The Nebraska Alumni Association announced the latest selection of 19 talented and accomplished individuals to the Council of Alumni Ambassadors.
The Council of Alumni Ambassadors represents all nine colleges and a wide range of class years, geographic communities and professions. Members serve three-year terms, meeting semi-annually on campus to be briefed on issues facing the university, to experience firsthand the programs of campus and the Alumni Association and to lend their input from an alumni perspective.
“The council helps the alumni association foster meaningful connections between Huskers past, present and future,” said Shelley Zaborowski, executive director of the Nebraska Alumni Association. “The group is an advocacy arm for the university and helps us champion alumni interests and strengthen the Nebraska tradition.”
New Council of Alumni Ambassadors are:
- Katherine Adkins ’84, chief legal officer, corporate secretary and chief compliance officer, Affirm, Los Angeles, California
- Barbara Bierman Batie ’80, agriculture and natural resources reporter, North Platte Telegraph, Lexington
- Ken Buell ’74, manager of college partnerships, John Deere and Co. (retired), Raymore, Missouri
- LaSharah S. Bunting ’00, CEO and executive director, Online News Association, Miramar, Florida
- Steven Cohen ’14, ’15, ’23, international horn performer; flagship store director, Seaman Schepps and Co. Inc., Flushing, New York
- Aaron ‘A.D.’ Dauel ’99, senior primary care specialist, AstraZenneca Pharmaceutical, Omaha
- Stephanie Davis Wallace ’09, ’11, ’13, chief of advancement, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln
- Randy Hawthorne ’92, director of nonprofit innovation and education, Filament Essential Services, Lincoln
- Sheena Kennedy Helgenberger ’10, community partnerships coordinator, Omaha Public Schools, Elkhorn
- Mary Link ’79, ’82, Major General and Commanding General, Army Reserve Medical Command (retired), Lincoln
- Heidi Mendez ’95, ’97, school psychologist (retired) West Des Moines, Iowa
- Robert O’Neal ’74, ’78 Sarpy and Otoe County judge (retired), Papillion
- Sandeep Pisharody ’04, ’06, associate technology officer, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Concord, Massachusetts
- Adam Post ’10, ’12, architect and higher education leader, DLR Group, Lincoln
- Allie Reynolds ’25, president, Student Alumni Association, Fort Collins, Colorado
- Amanda Sirian Young ’07, instructional designer, HDR, Omaha
- Tessa Warner ’06, ’12, Lincoln realtor and team leader, Monarch Homes Real Estate Group, Seattle, Washington
- Alexander Wheeler ’10, Operations and development manager, Washington State Parks Foundation, Seattle, Washington
- Ashlee Kocina Young ’09, Associate director, Center for First-generation Student Success, Fairfax, Virginia
