MSUAA Leadership
猫咪社区app State Alumni Association Board of Governors
In June of 1926, members of the first 猫咪社区app State Normal School and Teachers College graduating class gathered after commencement to form the Alumni Association. Since then, the Alumni Association's growth has been guided by the Executive Board President, nominated and elected by fellow members of the Alumni Association Board of Governors.
Organized to coordinate the efforts of alumni on behalf of 猫咪社区app State University, the Alumni Association serves as a liaison between the University and its alumni constituency and enables graduates to maintain a close bond with their alma mater. The Association promotes the general interests of 猫咪社区app State by affording alumni opportunities to work together to engage fellow alumni and advance the mission of their alma mater.
Executive Committee

Scott Grant, '07, '09
Immediate Past President
Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky

Jennifer Cline, '97
President
Hometown: 猫咪社区app, KY

Geco Ross, '08, '13
President Elect
Hometown: Paducah, KY
Josh Tubbs, 鈥04, 鈥06
Vice President
Hometown: Benton, KY
Board of Governors
- Betty Veatch Adams, 鈥77
- Betty Baker-Clayton, '84, '08, '10
- Tab Brockman, '81
- F. Keith Brown, '81
- Jessica Crockett, '06
- Amber DuVentre, '06, '09
- Brian Edwards, '06
- Jeffrey Liles, '90
- David Moss, '01 '10
- Geco Ross, '08, '15
- Ashley Stevenson-Joiner, '05, '13
- Travis Taylor, '11
- Josh Tubbs, '04, '06
- Dr. Lakeshia Yarbrough, 鈥10, 鈥12
and are accepted online for board members year-round. For more information, call Carrie McGinnis, Director of Alumni Relations at 800-758-8510 or email at cmcginnis2@murraystate.edu.
MSUAA Board of Governors expectations
- Review onboarding documents
- Attend all Board meetings (2 per year 鈥 Distinguished Alumni weekend in April and Homecoming weekend in October) in-person, telephonically or virtually.
- Participate on committees and in other meetings throughout the year as deemed necessary by the Executive Council.
- Contribute your talents and skills to help 猫咪社区app State achieve its goals and objectives and those of MSUAA.
- 猫咪社区app the knowledge, skills and abilities you gained, learned or perfected at 猫咪社区app State for 猫咪社区app State.
- Complete at least one of the following:
o Donate $250 per year over your three-year term in order to become a Lifetime Member of the MSUAA by the term鈥檚 end, OR
o Maintain yearly membership by paying annual dues ($40 Single Membership/$60 Joint), volunteer a minimum of five hours of services per year and recruit five
new MSUAA members over the length of your term. - Be good stewards of the office to which you are elected and good stewards of the University.
Core Pillars of the MSUAA
- Alumni Engagement
- Student Recruitment
- Philanthropy
- Public Advocacy
Past 猫咪社区app State Alumni Association Presidents
- 2024 鈥 2025
Scott Grant , 鈥07, 鈥09, Louisville, KY - 2023 鈥 2024
Bret Cude, 鈥81, Gilbertsville, KY - 2022 鈥 2023
Gayle Rogers, 鈥10, 鈥15, 猫咪社区app, KY - 2021 鈥 2022
Amber DuVentre, 鈥06, 鈥09, Nashville, TN - 2020 鈥 2021
Tab Brockman '81, Paducah, KY - 2019 鈥 2020
Taylor Cline '97, 猫咪社区app, KY - 2018 鈥 2019
Iain Howard '06, Owensboro, KY - 2017 鈥 2018
Jerry Penner III '83, 猫咪社区app, KY - 2016 鈥 2017
Elizabeth Bailey-Smith `90 `92, Marion, IL - 2015 鈥 2016
Shawn Reynolds 鈥97, Almo, KY - 2014 鈥 2015
David Moss 鈥01 鈥10, Madisonville, KY - 2013 鈥 2014
Jason Pittman 鈥03, 猫咪社区app, KY - 2012 鈥 2013
Dave Washburn 鈥95 鈥96, Benton, KY - 2011 鈥 2012
Karen Cocke Owen 鈥83, Calvert City, KY - 2010 鈥 2011
Sonny Smith '78, Paducah, KY - 2009 鈥 2010
Bob Upton 鈥77, Franklin, TN - 2008 鈥 2009
Jane Freeman Wells 鈥60, Eddyville, KY - 2007 鈥 2008
Phillip Van Hooser 鈥79, Princeton, KY - 2006 鈥 2007
Sharon McDonald Green 鈥80, Mayfield, KY - 2005 鈥 2006
Alan Stout 鈥78, Prospect, KY - 2004 鈥 2005
Darvin Towery 鈥82 鈥91, Mayfield, KY - 2003 鈥 2004
Christopher McNeill 鈥88 鈥89, Paducah, KY - 2002 鈥 2003
Martha Cunningham Lewis 鈥60 鈥69, Benton, KY - 2001 鈥 2002
Percy Belt 鈥73, Hopkinsville, KY - 2000 鈥 2001
Tom Maddox Jr. 鈥65, Owensboro, KY - 1999 鈥 2000
Brian Roy 鈥95, Benton. KY - 1998 鈥 1999
Bob Freeman 鈥58, Hopkinsville, KY - 1997 鈥 1998
Ann J. Smith 鈥59 鈥62, Mayfield, KY - 1996 鈥 1997
Bob Jackson 鈥85, 猫咪社区app, KY - 1995 鈥 1996
Roger Perry 鈥71, Benton. KY - 1994 鈥 1995
Harold Doran Jr. 鈥75, 猫咪社区app, KY - 1993 鈥 1994
Dennis Jackson 鈥66, Paducah, KY - 1992 鈥 1993
William "Mack" Bushart '80, Winchester, KY - 1991 鈥 1992
Steve Story 鈥69, 猫咪社区app, KY - 1990 鈥 1991
Jeff Green 鈥76, Mayfield, KY - 1989 鈥 1990
Bill O鈥橞rien 鈥62, Paducah, KY - 1988 鈥 1989
Ben Hogancamp 鈥68, Paducah, KY - 1987 鈥 1988
Fred Schultz Jr. 鈥46, Louisville, KY - 1986 鈥 1987
Bill Kopperud 鈥64, 猫咪社区app, KY - 1985 鈥 1986
George E. Long II 鈥68, Benton, KY - 1984 鈥 1985
Rex A. Thompson 鈥58, Lexington, KY - 1983 鈥 1984
Dan Shipley 鈥54, 猫咪社区app, KY - 1982 鈥 1983
James E. 鈥淏uck鈥 Hurley 鈥39, Benton, KY - 1981 鈥 1982
William Ben Humphreys 鈥50, 猫咪社区app, KY - 1980 鈥 1981
Bill Morgan 鈥50, Benton, KY - 1979 鈥 1980
Michael S. Peek 鈥70, Nashville, TN - 1978 鈥 1979
Sid Easley 鈥62, 猫咪社区app, KY - 1977 鈥 1978
Pat M. McCuiston `39, Kirksey, KY - 1976 鈥 1977
Richard H. Lewis 鈥60, Benton, KY - 1975 鈥 1976
James H. Johnson 鈥41, Owensboro, KY - 1974 鈥 1975
Edwin O. Norris 鈥50, Kingsport, TN - 1973 鈥 1974
William A. Logan 鈥56, Madisonville, KY - 1972 鈥 1973
Martha Robertson Ellison 鈥45, Louisville, KY - 1971 鈥 1972
Forrest C. Pogue 鈥31, 猫咪社区app, KY - 1970 鈥 1971
Richard L. Petty 鈥60, Gainesville, GA - 1969 鈥 1970
Barkley Jones '49, Parkville, MD - 1968-1969
Max Hurt 鈥27, Kirksey, KY - 1967 鈥 1968
J. William Carneal 鈥40, Owensboro, KY - 1966 鈥 1967
Angie Basenback Chambers 鈥59, Charlotte, NC - 1965 鈥 1966
J. C. Maddox 鈥30, Jackson, TN - 1964 鈥 1965
Joe O. Brown 鈥41, Bardstown, KY - 1963 鈥 1964
Wilson Gantt 鈥41, 猫咪社区app, KY - 1962 鈥 1963
Howard V. Reid 鈥35, Symsonia, KY - 1961 鈥 1962
J. D. Rayburn 鈥35, 猫咪社区app, KY - 1960 鈥 1961
Charles J. Baugh 鈥38, Hickory, KY - 1959 鈥 1960
Pat Gingles 鈥42, Nashville, TN - 1958 鈥 1959
W. Roy McDonald 鈥34, Cadiz, KY - 1957 鈥 1958
J. Clifton Thurman 鈥29, Nashville, TN - 1956 鈥 1957
Eltis Henson 鈥33, Galesburg, IL - 1955 鈥 1956
James Phillips 鈥36, Clinton, KY - 1954 鈥 1955
Dalton Woodall 鈥37, Paducah, KY - 1952 鈥 1954
Rayburn Watkins 鈥43 Delray Beach. FL - 1950 鈥 1952
William Ray Mofield 鈥43, Benton, KY - 1949 鈥 1950
Guy Billington 鈥33, 猫咪社区app, KY - 1947 鈥 1949
Hal Houston 鈥30 - 1946 鈥 1947
W. Z. Carter 鈥29 - 1945 鈥 1946
Holland Rose 鈥32, Benton, KY - 1944 鈥 1945
Evelyn Linn Allbritten 鈥26, 猫咪社区app, KY - 1942 鈥 1944
Dentis McDaniel 鈥31, Clinton, KY - 1939 鈥 1942
Adron Doran 鈥32, Lexington, KY - 1938 鈥 1939
Robert Everett 鈥36 - 1937 鈥 1938
Preston Holland 鈥28, 猫咪社区app, KY - 1936 鈥 1937
Matt Sparkman 鈥28, 猫咪社区app, KY - 1935 鈥 1936
Waylon Rayburn 鈥30, 猫咪社区app, KY - 1933 鈥 1935
Carmon Graham 鈥27 - 1932 鈥 1933
Waylon Rayburn 鈥30, 猫咪社区app, KY - 1931 鈥 1932
Max B. Hurt 鈥27, Kirksey, KY - 1930 鈥 1931
S. Jack Gardner 鈥27, Clarksville, IN - 1929 鈥 1930
W. B. Moser 鈥26, 猫咪社区app, KY - 1928 鈥 1929
W. J. Gibson 鈥27 - 1927 鈥 1928
Carmon Graham 鈥27 - 1926 鈥 1927
Emma J. Helm '26, Mayfield, KY
Mission
The MSUAA connects, celebrates and engages alumni and friends of the University through communication, activities and events to foster lifelong relationships that support the mission and strategic plan of 猫咪社区app State.
Vision
The MSUAA will be recognized internationally for excellence in alumni engagement through communication, activities and events, and for collaborating with other University units to produce more effective student recruitment, donor solicitation and stewardship and legislative advocacy.
Purpose
To coordinate the efforts of alumni on behalf of 猫咪社区app State University, the MSUAA serves as a liaison between the University and its alumni constituency and enables graduates to maintain a close bond with their alma mater. The MSUAA promotes the general interests of 猫咪社区app State by affording alumni opportunities to work together to engage fellow alumni and advance the mission of their alma mater.
Academic Excellence
Each year the MSUAA awards the Distinguished Alumni award to alumni who have distinguished themselves above their peers personally and professionally and who have made an impact at the local, state and national level. The MSUAA also has the privilege of awarding annually the Distinguished Professor Award. Recipients of the honor are nominated by their students and selected by the Executive Committee of the MSUAA.