FY23 Elected Directors

JEFFERY W. JOHNSON

Lora and Russ Talbot Endowed ISUAA President and Chief Executive Officer Ex officio/Non-voting Education, Ph.D. 2014 Spouse: Peggy Johnson Life Members Sustaining Donors

Email: jjohnsn@iastate.edu

Current Hometown: Ames, Iowa Original Hometown: Collins, Mississippi

Jeff Johnson was named president and CEO of the Iowa State University Alumni Association in 1999. His title changed in 2015 as he became the inaugural Lora and Russ Talbot Iowa State University Alumni Association Endowed President and Chief Executive Officer. Under Johnson’s leadership, the Alumni Association has grown to be the second-largest dues-paying alumni association in the Big 12 Conference and boasts one of the largest student membership programs in the country. He directed the fundraising, design, construction, and dedication of the $10.5 million ISU Alumni Center, which opened in 2008. Johnson has more than 35 years of higher education experience. He oversees all association programs, is secretary to the Stanton Memorial Carillon Foundation, publisher of all association publications, a member of the ISU President’s Cabinet, and the association’s liaison to the university and its affiliate organizations.

2022-23 ISUAA Board Work: Executive, Governance, Officers Nominating, and Strategic Plan Committees.

DANIEL P. BUMBLAUSKAS

Term expires ’25 Industrial Engineering/Economics, B.S. 2003; Industrial Engineering, MS 2006; PhD 2010 Spouse: Kendra Bumblauskas Life Members

Email: bbqx21@hotmail.com

Current Hometown: Cedar Falls, Iowa Original Hometown: West Des Moines, Iowa

Dan Bumblauskas is an MBA coordinator, an associate professor, and a Hamilton/ESP fellow at the University of Northern Iowa. Here, he conducts research, instructs courses, and consults in operations and supply chain management. In addition to his three degrees from ISU, Bumblauskas holds a degree in general management from Harvard University (ALM ‘13) and served as president of the Harvard Club of Iowa. Since graduation from Iowa State, Bumblauskas has served as a member of the ISU College of Engineering Advisory Board, was honored as a STATEment Maker, and an ISUAA Board associate. His community service involvement includes coaching youth ice hockey in Waterloo. Previously, Bumblauskas served on the YMCA Childhood Development Center Parent Advisory Council, the Race for the Cure, and various additional philanthropic endeavors. While a student, Bumblauskas was the ISU Roller Hockey Club president, a Sports Club Council representative, and an ISU Ice Hockey Club team member. Bumblauskas’s pride and joy is his family – his wife Kendra and four children: Addilyn, Taryn, Grayson, and Weston.

ISUAA Board Work: Governance and Strategic Plan Committee; and Collaborative Partnerships Advisory Work Group.

FY23 ELECTED DIRECTORS CONTINUED

KELLI ANN CAMERON

Term expires ’23 Agriculture and Life Sciences Education, B.S. 2002 Life Member Sustaining Donor

Email: kellicameron@ymail.com

Current Hometown: Janesville, Wisconsin Original Hometown: Milton, Wisconsin

Kelli Cameron is the senior director of faculty, executive and advanced practice provider recruitment for the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Wisconsin. She is known and recognized for her service to her community, working with non-profit development, fundraising campaigns, promoting the roles of women and girls in Rock County, and more. For her efforts, she was named Rock County Woman of Distinction in 2017. Cameron also provides strategic talent advisory services for non-profit organizations and businesses. During her time at Iowa State, she was active as a member of the Presidential Leadership Class, University Honors Program, Agriculture Education Club, and Sigma Alpha sorority. Cameron worked at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Study Abroad Office and was recognized as the Iowa State University Student Employee of the Year, and State of Iowa Student Employee of the Year. She holds a master’s degree from Purdue University and is currently pursuing her doctorate degree in organizational leadership from Concordia University.

ISUAA Board Work: Awards Review and Selection (Chair), CEO Evaluation, and Officers Nominating Committees; Collaborative Partnerships Advisory Work Group (leader); and Collaborative Partnerships Survey Work Group.

JEREMY N. DAVIS

Term expires ‘26 Agriculture and Life Sciences Education, BS 2001; MS 2004; MEd 2004 Educational Administration Life Member

Email: jeremyndavis@gmail.com

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

Jeremy Davis is a partner at FarmLand Real Estate & Management, LC in Ames, Iowa, where he is a professional farm manager for several multi-generational family trusts with farmland located throughout Iowa. As a student, Davis was a member of the Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society, chapter president of Acacia Fraternity, and senator and finance committee member for student government. He was the recipient of the Iowa State University Cyclone Athletics Student Athlete Academic Services’ Norman Boyles Outstanding Service to Student Athletes Award in 2007. Since graduation, he has been providing guidance and advice to undergraduate students as chapter advisor for Acacia Fraternity—Iowa State Chapter. He previously served as the international president of Acacia International Fraternity from 2014-2018. Previously, he was a member of the Ames City Council and served on the Ames Economic Development Commission Board of Directors as well as the Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau and Ames Foundation Board of Directors. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors at the Ames Golf & Country Club in addition to being a member of various other community organizations. Davis brings expertise in administrative management, communication and customer service, real estate, public relations, and strategic planning to the board.

ISUAA Board Work: Awards Review and Selection Committee.

TAYLOR DAVIS

Term expires ’23 Supply Chain Management, B.S. 2017 Life Member

Email: tdavis@alumni.iastate.edu

Current Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada Original Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri

Taylor Davis is a supply chain management professional with interests in global SMC, procurement, and policy (law) initiatives – purposefully striving to make and maintain meaningful connections, achieve exemplary milestones while being of service to her alma mater and surrounding community. She has launched a universal supply chain organization (TD Universal SCM Co., LLC) focused on supply chain excellence and business development. Davis previously worked for Renewable Energy Group (REG – largest biomass based diesel producer in North America) headquartered in Ames and the Netherlands - where she assisted in REG’s sustainability, inventory management, and supply chain initiatives. She also represented REG at conferences and career fairs. At Iowa State, Davis was committed to her studies alongside student organizations such as Black Campus Ministry, Multicultural Business Network, and other organizations. She supported Habitat for Humanity, ACCESS shelter, and Boys and Girls Club. Her proudest accomplishment is continuing a legacy of ISU graduates in her family and being in the first Ivy College of Business graduating class.

ISUAA Board Work: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Governance, Officers Nominating (Chair), and Strategic Plan Goal 3 Internal Organization and Diversity Committees; Alumni Giving and Constituent Engagement Advisory Work Groups; and Strategic Plan Task Force.

MARVIN L. DEJEAR, JR.

Term expires ’24 Business Management, B.S. 2000; MBA 2003; Educational Leadership, Ph.D. 2016 Spouse: Deidre DeJear Life Member

Email: marvin.dejear@gmail.com

Current Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa Original Hometown: Tulsa, Oklahoma

Marvin DeJear is the chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer for the Greater Des Moines Partnership. His community service is vast, including Back to School Iowa, mentoring, blood drives, and clothing drives. He has served on the Polk County Early Childhood Board, the Future Ready Iowa Task Force, the State Minority and Unemployment Disparity Committee. He still currently serves on the State Access to Justice Committee. At Iowa State, DeJear served as the vice-president of the National Pan Hellenic Council chapter at Iowa State. He served as the president of The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Mu Theta Chapter, and he currently serves as the Eighth District 1st Vice District representative to the organization. The Eighth District includes Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, North Dakota, and New Mexico.

ISUAA Board Work: Awards Review and Selection, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Officers Nominating, and Strategic Plan Goal 2 Collaborative Partnerships Committees; and Constituent Engagement Advisory Work Group (Leader).

FY23 ELECTED DIRECTORS CONTINUED

GAYLE STRONG FARRELL

Term expires ’26 ’87 biology Life Member

Email Gayle: j_farrell_family@msn.com

Current Hometown: Urbandale, Iowa Original Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa

Gayle Farrell is the head of customer experience platform strategy and execution at Wells Fargo. Farrell’s community service contributions include Habitat for Humanity, Rebuilding Together, the United Way of Central Iowa Women’s Leadership Council, Variety Club, and the Equal Justice Initiative. She has served as the Greater Des Moines Leadership Board chair, Waukee Athletic Boosters president, and was named a “40 Under Forty” honoree by the Des Moines Business Record. As a student, Farrell was involved in the Delta Zeta Social Sorority, the Homecoming Central Committee, VEISHEA, Stars Over VEISHEA, and was captain of the Cy Squad. She is a first-generation college graduate. She met her husband, Jeff (‘86 biology) while attending ISU. They have two sons who carried on the ISU Legacy. Connor (‘18 industrial technology/ag systems technology) and Andrew (‘21 kinesiology).

ISUAA Board Work: Strategic Plan Committee.

ANDREA L. FELLOWS

Term expires ‘26 Marketing, BS 2006 Life Member

Email: alfellows@gmail.com

Current Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia Original Hometown: Nevada, Missouri

Andrea Fellows is the supervisory public affairs specialist for the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, where she supervises all employee and leadership communications. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. As a student at Iowa State, Fellows was on the Student Alumni Leadership Council and VEISHEA committee. After graduating, she was the marketing chair for the ISUAA Young Alumni Council and the social chair for the ISU Alumni of New York City. She was the recipient of the 2013 ISUAA STATEment Maker Award. She also served as a board member for women’s empowerment at Peace Corps. Fellows brings unique expertise in public affairs, communication, event planning, recruiting, and fundraising.

ISUAA Board Work: Awards Review and Selection Committee

ALLISON M. FLINN

Term expires ’25 Animal Science, B.S. 2010 animal science; Veterinary Medicine 2014 Spouse: Matthew Grotheer (’12 political science/international studies) Annual Members

Email: allison.flinn@merck.com

Current Hometown: Cheverly, Maryland Original Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa

Allison Flinn is the executive director for value chain and consumer affairs for Merck Animal Health, serving on the company’s livestock leadership team. She is dedicated to combining veterinary medicine and technology to deliver meaningful, data-driven insights that allow farmers and ranchers to continuously improve animal health and welfare outcomes. She also serves on the national FFA Sponsor’s Board on behalf of Merck Animal Health. Flinn is passionate about mentorship and development, working closely with FFA, AFA, and MANRRS students across the country as they navigate their education and careers. During her time at Iowa State, Flinn was involved as a member of the ISU Spirit Squad, a teaching assistant and tutor, the Iron Dog Fund vice president, a graduate student senator, and an active member of various veterinary medicine clubs on campus.

ISUAA Board Work: CEO Evaluation and Membership Committees.

TREY N. HEMMINGSEN

Term expires ’25 Advertising, B.A. 2011 Spouse: Charlie Owen Life Member Sustaining Donor

Email: themmingsen@alumni.iastate.edu

Current Hometown: Denver, Colorado Original Hometown: Walnut, Iowa

Trey Hemmingsen is a principal training and adoption consultant with ServiceNow, a cloud platform that helps digitize organizations so that they can find smarter, faster, better ways to make work flow. Hemmingsen currently serves as the president for the Denver Alumni Club and previously founded the Boston Alumni Club. He has spent time on the Young Alumni Council as the engagement and outreach vice chair and was awarded the James A. Hopson Alumni Volunteer Award. Hemmingsen has organized and participated in events through Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, the Rocky Mountain Food Bank, and Freedom Service Dogs. He previously worked with the Greenlee Alumni and Friends regional network and currently volunteers through KyMel at Camp Hope. At Iowa State, Hemmingsen participated in the Advertising Club and the Public Relations Student Society of America. He also balanced numerous responsibilities with the Iowa State Daily.

ISUAA Board Work: Awards Review and Selection, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Governance Committees; and Constituent Engagement Advisory Work Group.

FY23 ELECTED DIRECTORS CONTINUED

CARL J. KIRPES

Term expires ‘26 Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, BS 2012; Systems Engineering, MS 2014 Spouse: Nicole Kirpes Life Members

Email: cjkirpes@gmail.com

Current Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa Original Hometown: Cumming, Iowa

Carl Kirpes is the president and managing partner at KT Pacer in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, leading the organization to grow its brand presence as world leaders in feed transportation solutions. He graduated summa cum laude with honors from ISU. As a student, Kirpes was an outside linebacker on the ISU football team, a member of Cardinal Court, president of Cardinal Key Honor Society, and an All-Cyclone team captain and high scholar athlete. He is a former Wallace E. Barron Award recipient from the ISU Alumni Association. He has served as a judge for the Global Student Entrepreneurship (GSEA) regional competition and recently completed his term on the Board of the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers as the senior vice president of industry. Kirpes is also a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Iowa and a certified Project Management Professional. He brings expertise in entrepreneurship, administrative management, event planning, international affairs, and strategic planning to the board.

ISUAA Board Work: Membership Committee.

AMANDA J. MATCHETT

Term expires ’25 Marketing and International Business, B.S. 2008 Life Member Sustaining Donor

Email: amandaj.matchett@gmail.com

Current Hometown: Blaine, Minnesota Original Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Amanda Matchett is senior council for Workday, a planning and forecasting software. Matchett is a former vice chair of membership for the Iowa State University Young Alumni Council, national secretary for the National Black Law Students Association, and a North Star pro bono attorney. Matchett previously served on the board of the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce and the Minnesota Black Chamber of Commerce. Matchett currently serves on the Blueprint Campaigns and as treasurer of the Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers. As a student, she actively participated in the Kappa Delta sorority and was a George Washington Carver Scholar.

ISUAA Board Work: Awards Review and Selection (Chair-elect) and Governance Committees; and Internal Organization and Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Work Group.

DARIUS V. POTTS

Term expires ’24 Telecommunicative Arts, B.A. 1989 Spouse: Renee Potts (’88 elem. educ.) Annual Members

Email: dpotts@ankenyiowa.gov

Current Hometown: Ankeny, Iowa Original Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

Darius Potts is chief of police for the City of Ankeny. He is Ankeny’s first African American police chief and has dedicated more than 31 years to a career in law enforcement. During his time at Iowa State, Potts was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated. He is a current member of the Rotary Club of Ankeny, the Ankeny Community Network, and oversees the Ankeny Police Department’s community-based and partnership development program.

ISUAA Board Work: Awards Review and Selection, Finance, and Membership Committees; and Constituent Engagement Advisory Work Group.

DAWN E. REFSELL

Term expires ’24 Agronomy, B.S. 2001; Crop Production and Physiology, M.S. 2003 Spouse: Doug Pontious Life Member

Email: drefsell@gmail.com

Current Hometown: Runnells, Iowa Original Hometown: Wallingford, Iowa

Dawn Refsell grew up on a grain and livestock farm near the small town of Wallingford in northwest Iowa. She was very active in 4-H, which began her first relationship with Iowa State. During her time at Iowa State, Refsell was a Hixson Scholar and a Hixson seminar leader and active in the Agronomy Club. Following graduation with her MS degree from Iowa State, Refsell worked at the University of Illinois as an Extension weed specialist, then for Valent USA serving in a variety of roles related to product development and technical service. She completed her PhD in agronomy from Kansas State University and currently is the field sciences leader for the central United States with Corteva Agriscience. Refsell serves on the North Central Weed Science and Weed Science Society of America Board of Directors and is a fellow in the North Central Weed Science Society. For her leadership, she has received the Presidential Sector Award from Sumitomo Chemical Company along with the CALS Outstanding Young Professional in 2017. She is known for her passion in advocating for women in agriculture and STEM, volunteering and fundraising for Honor Flight Network, and for promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Refsell and her husband, Doug, reside outside Runnells, Iowa, on a livestock farm raising beef cattle, chickens, along with three mini donkeys.

ISUAA Board Work: Awards Review and Selection and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Chair) Committees; Alumni Giving, Constituent Engagement, and Internal Organization and Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Work Groups.

FY23 ELECTED DIRECTORS CONTINUED

MELISSA P. SCHNURR

Term expires ’25 Psychology, B.S. 2004; Human Development and Family Studies, MS 2006; PhD 2009 Spouse: Andrew Schnurr (’03 finance) Life Members

Email: schnurrm5@gmail.com

Current Hometown: Ankeny, Iowa Original Hometown: Iowa Falls, Iowa

Melissa Schnurr is an early childhood consultant for the Iowa Department of Education, where she coordinates personnel development and conducts research concerning infants and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities. She owns Empowered Pregnancy and Birth, where she is a birth doula and teaches prenatal and postpartum yoga. Schnurr has given talks to ISU students in human development and family studies about career opportunities and resources. She serves as an Early Childhood Iowa Professional Development Data Workgroup co-chair, co-facilitates a national community of practice for early intervention professionals, serves on the Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children (DEC) Service Coordination Committee, and is secretary for the Iowa Chapter of DEC. She is a member of the Central Iowa Doula Association and a founding member of the Iowa Birth Organization. Schnurr was a Destination Iowa State leader, a research and teaching assistant, a Preparing Future Faculty Fellow, and she won a Graduate Research Excellence Award. She has two daughters and enjoys taking them to ISU sporting events with her husband.

ISUAA Board Work: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Strategic Plan Committees; Collaborative Partnerships Advisory Work Group; and Strategic Plan Task Force.

MARTHA A. SMITH

Term expires ’23 Agricultural Business / International Agriculture, B.S. 2004 Life Member Sustaining Donor

Email: marthasmith@alumni.iastate.edu

Current Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri Original Hometown: Lexington, Virginia

Martha Smith is the head of industry affairs at Bayer Crop Science, where she leads the team that builds, develops, and maintains strategic relationships with key customer, grower and stakeholder organizations whose common interests help shape agricultural policy. She previously worked for Monsanto for 14 years in a variety of roles in sales management, government affairs, public affairs and supply chain management. At Iowa State, Smith was involved in Farm Operations Club, Agricultural Business Club, Block and Bridle, and other organizations. As an alumna, she has been active in ISU club programs in North Carolina, Colorado, and Missouri, and she is a member of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' Curtiss League. In 2018, she won the American Farm Bureau Young Farmer & Rancher National Discussion Meet Contest. She is currently a member of the 2022 class of the Greater Missouri Leadership Challenge.

ISUAA Board Work: Finance, Governance, and Membership (Chair) Committees; Alumni Giving Advisory Work Group (Leader); Strategic Plan Task Force; and Young Alumni Council Board Liaison.

KATHY DAVIES TAYLOR

Term expires ‘26 English & Speech Communication, BA 1980 Spouse: W. Brent Taylor (’79 agricultural business) Life Members

Email: kdaviestaylor@gmail.com

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

Kathy Davies Taylor is a retired vice president of corporate relations for Corn Belt Power Cooperative out of Humboldt, Iowa. During her career, she oversaw publications, media relations, member relations, marketing, advertising, brand building, company meetings, speech writing, energy efficiency programs, and government relations functions for electric cooperatives throughout northern Iowa. She served on the original board of directors that helped create the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives brand for more than 750 electric cooperatives nationwide. Taylor is an ordained elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Fort Dodge, a past chair of the $1.4 First Presbyterian Church of Fort Dodge Foundation, and volunteers for various roles in the regional arts community. During her time at Iowa State, she was active in VEISHEA Central Committee, numerous theatrical productions, and sorority leadership positions. Today, Taylor and her husband Brent (’79 agricultural business) travel regularly with the Traveling Cyclones program. All four of their children are Iowa State graduates: Daniel Taylor (DVM ‘10, ‘06 biology), David Taylor (’09 chemical engineering), Erin Taylor Handeland (‘11 kinesiology), and Anna Taylor (‘21 dietetics).

ISUAA Board Work: Strategic Plan Committee.

JEREMY L. WINGERTER

Term expires ‘26 Art & Design, BA 1996; Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, MS 1998 Life Member

Email: j_wingerter@hotmail.com

Current Hometown: Palm Springs, California Original Hometown: Quincy, Illinois

Jeremy Wingerter is chief executive officer at United Way of Adams County in Quincy, Illinois. Wingerter spent over 25 years at institutions such as Iowa State, Northwestern University, and the University of Southern California working in alumni, friends, and student-facing roles. During his time as an ISU student, Wingerter served on Senior Class Council, as a Cyclone Aide, was a Parent and Family Weekend advisor, and member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He has served the ISU Alumni of Chicago as a former treasurer. He is also a member of The Order of the Knoll. In Quincy, he is a member of the Rotary Club and Adams County Together COVID Task Force, among other volunteer duties. He is most proud of establishing student alumni organizations at both Northwestern University and the University of Southern California.

ISUAA Board Work: CEO Evaluation Committee