FY22 Appointed & Designated Directors

SOPHIA ANN MAGILL

ISU President’s Designee Political Science, B.A. 2005 Spouse: John Tillo (’06 political science) Life Members

Email: smagill@iastate.edu

Current Hometown: Ames, Iowa Original Hometown: Charter Oak, Iowa

Sophia serves as director of federal relations in the Office of the President at Iowa State University. She advocates on behalf of Iowa State University’s federal priorities by promoting research, higher education, and science activities in an effort to increase federal support and expand awareness of the university in Washington, D.C. She is actively engaged in the higher education community, serving as current chair of the Council on Government Affairs at the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and on the Council on Federal Relations Steering Committee at the Association of American Universities (AAU). Before joining the Office of the President, she served at the U.S. Agency for International Development. Sophia has professional experience in government, higher education, and the non-profit sector, including work in the Office of Admissions at Iowa State University, the Iowa House of Representatives, Iowa's Office of the Governor, and the White House. As a student, Sophia served as ISU's student government president. Sophia also holds a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She was the 2005 recipient of the ISUAA's Impact Award and was the inaugural chair of the Young Alumni Council. She met her husband at ISU, and they reside in Ames with their two children.

ISUAA Board Work: Distinguished Awards and Finance Committees; and Risk Management Liaison

MICHELE APPELGATE

Alumni Relations Council Representative Term expires ’22 Journalism & Mass Communication, B.A. 1988 Spouse: Monte Appelgate (’88 landscape arch) Annual Members

Email: michelea@iastate.edu

Current Hometown: Ames, Iowa Original Hometown: Ames, Iowa

Michele is the director of marketing and communications for ISU’s Ivy College of Business. After graduating from Iowa State, she moved to the Philadelphia area to start her career as a newspaper reporter. Michele and her husband, Monte, returned to Iowa in 1992 and for 22 years lived in Mason City, where they raised their son, Tim, and daughter, Emily. Michele was very active in the Mason City community and was elected to the Mason City Board of Education for two terms. She left the newspaper business in 2000 and spent 10 years as the public information officer for the Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health. She received national training from FEMA and gained experience in emergency risk communication. In 2010, she was hired as the director of marketing, public relations, and governmental affairs at North Iowa Area Community College. When she had the opportunity to return to Ames and work at her alma mater, she couldn’t resist. At Iowa State, Michele is a member of the University Relations Council, the Alumni Relations Council, and graduated from the 2018-2019 Emerging Leaders Academy.

ISUAA Board Work: Alumni Giving and Constituent Engagement Advisory Work Groups; Awards Review and Selection, CEO Evaluation, Officers Nominating, and Strategic Plan Goal 2 Collaborative Partnerships (Chair) Committees

BRADLEY G. LEWIS

Non-alumni Representative Term expires ’24 Spouse: Lesa Lewis Life Members

Email: homeboy@netins.net

Current Hometown: Bondurant, Iowa Hometown: Newton, Iowa

Brad is the CEO and owner of Home Boy Enterprises, LTD, a commercial flatwork and paving company. Lesa and he also own and manages SALACL, a real estate investment and holdings company, as well as several other businesses. He is a director of the Bondurant Education Foundation, helps coach varsity football and is the Head Varsity Rugby Coach at Bondurant-Farrar High School. He has worked on various committees within the Bondurant School District and helped found the “Party Of Blue Jays.” Brad has been President, Finance Chair, and headed several other committees at Palestine Lutheran Church in Huxley. Brad attended Iowa State in 1989 and from 1993 to 1995; he also attended Michigan State University from 1990 to 1992 and received a coaching authorization from Kirkwood Community College. At Iowa State, he has been a financial supporter of the ISU Alumni Association, ISU Athletics and has been a volunteer and donor to the Cardinal and Gold Gala. He is a member of the Order of the Knoll Campanile Society. Brad has been married to Lesa for 27 years. They have 3 children. Aiden, 19, is a sophomore attending ISU majoring in Civil Engineering and plays for the ISU Rugby team. Sienna, 14, is a freshman at Bondurant. Sienna loves art, track and rugby. Aubrey, 11, is a sixth grader at Bondurant. Aubrey Shay loves gymnastics, piano, crafts and her cat “Sugar.”

ISUAA Board Work: Finance Committee; Collaborative Partnerships and Internal Organization and Diversity & Inclusion (Leader) Advisory Work Groups

HUNTER M. CRAWFORD

Student Representative Term expires ’22 Senior in Agricultural Business Student Life Member

Email: hunterc@iastate.edu

Current Hometown: Ames, Iowa Hometown: Clarinda, Iowa

Hunter is currently in his senior year at Iowa State to finish his major in Agricultural Business with a minor in Leadership Studies. Hunter is involved in multiple organizations on campus and is currently serving as the President of the Student Alumni Leadership Council. He has been involved with SALC since the spring of his freshman year, as a member of the Homecoming Central Committee. Hunter first served as the Special Events co-chair, organizing the homecoming pep rally, mass campaniling event, and the homecoming awards ceremony. He then went on to serve as the co-director of the Homecoming Central Committee the following year. Hunter currently works as an Emergency Medical Technician at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames and is currently enrolled in a year-long paramedic program. Hunter also serves as the vice president of Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity, and has served in leadership roles for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Ambassadors, Alpha Zeta Honor Society, and was a cohort in the Vermeer International Leadership Program. Upon graduation, he will begin working full-time at Corteva Agriscience as an Associate Territory Manager.

ISUAA Board Work: Governance and Offers Nominating Committees