James Madison University

Be The Change

Madison professors, students, alumni and donors have been changing the world for more than 100 years.

JAMES MADISON - 4th U.S. President

CAROLYN ABITBOL - Professor of Pediatrics, Clinical Director of Pediatric Dialysis

DONNA AMENTA - Professor of Chemistry

MARCIA ANGELL, MD - Senior lecturer, Harvard Medical School

SHAWN ARNOLD - Career counselor, advocate for people with disabilities

KATE ARECCHI - Directing change

ANDY BACON - Raising funds for cancer research

MARGARET BAGNARDI - ISAT professor of nursing

CAROLE BALDWIN - Marine biologist

BRIAN BALMAGES - Composer, conductor, performer, producer

JOHN BARRICK - Senior Manager of Race Vehicle Engineering, General Motors

KEN BARTEE - Alumni award winner and CEO

PHIL BIGLER - Madison Center Director, 1998 National Teacher of the Year

DR. NORLYN BODKIN - Professor Emeritus of Biology, Edith J. Carrier Arboretum educational coordinator

CASEY BOUTWELL - Founding co-editor JMU Research Journal

KEITH BRILL - Meteorologist, National Weather Service

DR. CHRISTIE-JOY BRODRICK HARTMAN - Executive Director, Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World

DOUGLAS BROWN - Provost of excellence

SHELBY BROWN - CBS WTVR-TV Chesterfield beat reporter

WILLIAM BUCK - Professor of Theatre, Director of the JMU School of Theatre and Dance

JULIAN A. BURRUSS - JMU's first president

PAT BRUCE - Professor, mentor, advocate

MICHAEL CAPPETO - Education assessment professional

TOM CARR - TAG founder and business development manager, Cisco Systems Inc.

MATT CARASELLA - Founder, Little Shutterbugs

RONALD E. CARRIER - JMU's fourth president

GINJER CLARKE - Children's Book Author

DAN COLE - Running to fight cancer

JUSTIN CONSTANTINE - Advocate for wounded veterans

CYNTHIA COOLBAUGH - Section Head for Conference Services for the International Atomic Energy Agency

MAJ. PATRICK CREED - Reconstructing a nation

JOE DAMICO - JMU Rector, business leader and philanthropist

AVERY DAUGHERTY - Sparking instrumental change

KAI DEGNER - OrangeBand Initiative Executive Director

DR. MARK DERTZBAUGH - Chief of Business Plans and Programs, USAMRIID

SUE DICKSON - International Educator

LT. COL MIKE DILLON - Military officer, football coach, mentor

TOM DINGLEDINE - Scholarship Donor and Madison Friend

VICKIE DODSON - A teacher with heart

DR. DAN DOWNEY - Professor of Chemistry

SAMUEL PAGE DUKE - JMU's second president

LINIA DUNCAN - Student leader and advocate for diversity awareness

CURT DVONCH - Integrated Science and Technology major

KATY ELMORE - Learning disabilities math teacher

ED ESTES - Retired President and CEO, Great Coastal Express

DAWN EVANS - NephCure Foundation ambassador and top scorer in JMU women's basketball

KAREN EVANS - Honors Program instructor

DR. RICHARD EVANS - Undergraduate Coordinator, JMU Department of Exceptional Education

VANESSA EVANS - President, JMU Black Alumni Chapter

RICHARD FINKELSTEIN - Master of theater's visual world

JUDITH FLOHR - Kinesiology professor

GAY FINLAYSON - Advocate for individuals with autism

SHIRLEY 'LEA' FOLEY - JMU housekeeper and green advocate

BRUCE AND LOIS CARDARELLA FORBES ('64) - JMU benefactors

MARLON FOSTER - Musician and teacher

ERIN FRYE - Finding a home with African orphans

JOANNE GABBIN - English Professor, Furious Flower Poetry Center Founder

MARK GABRIELE - Assistant Professor of Biology

CHRIS GATESMAN - Leader and role model

ELIZABETH GAULDIN - Space Scientist and Pioneer

VALERIE GIBBS - Dingledine Scholar

JOANN GRAYSON - Psychology professor

ORIS GRIFFIN - Professor, College of Education

JAZMINIA GRIFFITH - Poet

JENNIFER GRIFFITH - Marketing major and volunteer

DAVID GRIMM - Business and community leader

DEBBIE GRIMM - Youth educator

DONNA SIZEMORE HALE - Executive Director, American String Teachers Association

CHARLES HALEY - NFL All-Pro and Five-Time Super Bowl Champion

BARBARA HALL - Television Writer and Producer

SARITA HARTZ - Director, Zion Project

KIM HARTZLER-WEAKLEY - Director, JMU Office on Children and Youth

DERWIN HENDERSON - LAPD officer and kids' hero

MIKE HOSS - News Anchor, WWL-TV New Orleans

VIDA HUBER - Associate Dean, College of Integrated Science and Technology and nursing professor

DAN IRWIN - NASA researcher, community activist

JMU ALUMNI - A century of bolstering Madison's future

ERIC JOHNSON - Creator of Open Source Shakespeare

PAMELA JOHNSON - Professor of Theatre

BLAKE JONES - Biologist, Hawaiian Endangered Bird Conservation Program

JESSICA KAHN - Special Education Teacher

JOSH KELAHER - Dingledine Scholar

SHANNON KENNAN - Assistant director of university information

KATIE KING - Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's 2007 Virginia Woman of the Year

LESLEY KIPLING - Iraq War veteran

KARINA KLINE-GABEL - Lecturer, Spanish and Director of AMISTAD

KEVIN KNIGHT - Firefigher, former USL Richmond Kickers defender

MARGOT KNIGHT - President and CEO of United Arts of Central Florida

JONATHAN KOVES - Entrepreneur and founder of Iraqinews.com

DR. SUSAN E. KRUCK - Associate professor, Computer Information Systems

DAVID LaMOTTE - Independent musician and activist

EMILY LEWIS LEE - World War II veteran

STEVE LEEOLOU - Entrepreneur and Madison Century Campaign leader

GORDON LEISCH - Retired field biologist

DOLORES PHALEN LESCURE - Community leader and former president of the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation

LAURENCE LEWIS - Founding co-editor JMU Research Journal

GLADYS KEMP LISANBY - Founding president, Mississippi State Committee, National Museum of Women in the Arts

NATHAN LYON - Chef, host of Discovery Health's 'A Lyon in the Kitchen'

AMY MACALEER- 2007-08 Milken Educator Award winner

GINA MACDONALD - Associate Professor of Chemistry

SONJA MACYS - Executive Director, Tucson Audubon Society

MAILIZAR - Raising the bar for Indonesian students

VIRGINIA MANN - Registered nurse

SAMIER MANSUR - International affairs major and President, Muslim Student Association

NATE MARSH - JMU video producer

MAJ. GEN. RAYMOND MASON - American soldier and JMU ROTC pioneer

CHARLES T. MAY JR. - NCIS Special Agent

BETH McGINNIS - HIV Education Coordinator

MEME McKEE - Peace Corps volunteer

BOBBY MCMAHON - Homebuilder, Habitat for Humanity International

CHALLACE McMILLIN - Madison College's First NCAA Football Coach, Kinesiology Professor

AMY McPHERSON - Executive Vice President for Global Sales and Marketing, Marriott International

G. TYLER MILLER - JMU's third president

MATT MILLER - Founder of C Different Foundation

MIKE MIRIELLO - Freelance photographer, children's advocate

DR. SUSHIL MITTAL- Director, Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence

DANIEL MORGAN ('10) - Socially conscious designer

MARGARET MOORE - Pioneering educator and clinician in physical therapy

TOWANA MOORE - Associate Vice President for Business and practical environmentalist

LEE MORRISON - Professor, coach, Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Inductee

MARCY HONNOLD MORRISON - Author, speaker, career consultant

1ST LT. TYLER MOYER - U.S. Army fire support officer

ROGER MYERS - Bus driver, volunteer

TRACEY NEALE - Emmy Award-winning news anchor/reporter

SOON HEE NEWBOLD AND ERIN RETTIG - Delivering the sound of music

DEE NILSEN - JMU staff member and relief worker

DR. JOHN B. NOFTSINGER JR. - Vice Provost for Research and Public Service

JMU Nursing Student Association - Making a difference

MARY ELLEN GARBER OTTO - Reading advocate and community leader

KATHLEEN PANTALEO - Caregivers Community Network

MARIA PAPADAKIS - ISAT professor and sustainability educator

ROSS PATERSON - Development director of Glocal Ventures Inc.

ERIN PEACOCK - Teach for America corps member

MICHAEL PERETICH - Chemistry and Mathematics major

JOY PETWAY - Social worker and past president JMU Black Student Alliance

J. PETER PHAM - Assistant Professor, Justice Studies
Director, Nelson Institute for International and Public Affairs

JANET PHILLIPS - Golf professional and community leader

LAURIE TUSING PHILLIPS - Special education teacher

ROBERT AND FRANCES PLECKER - JMU benefactors

CARRIE OWEN PLIETZ ('97) - American College of Healthcare Executives 2010 Young Healthcare Executive of the Year

RYAN POWANDA - Integrated Science and Technology major

DON RHYMER - Screenwriter and humorist

JIM AND JULIE RILEY - Established Riley Family Centennial Scholarship

DAVE RIZZO - Forest Pathologist and Professor

RICHARD M. ROBERDS - Silver Star recipient, founder of College of Integrated Science and Technology

DICK AND SHIRLEY HANSON ROBERTS - JMU benefactors

ALEXANDRA ROBBINS - Interim co-director of Aziza's Place in Cambodia

JAMES ROBINSON - Director, Office of Equal Opportunity and JMU sports fan

SCOTT ROGERS - Founder, TakeThemAMeal.com

INEZ GRAYBEAL ROOP - James Madison University benefactor

LINWOOD H. ROSE - JMU's 21st Century president

LEAH ROSENWASSER - Project Coordinator, Reading Road Show

JOHN ROTHENBERGER - Entrepreneur in Residence

DAVE SANDERSON - Miracle worker

KATIE SCHNABLE - Raising support for Russian orphans

JULIE SCHNEIDER - Elementary school teacher and arctic explorer

TIM SCHULTE - Director, Counseling and Psychological Services Clinic and
Interprofessional Services for Learning Assessment

BRANDON SCHULTZ - Director, Clinical and Consultative Services, Baird Center

CHRISTIAN SCHWANTES - Changing the conversation about chemistry

HEATHER SCHWARZ- Recipient of the Heather M. Empfield Scholarship in Autism

KATIE SCHWIZER- Pruden Scholar

DR. BRENDA SEAL - Professor, Communications Sciences and Disorders

BERTIE SELVEY- Arts supporter and founder of Byrd Watchers

JONATHAN 'TODD' SHIFFLETT - Making a difference with music

W. RAYMOND 'BUDDY' SHOWALTER JR. - Team player and lead donor

LISA SHULL- Dream builder

DR. MARY SLADE - Professor, College of Education

THE REV. CHARLES DOUGLAS 'DOUG' SMITH - Executive director of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy

SISTER GLENNA SMITH - Director, Benedictine Counseling Services

CAPT. JEFF SOULE - Army Ranger, cyclist

WESLI SPENCER - Former Student Government Association president

ANNE STEWART - Professor, Graduate Psychology

STANLEY STEWART - 2007 Virginia Administrator of the Year

LEVAR STONEY - Former executive director, Democratic Party of Virginia

DIANE STRAWBRIDGE - Director of Student Retention for the Centennial Scholars Program

JUDY STRICKLER - Donor, member of JMU Board of Visitors

DEBRA SUTTON - Health science professor

ELIZABETH SWALLOW - Physician and School of Music benefactor

LAURA TAALMAN - Assistant Professor of Mathematics

KIMBERLY TAYLOR - Guidance counselor

JASON TEASLEY - Artist and Peace Corps volunteer

CASEY TEMPLETON - 2005 College Photographer of the Year

SAMANTHA TERRY - Social Entrepreneur

BRUCE THAYER - Coach and volunteer

KATHY THOMAS- Childbirth Educator, co-chair CoB Campaign Committee

MIKE THOMAS - President, Lockheed Martin's Global Security Solutions Group

JEFF TICKLE - Teacher, business executive, community leader

SEAN TOBIN - Director of Cross Rates Sales, Deutsche Bank

DENNIS TRACZ - Entrepreneur, CEO of Barista on Demand

KATE TRAMMELL - Professor of Dance

MATT TRYBUS - A heart for Hondurans

CHRISTINA UPDIKE - JMU visual resources curator, scholarship benefactor

CAROLYN COPLEY WAKE - A lifetime of service

CATHY WEBB - Pediatric nurse and nursing instructor

PATRICK WIGGINS - 2010 Pearson Fellow

DR. LOUISE WILKINS-HAUG - Director for Maternal Fetal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

BRITTANY WILLIAMS - Miss United States 2008

J. CRAIG WILLIAMS - Attorney and lecturer

MANDY WOODFIELD - Presidential Management Fellow and health advocate

DR. PATRICIA WRIGHT - Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction

DR. GRACE WYNGAARD - Biology professor and Madison Scholar

AMY PORTER ZACAROLI - Caring for AIDS orphans in South Africa

Alphabetical listing

A

Carolyn Abitbol ('67)

Marcia Angell, MD ('60)

Shawn Arnold ('76, '81M)

B

Andy Bacon ('00)

Margaret Bagnardi

Carole Baldwin ('81)

Brian Balmages ('98)

John Barrick ('76)

Ken Bartee ('83)

Casey Boutwell ('08)

Keith Brill ('77)

Dr. Christie-Joy Brodrick Hartman

Douglas T. Brown

Shelby Brown ('83)

Julian A. Burruss

C

Michael Cappeto ('70), ('71M)

Matt Carasella ('03)

Ronald E. Carrier

Ginjer Norris Clarke ('94)

Justin Constantine ('92)

Cynthia Coolbaugh ('70)

Maj. Patrick Creed ('93)

D

Joe Damico ('76, '77M)

Avery Daugherty ('07, '09M)

Kai Degner ('03, '05M)

Mark Dertzbaugh ('82)

Sue Dickson ('52)

Lt. Col. Mike Dillon ('81)

Vickie Dodson ('90)

Dr. Dan Downey ('75)

Samuel Page Duke

Linia Duncan ('07)

Curt Dvonch ('08)

E

Katy Elmore ('01M)

Dawn Evans ('11)

Vanessa Evans ('93, '97M)

F

Richard Finkelstein

Gay Finlayson ('76)

Shirley "Lea" Foley

Bruce and Lois Cardarella Forbes ('64)

Marlon Foster ('82, '95M)

Erin Frye ('07)

G

Mark Gabriele ('95)

Chris Gatesman ('94M)

Elizabeth Gauldin ('50)

Valerie Gibbs ('11)

Jazminia Griffith ('06)

Jennifer Griffith ('09)

David Grimm ('74)

Debbie Grimm ('74)

H

Donna Sizemore Hale ('81)

Charles Haley ('87)

Barbara Hall ('82)

Sarita Hartz ('02)

Kim Hartzler-Weakley ('00,'07M)

Derwin Henderson ('83)

John Horigan ('04)

Mike Hoss ('84)

Vida Huber (1937-2005)

I

Dan Irwin ('90)

J

Eric Johnson ('95)

Blake Jones ('04)

K

Jessica Kahn ('91)

Josh Kelaher ('11)

Shannon Kennan ('97M)

Katie King ('97)

Lesley Kipling ('99)

Karina Kline-Gabel ('92)

Kevin Knight ('99)

Margot Knight ('74)

Jonathan Koves ('05)

Susan E. Kruck ('94) ('95M)

L

David LaMotte ('90)

Emily Lewis Lee ('43)

Steve Leeolou ('78)

Gordon Leisch ('56, '65M)

Dolores Phalen Lescure ('38) (1916-2006)

Laurence Lewis ('08)

Gladys Kemp Lisanby ('49)

Nathan Lyon ('94)

M

Amy Macaleer ('01)

Sonja Macys ('97)

Mailizar ('11M)

Virginia Mann ('06)

Samier Mansur ('07)

Nate Marsh ('01)

Maj. Gen. Raymond Mason ('78)

Special Agent Charles T. May Jr. ('83)

Beth McGinnis ('00)

MeMe McKee ('99)

Bobby McMahon ('06)

Challace McMillin

Amy McPherson ('83)

G. Tyler Miller

Matt Miller ('98)

Mike Miriello ('09M)

Daniel Morgan ('10)

Dr. Margaret Moore ('42)

Marcy Morrison ('91)

1st Lt. Tyler Moyer ('08)

N

Tracey Neale ('89)

Soon Hee Newbold ('96)

Dee Nilsen ('00)

John B. Noftsinger Jr. ('85)

Nursing Student Association

O

Mary Ellen Garber Otto ('58)

P

Kathleen Pantaleo

Maria Papadakis

Ross Paterson ('90)

Erin Peacock ('07)

Michael Peretich ('06)

Joy Petway ('07)

Janet Phillips ('88)

Laurie Tusing Phillips ('85)

Robert and Frances Plecker

Carrie Owen Plietz ('97)

Ryan Powanda ('09)

R

Erin Rettig ('96)

Don Rhymer ('82)

Jim and Julie Riley ('99P, '05P)

Dave Rizzo ('83)

Richard M. Roberds

Dick and Shirley Hanson ('56) Roberts

Alexandra Robbins ('07)

Scott Rogers ('00, '02M)

Inez Graybeal Roop ('35)

Linwood H. Rose

Leah Rosenwasser

John Rothenberger ('88)

S

Dave Sanderson ('83)

Katie Schnable ('05)

Julie Schneider ('99)

Tim Schulte ('94M), ('99D)

Brandon Schultz

Christian Schwantes ('10)

Heather Schwarz ('08, '09M)

Katie Schwizer ('09,'10M)

Dr. Brenda Seal

Bertie Martin Selvey ('58)

Jonathan "Todd" Shifflett

W. Raymond "Buddy" Showalter Jr. ('50) (1928-2007)

Lisa Shull ('85, '91M)

Charles Douglas 'Doug' Smith ('93)

Sister Glenna Smith ('04M)

Capt. Jeff Soule ('02)

Wesli Spencer ('06)

Stanley Stewart ('78)

Levar Stoney ('04)

Diane Strawbridge ('80, '02M)

Judy Strickler ('60)

Elizabeth Swallow

T

Kimberly Taylor ('79)

Jason Teasley ('02)

Casey Templeton ('06)

Samantha Terry ('05) ('08M)

Bruce Thayer ('84)

Kathy Thomas ('78)

Mike Thomas ('76, '77M)

Jeff Tickle ('90)

Sean Tobin ('92)

Dennis Tracz ('78)

U

Christina Updike ('73)

W

Carolyn Copley Wake ('52)

Patrick Wiggins ('11)

Louise Wilkins-Haug ('76)

Brittany Williams ('05)

J. Craig Williams ('79)

Mandy Woodfield ('05)

Dr. Patricia I. Wright ('75)

Z

Amy Porter Zacaroli ('88)

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