Alumni Fellows and Echo 25 to Return to Campus

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Truman will be honoring recipients of the Echo 25 and Alumni Fellows awards, Sept. 27-28.

Throughout the weekend, activities will give faculty, students and staff the opportunity to interact with these award recipients. The campus community is invited to attend a Speed Advice Giving Panel featuring the Echo 25 recipients at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 27 in Violette Hall 1000. Echo 25 honorees are graduates under the age of 40 who are achieving personal and professional success. This is a great opportunity for students to hear from successful young alumni about their careers and life after Truman.

The Alumni Fellows Program is designed to enrich the Truman experience by exposing students to outstanding alumni who share extensive knowledge and real-world experience from their respective fields.

The recipients of the 2024 Alumni Fellows are:

Becky Dowil (’04)
Research scientist, Corteva Agriscience

Talley Sue Hohlfeld (’82)
Copy director, copy editor, Condé Nast

Robert Kelchen (’07)
Professor and department head, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Chuck Woods (’86)
Vice president – program management, The Boeing Company

Full bios for this year’s Fellows are available online.

The recipients of the 2024 Echo 25 are:

Stephanie Altic (’12,’13)
Speech-language pathologist and SLP resource coordinator, Ignite Medical Resorts

Adam Antor (’14)
Assistant professor of professional esports production, Ferris State University

Dan Bellavia (’12)    
Senior specialist, regulatory and scientific affairs, Nestle Purina

Maggie Bennett-Brown (’13)    
Assistant professor, Texas Tech University

Briana Bonner (’14)        
Occupational therapist, CEO of Dr. Bri The OT and World Wide Bri Travel Agency, and adjunct professor, self-employed CEO and adjunct 
professor at various universities

Angela Crawford (’08)    
Membership and marketing vice president, The Builders, a chapter of the AGC

Christy Crouse (’17)    
International human rights lawyer, Center for the Study of Law, Justice and Society - Dejusticia (Bogotá, Colombia)

Mitch Etter (’14)    
Musician/private music instructor/radio host and station coordinator, self-employed and SPACE 101.1 FM

Kate Gallen (’08)    
Attorney, Polsinelli

Jon Gill (’09,’11,’12)
Middle school vocal music and guitar teacher, Independence School District

Sarah Grace (’13)    
Marketing professor, University of Arkansas

Remi Hampton (’17)    
Founding senior talent aquisiton specialist, Family Dollar/Dollar Tree

Gordon Harrison (’08)    
Art conservation and curiosity shop owner, self-employed

Brian Jacob (’15,’17)    
German teacher, Lindbergh High School

Jerry Jones (’08)
Software engineer, Automattic

Marissa LaRose (’08)    
Managing director, arts management, Everyman Theatre

Tuong-Minh Ly-Le (’11)    
Managing director and dean, EloQ Communications; School of Media and Applied Arts, University of Management and Technology HCMC

Danielle Madsen (’10,’12)    
Math teacher at Capital City High School, Jefferson City School District

Maurice Mathis (’09)
Senior director, TRIO Pre-College Programs, North Carolina State University

Cody Lee Pey (’20)        
Pediatric palliative care social worker, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital

Allison Schlobohm (’07)        
Professor, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jonathan Terry (’05)    
Assistant dean of community clinical education, California Health Sciences University

Evie Townley (’17)
Enrollment success manager, Niche.com

Sarah Vincent (’14)    
Attorney, Husch Blackwell

Haley Wrisinger (’16)
Doctor of chiropractic, Evergreen Chiropractic

Bios of this year’s Echo 25 recipients are online.

Recipients of both awards will be featured in events and classroom activities Sept. 27-28. Additional information on these events coming soon.
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