ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ADVISORY BOARD
The Alumni Advisory Board was formed in Spring 2002. In a change from the former Executive Committee of the TTU Alumni Association, this Board is comprised of 12 TTU alumni, representing all six colleges and every decade from the 1950s through the 1990s. The Board meets a minimum of twice a year, with subcommittees meeting more often as necessary. They are involved in all major decisions relating to Tennessee Tech Alumni Relations, including choosing Alumni Award winners, and offering products and services to alumni. Julie Galloway is currently serving as president of the Alumni Association, and Tracey Duncan, director of Alumni Relations, serves as executive director.
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Current Advisory Board members are:
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Maggie Anderson (home economics '56)
Anderson is from Cookeville, graduating from TTU, with a major in Home Economics and a minor in Science. She was a Tech Cheerleader, Homecoming Queen and made "Who's Who in American Universities & Colleges." Anderson taught school for seven years and has been in real estate for 32 years. She is currently a realtor with American Way Real Estate Co. in Cookeville.
Maggie has been married for 48 years to Niels C. Andersen, and they have two sons: Christian and Ted Thanning. The couple has lived in the Washington, D.C., area, Maryland, Virginia, Texas, Louisiana and Kansas, before Maggie convinced her husband that Cookeville, Tenn., was the only place to be. They love it here!
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Todd Blandin (business '92)
Blandin recently became a firefighter for Cobb County, Ga., after a 20-year career in marketing and public relations. He and his wife, Kathy, live in Sautee Nacoochee, Ga., where Todd also volunteers as a lieutenant with the White County Fire Department. He is also involved with the Sautee Nacoochee Community Center and Piedmont College's Theatre Program.
While at TTU, Blandin was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, was active with the student chapter of the American Marketing Association and volunteered with the American Red Cross. |
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Julie Mills Galloway (political science '92, M.A. '95)
 Galloway is well acquainted with Alumni Relations, having spent more than 10 years in the TTU Alumni Association. Director of our Division of Basic Business, she also advises the College of Business Administration Student Ambassadors and our collegiate 4-H chapter. Before this, Julie was an area coordinator for our Division of Extended Education. She’s also a past president of the Tennessee 4-H Alumni Association.
Julie lives in Cookeville and is married to Chris Galloway (business management '92).
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Alan Guinn (history '75)
 CEO and managing director of The Guinn Consultancy Group, Inc., Guinn is recognized as an expert across a variety of businesses. GCG offers seminar and training content in human resources, finance and leadership/management to industry and government; the consultancy handles a variety of licensing of both retail and intellectual property. Guinn has licensed his "Psyched for..." series of book titles since the success of his first book, Psyched for Life.
He and his wife, Denise, live in Bristol, Tenn.
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Randy Keifer (civil engineering '85)
 Keifer is senior project manager at Stone Brothers Welding in Cookeville and worked in Nashville in concrete construction for five years before moving back to Cookeville. A graduate of Leadership Putnam, Citizens Police Academy and Citizens Fire Academy, he's currently a member of WCTE-TV, the Chamber of Commerce and Cookeville United Soccer Club.
He's married to Melinda Keifer, home economics ’83.
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Keith Madison (business ’98, M.B.A. ’99)
 Madison is manager of the Business and Financial Applications department in TVA’s Information Systems organization. In addition to his role on the Alumni Advisory Board, Keith also serves on the TTU Black Alumni Advisory Board, serving as an alumni mentor. While on campus, he was active in many organizations, serving as president of both Alpha Phi Alpha and the Black Student Organization.
Keith lives in Chattanooga with his wife Sequanta (business ’98), and their two children, Jayden and Jaiya.
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Becky Roberson Magura (education '80, M.S.'81)
 Magura is president and general manager of WCTE-TV, Cookeville's PBS affiliate, produced "Robbin Esther's Secret Box," an award-winning series on child sexual abuse which is in national distribution. She's past board chair of the National Educational Telecommunications Association Center for Instructional Communications; locally, she's a member of the Lazarus House Hospice Board, Putnam County Literacy Council, Upper Cumberland Council on Children and Youth, Leadership Putnam, Bryan Symphony Association and Putnam County Health Council.
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Lem McSpadden (industrial technology '71)
 McSpadden is owner of A+ Home Inspection Services, a company that provides impartial inspections for both buyers and sellers, and owner of EnviroTENN, a mold and allergy testing and sampling service that assists home owners in determining mold and allergy related issues in the indoor environment. Before launching both ventures in 2001 and 2003 respectfully, Lem retired from Fleetguard after 30 years.
Along with his wife, Donna (business managment '75), Lem received the first-ever TBR Chancellor's Award for Philanthropy in April 2003. The couple resides in Cookeville.
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Tammy Hayes Reynolds (business management '97, M.A. '00)
 Reynolds is a certified senior professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and presently serves as HR director for HCA Shared Services in Nashville. In addition to her role on the Alumni Advisory Board, Reynolds also serves on the TTU Black Alumni Advisory Board. She spent nearly 14 years on the TTU campus where she served as director of Minority Affairs and later, employment manager. In 2002, she completed a master's in educational leadership from Tennessee Tech.
Tammy lives in Murfreesboro, Tenn., with her husband, Glenn, and their two children, Trey and Kylana.
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Eddie Roberts (agribusiness economics '85)
 Roberts began his career with Mid-State Cooperative in Columbiana, Ala. Eddie returned to Cleveland, Tenn., in 1988 to join Bradley Cooperative as assistant manager; he was named general manager in 1995. He is currently general manager and treasurer of the Bradley/Bledsoe Counties Farmer’s Cooperative. Eddie's also a board member of the Bradley County Tri-State Exhibition Center as well as the Bradley County Agricultural Hall of Fame.
He is married to Ann Gibson Roberts (biology '88).
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Bedelia Hicks Russell (nursing '97)
 Russell a TTU assistant professor of nursing, began her career as a staff nurse at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, and moved on to Vanderbilt University Medical Center before returning to Cookeville to teach. She earned a master’s from Vanderbilt and is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner and operating room nurse.
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Don Welch (business '63)
 Welch recently retired from W.R. Whitaker & Company in Cookeville after 35 years. A past member of the Cookeville/Putnam County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Model Cities Program Board, College of Business Foundation, Optimist Club and Cookeville Jaycees.
Don is married to Marcia Whitaker Welch (education ’63).
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Brent Waugh (psychology '04)
 Brent Waugh is assistant director for communications at Colorado State University's Office of Events & Constituent Engagement. Prior to CSU, Waugh served as Events & Media Relations Manager at Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee. Waugh began his career as a marketing specialist at Choice Spine in Knoxville, Tenn., later joining the Communications Arts faculty at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Ga. Waugh is a member of the Knoxville Track Club, the Knoxville Greenways Coalition and Young Professionals of Knoxville. He also enjoys providing public relations freelance work to many organizations, including River Sports Outfitters and The Tennessee ToeOFF Trot 5k. A Phi Gamma Delta alum, Waugh served as SGA President and was named the 2004 recipient of the TTU Derryberry Award.
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Randy Wilmore (business '82)
 Wilmore is chief executive officer of Mid-Tennessee Bone and Joint Clinic in Columbia, Tennessee. After 10 years in the banking industry, he moved to healthcare, serving as administrator of the Frist Clinic, Clarksville Surgical Associates and Nashville Medical Group and spent several years as a healthcare consultant. Wilmore is a past National TTU Alumni President and currently is a member of the Board of Directors of the Kiwanis Club of Columbia and Kings Daughters School. He also serves as board chairman of the Maury County Family YMCA and the on the Executive Committee of the Maury Alliance and chairs the Alliance’s Public Affairs Council. He is a graduate of Leadership Maury and is a Past President of the Tennessee Medical Group Management Association.
He is married to Lucinda (Cindy) Jeffreys Wilmore and has two sons, Taylor and Ryan.
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