UOAA Board of Directors
The UOAA is overseen by a board of directors that manages the association’s finances and advises the UOAA Executive Director and staff on how best to engage UO alumni.
The board consists of between 38 and 44 voting members and represent the broad diversity of all UO alumni in all respects, including but not limited to age, class year, school and degree, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and participation in various student and alumni programs.
Members of the board are also alumni who have remained active with UO alumni and/or current students, or who have demonstrated a history of service to other communities.
Three non-voting members also serve on the UOAA board:
- The UOAA Executive Director
- The UO’s Vice President for Advancement
- The Student Alumni Association’s Director of Alumni Relations
The board meets in person three times each year—twice in Eugene and once in Portland. Meetings are generally all day on a Friday and a half day on Saturday in the fall, winter, and spring. Board members commit to participating in all board meetings and serving as ambassadors within the UO alumni community.
Learn more about the nomination process for the UOAA Board.
Meet the Board
Officers
Anthony Lambatos, BS '04
Co-Owner, Footers Catering and Events
Erin Watkinson, BA '00
Chief Operations Officer, Williams Athletic Club
Gabby Witte, BS '14, MAcc '15
Events Marketing Manager, Impossible Foods and Founder, Keto Pint
Grant Smith, JD '20, MBA '20
Finance Lead, Investor Relations, NIKE, Inc.
Raphe Beck
Executive Director, UOAA
Randall "Randy" Choy, BA '86, MS '98
VP Community Giving/Nonprofit Partnerships, Umpqua Bank and Managing Director, Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation
Joyce Lynn Garrett, BA '68, MA '73, MS '81, PhD '82
Retired Professor and Dean
Tahni (Brown) Higashiyama, BS '92
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
April Koda, BA '06
Sr. Director of Trade Promotions, The Simply Good Foods Company
Directors
Elizabeth Ahern, BA '00
Employee Experience Leader, Adobe
Fawzi Alkadi, BS '96
Partner, FFK Enterprises
Dominique Beaumonté, BA '03
Communications and Development Director, Education Nonprofit
Kristen Bennett, BS '08
CEO, Service Year Alliance
Jolene Bettles, BS '19
Care Coordinator, HIV Alliance
Kirsten Blair, BA '01
Manager of Early Career Experience, Amazon
Lisa Lawrence Brody, Esq., BA '92, JD '95
Chief Strategy Officer, Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg
Joseph Buck
Vice President for Advancement, University of Oregon
Emily Escobosa, BA '10
Director of Operations, Kappa Delta Sorority National Headquarters
Heather D. Goodpasture, BS '89
Small Business Owner, Northpark Village
Max Green, BS ’20
Finance and Strategy, Netflix
Mollie Schneider Halvorsen, BS '98
Partner, Schneider Development and Realtor, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services
Jasmin Hartmeier, BA '14
Senior Director of Public Relations, Chemistry Cultura
Luis Hernández, BA '98
CEO and Board Member, Cultiva LLC
Joel Hood, BA ’99
Director of Leadership Communications, American Medical Association
Hugh Jensen, BS '94
Principal Coach and Consultant, CoachingToResults.com
Debra (Schloe) Kagawa, BS '80
Branch Manager and Registered Investment Adviser, Capital Resources and Insurance, Inc.
Timothy Kamp, BArch ’12
Senior Workplace Designer/NIKE, Inc.
Colin Kelly, BA '03
Assistant Chief Counsel, California Department of Toxic Substances Control
Greg Leo, BS '74
Owner, The Leo Company
Nick Macilveen, BA '00
Founder & Managing Director, Embarcatec
T.D. Malone, BA ’01
Technical Product Owner, Sprezzatura Management Consulting
Anjali Mishra, BS ’23
Undergraduate Admission Officer, Stanford University
Eduardo "Eddy" Morales, '04
City Council President, City of Gresham
Geri Naumcheff-Berg, BA ’88, MA ’90
Business Development Executive, Belay Diagnostics
Kānealii Ng-Osorio, BS '98
Strategy Consultant, Kamehameha Schools
Olivia Ortery, Class of 2026
Student Representative
Erik Parrish, BS '03, MActg '04
CFO, Deployed Logix
Mike Paulsen, BS '78
Retired Marketing Executive, Advantage Solutions
Jessica Quinn, BS '15
Vice President, Obie Companies
Grier Ross, BS '98
Chief Lending Officer for Commercial Banking, City National Bank, an RBC Company
Oliver Schweizer, BA '07
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, U.S. Department of Treasury
José Simón Villa, BS '72, MS '74
Retired CEO, East Coast Migrant Head Start Project
Alexa Tieu Whippo, BS '10
Manager, External Communications, Deloitte, LLP
Julia Wong, BS '18, MNM '22
Associate Director of Events, Fanconi Anemia Research Fund
Sam Woodell, BS ’14
Tax Senior Manager/CPA, Perkins & Co.
Brandi Zeman, BS '01
CFO, Copper River Seafoods