ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Alumni Association has announced the slate of the nominees for open positions on its Board of Directors. Alumni may vote for one candidate from each of five geographical districts. The top vote recipient in each district will serve a three-year term beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2022. Find more details about each candidate and vote online at alumni.wcu.edu. The deadline to vote is March 31, 2019.
N.C. District 1
Faviola Olvera ’15 MPA ’17, Highlands; employed by Highland-Cashier Renovations, formerly active in SGA and other ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ student organizations.
Barbra White ’76, Fairview; retired teacher, volunteer in the Asheville community; late father, Wallace Hyde ’49 MA ’53, served as ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Board of Trustees chair and on the UNC Board of Governors.
N.C. District 2
Jason Habbal ’07, Lake Wylie, South Carolina; vice president and director of sales for Vision Office Systems and president of the Charlotte ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Alumni Club.
Julian Jones ’15, Charlotte; risk analyst for Ally Financial, owner of Apex defensive driving program, UNCF scholar/mentor/program consultant; formerly SGA senator, Balsam Hall resident assistant; 2015 fall commencement speaker.
N.C. District 3
Frank Koontz ’67 MAED ’69 EdS ’78, Raleigh; retired, Wake County Public Schools, Catamount Club member, charter member of Pi Kappa Phi at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½.
Chris Schlenker ’96, Raleigh; employed by IQVIA as quality assurance manager of global vendor strategy, actively involved in ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Triangle alumni activities, former member of marching and pep bands.
N.C. District 4
Vicky Faris ’66, Surf City; retired elementary school assistant principal, former member of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ yearbook staff and Delta Zeta Sorority, charter member of the Gaston/Lincoln Western Alumni Club.
Jenn Norris ’18, Kure Beach; currently promotes N.C. wines and is founder of Jenn’s Vin North Carolina Wines, recently hosted ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ alumni wine tasting event.
Out-of-State District 5
Sam Chontos ’99, Roswell, Georgia; founder of Three Vistas website design, active member of the Western Club of Georgia.
Darrin Hemphill ’93, Sachse, Texas; principal in the Garland Independent School District, former ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ football player, member and 2019 Homecoming committee chair of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ African-American Alumni Society.
