Alumni Council
Overview
The Baldwin Wallace University Alumni Council is the Executive Board of the BW Alumni Association. The alumni council includes the officers of the Alumni Association, Council-at-Large members, presidents of alumni organizations who serve ex officio and past presidents of the Alumni Association who are lifetime members. Members of the alumni council typically serve a term of three years.
Mission
The mission of the alumni council is to represent the interests of BW alumni and to serve as informed ambassadors for the University. The alumni council meets several times per year; since 2020, all meetings have been virtual or in person with a virtual option. Council members volunteer in support of a variety of BW initiatives and select recipients of the Alumni Merit Award and the Family Heritage Award. Members are expected to attend alumni events on and off-campus as their schedule permits. Proximity to campus is not a requirement, as there are many opportunities to get involved remotely.
Serve on the Alumni Council
To learn more about serving on the alumni council, please email bwalumni@bw.edu. You may also submit a nomination here. Self-nominations are also encouraged.
Updated February 2024
Officers of the Alumni Council
President
Brianna Razzante '15, '19 (MAEd)
First Vice President
Penny Forster '01
Second Vice President
Amy McGahan '92
Third Vice President
Jody Dettmer Halley '92
Immediate Past President
Jeff Dettmer ‘94
Council-at-Large (listed alphabetically)
Carlynn Arthur '18
Leslie Bamann '75
Shanice Christopher Brown '10
Bob Buchanan '87 (MBA) - Ex Officio, MBA Association
Tony Cipollone '92, '01 (MAEd)
Cindy A. Cogswell '11 (MAEd)
Kathy Conway-Molek '91
Jim Dettmer '67
Janet Gosche '82
Lauren Hanna '08
Lar'Mara Henderson '99
Julie Jones '92 - Ex Officio, Brown & Gold Club
John Kapusta '87
Rebecca Kapusta '13
Nicole Krejci-LeGalley '92
Amy Manzo '08
Greg Mason '84
Margaret "Muggsy" Bade Mason '59
Cory McComas '13, '13 (MBA)
Karen Melton '87, '90 (MBA)
Ralph Moody '80
Kathy Papp '96, '02 (MBA)
Lily Pattyn '19 - Ex Officio, Women for BW
Mark Peracchio '84
Kiara Rivera '22 (MPH)
Armand Rivers '15, '15 (MBA)
J.R Rudolph '16
Donna Bade Shirey '66
Richard Teel '13
Tony Walker '92
Philip Wallace '13
Rachel Wilken '16
Pam Zwolinski-Gliozzi '96
Past Presidents
1977-79 Clyde Bartter '53
1979-81 Joan Dondrea Lowry '56
1983-84 Thomas G. Clevidence '72
1984-85 Patricia Cirigliano Ciancutti '57
1985-86 William B. Summers, Jr. '72
1991-92 Larry Sklenka '71
1994-96 Jim Johnson '78
2000-01 Linda Lutz Dettmer '64
2002-03 Christopher Zito '80
2005-06 Jerry Baron '71
2007-08 Debra Yost Lyons '94
2009-10 James Westbrook '69
2011-12 Dave Petrus '69
2015-17 Laurel Zurawick '92, '98 MBA
2017-19 Curt Brown '90
2019-2021 Doug Goepfert '68
2021-2023 Jeff Dettmer ‘94
Past Presidents - In Memoriam
We remember with gratitude the following past presidents of the BW Alumni Association.
1920-21 Hilbert T. Ficken
1921-22 Frederick Roehm '02
1922-24 Frances F. Mills 1896
1924-26 Paul E. Bauer 1876
1926-27 Hilbert T. Ficken '08
1927-28 Archie M. Mattison 1875
1928-29 Margaret E. Edwards '07
1929-34 Elias P. Roe 1898
1934-36 Earl R. Henderson '26
1936-38 Ethel Pettit Clark '33
1938-41 Robert K. Homan '27
1941-43 C. Eugene Bryenton '23
1943-45 Harold A. White '25
1945-46 Lewis W. Black '25
1946-47 Richard E. Van Almen '37
1947-49 Harry E. Wells '28
1949-51 Malcolm Thomson '27
1951-53 Peter S. Barno '35
1953-55 Orton B. Stauffer '35
1955-56 Hiram L. McDade, Jr. '38
1956-57 Homer R. Bomgardner '40
1957-58 Hiram L. McDade, Jr. '38
1958-60 Roy Seitz '43
1960-61 James M. Snodgrass '50
1961-63 Dr. Jacob O. Kamm '40
1963-65 Dr. John R. Sinnema '33
1965-67 Charles S. Greanoff '37
1967-69 Nelson G. Spoth '40
1969-71 Lee Ellsworth '50
1971-73 Dan T. Mihuta '49
1973-74 Wallace R. Steffen '47
1974-77 Dr. Robert C. Cawrse '38
1981-82 Floyd E. Storey '39
1982-83 Boyd H.Warnsman '62
1986-87 Georgia Delis Hook '52
1987-89 Dr. Thomas Riemenschneider '57,
'87 MBA
1989-91 Eloise Shaefer Tressel '72
1992-94 Lee Ellsworth '50
1996-97 Joe Mayer '51
1998-99 Paul "Sparky" Adams '69
2004 Fumiko Lizik Rice '78, '81 MBA
2013-15 Dave Tressel '73, '78 MAEd
