"><em>Mechanical maintenance planner, Xcel Energy<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAs a graduate of Augsburg\u2019s Adult Undergraduate program, I am interested in mentoring Augsburg alumni in all fields.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Top image, back row [L to R]: <strong>Josh Krob \u201908, \u201915 MBA; Brad Randall \u201913; Mary Prevost \u201912 MBA; Cyrus Batheja \u201908, \u201910 MBA; Jay Howard \u201903, Nick Rathmann \u201903; Hanna Dietrich \u201905; Rick Bonlender \u201978; Patricia Jesperson \u201995; Melissa (Daudt) Hoepner \u201992; Howie Smith \u201980, \u201919 MAL; Marie (Eddy) Odenbrett \u201901; Greg Schnagl \u201991. <\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Front row\u00a0[L to R]: <strong>Adrienne (Kuchler) Eldridge \u201902; Meg (Schmidt) Sawyer \u201900; Adriana Matzke \u201913; Janeece Oatman \u201905;\u00a0Chau \u201cTina\u201d Nguyen \u201908; Jill Watson \u201910 MBA<\/strong>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Not pictured: <strong>Derek Francis \u201908; Lori Higgins \u201994, \u201912 MAL;\u00a0Nick Swanson \u201909<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five Auggies elected to serve three-year terms on the Augsburg College Alumni Board will network with and mentor current Auggies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":7163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,73],"tags":[81],"class_list":["post-7089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-news","category-auggies-connect","tag-summer-2016"],"wps_subtitle":"New leadership in the Augsburg community","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7089"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10299,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7089\/revisions\/10299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}