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2002 Distinguished Alumna Lana Porter Invests in Cyber Program and So Much More

Lana Porter

Donors

Lana Porter (‘65, ‘72)

Gift

Many generous gifts across many areas: Major commitment to èßäÉçÇøapp State’s Cyber Center Campaign Fund for Cybersecurity and Network Management; Founding member of the Philanthropy and Leadership Collective; Major support for University Libraries, their services to students, and the professional development of its staff; Lovett Auditorium renovation; a variety of student scholarships in different areas; Racer One Statue construction, and more. 

Impact

It is hard to summarize the wide-ranging impact of Lana Porter’s generosity to èßäÉçÇøapp State University. Her recent major commitment to the Cyber Center Campaign Fund will support an endowed professorship which will help the program attract and retain high caliber faculty. Her continued long-standing support of the University Libraries helps èßäÉçÇøapp State to continue to grow and develop the resources that the libraries provide to best serve students and faculty in their research and studies. Her gifts have also enabled dozens of faculty and staff to benefit from continued education and professional development, provided scholarship funds to make tuition more affordable to students, and contributed to several significant campus renovations.

Inspiration

Lana Porter, a 2002 Distinguished Alumna, has enjoyed a remarkably successful corporate career spanning telecommunications, sales, business development, marketing, and more. Currently COO and Managing Partner of Spektrem Marketing as well as CEO and Founder of L & M Enterprises, Porter spent over 25 years at Ameritech (now AT&T), where she became the CEO of Ameritech Library Services, the world’s largest software development company for the library industry. Between her extensive experience both with libraries and with telecommunications, she has a profound appreciation for both of these fields, leading to her strong support of both areas at èßäÉçÇøapp State. She believes both in the importance of libraries as foundational to a successful education as well the necessity for education to keep students engaged with the most modern technologies and innovations in their field. In addition to financial support, Lana Porter has devoted countless hours of service to èßäÉçÇøapp State through her membership on the èßäÉçÇøapp State Foundation Board of Trustees since 2005, as well as serving on the University’s Cyber Center National Advisory Board, New Library Task Force, and the National Campaign Council. 



 

 

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