All-time volunteers

These are the people who have served or are serving as ASURA Board members, committee chairs, and office volunteers.

ASURA volunteer information

ASURA asks new volunteers for a photo and a brief biography. What they submitted is what you can see here. For some entries the  biography and/or photo is absent, particularly for people who served prior to about 2008 (ASURA was founded in 1991). In some cases the photos are from an event instead of having been submitted.  You can see ASURA's complete photo collection on our photo gallery site.

You can search for a particular volunteer bio by using the global search at the top right of any page.

This is not the place to look for contact information, e.g., phone, address, or email. ASURA members can use the member directory to find this information.

List of volunteers

As you can see, this list is sorted on name, with first name first. The link in the list is to the full biography for that volunteer.

Abby Polito Public Affairs liaison 2001-2017
Aileen Nilsen Board member 1991-1992
Ex-officio board member 1992-1993
Alan Johnson Board member 2001-2004
Legislative liaison 2001-2004
Retirement system liaison 2007-2010
Alan Matheson Board member 1991-1992, 2004-2007
Vice-president 2005-2006
President 2006-2007
Past President 2007-2008
Ex-officio board member 1992-1993
Legislative liaison 1992-1993
 
Aletha Ashley Board member 2001-2002
Alfred Thomas, Jr Board member 1994-1997
Allan Price Institutional Advancement liaison 1996-1999
Andrew Hamilton Ex-officio board member - Classified Staff Council 2007-2009
Anna-Marie Shivers Office Staff 2008-2015
Anne Pittman Board member 1991-1995
AZ Council Retired Univ Employees 1992-1993
President 1993-1994
Art Ashton Board member 2012-2014
ADOA health insurance 2012-2015
Barbara Bradford Eschbach Luncheons & special events 2010-2015
Board member 2011-2014
Barbara Kerr Ex-officio board member 2004-2005
Barbara White Vice-president 2015-206
Board member (resigned Aug 2015-2016)
President through Aug 2016 2016-2017
 
Barry Bruns Board member 2011-2014, 2015-2020Treasurer 2012-2014, 2015-2017, 2018-2020Finance Committee 2013-2014, 2015-2017, 2018-2020, 2023-2024
Barry Leshowitz Board member (thru Sept 2012) 2011-2013
Secretary (thru Sept 2012) 2011-2013
Barry McNeill President 2013-2014Vice President 2012-2013, Immediate Past President 2014-2015, Treasurer 2021-2024Retirees Day chair 2011-2014Board member 2012-2015, 2015-2017, 2018-2020, 2021-2024
Becky Reiss Obituaries 2002-2022
Bernard Jackson Board member 1993-1994
Betty Greathouse Board member 2003-2006
Secretary 2004-2006
Betty Landon Board member 2017-2019
Secretary 2017-2018
 
Betty Norris Office staff 2008-2012
Betty Wood Activities chair 2001-2003
Bev Buddee Board member 2016-2019, 2022-2025
Secretary 2015-2017
Office volunteer 2014-2024
Seminars Committee chair 2016-2021
Bill Davey Ex-officio board member 1998-1999
Bill Ferrell Board member 1993
Bill Moor Board member 2009-2014, 2017-2018
Treasurer 2011-2012, 2017-2019
President 2012-2013
Past President 2013-2014
Bill Verdini Ex-officio board member 2007-2008
Bill Wootten Office staff 2011-2013
Bob Barnhill Board member 2007-2010
Education Committee 2008-2009
Bob Beeman University liaison 1992-1993
Board member 1993-1996
Secretary 1993-1994
President 1994-1995
Legislative liaison 1994-1995
Web site chair 1998-2004
Office staff 2001-2009
Bob Ellis President (first)  1991-1992Legislative Task Force 1992-1993, 1994-1995, 1998-1999, 2002-2004Retirement systems liaison 1992-1999AZ Council of Retired University Employees 1992-1993
Bob Francis Board member 2006-2009, 2015-2018
Video History 2006-2008
Bob Rankin Board member 2008-2009
Activities Committee 2008-2009
Bonnie Peplow Board member 1997-2001
Bonnie Scheall Office staff 2013-2020
Luncheons & special events 2017-2018
Brent Brown Board member 1991-1992, 2005-2006
Ex-officio board member 1992-1995
Bruce Mason Board member 1992-1993, 1997-2001
Community relations chair 1992-1993
Legislative liaison 1992-1993, 1997-2000
AZ Council Retired University Employees 1992-1993
Legislative task force 1993-1994
Carl Cross President 2020-2021
Vice President 2019-2020, Immediate Past President  2021-2022
Board member 2019-2022 and 2023-2026
Membership Committee chair 2023
University Club liaison 2020-2021
Carol Berg Office staff 2008-2016
Carol Moore Office staff coordinator 2008-2015
Office staff 2015-2016
Carol Taylor-Tassone Luncheons and special events chair - 2021-2022
Board member 2021-2023
Carol Valentine Board member 2002-2004
Carole Johnson Ex-officio board member 1994-2002
Caroline Harrison Mailing Operations Manager 2023-
Carolyn Brown Board member 1993-1996
Newsletter 1995-2002
Carolyn Lanners Office staff 2009-2012
Carolyn Minner Business operations 2007-2022
Membership Operations Manager 2023
Board member 2009-2012
Office volunteer 2012-2014
Cecelia Fiery Board member 2013-2014
Legislative liaison 2013-2014
Charles Woolf Board member 2000-2003
Christine Cervantes Ex-officio board member 1999-2005
HR liaison 2008-2009
Chuck Backus Board member 2005-2008
Chuck Elliot University Senate liaison 2016-2017
Cody Conrad Ex-officio board member 2018-2019
Connie McNeill Board member 2007-2012, 2014-2015, 2019-2021Websites Committee chair and co-chair 2009-2024Database Committee chair 2009-2022President 2011-2012
Connie Wood Ex-officio board member 1994-1995
Corrine Irvan ASURA Office coordinator 1991-2007
Dan Landers Ex-officio board member 1995-1996
Darwyn Linder Ex-officio board member 1997-1998
Dave Scheatzle Board member 2003-2006, 2010-2013
Vice-president 2003-2004
President 2004-2005
Past president 2005-2006
Newsletter 2004-2009
Golf tournament 2005-2011
Video History Project 2014-2019
Dave Schwalm President 2011-2012, Vice President 2010-2011, Immediate Past President 2012-2013
Membership chair - 2013-2021
Golf Tournament chair 2012-2014
Board member 2010-2013, 2016-2019, 2021
David Burstein Ex-officio board member 1999-2001
Dean Smith Board member 1991-1994
Vice-president 1992-1994
University liaison 1992-1994
Legislative liaison 1998-2000
Video History Project 1999-2001
Deborah Losse Ex-officio board member 1994-1995
Denis Kigin President 1992-1993
Board member 1992-1995
University liaison 1994-1995
Activities chair 1995-1996, 1999-2001
University Club liaison 2001-2003
Health insurance - ASRS 2001-2006
Diana Regner Board member 1993-1995
President 1995-1996
Education chair 1998-2000
Legislative liaison 2002-2003
Dick Jacob Board member 2010-2013ASRS liaison 2010-2013, 2017-2024Emeritus College liaison 2010-2013Seminars 2010-2011
Dick Kelly Board member 2012-2014
Dick Murra Retirement systems liaison 1992-1993
Health insurance liaison 1993-2010
Board member 1994-1997
Don Doerres chair Video History Project 2023-2024
Don Dotts Board member 1998-2002, 2023-2024
Vice-president 1999-2000
President 2000-2001
Past president 2001-2002
Government Council 2023=2024
Don Gieschen Education chair 1993-1995
Board member 1994-1997
Vice-president 1995-1996
President 1996-1997
Legislative liaison 1997-2003
Don Nilsen Board member 2017-2020
Emeritus College liaison 2016-2021
Don Robinson Board member 1999-2002
Activities chair 2001-2002
Donald Fausel Legislative liaison 1998-2000, 2003-2004
Donna Rae Larson Legislative liaison 2003-2004
Dorothy Alexander Board member 1996-1999
Dorothy Meunier Office Volunteer 2012-2024
Doug Johnson Vice-president 2006-2007
President 2007-2008
Past president 2008-2009
Board member 2006-2009, 2010-2012
Health insurance - ASRS 2007-2008, 2010-2013
Ed Hickcox Board member 1992-1993
Ed Scannell Office staff 2008-2012
Ellamae Branstetter Board member 2000-2003
Secretary 2001-2002
Elmer Gooding Board member 2004-2005, 2007-2009, 2008-2011, 2013-2015
Vice-president 2004-2005
President 2005-2006
Past president 2006-2007
Membership & communication 2006-2013, 2021-2022
Eric Sloan Ex-officio board member Public Affairs 2008-2009
Evelyn Cesarotti Board member 2019-2022
Floyd Land Board member 2002-2005
Vice-president 2002-2003
President 2003-2004
Past president 2004-2005
Frank Koonce Board member 2019-2022
Fred Amaro Board member 1991-1992
Ex-officio board member 1992-1993
Gail Horney Office staff 2018-2021
Gale Richards Secretary 1991-1992
Education chair 1992-1993
Legislative liaison 1992-1993
AZ Council Retired University Employees 1992-1993
Retirement systems liaison 1995-2003
Legislative liaison 1998-2004
Gary Anderson Board member 2009-2012
Travel Committee co-chair 2009-2015
Legislative liaison 2018-2019
Gary Bitter Board candidate - 2025
Gary Grossman Ex-officio board member 2010-2011
Gary Kleemann Seminars 2011-2013
Board member 2012-2015
Gayle Shuman Board member 1999-2001
George Morrell Vice-president 1991-1992
Membership chair 1992-2005
Retirement systems liaison 1992-1003
University Club liaison 1994-2001
George Umberson Board member 2005-2008
Treasurer 2006-2008
George Watson Ex-officio board member 2002-2003
Geri Roth Adopt-A-Family 2003-2006
Ginny Sylvester Adopt-A-Family Committee Chair - and 2019-2024
Glenn Irvin Board member 2013-2016
Secretary 2013-2015
Glenn Overman Board member 1995-1998
Gordon Inskeep University Club liaison 1992-1994
Board member 1998-2001
Guido Welgend Board member 1993-1990
Vice-president 1994-1995
AZ Council Retired University Employees 1994-1995
Scholarship 1996-1998
Hal White Treasurer/Finance 1996-1997
Board member 1996-1999, 2013-2016
Vice-president 1997-1998
President 1998-1999
Legislative liaison 1998-1999, 2014-2015
Hank Spomer Board member 2003-2006
Treasurer 2004-2006
Heinz Hink Government relations 1992-1993
Helen Seaton Office staff 2008-2021
Helene Ossipov Board member - 2021-2024
Henry Reeves Board member 1993-1995
Hildegard Crane Board member 1993-1994
Irma Arboleda Board Candidate - 2025
Jack Pfister Legislative liaison 2002-2003
Jack Sarrett Office staff 2008-2015
Jan Meyer Thompson Board member 2013-2016, 2018-2021
Seminars Committee chair 2013-2016
Vice President 2018-2019
President 2019-2020
Past President 2020-2021
Office volunteer 2020-2024
Jan Shore Chair of Scholarship Committee 2022-2024
Jane Carey Secretary 2020-2022
Board member 2019-2022
Janet Soper Prime Times co-chair 2009-2010
Office staff 2009-2010
Jay Butler Board member 2016-2019
Jean Duncan Board member 2018-2021
Luncheons 2019-2020
Jeannette Robson Office staff 2009-2024Prime Times 2010-2024Board member 2011-2014, 2015-2017
Jeff Bush Board member 2023-2024
Travel Committee 2019 - 2024
Jeff Chapman Board member 2018-2021
Jeri Goldfader Adopt-A-Family chair 1999-2006
Jeri Meeks Government liaison 2015-2022
Vice-president thru Aug 2016 then President 2016-2017
Board member 2016-2019
President 2017-2018
Past president 2018-2019
Jerry Aronson Legislative liaison 2003-2013
Board member 2004-2007
Jerry Poe Board member 2001-2004
Secretary 2002-2003
Jill Massara Board member 2020
Treasurer 2020
Finance Committee 2020
Jim Creasman Treasurer 1991-1992
Jim Fordemwalt Legislative liaison 2002-2003
University Club liaison 2008-2017
Board member 2009-2011, 2014-2017
Vice-president 2014-2015
President 2015-2016
Past president 2016-2017
Jo Ann Hennington Board member 1994-1997
Volunteers chair 1995-1998
Jo Ellen Alberhasky   Board member 2022-2025
Jo Faldtz Board member 2018-2019
Jo Madonna Luncheons 2008-2010
Board member 2009-2011, 2012-2016, 2018-2021
Secretary 2009-2011, 2012-2013
Events 2013-2014, 2019-2020
Vice-president 2013-2014
President 2014-2015
Joan Leard Ex-officio board member 1999-2004
Board member 2005-2008
Adopt-A-Family chair 2006-2019
Office staff 2008-2019
Joe Carter Ex-officio board member 2011-2012
Joe Milner Legislative liaison 1995-2000, 2002-2004
Board member 1997-2000
Treasurer 1998-2000
Joe Schabacker Activities Chair 2001-2003
Joe Wilkinson Education chair 2001-2007
Board member 2003-2006
Joel Benedict Board member 1995-1998
John Bell Board member 2002-2005
Retirement system liaison 2002-2005
John Brock Travel 2015-2024
John Davis Alumni Association liaison 2018-2021
John Heenan Ex-officio board member 1998-1999
Joy Shearman Board member 2010-2013
Scholarship committee chair 2013-2022
Joyce Hartman Diaz Board member 2008-2011, 2014-2017
Treasurer 2009-2011
Finance Committee 2009-2010
Health insurance - ASRS 2014-2016
Luncheons 2015-2017
Judith Cato HR liaison 2016-2021
Judith Smith Newsletter 2006-2007
June Bankhead Board member 2005-2007
Activities chair 2005-2007
June Payne Newsletter 1992-1995
Board member 1994-1995, 1999-2002
Video History Project chair 2000-2006
Karen Dwyer Board Nominee - 2025
Karen Hammann Ex-officio board 2005-2008
Board member 2013-2016
Karen Moses Seminars Committee Chair - 2024Vice President - 2024 Board of Directors - 2024
Kathleen Renshaw Board member 2017-2018
Kathy Gunn Secretary - 2021-2022
Board member 2020-2023
Kathy Palmanteer Board member 2023-2024
Kathy Sweeney Office staff 2008-2009
Katie Aguilar Staff Council liaison 2015-2020
Kay Faris President 2023-2024Vice President 2022-2023Board Member 2022-2023
Kelly Stadmiller Board member 1998-2001
Activities co-chair 1998-1999
Treasurer 2000-2001
Ken Chapman Ex-officio board member 1997-1998
Kendra Burton University Affairs liaison 2019-2024
Larry Carlson Government liaison, ASRS - 2014-2018Health insurance liaison - 2014-2024Board member 2014-2017, 2019-2021
Larry Edmonds Vice President 2020-2021
President 2021-2022
Immediate Past President 2022-2023
Larry Mankin Board member 2015-2018
Leon Kemper Board member 1996-1999
Leon Shell Board member 2001-2002
Linda Howard Office staff 2008-2009
Linda Van Scoy Sr. VP/Provost liaison 2002-2003
Video History Project chair 2008-2014
Office volunteer 2008-2021
Office volunteer coordinator 2015-2024
Linda Whatley Office staff 2017-2018
Liz Badalamenti Pre-retirement seminars 2019-2024
Lonnie Ostrom Board member 2009-2010
Lou Weschler Emeritus College liaison 2001-2007, 2009-2010
Board member 2008-2010
Louis Grossman Legislative liaison 2003-2004
Lynn Carpenter Ex-officio board member 2003-2005
Madelyn Wright Board member 1992-1994, 1995-1998
Treasurer 1992-1994
Finance 1993-1994
Vice-president 1996-1997
President 1997-1998
Volunteers chair 1998 2001
Maria Hesse Vice President 2023-2024
Board Member 2023-2024
Marie Sale Legislative liaison 2002-2004
Volunteers chair 2005-2008
Marie Weinhold Ex-officio board member 1998-1999
Marilyn Wahl Secretary 1992-1993
Board member 1992-1994
Mark Henderson Board member 2020-2023
Mark Lussier Emeritus College liaison - 2023-2024
Martha Merkle Board member 2001-2004
Secretary 2003-2004
Martha Waltemath Secretary 1994-1995
Board member 1994-1997
Health insurance co-chair 1997-2001
Marvin Fisher Board member 1998-2001
Mary Stevens Board member 2007-2011 and 2021-2023Activities chair 2007-2008Vice-president 2008-2009President 2009-2010Past president 2010-2011
Mary White Membership Committee Chair - 2023-2024
Mary Williams Office staff 2011-2015
Mat Betz Board member 1993-1996, 1999-2003, 2006-2009
Treasurer 1994-1996
Legislative liaison 1998-2000
Scholarship 1998-2001
Vice-president 2000-2001
President 2001-2002
Past president 2002-2002
Maxine LaRoux Adopt-A-Family 1995-1998
Board member 2005-2009
Secretary 2006-2009
Office staff 2007-2016
Mike Lupnacca Board member 2002-2005
Treasurer 2002-2004
Monte Allen Board member 2003-2004
Morton Munk Ex-officio board member 2001-2002
Myrna Bowman Legislative liaison 2002-2004
Nanci Beardsley Office volunteer 2017-2022
Nancy Jordan Ex-officio board member 2001-2005
Nancy Lesko Office volunteer 2010-2021
Office volunteer co-coordinator 2015-2022
Nancy O'Bannon Board member 2003-2006
Nick Salerno Secretary 1995-1996
Board member 1996-1998
Partha Dasgupta Board Member 2022-2025
Secretary 2023-2024
 
Pat Moore ADOA health insurance liaison 2013-2014
Pat Schneider Board member 2017-2020 and 2022-2023Secretary 2018-2020 and 2022-2023Government liaison 2019-2024Seminars 2021-2024
 
Patricia Kelley Board member 1993-1994
Paul Harper Database Committee chair 2022-2024
Paul Skiera ASURA Board - 2024Membership Committee Chair - 2024
Peggy Randolph Secretary 1999-2001
Board member 1999-2002
Treasurer 2001-2002
Volunteers chair 2003-2005
Penny Dolin University Senate liaison - 2022-2023
Phil VanderMeer Ex-officio board member 2008-2009, 2018-2019
Philomena Bell Ex-officio board member 1994-1995
Phyllis Primas ADOA health insurance liaison 1996-1999
Quentin Bogart Board member 2000-2004
Vice-president 2001-2002
President 2002-2003
Past president 2003-2004
Legislative liaison 2002-2003
Retirement system liaison 2005-2006
Reba Wilson Ex-officio board member 1994-1997
Rhonda McClintock ASU Alumni Association liaison 2013-2018
Richard Knopf .
Rick Mortorano Ex-officio board member 2004-2006
Robert Frazier Ex-officio board member 1994-1998
Board member 2001-2002
Robert Muscari Ex-officio board member 2009-2010
Rochelle (Rocky) Mackey Board member 2002-2004
Newsletter 2002-2004
Rodney Rogers .
Rodney Rogers .
Rojann Alpers Board member 2021-2024
Academic Senate liaison 2009-2010
Rose Minetti Board member 2009-2012
Health insurance liaison - ASRS 2009-2013
Roy Doyle Board member 2002-2003
Ruth Kingsley Board member 2014-2015
Ruth Wineberg Education chair 1995-1998
Board member 1997-2001
Sam Hunter Board member 1997-2001
Scott Norton Retirement system liaison 2005-2007
Sharon Wielert Office staff 2019-2021
Sharon Young University Staff Council liaison 2014-2015
Shawn Banzhaf University Staff Council liaison - 2023-2024
Sheila Ainlay Financial Operations Manager - 2023
Sheila Stokes Board member 2011-2012
Vice-president 2011-2012
Sheree Barron Ex-officio board member 2004-2016
Shiela Milhollon Adopt-A-Family 2001-2002
Shirley Rose University Senate liaison 2019-2020
Simin Levinson University Senate liaison 2020-2021
Stan Brown Legislative liaison 2002-2003
Board member 2004-2007
Activities chair 2004-2006
Stephanie Salazar University Affairs liaison 2017-2018
Steve Potter Classified Staff Council Liaison 2012-2013
Sue Blumer Secretary 1995-1999
Board member 1996-1999
Scholarship 2001-2017
Education Chair 2003-2005, 2006-2007
Sue Henderson Pre-retirement committee - 2021-2022
Board member 2021-2022
Sue Shafer Board member 1995-1997
Scholarship 1996-1997
 
Susan Mattson Ex-officio board member 2005-2007
Suzanne Steadman Board member 2003-2007
Tara Roesler President 2018-2019, Vice-president 2016-2018Past president 2019-2020 and 2022-2023Government /health insurance liaison 2016-2023/2016-2012Board member 2016-2020 and 2022-2024
Ted Cary Board member 2006-2009
Treasurer 2008-2009
Terrie Ekin Board Member 2022-2025
Financial Operations Manager 2023-2024
Tim Desch Alumni Association Liaison - 2023-2024
Tom Callarman Ex-officio board member 1996-1997
Tom Dezelsky Activities chair 2003-2004
Tom Schildgen University Senate liaison 2013-2014, 2017-2018
Tony Brazel Board member 2016-2019
Tony Garcia Ex-officio board member 2003-2004
Trudy Perez Luncheons and special events chair - 2020-2023Pre-retirement seminars co-chair - 2014-2024Board member 2014-2017 and 2020-2023Classified Staff Council liaison - 2013-2014
Vacant Future ASURA committee chair
Val Peterson Vice-president 2007-2008
President 2008-2009
Board member 2007-2010
Activities chair 2007-2008
Retirees Day chair 2009-2010
History Committee 2012
Vernon Hastings Legislative liaison 2003-2004
Vivienne Gardner Board member 2000-2003
Volunteers chair 2001-2003
Will Stasi President 2022-2023
Past President 2023-2024
​​​​​​​Travel Committee co-chair 2008-2013
Board member 2009-2011, 2012-2015, 2018-2020, 2022-2025
Willard Abraham Board member 1992-1993
Willard Pedrick Board member 1992-1995
AZ Council Retired University Employees 1992-1993
William Baxter Board member 2000-2003
Wilma Mathews Ex-officio board 2005-2008
Board member 2010-2013
Prime Times editor 2009-2016
Zeke Prust Treasurer 1997-1998
Board member 1997-2001, 2008-2009
Vice-president 1998-1998
President 1999-2000
Past president 2000-2001
Legislative liaison 1998-2004
University Club liaison 2005-2008
Corrine Irvan, Jane Hudnall, Martha Waltemath, Frances Bell - 1995
Elmer Gooding and Dave Scheatzle - 2005
Jeannette Robson and Jo Madonna - 2015
Larry Edmonds, Carl Cross, Barry McNeill - 2021