Holy Cross College welcomes four new board members

In 2022, Holy Cross College accepted four new members to the Board of Trustees with three of the new members being alumni of Holy Cross College. Please welcome

Alumnus Lavarr Barnett graduated from Holy Cross College with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with the highest honors, was a member of the Delta Epsilon Sigma Honor Society, and was awarded the College’s St. Thomas Aquinas Award for academic excellence. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 2017. During his time on campus, Mr. Barnett served as president of the Black Law Students Association (2015-2016), on the Notre Dame Advisory Committee for Student Climate Related to Race and Ethnicity (2016-2017), and was an Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity fellow.

Lavarr Barnett works for Summit Equity Investments as the Vice President of Investor Relations, where he is responsible for identifying and soliciting six to eight-figure equity engagements with potential investors, creating and communicating quarterly reporting on owned assets to investors, and developing and initiating capital fundraising strategies. Previously, Lavarr worked for the University of Notre Dame Du Lac as an Associate Director of Regional Development, responsible for raising six and seven-figure gifts to support university students, faculty, staff, and programs, developed and cultivated benefactor relationships in support of the University of Notre Dame’s mission, and created and implemented effective strategies to connect benefactors with priority initiatives. In 2016, he was a summer associate at Tuesley Hall Konopa, LLP in South Bend where he drafted business and organizational documents for firm clientele, researched and prepared memoranda of law regarding various areas of business and commercial law, and evaluated and edited firm legal document repositories to ensure compliance with state law.

Corey Edmonds ‘12

Alumnus Corey Edmonds graduated from Holy Cross College with a Bachelor of Arts in business. The Michiana area native is an avid volunteer in the community. He is a committee member of the Morris 100 Committee, a board member of the Boys and Girls Club of St. Joseph County, and was previously secretary of the Victory View Condominiums HOA. In May 2021, Mr. Edmonds completed his first Ironman at the Tulsa Ironman raising $10,000 for the St. Joseph County Boys and Girls Club. In October 2021, he attempted his first ultra-marathon at the Indiana Trail 100 and retired after 50 miles.

Corey currently works as the Director of Customer Care at the Tire Rack. Previously, he was the Customer Service and Scheduling Manager at ASAP Tire and held the positions of Program Manager of Installation Solutions and Assistant Sales Manager at the Tire Rack. Recently, he assisted Holy Cross College with the presidential search by serving as a member of the Presidential Search Committee.

Kevin C. Murphy

Kevin C. Murphy is the Chief Digital Officer and Executive Vice President of the Bank and 1st Source Corporation.

Before joining 1st Source Bank in 2006, Mr. Murphy was a licensed Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch in Columbus, Ohio, and owned a technology company that delivered services to the Investment Industry. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Wittenberg University, a Bachelor of Science from DeVry University, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame. At 1st Source, Kevin has held the positions of Web Development Manager, Treasury Services Product Manager, Division Head of Electronic Banking, Regional President, and Chief Information Officer. He sits on the bank’s Strategic Deployment Committee, Retirement Committee, and 1st Source Foundation.

Raised in and returning to South Bend, Indiana, Kevin and his wife of 25 years, Erin, have raised three children: Jacqueline (Indianapolis, Indiana), Quinn (a senior at Santa Clara University), and Kevin Jr. (a senior at Penn High School). The soon-to-be empty nester and recovering youth coach (in football, soccer, hockey, and lacrosse) enjoys serving within his community, is currently a board member at the Center for Hospice, as well as the Indiana Historical Society Foundation, and was the past president and honorary trustee of The History Museum. He has served in leadership positions with the YMCA, Boys and Girls Club, United Way of St. Joseph County, Boy Scouts, St. Pius Church, and others.

Jared Sawyer ‘08

Alumnus Jared Sawyer graduated from Holy Cross College with a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies with high honors, the University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, with a Juris Doctor, and was admitted to practice law from the Kentucky Bar Association Commonwealth of Kentucky. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Currently, Mr. Sawyer works as a Principal with Rich Feuer Anderson in Washington, D.C. where he serves as a senior member of a leading bipartisan government affairs firm specializing in financial services policy. He crafts regulatory, legislative, and political strategies for clients throughout the financial services ecosystem. Specializations include servicing clients on cross-border regulatory policy, insurance, bank regulation, fintech, and financial stability policy. Jared has deep relationships with the leadership of federal financial regulators and key Congressional policymakers and built successful business development strategies resulting in the generation of over $1.5 million in recurring annual firm revenue.

Previously, Jared Sawyer worked at the United States Treasury Department as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Financial Institutions Policy. In this role, he provided senior leadership in developing and executing Treasury’s policies for the financial sector. He managed and directed the operations of three Treasury policy offices, with management responsibility for a staff of 35, served on the leadership policy team responsible for directing Treasury’s public policy reports, and was an active member of working groups developing Treasury’s housing finance reform. During his employment, Jared conducted policy briefings for members of Congress and staff on financial sector issues and routinely interacted with the leadership and staff of the federal financial regulators and state insurance commissioners.