Bowling Green, Ky. - A new group has been established at Western Kentucky University to address issues associated with the University’s younger alumni and help guide future programs and services by the WKU Alumni Association.

The 20 members of the Young Alumni Council will meet for the first time on Oct. 14. The council will represent alumni who have graduated within the last 10 years—a population that makes up nearly 40 percent of WKU’s alumni base. The group will meet twice a year.

The council’s president, Kristen Miller of Louisville, will serve as an ex-officio member of the WKU Alumni Association National Board of Directors.

The members are: Kristen Miller (’97), Louisville, president; Chad Aull (’04), Frankfort, president-elect; Stephanie Rucker (’96), Denver, N.C.; Troy Nunn (’97), Nashville; Tara Wise (‘98), Nashville; Stephanie Cosby (’99), Lexington; Chad Davis (’99), Washington, D.C.; Adrian DeLoach (’99), Bowling Green; Josh Detre (’00), West Lafayette, Ind.; Dinah Townsend Bevington (’00), Frankfort; Jennifer Kiegel Newcom (’01), Four Oaks, N.C.; Sarah Talbot (’01), Nashville; Jerry Brewer (’01); Louisville; Amy Caswell Hardin (’02), Lexington; Amanda Kirby (’02), Bowling Green; Josh Hawkins (’03), Auburn, Ala.; Sylvia Johnson (’03), Louisville; Jason Seay (’04), Bowling Green; Amber Mayfield (’04), Owensboro; and Abby Lovan (’05), Bowling Green.

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For more information, contact Jeff Baynham at (270) 745-2342.