Alumni 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.

Todd Blandin (business '92)

Blandin is public relations director for Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning. Prior to joining Bright, he worked in a variety of marketing and communications positions in corporate, non-profit and agency environments. A Sigma Chi alumnus, he was recently appointed an advisory member of the First Lady's Children's Cabinet. Blandin, who is also involved with Cliff Valley School and the American Red Cross, is married to Kathy Blum Blandin.

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).

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.

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.

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.

Betty Lawson McDowell (chemistry '51)

McDowell went on to get a master's in inorganic chemistry from UT-Knoxville in 1954. After graduating, she worked for Oak Ridge National Laboratory until June 1990. She also did contract work in technical abstracting and indexing
from 1965 until 1990 for various companies. She and her husband, W. Jackson (Jack) McDowell (chemistry '51) operated East Tennessee Radiometric Analytical Chemicals
together until his death in 1994. Betty, who lives in Knoxville, retired from the company in 1996.

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.

Tammy Hayes Reynolds (business management '97, M.A. '00)

Reynolds is a generalist for Human Resources at Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Tenn. Previously, she was employment manager for Human Resources at Tennessee Tech, was active on many university committees and served as advisor to three student community-service organizations. Tammy lives in Cookeville with her husband and two children.

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).

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.

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, he's married to Marcia Whitaker Welch (education ’63).

Randy Wilmore (business '82)

Wilmore is Chief Executive Officer of Mid-Tennessee Bone and Joint Clinic in Columbia, Tenn., and currently serves as Vice President of the Tennessee Medical Group Management Association. 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 past National TTU Alumni President and currently is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Columbia. He serves on the boards of the Maury County Family YMCA and the Maury County Arthritis Advisory Council and is a participant in Leadership Maury. He is married to Lucinda (Cindy) Jeffreys Wilmore and is the father of Taylor and Ryan.