Alumni Association Elects New Officers and Board Members

February 12, 2016
The Arkansas State University Alumni Association is announcing its most recently elected officers and board members. Margo AufderHeide Kagebein, BS-Marketing ’76, of DeWitt is the new president.
Margo AufderHeide Kagebein
Margo AufderHeide Kagebein

JONESBORO – The Arkansas State University Alumni Association is announcing its most recently elected officers and board members.

Margo AufderHeide Kagebein, BS-Marketing ’76, of DeWitt is the new president. Having served on the board for the past 12 years, she expressed enthusiasm for her work with the association in a letter to fellow alumni.

"In this capacity it has been an amazing, heart-warming experience reconnecting with so many people and making great new friends – fellow alumni from A-State," she wrote in the latest issue of VOICES, the association's magazine, which was mailed to members this week.

Serving as vice president is Nonie Wiggins, BSN-Nursing '83, SSCT '09, EdD ’11, while the new secretary/treasurer is Rusty Chambers, BS-Marketing '89. Both live in Jonesboro. Rich Carvell Jr., BS-Business ’91, of Bentonville is past president. Board officers serve two-year terms.

Five individuals were elected to three-year terms on the board.

From the First Congressional District are: Rick Miles, BS-Marketing ’78, of Jonesboro; Dale Morris, BA-Zoology, '70, of Forrest City; and Wiggins.

Dr. Charisse Childers, BS-Marketing ’88, MSE-Business Education ’91, SCCT Community College Teaching ’01, from Little Rock, represents the Second Congressional District.

Stacy Crawford, BA-Social Work '97, of Jonesboro, who was recently appointed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson to the ASU Board of Trustees, also has joined the Alumni Association board as an ex-officio member.

The Arkansas State University Alumni Association, which was founded in 1924, is governed by a volunteer board that meets three times per year. For more information on becoming a member of the Association, visit AStateAlumni.org.

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