Sarabeth Berk Ed ’15

Creative Disrupter 

Leslie Fields, BA ’78, JD ’81 

Executive Director, Owners Council of America

Craig Harrison, BA ’03 

Managing Director, Arrowhead Partners 

Tim Hartwig MBA ’01 

National Director of Asset Management for University Communities

Adrienne Martinez MSW ’13

Assistant Vice President of Classroom to Career Initiatives at MSU Denver

Fay Matsukage JD ’79 

Lawyer at Doida Law Group

Brian Peagler, BA ’02, MBA ’04 

Director of Information Systems at Goldbug 

Tracie Sheppard, BSBA ’02, EMBA ’17

Business Initiatives Consultant, Wells Fargo

Andrea Smith, BA ’85, JD ’88 

Longtime leader of the DU Latino Alumni Affinity Group

Michael West, BA ’75, MBA ’81 

Chief Financial Officer, Cheyenne Capital

History of Developing the DU Alumni Council:

At DU, there are many opportunities to serve on alumni boards or councils within a school or surrounding a particular program. In alignment with DU IMPACT 2025 and efforts to engage more of the alumni community with the University as a whole, in 2019, we launched a task force to explore a university-wide Alumni Council. This Council will serve as an influential alumni community actively involved in advancing One DU and connecting our Global Network. The Alumni Council was created and officially started in January 2020. 

Task Force Objectives: 

1. Develop charter, focus, and strategic objectives for the Council
2. As a Task Force, develop timeline and deliverables leading up to and including the launch of the Alumni Council
3. Recommend the makeup of Council membership that is led by the spirit of One DU. What characteristics make up the ideal Council member? What is the appropriate size for such a Council? What is the appropriate local and regional representation the Council should aspire to?
4. Project the primary accomplishments and contributions of the council for its first years of

   existence. What are members expected to do individually and as a community?

5. Specifically address how this Council will develop alumni leaders in the following areas:

   brand ambassadorship, volunteerism and community impact, and alumni giving.

6. What value will the members of the Council personally derive that will anchor sustained

   engagement and participation.

Thank you to the following people for serving on the task force that created this university-wide alumni council: Brandon Buzbee, Peter Burwell (BA ’11,) Parker Calbert (BA ’13, MBA ’13) , Leslie Fields (BA ’78, JD ’81), Craig Harrison (BA ’03), Brian Peagle, (BA ’02, MBA ’04), Tracie Sheppard (BSBA ’02, EMBA ’17), Andrea Smith (BA ’85, JD ’88), Stephen Sturm (BA ’13, MBA ’14) and Michael West (BA ’75, MBA ’81). Special thanks to Michael West for chairing.