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Meet the Board of Directors

2023-'24 Chair

Mike Happe

Michael Happe

Michael Happe, j’94, of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, is president and CEO of Winnebago Industries. He has led Winnebago since 2016, after 20 years in senior leadership positions with The Toro Company. He majored in broadcast news at KU and earned his MBA from the University of Minnesota. He is married to Shannon Fitzsimmons-Happe, j’94, and they are Life Members and Presidents Club donors.

2023-'24 Chair Elect

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F. Taylor Burch

F. Taylor Burch, p’88, g’90, PharmD’09, of Lantana, Texas, completed his bachelor’s and doctoral degrees in pharmacy and a master’s degree in health services administration. He is in his 20th year at Eli Lilly and Company and is currently a global operations consultant, creating strategy and supporting the various platforms used by the medical affairs teams worldwide. He remains connected to the School of Pharmacy as a donor and volunteer, creating an endowed scholarship named for his father and returning to Lawrence often as a guest lecturer to first-year pharmacy student. He also volunteers for KU Admissions. With his wife, Lisa Howell Burch, c’92, he served on KU Endowment’s Far Above campaign committee for the school. They are Chancellors Club members for Endowment and Alumni Association Life Members and Presidents Club donors.

Julie Garney Andrews, Director to 2025

Julie Andrews, c’95, of Waukee, Iowa, is chairman of the board and vice president of business development of Briarcliff Development Co., a real estate sales and management firm based in Kansas City, Missouri. She also owns The Event Pros, a company that offers custom event planning for worldwide travel and hospitality firms’ corporate events. Earlier in her career, she worked in public relations, sales and marketing for the Kansas City Chiefs. Julie and her husband, Chris, j’92, are Presidents Club donors, and they have three sons.

Sasha Flores Boulware, Director to 2024

Sasha Flores Boulware, c’98, g’00, of Fairway, earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology and remained at KU to complete her MBA. She formerly worked for Pfizer and Accenture Foundation, and she is currently a part-time consultant. She is a member of the Kansas City Network board, and she co-chairs this year’s Rock Chalk Ball committee; she also led the group in 2017. Sasha and her husband, Al, c’98, l’02, g’02, have attended numerous balls, and they have served as honorary co-chairs. Sasha also has volunteered for Jayhawks for Higher Education and the Emily Taylor Center advisory board.

F. Taylor Burch, Director to 2024

F. Taylor Burch, p’88, g’90, PharmD’09, of Lantana, Texas, completed his bachelor’s and doctoral degrees in pharmacy and a master’s degree in health services administration. He is in his 20th year at Eli Lilly and Company and is currently a global operations consultant, creating strategy and supporting the various platforms used by the medical affairs teams worldwide. He remains connected to the School of Pharmacy as a donor and volunteer, creating an endowed scholarship named for his father and returning to Lawrence often as a guest lecturer to first-year pharmacy student. He also volunteers for KU Admissions. With his wife, Lisa Howell Burch, c’92, he served on KU Endowment’s Far Above campaign committee for the school. They are Chancellors Club members for Endowment and Alumni Association Life Members and Presidents Club donors.

Joseph Courtright, Director to 2025

Joseph Courtright, p’89, of Little Rock, Arkansas, is a second-generation pharmacist who grew up in Baxter Springs, where his father, William, p’54, owned Milo Chew Drug Store. From his early career as a staff pharmacist at May’s Drug Stores, Courtright advanced to become CEO of USA Drug Stores, then the nation’s fourth-largest retail pharmacy. After orchestrating the sale of the company and its subsidiaries to Walgreens, he is now principal of the investment corporation Dale Capital Partners. The School of Pharmacy in 2017 awarded Courtright its highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award. He has served on the School of Pharmacy Advisory Council. He is an Association Life Member and Presidents Club donor. For KU Endowment, he is a member of the Jayhawk Faithful and the Chancellors Club. He has hosted many alumni and admissions events at his home.

Brenda Roskens Dicus, Director to 2024

Brenda Dicus, b’83, of Topeka, began her career in marketing, and she is involved in several nonprofit organizations in Topeka. With her husband, John, b’83, g’85, she has volunteered for the Kansas Honors Program, and she has attended numerous alumni events in Topeka as well as several Rock Chalk Balls. The Dicuses are Association Life Members and Presidents Club donors as well as Chancellors Club members for KU Endowemnt and Williams Education Fund members for Kansas Athletics. They have remained involved with the School of Business, most notably through the Capitol Federal Foundation’s leadership gift to provide the new home for the business school.

Eric Edell

Eric Edell, Director to 2024

Eric Edell, c’76, m’81, of Rochester, Minnesota, is a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, specializing in pulmonary and critical care and interventional pulmonary medicine. He previously served at vice chair of the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine as well as the vice chair of Mayo Clinic Practice in charge of the outpatient practice. For KU, he is a member of the University of Kansas Medical School Alumni Association board. He and his wife, Rosemary Privitera Edell, f’77, are Life Members of the Association and donors to the Presidents club. 

Allen Fee, Director to 2025

Allen Fee, j’84, Hutchinson, joined Fee Insurance Group, a family-owned business established in 1883, and now leads the firm as CEO. He is an Association annual member and a Presidents Club donor, and he serves on KU Medical Center’s 4-Wichita Advancement Board’s executive committee. He has supported the Williams Education Fund of Kansas Athletics and the School of Medicine-Wichita, and he is a member of KU Endowment’s Jayhawk Faithful. Allen and his wife, Kriss, assoc., have two sons and a daughter who are KU alumni and a son who is a current student.

Monique Garcia, Director to 2028

Monique is the owner of Garcia Group LLC. In her full-time consulting role, she works with federal and state agencies to expand access to health care in underserved communities across the region. She also utilizes her marketing communications experience to work with federal agencies on improving language access for public safety efforts. As a KU volunteer for the Wichita Network, Monique helped create a mentor program that connected alumni with local high school students and recruited several students to KU. Most recently, she appeared in “Together We Rise,” a video highlighting the Association’s efforts in diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. As a student, she participated in the Hispanic American Leadership Organization, the KU women’s rowing team and the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center. She earned her KU degree in political science.

Jacqueline Sloan Hall, Director to 2025

Jacqueline Hall, c’75, of Sublette, president of the Sublette insurance firm Hall & Associates, is a longtime KU volunteer in her community. She and her husband, Sterling, b’75, were honored as 2006 recipients of the Mildred Clodfelter Award. She dedicated more than 25 years of service to the Kansas Honor Scholars Program. She also is a longtime legislative advocate through Jayhawks for Higher Education. Hall returns to campus often for activities of the Association, Kansas Athletics, the School of Business and the School of Music. She is a member of Jayhawks for Higher Education and, for KU Endowment, the Chancellors Club and Jayhawk Faithful. The Sterlings are Life Members and Presidents Club donors. They have two sons, one of whom is a current KU student, and a daughter.

Mike Happe

Michael Happe, Director to 2025

Michael Happe, j’94, of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, is president and CEO of Winnebago Industries. He has led Winnebago since 2016, after 20 years in senior leadership positions with The Toro Company. He majored in broadcast news at KU and earned his MBA from the University of Minnesota. He is married to Shannon Fitzsimmons-Happe, j’94, and they are Life Members and Presidents Club donors.

David Hoese, Director to 2024

David Hoese, e’86, of Chicago, is a private wealth advisor at Goldman, Sachs LLC, based in the Chicago office. He earned his KU degree in mechanical engineering, and later received an MBA from Northwestern University. As a KU alumnus, he has served on the Chicago Network Board, has attended and hosted numerous KU events in Chicago, and has assisted in student recruitment. He also served as a moderator for the Association’s 2017 Chicago Entrepreneurship career networking event, which became a model for future Jayhawk Career Network events. He and his wife, Joan, are involved in local church and community organizations. They are Presidents Club donors to the Association.

Peter Johnston, Director to 2024

Peter Johnston, c’94, l’97, of Salina, is an attorney with Clark, Mize & Linville, Chartered in Salina, and now a second-generation member of the Board, following in the footsteps of his dad, Donald A. Johnston, b’56, l’66, who served from 1986 to ’91. Peter is a longtime volunteer for the Kansas Honors Program and Jayhawks for Higher Education and has served on the School of Law’s Alumni Board of Governors. He and his wife, Sara Peckham Johnston, c’96, m’00, g’03, are Life Members of the Association and Presidents Club donors. For KU Endowment, they are Chancellors Club members. Sara is a family medicine physician and part-time faculty of the KU School of Medicine-Salina and volunteer faculty of the KU-affiliated Smoky Hill Family Practice Residency.

Tammy Huff Johnson

Tamara Huff Johnson, Director to 2027

Tammy Huff Johnson, c’12, of Bel Aire, is a public policy expert and technical coordinator for the Kansas Parent Information Resource Center. She has led the BAN since 2019, providing steadfast leadership for programs and reunions amid the pandemic and other challenges. She has regularly advised Chancellor Doug Girod and his team on vital issues concerning equity and social justice as well as the recruitment and retention of Black students, and she serves on the Provost’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Advisory Council. In addition, Tammy has helped ensure that the legacies of the BAN’s early leaders, especially the late Thomas Vaughn, l’78, continue to inspire and guide African American students and alumni.

Marlon Marshall

Marlon Marshall, Director to 2028

Marlon is CEO of The City Fund, a nonprofit organization that works with partner cities to improve public schools through grant funding. He formerly worked as special assistant to President Barack Obama and principal deputy director in the White House. As a student from 1997 to 2002, Marlon served as student body vice president and received the Rusty Leffel Concerned Student Award in 2001. He left KU to begin his career in politics and returned in 2013 to finish his degree in communication studies. As an alumnus, he represented the Association for five years on the KU Memorial Union board, and he volunteers with the Dole Institute of Politics. He earned a master’s degree in policy management from Georgetown University. Marlon and his wife, Stacy, have twin daughters, Grace and Camryn.

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Joy Larson Maxwell, Director to 2028

Joy worked for the Alumni Association for more than a decade after beginning her KU career in student recruitment for Admissions. She served as the Association’s assistant director of Kansas City programs, working closely with the Kansas City Network Board to coordinate the annual Rock Chalk Ball, She also founded the Association’s legacy relations program, collaborating with Admissions colleagues to enhance the recruitment of students from KU families and increase legacy undergraduate enrollment from 15% to 23%. She earned her degrees in English and journalism. She and her husband, Kevin, e’05, m’14, have three children, Luke, Reece and Wyatt.

Bobb Meckenstock

Bobb Meckenstock, Director to 2026

Bobb Meckenstock, c’76, of Hays, earned his KU degree in political science and is CEO of the Meckenstock Group, a wealth management firm. As a volunteer for the Smoky Hill Network, he has hosted local Jayhawk events, including a reception to welcome and introduce Chancellor Girod when he was new in the role. He, his late wife, Shay, and daughter, Sarah, are all KU graduates. Bobb is a Life Member and Presidents Club donor, and he has contributed to the Alumni Center’s renovation and expansion.

Jonathan Ng

Jonathan Ng, Director to 2027

Jonathan Ng, c’03, j’03, of Bethesda, Maryland, earned his law degree from the University of Notre Dame and currently serves as an attorney advisor for the U.S. Agency for International Development. He also created the first legal course on social entrepreneurship and development at Georgetown University law school and served as the first global legal director for Ashoka: Innovators for the Public. As KU student body president, Jonathan rallied support and helped guide efforts to build the Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center. He also worked on the University Daily Kansan and as a New Student Orientation assistant; he received the Agnes Wright Strickland Award for his campus leadership.

David Ochoa

David Ochoa, Director to 2028

David currently serves as the Mid-America Area Executive Director for ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. He began his career at the Association as membership coordinator before moving to KU Endowment, where he was the Development Director for the School of Pharmacy and later Development Director and Team Lead for the School of Medicine. He left KU to become Executive Director of the Greater Kansas City Hispanic Development Fund. David currently serves on the KU Biodiversity Institute Advisory Board.  As a student, he played football for KU and was elected twice as team captain. After completing his KU journalism degree, he earned his master’s degree in education. He and his wife, Emily Jean Ochoa, m’13, have two daughters, Ophelia and Evangeline.

Jessica Nelson Palm

Jessica Nelson Palm, Director to 2026

Jessica Nelson Palm, j’11, of Overland Park, is vice president of marketing and PR at the Kansas City Area Development Council, where she leads integrated marketing and sales strategies to attract corporate investment, jobs and talented people to the Kansas City region. Jessica is a Life Member and Presidents Club donor, a former president and longtime member of the Kansas City Network Board, and she volunteers as a mentor, event host and speaker for the Jayhawk Career Network. Jessica and her husband, Eric, have a son, Lincoln, and daughter, Sutton.

Ryan Pfeiffer

Ryan Pfeiffer, Director to 2026

Ryan Pfeiffer, j’02, of Prairie Village, is a producer for Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services. He has served on the Kansas City Network Board and led the group as president. He is a Life Member and Presidents Club donor, and he has volunteered in numerous roles, especially for the Rock Chalk Ball. He is currently planning a Presidents Club event to recruit new donors.

Keturah Harding Pohl, Director to 2024

Keturah Harding Pohl, f’04, a’08, of Findlay, Ohio, co-owns and manages Putnam Family Dental, with her husband, Brad, a 2005 KU graduate. They moved to Ohio from Lawrence, where Keturah was an architect with Treanor Architects. She earned her bachelor’s degree in industrial design and her master’s in architecture. She volunteered for the Lawrence Network and served five years as the Association’s representative on the KU Memorial Unions board. The Pohls are Life Members and Presidents Club donors. Locally she works with the Findlay Economic Development on downtown and special projects, and sits on the Findlay Hope House Board of Directors.

Clint Rogers, Director to 2025

Clint Rogers, c’98, ’19, of Ellsworth, a business administration and advertising graduate who is currently working toward his KU master’s in business administration, is president of Cashco Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of a broad line of industrial products. Since his promotion from executive vice president in 2011, he has led Cashco through an expansion into global markets by building an international sales team, and he has been instrumental in the expansion of its product line. He is a Life Member and Presidents Club donor and an active volunteer with the North Central Kansas Network, participating in events in both Ellsworth and Salina. For KU Endowment, he is a member of Jayhawk Faithful. Clint and his wife, Dimity, assoc., have one son.

Jody Bosch Sellers, Director to 2025

Jody Bosch Sellers, p’81, of Council Grove, is a retired U.S. Army pharmacist and now works as a staff pharmacist at Walgreens. She earned a doctorate of pharmacy from the University of Florida in 2007. She is a Life Member and Presidents Club donor who received a 2011 Mildred Clodfelter Alumni Award for her longtime volunteer service. She has assisted the Kansas Honor Scholars Program, Jayhawks for Higher Education and the School of Pharmacy Advisory Council, and she is a donor to KU Endowment and the Williams Education Fund. Jody and her husband, Rick, assoc., have a son and a daughter, both KU graduates.

Becky Nettels Sloan

Becky Nettels Sloan, Director to 2026

Becky Nettels Sloan, ’85, of Pittsburg, served on the Wichita Network Board and has remained involved with the Association’s Tri-State Network since returning to her hometown in Pittsburg. She and her husband, Steve, are Life Members and Presidents Club donors. They have hosted KU events and traveled to Jayhawk activities nationwide. She has volunteered for and contributed to the Kansas Honor Scholars Program and currently represents the Association on the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Athletics.

Lisa Olson Stump

Lisa Olson Stump, Director to 2028

After completing her bachelor’s degree in business, Lisa earned her law degree from Washington University in St. Louis, where she is now president of Lashly & Baer law firm. As an attorney, she has represented numerous educational institutions, including school districts and libraries. She also has worked with many public and government agencies, advising them on contracts, public employment, procurement, open meeting and records policies, conflicts of interest policies and many other issues. In 2019, Lisa was selected as a recipient of the Women’s Justice Award by Missouri Lawyers Media and honored as a YWCA Metro St. Louis Leader of Distinction. Lisa is a third-generation Jayhawk, and she and her husband, Stephen, e’85, have four sons—Brent, Curtis, Kevin and Mark—all of whom have attended KU. 

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Lisa Evans Tuchtan, Director to 2026

Lisa Evans Tuchtan, d’74, of Bethesda, Maryland, earned her KU degree in education but has worked in real estate for the bulk of her career. She is senior vice president of Jones Lang LaSalle, a global commercial real estate and property investment firm. She specializes in office leasing, portfolio management and strategic planning for national and international clients. She is a longtime volunteer for the Association’s Washington, D.C., Network and she served as a Helpful Alumni Working for KU (HAWK) volunteer at local college fairs. She is a Life Member and Presidents Club donor.

Paul Wise

Paul Wise, Director to 2028

Paul recently retired as chief technology officer for Dimensional Fund Advisors. He recently completed a five-year term as the Alumni Association’s representative on the KU Memorial Union Board, where he helped enhance coordination and communication between the Union and the Association. He also volunteers to assist current students and fellow alumni through the Association’s KU Mentoring+ program. As a student, Paul played in the KU Marching Band. He had his wife, Donna, have a daughter, Grace, who graduated from KU in 2020.

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