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Welcome to Alumni Engagement at Goldey-Beacom College

Your connection to GBC continues long after graduation! Our alumni community is a vibrant network of leaders, innovators, and lifelong learners who share a common foundation and a lasting sense of pride. Through events, networking opportunities, mentorship, and giving initiatives, we provide meaningful ways for you to stay involved, support current students, and strengthen the future of the College. Whether you’re looking to reconnect with classmates, grow your professional network, or give back in a way that matters, the Office of Alumni Engagement is here to help you stay inspired, informed, and connected to the GBC family.

Meet GBC’s Alumni Coordinater!

Amy Diamond

Alumni Engagement Coordinator

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Hello fellow GBC Alum! I graduated from GBC with my Bachelor’s in Marketing Management in 2006, then in 2010 with my Master’s in Management degree. After volunteering on the Alumni Association Board of Directors for 4 years, I made the transition to work for GBC full time in May 2022, and I love it here! GBC has so much to offer students, alumni, and the community. My goal is to bring alumni together to support our amazing alma mater not just financially, but in the way that we talk about and engage with others. My attendance at Goldey-Beacom changed my life, and I know I am not alone!  I’d love to hear your story and how GBC changed your life-please contact me anytime!

GBC Alumni Network on LinkedIn

The GBC Alumni Network on LinkedIn is a social space created exclusively for Goldey-Beacom College alumni— to connect, celebrate career milestones, and stay engaged with the College long after graduation.

Here, you’ll find:

  • Alumni spotlights and professional achievements
  • Networking and career conversations
  • Alumni events and opportunities to reconnect
  • Ways to stay involved with the GBC community

Whether you graduated last year or decades ago, you’re part of this network—and we’re excited to share your stories. Follow the page and tag a fellow GBC alum in the comments to help us grow the community!

Why Giving Matters

Because you remember what it was like.

The late nights trying to finish an assignment after work. The pressure of balancing everything at once. The professors who pushed you, and the people who helped you get through it.

And you probably remember how close it could feel—how one setback might have made it harder to keep going.

For many students, the difference was a scholarship. Just enough support to stay on track.

Today’s Students Are in That Same Place

They’re working, studying, and trying to build something better—just like you did.

But the financial pressure is even greater now. Too many students are forced to choose between continuing their education and managing their responsibilities. Your support helps make sure they don’t have to.

More Than a Gift

When you give, you’re helping a student stay enrolled, finish their degree, and move forward.

You’re also recognizing your own experience.

You’re saying, “I’ve been there—and I want to help someone else get through it.”

Your Impact Is Immediate—and Personal

Gifts to the Annual Scholarship Fund support the 91% of GBC students with financial need, including first-generation students, working adults, and parents returning to finish what they started.

Keep It Going

Goldey-Beacom has always been about people showing up for each other.

When you give, you keep that going—for the next student who just needs a chance to finish what they started.

That’s how we continue to Achieve Greater.

 

Giving is easy – make your donation today!

Upcoming Alumni Events

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Drives for Education

May 28 12pm Shotgun Start

This isn’t just a day on the greens. It’s a chance to invest in the future of local students at Goldey-Beacom College.

Get your tickets today! go.gbc.edu/golf

Alumni Association

The Goldey-Beacom College Alumni Association, proudly represented by its official Alumni Association shield, is a vibrant community of more than 13,000 living alumni. Every GBC graduate automatically becomes a member, joining a lifelong network built on shared experiences, lasting connections, and Lightning pride. The Alumni Association serves as a bridge between graduates and the College, offering opportunities to reconnect with classmates, expand professional networks, and celebrate the achievements of fellow alumni. It is a space where relationships continue to grow and where alumni remain an active part of the GBC story.

Guiding this community is a dedicated Board of Directors made up of passionate alumni volunteers. Meeting quarterly, the Board works to plan meaningful events and initiatives that support the College, its students, and its mission. Their efforts include fundraising for student scholarships, which directly benefits students, as well as honoring outstanding graduates through the biennial Distinguished Alumni Awards. Throughout the year, the Alumni Association Board of Directors also brings the community together through engaging programs and events, including networking opportunities, the Drives for Education Golf Tournament, and the Fall Craft Fair—creating memorable experiences for alumni and their families.

Alumni Association Officers & Executive Committee

  • President: Evern D. Ford – ’97
  • Vice President: Danine Huff-Romero – ’04, ’09 MBA, ’22 DBA
  • Secretary: Juana Henao – ’19, MBA ’21
  • Treasurer Roberto Machado – MBA ’98, MBA ’99

Board Members

  • William P. Brady – ’91
  • Alan Fleetwood – ‘86
  • Cammay Gray – ’08
  • Bernadine Griffin – ’16, ’17 MA, ’22 MA
  • Ronald Hoggard – ’15, ’16 MBA, ’23 DBA
  • Patrick McRae – ’14, MBA ’15
  • Adelaide L. Orsini – ’48
  • Clifford R. (C.J.) Wood, Jr. – ’17
  • Rekha Bharati – ’11 MBA
  • Dr. Cha-Tanya Lankford, LCSW – ’22 DBA
  • Kaye Records – ’58 (Honorary Member)
  • Kimberly Maddox Brewington – ‘06
  • Jeremey Wilson – ’10, ‘12
  • Anne Cecil – ‘95

BEACOM a Board Member

We are always looking for passionate and committed individuals who are willing to contribute their time, skills, and expertise to help further our mission and goals.

Learn More

Goldey-Beacom College Alumni Awards Program

At Goldey-Beacom College, the true measure of our impact is reflected in the lives and accomplishments of our alumni. Graduates of the College have gone on to become leaders in business, education, public service, and countless other fields—distinguishing themselves through professional excellence, service to their communities, and dedication to the values that define the GBC experience.

In recognition of these achievements, the Distinguished Alumni Gallery (DAG) program was established in 1983 to honor alumni whose lives exemplify exceptional accomplishment, integrity, and leadership. Today, the program has grown to include three prestigious awards—each celebrating a unique kind of excellence within the GBC alumni community. Honorees are selected annually by the Alumni Association Board Selection Committee, with the Presidential Alumni Award jointly chosen by the President of Goldey-Beacom College and the President of the Alumni Association Board.

Nominations are accepted throughout the year, and recipients are formally recognized at the biennial Distinguished Alumni Gallery Dinner and Awards Celebration.

Award criteria

Nominate an Alumnus

Inductee Year Inducted Inductee Year Inducted
Ralph J. Adkins ’91 Reverend Donald E. Alford * ’88
Walter W. Anderson * ’82 Roger A. Bain ’08
Louis G. Balbani * ’82 Jill E. Barbon ’87
Malcolm Sidney Barlow * ’84 James G. Barrett * ’90
Darlene Bascome Emery ’82 Norman Burton Baylis * ’85
George T. Beauchamp ’84 E. Sheila Berman ’85
Alfred G. Best, Jr. ’91 Ronald W. Bevan ’82
Charles Biscieglia ’22
Alva T. Blades * ’83 Wilmer Bouchelle * ’82
Ronald L. Bowman ’82 Donald E. Boyer * ’97
Judith Hopkins Briggs ’93 Melvina M. Brown ’07
Robert B. Brown * ’82 Wesley R. Bumpers * ’90
Blaine A. Bunting * ’94 Jane Disharoon Bunting * ’98
Donald H. Campbell * ’94 Phyllis F. Campbell ’96
Susan M. Campbell ’87 Crawford J. Carroll * ’86
Terry D. Cieri * ’84 Anne E. Clendaniel * ’83
Bryan S. Colbourn * ’82 Glenn R. Coleman, Jr. * ’82
Richard T. Collins * ’82 Cheris D. Congo ’99
Helen Lee Connor ’05 George Constantinou * ’86
Walter F. Cooling * ’85 Richard S. Cordrey * ’82
Nina A. Corey ’08 Barbara Coulbourn ’82
David B. Craig, Jr. * ’82 Genevieve T. Crampton * ’95
Carleton E. Creadick * ’82 S. Willard Crossan, III ’82
Ronald P. Crouch * ’83 Arthur J. Curley * ’84
Thomas P. DeLucia * ’83 M. Faye Hall Dempsey ’91
Charles H. Dennison * ’85 Richard H. Derrickson * ’89
Chester T. Dickerson * ’82 John A. Dillman * ’99
Joseph D. DiSabatino * ’87 Dorothy G. Downs * ’94
Carol M. Drummond ’97 Katherine B. Eastburn * ’94
Ira T. Ellis * ’82 Charles B. Emory ’93
Arthur L. Endy, Jr. * ’84 William S. Farlow * ’85
William J. Farrell, II ’98 Carolyn J. Fausnaugh ’82
Samuel R. Folsom * ’86 Evern D. Ford ’02
William E. Foster * ’82 Sheila F. Friedman * ’86
Carolyn M. Frost * ’89 Richard E. Funke * ’91
Vincent A. Gambacorta ’87 Patricia F. Genzel ’95
Christina M. Goodell ’94 John S. Gooding ’89
Fred Graef * ’83 Clara Graham-Elliott ’88
Robbin W. Gray * ’89 Anthony A. Guthrie ’85
Avery W. Hall * ’88 Carol A. Haltaman ’89
Frank A. Hames * ’87 Benjamin F. Harrington, Jr. * ’91
Michael J. Harrington ’09 E. Thomas Harvey, Jr. * ’86
Norman H. Hasson, Jr. * ’84 Donald L. Henry ’83
Curtis J. Hickman ’92 Lemuel H. Hickman * ’82
Robert E. Hickman * ’90 Ralph E. Hicks * ’85
Eleanor L. R. Hirons * ’87 Fred McWhorter Hirons * ’87
J. Wilbur Hirons * ’87 William B. Hirons * ’82
Lisa Hower ’19 Hugo A. Immediato, Sr. * ’90
Edith N. Incababian * ’82 A. Raymond Jackson * ’87
Stewart B. Jackson * ’87 Truitt W. Jefferson* ’00
R. Jeffrey Johnson ’92
John Hales Jones ’84 Joseph West Jones * ’82
Virginia Karablacas * ’13 Julia Katz ’12
Sara Simmers Keller * ’82 Harry W. Kelly * ’85
Vernon W. Kerr * ’82 Jerry King ’07
Paul C. King, Jr. ’84 James E. Kitchen * ’82
Joseph F. Kline ’88 Alan Cunningham Knight * ’83
Francis M. Lally, III * ’92 William G. Lambden * ’95
Nancy Olson Landskroener * ’86 Otto Karl Lange * ’86
Ronald E. Lankford ’85 Francis A. Lazarczyk, Jr. * ’83
George N. Leathrum ’86 Thomas S. Lodge * ’85
Earl H. Loomis * ’83 Jesse A. Loven * ’83
Paul W. Lukens * ’82 Donald J. Lynch * ’82
Marple H. Lynch * ’84 William E. Lyons, Sr. * ’83
John B. Malarkey * ’85 Erika Marsillac ’15
Francis J. Masley * ’10 Gerald T. Mason ’83
William H. Master ’82 Laura Matar ’19
Jacquelyn M. Matthews * ’93
Thomas R. McVey * ’83 John McVey Mervine * ’82
Dennis L. Michel ’17 David M. Miller ’00
John R. Miller * ’82 King Barnes Miller * ’84
Ralph L. Minker * ’82 Abele Minutella * ’83
R. Clayton Mitchell, Jr * ’85 Margaret J. Moore * ’94
Larry M. Morris ’83 Ronald A. Morris ’06
William Orlando Murray * ’83 William M. Neighbors * ’85
Harry W. Nock * ’85 Mark R. Olazagasti ’06
Adelaide L. Orsini ’82 Harold T. Oswald * ’83
William G. Ott * ’82 Charles Terry Outten * ’83
E. Roy Owens * ’82 Joan V. Panik ’17
John J. Patterson, III ’04 Charles L. Peck, Jr. * ’88
Robert Joseph Perrone ’90 Warren E. Perry, Sr. * ’85
Sally D. Lewis Petze ’83 Michelle R. Pinder ’96
Stewart E. Poole * ’82 Priscilla B. Rakestraw ’01
Marcia V. Raniere ’82 Kaye Hughes Records ’96
Roger R. Reed ’05 Laurence H. Rembold * ’83
Richard R. Roberts * ’83 Adelmo Romagnoli * ’83
Rudolph E. Rubini * ’88 Henry A. Samsel * ’86
Kristine M. Santomauro ’11 Dorothy Jones Sapp * ’93
James A. Satterfield * ’89 Ray A. Sayers * ’88
Paula S. Kusmer-Schneider ’83 Jason Scott ’10
James H. Sears * ’82 David Serge ’13
P. Thomas Simpers, Jr. ’92 Richard Sincock * ’82
Judy Aherns Smith * ’04 Robert G. Smith ’87
Catherine M. Sotiridy ’92 Terry R. Spence ’87
Emidio F. Stellini * ’99 Carol J. Stevens ’97
Thomas J. Stone ’95 William J. Storey * ’82
Malcom J. Styer ’96 J. Edward Taylor * ’85
Robert E. Taylor * ’02 George E. Thompson * ’82
Jean B. Thompson * ’83 J. Herbert Tobin * ’88
Sherman W. Tribbitt * ’82 G. Albert Turner ’90
Bernard Tynes ’22
Michelle Lloyd Ulrich-Thomas ’87 Harold W. Unruh * ’86
Roger E. Vandegrift, II ’92 Qadir A. Wahid ’11
Michael P. Walsh * ’84 James Richard Ward * ’84
Ellenor Roberts Wharry * ’83 James A. Whisman, Jr. ’86
Terry L. Wiley ’09 Gerald W. Wilgus ’84
Rebecca Abel Willey * ’82 Russell W. Willey * ’86
Carlisle M. Williams * ’93 Thomas G. Wintermantel ’01
Elaine G. Woerner ’86 D. Jeannie Wood ’86
Cathy Stauffer Wozniak ’12 Carl E. Zlock ’85
Charles R. Zucal * ’82 Marwa Zakharia ’06 ’24
* – Deceased

Rising Star Recipients

The Rising Star Award was established in 1997 and is presented each year at the Distinguished Alumni Gallery Dinner. This award is given to an outstanding graduate of GBC (age 40 or under) who has excelled in both their professional and community related activities.

INDUCTEE YEAR INDUCTED INDUCTEE YEAR INDUCTED
William P. Brady, Esquire ’07 John T. Carroll ’17
W. Michael Cleary ’01 Jennifer Patone Cook, Esquire ’09
Neil Douen ’19 Glenn S. Duckworth ’97
Christopher S. Duvilla ’10 Caroline H. Dickerson ’99
Timothy J. MacMillan, Esquire ’04 Mark R. Olazagasti ’98
Mark A. Oller ’00 Joan Verbonitz Panik ’05
Archie T. Payne, III ’02 Julien P. Perret ’11
Christine Rich ’22 Linda Kurtz Risk ’13
Luis O. Santiago ’15 Marcia D. Wood, CPA ’06
Carla Lee ’19, ’20 ’24

Presidential Award Recipients

The Presidential Award was established in 2022 and is presented bi-annually at the Distinguished Alumni Gallery event. This award is given to an alumnus who has demonstrated outstanding service and dedication to the education of others in business.

INDUCTEE YEAR INDUCTED
Adelaide Orsini ’22
Calvin St. Juste ’02 ’24

2024 Winners

Carla Lee

2024 Rising Star
Carla Lee ’19, ’20

Marwa Zakharia

2024 DAG Inductee
Marwa Zakharia ’06

Calvin St. Juste

2024 Presidential Award
H. E. Calvin St. Juste ’02

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