Alumni Association Board of Directors

The Alumni Association Board of Directors consists of dedicated, hard-working alumni and community volunteers who are proud to serve alumni. Meeting quarterly and working through a committee system, the 23 member executive board of directors and 25 chapter presidents engage alumni volunteers in the institution, reviews budgets, approves long-term strategic plans and sets the annual program plans for the Association and its affiliate chapters.

Alumni Association Board of Directors: 2023-2024

OFFICERS
Felicia Sison Conlan, Ed.D., CCC-SLP Cred ’09 Ed.D. ’17 (Communicative Disorders) President
Christopher Garlington ’04 (Finance & Information Systems) Vice President
Joaquin Macias ’00 (Psychology) Officer

Charles Humphrey ’86 (Mechanical Engineering) Officer
Susan Ettinger ’80,'84 (Health & Human Development) Officer
Daniel Chernow ’67 (History) MA ’89 (Education) MA ’03 (History) Immediate Past President

Christina Mena Chief Alumni Officer

DIRECTORS

Talar Alexanian ’15 (Journalism)

Julisa Chavez ’12 (Management) MPA ’20

Shani Chen, D.Ed ’17 (Education)

Cole Christie ’15 (Business & Economics)
Gene Detchemendy ’84 (Business & Economics)

Mohamed Hassan ’06 (Business & Economics)
Mark Levinson ’68 (Social & Behavioral Sciences)
Paulin McClain ’16 (Social & Behavioral Sciences)

Patricia Miller ’72, MA ’76 (Humanities)
Josselyn Partida ’16 (Journalism)
Olivia Robledo ’89 (Spanish) Cred ‘93

Maria Reza ’66 (Health and Human Development)
Elizabeth Say ’81 (English), Ph.D.

EX-OFFICIO
Erika D. Beck, CSUN President
Nichole Ipach, Vice President, University Relations and Advancement
Shellie Hadvina 90 (Health & Human Development) MPA ’98 ( Social & Behavioral Sciences)

Associate Vice President, Development and Alumni Relations

Honorary and Emeriti Board Members

Alumni-Picture-BOD-Howard Hammer

Howard Hammer
'65 B.S. Accounting

Alumni-Picture-BOD-Annette Nickell

Annette Nickell
'79 French

Alumni-Picture-BOD-Jacqueline Young

Jacqueline Young
'79, '93 M.A. English

Brent Lowensohn
'70 B.A. Psychology

John Jacobson
'76 M.S. Accounting

Marla Leventhal
’74 B.A. Anthropology

Alumni-Picture-BOD-Edward Peckham

Edmund Peckham
Emeritus Faculty
and Administrator
Honorary Member

All
Past Presidents
of the
Association
also serve as
emeriti board
members.

Past Alumni Association Presidents

Past Presidents of the Alumni Association

The Alumni Association Board of Directors has been lead by a dedicated group of alumni. All past presidents serve on the board of directors as Emeritus members.

1960-1962 BEN RUDE Deceased	1982-1985 BRENT VALLENS	2002-2004 IRENE TOVAR
1962-1964 NORMAN BARONE	1985-1987 TONY PARTIPILO	2004-2006 GENE DETCHEMENDY
1964-1966 FRANK ST. DENIS	1987-1989 SHANCY PIERCE Deceased	2006-2007 PHIL MINAH
1969-1970 ALFONSO ARIAS	1989-1991 JOE TIRADO Deceased	2007-2009 LARRY TWERSKY
1970-1971 GARY WARTIK	1991-1992 LEONARD FRIEDMAN	2009-2011 TAMMY TOLGO
1971-1972 BILL KEENE	1992-1994 ALMA ZATARAIN	2011-2013 DENNIS DEYOUNG
1972-1974 TIMOTHY ASHLOCK	1994-1996 CHRISTINE PARTIPILO	2013-2015 FRANCINE OSCHIN
1975-1978 BILL KEENE	1996-1997 WAYNE ADESTEIN	2015-2017 CARLOS FUENTES
1978-1979 MARILYN WYSEBEEK Deceased	1997-1998 GERARD MOONEY	2017-2020 CINDY CHERNOW
1980-1981 JIM CONRAN	1998-2000 I. ALLAN OBERMAN
1981-1982 HOWARD HALLER	2000-2002 DAVID NOVAK

Join the Board

Board volunteers are expected to attend board of directors meetings, serve on Association committees, attend events sponsored by the Association, join as a dues-paying Legacy Member of the Association, be available to the university to host official guests on an as needed basis, and make a personal financial donation to the university. Prospective board members are interviewed and appointed each June. Board members serve a three-year term. Additional information about service on the board of directors can be requested from Shellie Hadvina, Associate Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations

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