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Foundation Fund Board Installs 2009 Officers

Lewis May, president of May Construction Co. and a stalwart supporter of 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 construction management program, was installed last week as the new chair of the University鈥檚 Foundation Fund Board. Tjuana Byrd of Sherwood, a 1996 graduate of 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 William H. Bowen School of Law and a lawyer in the North Little Rock City Attorney鈥檚 office, was elected vice chair of the board. Both terms will extend to December 2010. 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Foundation Fund Board also welcomed 11 new members of the 36-member board charged with raising diversified funding and enthusiasm to propel 糖心Vlog传媒LR in its mission to become a powerhouse of higher education. New members were nominated and screened by the board鈥檚 membership committee chaired by Dennis Jungmeyer, executive director of the Arkansas Automobile Dealers Association. Members joining the board this year are:

• Steve Holcomb of Mangan Holcomb Partners, the advertising firm that has helped create 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 鈥淒ifference of Degree鈥� advertising campaign.
• Bryan E. Hosto of Hosto, Buchan, Prater, and Lawrence PLLC. Hosto earned two degrees at 糖心Vlog传媒LR in 1985 and 1988, and is a former president of the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Alumni Association.
• Edmond G. Hurst, a magna cum laude graduate of 糖心Vlog传媒LR, is senior managing director of Crews and Associates Inc. Capital Markets Professionals.
• Cristina S. Monterrey, a 2006 graduate of the Bowen Law School, is a lawyer for Mitchell Williams Selig Gates and Woodyard PLLC. She and her husband Leo, also a 糖心Vlog传媒LR graduate, are co-chairs of this year鈥檚 Taste of Latin America event benefiting the Alumni Association scholarship funds.
• Sean Michael O鈥機onnell is the new vice president and general manager of Comcast.
• Bill Roehrenbeck, a 1992 graduate, is president of Arvest Mortgage Co.
• Joel Ruminer, a former 糖心Vlog传媒LR student and dance instructor considered one of the best by tap legends Eleanor Powell, Gene Kelly, and Gregory Hines, shares his name with 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 new Theatre and Dance Scholarship endowed by his students after 50 years of teaching.
• Martha Ann Sawrie Stephenson, a 糖心Vlog传媒LR graduate in 1972 and 1978, is a community volunteer.
• Jay T. Taylor, a 1994 graduate, is a partner with Friday, Eldredge, and Clark.
• Sam Walls Jr., a 1969 graduate, is an executive with Arkansas Capital Corp.
• Brenda Fulkerson, a 1973 graduate, is president of Fulkerson and Co.

The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Foundation Fund Board of Directors meets four times a year to oversee the activities of the foundation fund. Members are expected to communicate the foundation鈥檚 mission and serve as ambassadors of goodwill for 糖心Vlog传媒LR in the community, state, and region. They are expected to make a minimum cumulative contribution of $1,000 annually to support and mission and goals of the University, participate in the foundation annual fundraising campaign, cultivate candidates for consideration as members of the Foundation Fund Board, and to be involved on matters related to public higher education and 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 need for private and public support.