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NAWM Board of Directors

The mission of the NAWM Board of Directors is to help facilitate integration of the College's alumni, students, administration, parents, faculty, and friends. The Board serves to advise and assist the College's administration, when needed or desired, in successfully achieving the College's mission.

The National Association of Wabash Men

CuRRENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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President (2023-2025)

Jim Hawksworth

JIM HAWKSWORTH '95
Occupation:  Reinsurance
Current:  Managing Director & Branch Manager at Guy Carpenter, Chicago, IL
Previous:  Willis Re
Wabash Living Unit:  Theta Delta Chi
NAWM Term Expires:  2025

vice president (2023-2025)

Tony Unfried

tony unfried '03
Occupation:  Management / Entrepreneurship
Current:  CEO at Archon Tech Srategies, Indianapolis, IN
Previous:  ESG Security
Wabash Living Unit:  Lambda Chi Alpha
NAWM Term Expires:  2025

Recorder (2023-2025)

Jeremy Wentzel

ken farris '12
Occupation:  Health Care Administration
Current:  Agent, Strategic Sourcing at The Resource Group, an Ascension Company
Previous:  Healthcare Associate at Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis, MO
Wabash Living Unit:  Phi Kappa Psi
NAWM Term Expires:  2025

past president

Kip Chase

kip chase '03
Occupation:  Human Resources
Current:  Global Head of HR for Lilly Diabetes at Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
Previous:  Eli Lilly and Company
Wabash Living Unit:  Martindale Hall
NAWM Term Expires:  2025

directors

Syud Ahmed

syud "Taz" ahmed '07
Occupation:  Management Consulting
Current: Strategy and Product Commercialization Leader at 3M, St. Paul, MN
Previous:  Consultant at Boston Consulting Group, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Wabash Living Unit:  Independent
NAWM Term Expires:  2025

Kyle Bender

kyle bender '12
Occupation:  Marketing
Current:  Associate Director of Global Marketing at Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
Previous:  Manager-Corporte, Foundations & Gov Affairs at Teach for America
Wabash Living Unit:  Phi Gamma Delta
NAWM Term Expires:  2026

Mike Berry

mike Berry '92
Occupation:  Management
Current: Sr Director of Business Capability Design and Delivery at Adobe
Previous:  Sr VP, Global Head of Marketing Technology & CRM at Conde Nast
Wabash Living Unit:  Independent
NAWM Term Expires:  2025

John Castro

John Castro '97
Occupation:  Equity Broker
Current:  Managing Director at FOG Equities, LLC, Chicago, IL
Previous:  Wholesale Equity Execution Trader at Penserra
Wabash Living Unit:  Beta Theta Pi
NAWM Term Expires:  2025

Jacob German

Jake German '11
Occupation:  Attorney
Current:  Partner at Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, Indianapolis, IN
Previous:  Associate Attorney at Barnes & Thornburg, LLP
Wabash Living Unit:  Beta Theta Pi
NAWM Term Expires:  2024

Byron Lamm

byron lamm '79
Occupation:  Asset Management and Investment
Current:  Managing Partner at Pin Oak Group, LLC, Fort Wayne, IN
Previous:  
Wabash Living Unit:  Sigma Chi
NAWM Term Expires:  2025

Jared Lange

jared lange '08
Occupation:  Business Operations
Current:  Director of Business Sustainability & Development at Parkland Health, Dallas, TX
Previous:  Senior Operations Consultant for CallisonRTKL, Dallas, TX
Wabash Living Unit: Phi Delta Theta
NAWM Term Expires:  2026

Garrard McClendon

garrard mcclendon '88
Occupation:  Professor
Current:  Assistant Professor at Chicago State University, Chicago, IL
Previous:  WGN-TV
Wabash Living Unit:  Morris Hall
NAWM Term Expires:  2024

Kevin Meyer

kevin meyer '06
Occupation:  Life Sciences
Current:  President at Perfinity Biosciences, Inc. at West Lafayette, IN
Previous:  
Wabash Living Unit:  Phi Gamma Delta
NAWM Term Expires:  2026

Brian Shelbourne

neil patel '94
Occupation:  Pain Management Physician
Current:  Interventional Pain Management Physician at Brain & Spine Surgeons, New York, NY
Previous: CEO at Northeastern Pain Management, Nyack, NY
Wabash Living Unit:  Delta Tau Delta
NAWM Term Expires:  2024

Brian Shelbourne

brian shelbourne '12
Occupation:  Finance
Current:  Vice President, Originations at Merchants Capital, Carmel, IN
Previous:  Pharmaceutical Sales Rep at Vernalis, indianapolis, IN
Wabash Living Unit:  Beta Theta Pi
NAWM Term Expires:  2024

Harsh Singh

harsh singh '01
Occupation:  Executive and Venture Capitalist
Current:  Managing Principal for Lodi Ventures, Chicago, IL
Previous:  Thomas Medical
Wabash Living Unit:  Sigma Chi
NAWM Term Expires:  2026

Rick Strasser

rick strasser '02
Occupation:  Strategic Advisor
Current:  Director for Not-for-Profit & Higher Ed Advisory Services at Grant Thornton LLP, Arlington, VA
Previous:  IBM
Wabash Living Unit:  Phi Gamma Delta
NAWM Term Expires:  2025

Tony Unfried

todd vogel '04
Occupation:  Neurological Surgeon
Current:  Neurological Surgeon at Great Lakes Neurosurgical Associates, Grand Rapids, MI
Previous:  
Wabash Living Unit:  Theta Delta Chi
NAWM Term Expires:  2024

Cleo Washington

david zimmerman '93
Occupation:  Oncology and Hematology Specialist
Current:  Hematologist/Oncologist at Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology, Fort Wayne, IN
Previous:  
Wabash Living Unit:  Theta Delta Chi
NAWM Term Expires:  2026

class agent representatives

Jesse James

rudy altergott '13
Occupation:  Healthcare
Current:  Records Manager at Cardiac Surgery Associates, S.C., Chicago, IL
Previous:  Fox Rothschild LLP
Wabash Living Unit:  Independent
NAWM Term Expires:  2024

Chris Carpenter

Chris Carpenter '96
Occupation:  Management
Current:  Engagement Manager at Software Engineering Professionals (SEP), Westfield, IN
Previous:  Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Wabash Living Unit:  Delta Tau Delta
NAWM Term Expires:  2026

Regional association representatives

Ken Farris

dustin dEneal '04
Occupation:  Attorney
Current:  General Counsel at First Internet Bank, Fishers, IN
Previous:  Baker & Daniels LLP, Indianapolis, IN
Wabash Living Unit:  Phi Delta Theta
NAWM Term Expires:  2024

Wayne Hentrup

wayne hentrup '84
Occupation: Wealth Management/Retirement Planning
Current:  Founder/President/Wealth Manager at Hentrup Financial Group – Evansville, Jasper, and Fishers
Previous:  Senior Vice President at Vineyard Financial, Evansville, IN
Wabash Living Unit:  Phi Delta Theta
NAWM Term Expires:  2025

Faculty Representative

Bobby Horton

bobby horton
Occupation:  Professor
Current:  Professor of Psychology
Previous: 
Wabash Living Unit:  N/A 
NAWM Term Expires:  2026

Student representative

Luis Rivera

luis rivera '25
Occupation:  Student
Current:  Vice President of the Student Body at Wabash College
Previous: 
Wabash Living Unit:  Lambda Chi Alpha
NAWM Term Expires:  2024

Administration representatives

Michelle Janssen

MichelLe Janssen
Occupation:  Philanthropy / Non-Profit Management
Current:  Dean for College Advancement at Wabash College
Previous: Vice President of Alumni and College Relations at Berea College
Wabash Living Unit:  N/A
NAWM Term Expires:  N/A

Ron Dostal

ron dostal '92
Occupation:  Philanthropy / Non-Profit Management
Current:  Director of Alumni & Affinity Group Engagement at Wabash College
Previous:  Principal at Deloitte Consulting LLP
Wabash Living Unit:  Delta Tau Delta
NAWM Term Expires:  N/A

Presidents of the National Association of Wabash Men and Term of Office

1904-1905: Harry Joseph Milligan ‘73
1905-1906: George S. Harney ‘88
1906-1907: Dr. Joseph Rilus Eastman ‘91
1907-1908: Chase Harding ‘96
1908-1909: Albert A. Baker ‘74
1909-1910: Jesse Austin Greene ‘89
1910-1911: Arthur Alonzo Hargrave ‘81
1911-1912: Michael Emmett Foley ‘99
1912-1913: Eben Harry Wolcott ‘86
1913-1914: Finely Pogue Mount ‘90
1914-1915: William Baden Austin ‘81
1915-1916: Henry Lane Wilson ‘79
1917-1918: William Elbridge Ames ‘95
1918-1919: Daniel Dickey Hains ‘95
1919-1921: Edward Elbridge Ames ‘03
1921-1922: Russell Trall Byers ‘98
1922-1923: Miller Davis ‘08
1923-1924: Charles Norris Williams ‘76
1924-1925: Clair McTurnan ‘10
1925-1926: John Vejen Wilson ‘10
1926-1927: Herbert Hawks Gortner ‘90
1927-1928: Roy Massena ‘02
1928-1929: Joseph Johnston Daniels ‘11
1929-1930: Mark Anthony Brown ‘11
1930-1931: Paul Russell Matthews ‘13
1931-1932: Luther Edward Lewis ‘14
1932-1933: James Dupont Adams ‘09
1933-1934: Lee Norman Thorn ‘24
1934-1935: Clarence Fuson Merrell ‘09
1935-1936: George Washington Hall ‘90
1936-1937: Hinkle Cain Hays ‘12
1937-1938: Philip Clark Leffel ‘14
1938-1939: Kurt Friedrich Pantzer ‘13
1939-1941: Clyde Harrison Chase ‘13
1941-1946: John Kiley Ruckelshaus ‘22
1946-1948: Ray Prescott Johnson ‘28
1948-1949: Fred Mossman Naber ‘20
1949-1950: Charles Devon LaFollette ‘20
1950-1951: John Clarke Farber ‘15

1949-1950: Charles Devon LaFollette ‘20
1950-1951: John Clarke Farber ‘15
1951-1952: Ernest Reece Mitchell ‘22
1952-1953: Malcolm M. Edwards ‘26
1954-1956: Jack Vincent Scott ‘26
1956-1958: Richard Osborne Ristine ‘41
1958-1960: Marshall Avery Pipin ‘24
1960-1962: Robert Mathew Smith ‘36
1962-1965: Robert Ross Neal ‘33
1965-1967: Paul John Husting ‘37
1967-1969: John Richard Scott ‘42
1969-1971: Richard Gearhart Savidge ‘38
1971-1973: Willis Paul Tippett, Jr. ‘53
1973-1975: Omer Hiram Foust ‘42
1975-1977: James Lyman Keyes ‘50
1977-1979: Robert Bryan Slade ‘48
1979-1981: Frederick Corya Scott ‘60
1981-1983: John Nelson Fox, Jr. ‘64
1983-1985: Frederick Lewis Pipin ‘59
1985-1987: Fred William Ruebeck ‘61
1987-1989: Robert Wedgeworth, Jr. ‘59
1989-1991: David S. Orr ‘57
1991-1993: Roger D. Billings, Jr. ‘59
1993-1995: J. Lee McNeely ‘62
1995-1997: Roger E. Lumpp ‘66
1997-1999: Dudley A. Burgess ‘64
1999-2001: James J. Kilbane ‘84
2001-2003: Richard W. Fobes ‘72
2003-2004: Thomas E. Topper ‘70
2004-2005: James A. Davlin, V ‘85
2005-2007: William J. Fisher III ‘66
2007-2009: James Dimos ‘83
2009-2011: Mark A. Dewart ‘74
2011-2013: Gregory A. Castanias ‘87
2013-2015: R. Gregory Estell ‘85
2015-2017: Eric M. Cavanaugh '76
2017-2019: Robert E. Shook III '83
2019-2021: Marc A. Nichols '92
2021-2023: M. Kip Chase '03