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Past Personnel

"The ASURA is composed of 'old friends' who were employed at the university, and 'new friends' made while serving the association. Those who serve the ASURA demonstrate a loyalty to, and positive memories about, ASU while serving as active employees. They come to the ASURA with an impressive breadth and depth of experiences, talents, and a collective memory".

From A Decade of Success, An Illustrated History of the Arizona State University Retirees Association 1991-2000, by Dean Smith, edited by June Payne, published by the Arizona State University Retirees Association in 2000.

Following is a reasonably complete alphabetical list of those who have served as officers, Board members, committee chairpersons, and ex-officio members since the inception of the ASURA in 1991-92. Annual lists of past personnel are also available.

 Name Years  Served As
Abraham, Willard 1992-1993  Board Member 
Alexander, Dorothy 1996-1999  Board Member 
Allen, Monte 2003-2004  Board Member 
Amaro, Fred 1991-1992
1992-1993 
Board Member
Ex-officio Board Member 
Armendariz, Raul 1991-1992
1992-1993 
Board Member
Ex-officio Board Member
Aronson, Jerry 2003-2009
2004-2007 
Legislative Liaison
Board Member 
Ashley, Aletha 2001-2002  Board Member 
Backus, Charles (Chuck) 2005-2008  Board Member 
Bankhead, June 2005-2007
2006-2007
Board Member
Activities Chair 
Barnhill, Robert (Bob) 2007-2009
2008-2009 
Board Member 
Education Committee Chair
Barron, Sheree 2004-2008   Ex-officio Board Member
Baxter, William 2000-2003 Board Member 
Beeman, Robert (Bob) D. 1992-1993
1993-1996
1993-1994
1994-1995
1994-1995
1998-2004
2001-2008
2008-2009
University Liaison
Board Member
Secretary
President
AZ Council of Retired Univ. Employees
Legislative Liaison
Web site Chair
Office Staff
Bell, John 2002-2005
2002-2005
Board Member
Retirement System Liaison 
Bell, Philomena 1994-1995 Ex-officio Board Member
Benedict, Joel 1995-1998  Board Member 
Berg, Carol 2008-2009 Office Staff 
Betz, Mathew (Mat) J. 1993-1996
1994-1996
1998-2000
1998-2001
1999-2003
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2006-2009
Board Member
Treasurer
Legislative Liaison
Scholarship Chair
Board Member
Vice President
President
Past President
Board Member 
Blumer, Sue 1995-1999
1996-1999
2001-2009
2003-2005
2006-2007
Secretary
Board Member
Scholarship Chair
Education Chair
Education Chair
Bogart, Quentin 2000-2004
2001-2002
2002-2003
2002-2003
2003-2004
2005-2006 
Board Member
Vice President
President
Legislative Liaison
Past President
Retirement System Liaison 
Bowman, Myrna 2002-2004  Legislative Liaison 
Branstetter, Ellamae 2000-2003
2001-2002
Board Member 
Secretary
Brown, Brent 1991-1992
1992-1995
2005-2006
Board Member
Ex-officio Board Member
Board Member
Brown, Carolyn 1993-1996
1995-2002 
Board Member 
Newsletter
Brown, Stan 2002-2003
2004-2007
2004-2006
Legislative Liaison
Board Member
Activities Chair 
Burstein, David 1999-2001  Ex-officio Board Member
Callarman, Tom 1996-1997  Ex-officio Board Member
Cary, Ted 2006-2009
2008-2009
Board Member
Treasurer 
Carpenter, Lynn 2003-2005    Ex-officio Board Member
Cervantes, Christine 1999-2005
2008-2009 
Ex-officio Board Member
Human Resources
Chapman, Ken 1997-1998  Ex-officio Board Member 
Crane, Hildegard S. 1993-1994  Board Member 
Creasman, James (Jim) 1991-1992  Treasurer 
Davey, Bill 1998-1999 Ex-officio Board Member 
Dezelsky, Tom 2003-2004  Activities Chair 
Diaz, Joyce Hartman 2008-2009 Board Member
Dotts, Don 1998-2002
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
Board Member
Vice President
President
Past President
Doyle, Roy 2002-2003  Board Member 
Ellis, Robert (Bob) 1991-1992
1992-1993
1992-1999
1992-1993
1994-1995
1996-1999
1998-1999
2002-2004
2003-2005
2005-2006
President
Legislative Task Force
Retirement Systems Liaison
AZ Council of Retired Univ. Employees
Legislative Task Force
Board Member
Legislative Liaison
Legislative Liaison
University Club Liaison
Membership Chair
Fausel, Donald 1998-2000
2003-2004 
Legislative Liaison
Legislative Liaison 
Ferrell, Wilfred (Bill) 1993 Board Member 
Fisher, Marvin 1998-2001  Board Member 
Fordemwalt, Jim 2002-2003
2008-2009
Legislative Liaison
University Club Liaison 
Francis, Bob 2006-2009
2006-2008
Board Member
Video History Project Chair 
Frazier, Robert F. 1994-1998 
2001-2002 
Ex-officio Board Member
Board Member
Garcia, Tony 2003-2004    Ex-officio Board Member 
Gardner, Vivienne 2000-2003
2001-2003 
Board Member
Volunteers Chair
Gieschen, Donald (Don) W. 1993-1995
1994-1997
1995-1996
1996-1997
1997-2003 
Education Chair
Board Member
Vice President 
President
Legislative Liaison
Goldfader, Jeri 1999-2006 Adopt-A-Family Chair
Gooding, Elmer 2004-2005
2004-2007
2005-2006
2006-2007
2006-2009
2007-2009
2008-2009
Vice President
Board Member
President
Past President
Membership Chair
Emeritus College Liaison
Board Member 
Greathouse, Betty 2003-2006
2004-2006 
Board Member
Secretary 
Grossman, Louis 2003-2004  Legislative Liaison 
Hamilton, Andrew 2007-2009   Ex-officio Board Member
Classified Staff Council
Hammann, Karen 2005-2008  Ex-officio Board Member 
Hastings, Vernon L. 2003-2004 Legislative Liaison 
Heenan, John 1998-1999  Ex-officio Board Member
Hennington, Jo Ann 1994-1997
1995-1998 
Board Member
Volunteers Chair 
Hickcox, Ed 1992-1993 Board Member 
Hidalgo, Frank 1995-2001 University Relations Liaison
Hink, Heinz 1992-1993  Government Relations
Howard, Linda 2008-2009 Office Staff
Hunter, Sam 1997-2001 Board Member 
Inskeep, Gordon 1992-1994
1998-2001 
University Club Liaison
Board Member 
Irvan, Corrine 1991-2007  ASURA Office Coordinator 
Jackson, Bernard L. 1993-1994  Board Member 
Johnson, Alan 2001-2004
2001-2004
2007-2009 
Board Member
Legislative Liaison
Retirement System Liaison 
Johnson, Carole 1994-2002  Ex-officio Board Member
Johnson, Doug 2006-2007
2006-20089
2007-2008
2008-2009
Vice President
Board Member
Health Insurance - ASRS
President 
Past President
Jordan, Nancy 2001-2005   Ex-officio Board Member 
Kelley, Patricia L. 1993-1994 Board Member 
Kemper, Leon 1996-1999
 
Board Member
Activities Chair 
Kerr, Barbara 2004-2005    Ex-officio Board Member 
Kigin, Denis 1992-1993
1992-1995
1994-1995
1995-1996
1999-2001
2001-2003
2001-2006 
President
Board Member
University Liaison
Activities Chair
Activities Chair
University Club Liaison
Health Insurance - ASRS 
Land, Floyd 2002-2005
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005 
Board Member
Vice President
President
Past President 
Landers, Dan 1995-1996  Ex-officio Board Member 
LaRoux, Maxine 1995-1998
2005-2009
2006-2009
2007-2009
Adopt-A-Family Chair
Board Member
Secretary
Office Staff 
Larson, Donna Rae 2003-2004 Legislative Liaison 
Leard, Joan 1999-2004 
2005-2008
2006-2009
2008-2009
Ex-officio Board Member
Board Member
Adopt-A-Family Chair
Office Staff
Linder, Darwyn 1997-1998  Ex-officio Board Member
Losse, Deborah N. 1994-1995  Ex-officio Board Member
Lupnacca, Mike 2002-2005
2002-2004 
Board Member
Treasurer 
Mackey, Rochelle (Rocky) 2002-2004
2002-2004
Board Member
Newsletter 
Madonna, Jo 2008-2009 Luncheons Committee Chair
Martorano, Rick 2006-2007  Ex-officio Board Member
Mason, Bruce 1992-1993
1992-1993 
1992-1993
1992-1993 
1993-1994
1997-2001
1997-2000 
Board Member
Community Relations Chair
Legislative Liaison
AZ Council of Retired Univ. Employees
Legislative Task Force
Board Member
Legislative Liaison 
Matheson, Alan 1991-1992
1992-1993 
1992-1993  
2004-2007
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
Board Member
Ex-officio Board Member
Legislative Liaison
Board Member
Vice President
President
Past President
Mathews, Wilma 2005-2008    Ex-officio Board Member 
Mattson, Susan 2005-2007  Ex-officio Board Member 
McNeill, Connie 2007-2009
2007-2009 
Board Member
Technology & Web Site Chair 
Merkle, Martha 2001-2004
2003-2004 
Board Member
Secretary
Millhollon, Shiela 2001-2002  Adopt-A-Family Project Chair 
Milner, Joe 1995-2000
1997-2000
1998-2000
2002-2004
Legislative Liaison
Board Member
Treasurer
Legislative Liaison
Mings, Bob 1998-2004 Legislative Liaison
Minner, Carolyn 2007-2009 ASURA Business Operations Manager
Moore, Carol 2008-2009 Office Coordinator
Morrell, George 1991-1992
1992-2005
1992-1993
1994-2001
Vice President
Membership Chair
Retirement Systems Liaison
University Club Liaison 
Mortorano, Rick 2004-2006  Ex-officio Board Member
Munk, Morton 2001-2002   Ex-officio Board Member
Murra, Richard (Dick) J.  1992-1993
1993-2009
1994-1997
Retirement Systems Liaison
Health Insurance -ADOA
Board Member
Nilsen, Alleen 1991-1992
1992-1993 
Board Member
Ex-officio Board Member 
Norris, Betty 2008-2009  Office Staff 
Norton, Scott 2005-2007  Retirement System Liaison 
O'Bannon, Nancy 2003-2006  Board Member 
Overman, Glenn 1995-1998 Board Member 
Payne, June P. 1992-1995
1994-1995
1999-2002
2000-2006 
Newsletter
Board Member
Board Member
Video History Project Chair 
Pedrick, Willard 1992-1995
1992-1993
Board Member 
AZ Council of Retired Univ. Employees
Peplow, Bonnie 1997-2001 Board Member 
Peterson, Val 2007-2008
2007-2009 
2007-2008
2008-2009 
Vice President 
Board Member
Activities Chair
President
Pfister, Jack 2002-2003 Legislative Liaison 
Pittman, Anne 1991-1995
1992-1993
1993-1994
Board Member
AZ Council of Retired Univ. Employees
President
Poe, Jerry 2001-2004
2002-2003 
Board Member
Secretary 
Price, Allan 1996-1999  Ex-officio Board Member
(Institutional Advancement) 
Prust, Zeke 1997-1998
1997-2001
1998-1999
1998-2004 
1999-2000
2000-2001
2005-2008
2008-2009
Treasurer
Board Member
Vice President
Legislative Liaison
President
Past President
University Club Liaison
Board member
Randolph, Peggy 1999-2001
1999-2002 
2001-2002
2003-2005
Secretary
Board Member
Treasurer
Volunteers Chair 
Rankin, Bob 2008-2009
2008-2009
Board Member
Activities Committee Chair
Reeves, Henry C. 1993-1995  Board Member 
Regner, Diana M. 1993-1995
1995-1996
1998-2000
2002-2003 
Board Member 
President
Education Chair
Legislative Liaison
Reiss, Becky 2006-2009 Obituaries Chair
Richards, Gale 1991-1992
1992-1993
1992-1993 
1993-1994
1995-2003
1998-2004
Secretary
Education Chair
Legislative Liaison
AZ Council of Retired Univ. Employees
Retirement Systems Liaison
Legislative Liaison
Robinson, Don 1999-2002
2001-2002 
Board Member
Activities Chair 
Roth, Geri 2003-2006  Adopt-A-Family Chair 
Salé, Marie 2002-2004
2005-2008 
Legislative Liaison
Volunteers Chair 
Salerno, Nicholas (Nick) A. 1995-1996
1996-1998 
Secretary
Board Member 
Sarrett, Jack 2008-2009  Office Staff
Scannell, Ed 2008-2009  Office Staff 
Schabacker, Joe 2001-2003  Activities Chair 
Scheatzle, David (Dave) 2003-2006
2003-2004
2004-2005
2004-2009
2005-2006
Board Member
Vice President
President
Newsletter
Past President 
Seaton, Helen 2008-2009 Office Staff
Shafer, Susanne (Sue) 1995-1997  Board Member
Shell, Leon 2001-2002 Board Member 
Shivers, Anna-Marie 2008-2009  Office Staff 
Shuman, Gayle 1999-2001 Board Member 
Sloan, Eric 2008-2009 Ex-officio Board Member
Public Affairs
Smith, Dean 1991-1994
1992-1994
1992-1994
1998-2000
1999-2001
Board Member
Vice President
University Liaison
Legislative Liaison
Video History Project Chair
Smith, Judith 2006-2007 Newsletter 
Spomer, Hank 2003-2006
2004-2006 
Board Member
Treasurer 
Stadmiller, Kelly 1998-2001
1998-1999
2000-2001
Board Member
Activities Co-Chair
Treasurer 
Stasi, Bill 2008-2009 Travel Committee Chair
Steadman, Suzanne 2003-2007  Board Member
Stevens, Mary 2007-2009
2007-2008
2008-2009
Board Member
Activities Chair 
Vice President
Sweeney, Kathy 2008-2009 Office Staff 
Thomas, Alfred, Jr. 1994-1997 Board Member 
Umberson, George 2005-2008
2006-2008 
Board Member
Treasurer 
Valentine, Carol 2002-2004 Board Member 
Van Scoy, Linda 2002-2003
2008-2009
2008-2009   
Ex-officio Board Member, Sr. VP/Provost 
Video History Project Chair
Office Staff
VanderMeer, Phil 2008-2009 Ex-officio Board Member
Academic Senate
Verdini, William (Bill) 2007-2008   Ex-officio Board Member
Wahl, Marilyn  1992-1993
1992-1994 
Secretary
Board Member 
Waltemath, Martha A. 1994-1995
1994-1997
1997-2001
Secretary
Board Member
Health Insurance Co-chair 
Watson, George 2002-2003    Ex-officio Board Member 
Weigend, Guido G.  1993-1996
1994-1995
1994-1995
1996-1998 
Board Member
Vice President
AZ Council of Retired Univ. Employees
Scholarship Chair 
Weinhold, Marie 1998-1999 Ex-officio Board Member
Wesbury, Stu 2003-2004  Legislative Liaison 
Weschler, Lou 2001-2007
2008-2009 
Emeritus College Liaison
Board Member 
Whitaker, Robin 1997-1999  Adopt-A-Family Chair 
White, Harold (Hal) 1996-1997
1996-1999
1997-1998
1998-1999
1998-1999
Treasurer/Finance
Board Member
Vice President
President
Legislative Liaison
Wilkinson, Joe 2001-2007
2003-2006 
Education Chair
Board Member
Wilson, Reba 1994-1997 Ex-officio Board Member
Wineberg, Ruth 1995-1998
1997-2001 
Education Chair 
Board Member
Wood, Betty 2001-2003  Activities Chair 
Wood, Connie 1994-1995 Ex-officio Board Member 
Woolf, Charles 2000-2003  Board Member 
Wright, Madelyn 1992-1994
1992-1994
1993-1994
1995-1998
1996-1997
1997-1998
1998-2001
Board Member
Treasurer
Finance Chair
Board Member
Vice President
President
Volunteers Chair