Alumni Society Board of Directors

Linda Belfus is a publishing and content strategy consultant. She previously served as senior vice president at Elsevier, overseeing its global health and science content team. Before that, she cofounded and led the Philadelphia-based medical publisher Hanley & Belfus, which was acquired by Elsevier in 2002. Belfus earned a master’s degree from Villanova University and serves as board secretary of the Make-A-Wish Foundation’s Philadelphia chapter. At Penn State, she has mentored more than twenty students through the Liberal Arts Alumni Mentor Program and created the Linda and Alan Belfus Undergraduate Scholarship and the Linda Poist Markey Open Doors Scholarship.

Sharon Callahan spent thirty-four years with the Central Intelligence Agency, working across counterterrorism, cyber, and regional missions, and serving overseas in Africa, Asia, and Europe. She retired in 2019 as an executive manager and received the CIA’s Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal. Callahan studied in Nice, France, during her Penn State program and now teaches and mentors new CIA hires. She also holds a TESOL certification and works with English learners while mentoring in the Liberal Arts Alumni Mentor Program. Originally from Pittsburgh, she lives in Herndon, Virginia, and has a daughter, Emily (Class of 2018, communications).

Thandi Clements is a seasoned marketing and client relations executive with extensive experience in the investment management industry. She leverages deep expertise within the Taft-Hartley community to foster strong client relationships, oversee key accounts, and identify new market opportunities. Earlier in her career, she gained experience in large group sales for a national, employer-sponsored insurance provider. A dedicated alumna, Clements has volunteered as a World Campus Ambassador and serves as a mentor in the Liberal Arts Alumni Mentor Program. Her leadership was recognized in 2019 when she received the Penn State World Campus Outstanding Alumna Award. She currently resides in Dana Point, California.

Barbara Cohen is the retired founder and president of Kannon Consulting, a marketing and strategy firm that advised organizations facing market disruption. She previously was a partner at Booz Allen Hamilton and held marketing roles at Procter & Gamble. Cohen has served on the advisory task force for the business minor in the College of the Liberal Arts and on the Women in Leadership panel. With her husband, Robert Chirinko, she created the Cohen-Schwartz Renaissance Fund, a Trustee Scholarship, and a Paterno Fellows Program scholarship, and named the fund for the college’s Office of Employer Engagement. She was named a Penn State Alumni Fellow in 2016 and lives in Chicago.

Patricia Coryell is chief intellectual property officer for Heather E. McGowan, a leading future-of-work strategist and author. A veteran publishing executive with more than three decades of experience, Coryell has held senior leadership roles at some of the most respected names in educational and academic publishing. She served as chief product officer at William H. Sadlier, Inc., overseeing K-12 learning materials strategy; as senior vice president at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, leading content development for a $1.2 billion pre-K-12 portfolio; and as global publishing director for English language teaching at Cambridge University Press, managing a $120 million program across offices in the United States, England, and Asia. She also spent twelve years at Houghton Mifflin’s college division, rising to vice president and executive publisher for humanities and social sciences. Coryell earned both her B.A. and M.A. in English and American literature from Penn State and is an active advocate for the humanities, social sciences, and the success of Penn State’s programs and alumni.

Chris Dobbins is a people and culture leader with deep experience building and scaling teams in high-growth technology environments. He currently leads people and culture at Jack Archer, a direct-to-consumer apparel startup, where he partners with leadership to design integrated people strategies, strengthen operations, and enable high-performing teams. Previously, Dobbins held people leadership roles at DoorDash, Uber, and Twitter during transformative periods of hypergrowth and public-market maturation. His work focused on building scalable systems, shaping organizational strategy, and supporting teams through rapid change. Dobbins is also a veteran of the United States Air Force, where he served five years as an intelligence officer specializing in counterterrorism drone operations. A Penn State graduate and former Air Force ROTC member, he also holds a certificate in Leadership and Strategy from Harvard Business School Executive Education. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, Lindsay, and their daughter, Noémie.

Joseph Farrell is a partner with Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles, where he provides employment law counsel and litigation services to companies in numerous industries. He also teaches employment law at the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law and contributes to the Rutter Group’s California Practice Guide. Farrell mentors in the Liberal Arts Alumni Mentor Program and has created a Trustee Scholarship honoring Professor Art Goldschmidt and a fund supporting study abroad. He lives in Altadena, California.

Peter Grollman is senior vice president for external affairs at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, overseeing marketing, public relations, government affairs, and community relations. He joined CHOP in 2007 as director of government affairs, community relations, and advocacy, after serving as an aide in the U.S. Senate and with a Washington, D.C.-based public affairs firm. Grollman earned a master’s degree in governmental administration from the University of Pennsylvania.

Richard Hayes is the retired senior vice president and tax director of Allianz of America and formerly held senior positions at Arthur Young & Co., First Interstate Bancorp, and Wells Fargo. He earned a J.D. and an LL.M. from the New York University School of Law. Hayes represents the College of the Liberal Arts on the Penn State Alumni Association’s Alumni Council and serves on its Audit and Risk Committee. He and his wife, Bebe, live in State College, Pennsylvania.

Jason Hunt is a management consulting manager at Accenture in the Health and Public Service practice, specializing in higher education and organizational change management. He leads SaaS transformation initiatives that drive adoption through strategic change planning, stakeholder engagement, business process alignment, and enterprise training design. Prior to joining Accenture, Hunt dedicated twenty years to higher education, holding progressive leadership roles within housing and residence life, student conduct, and student leadership programs. In addition to his history degree from Penn State, he holds an M.Ed. in college student affairs from Penn State’s College of Education and an M.B.A. in strategy and leadership from Rutgers Business School. He is an active mentor in the Liberal Arts Alumni Mentor Program. In his spare time, Jason conducts professional development workshops on teamwork and leadership development and teaches courses in Management. He resides in Midtown Manhattan.

Jeff Lampo retired in 2022 after forty-one years with Covestro LLC, where he specialized in strategic planning, product management, supply chain management, and project management. Lampo mentors students in the Liberal Arts Alumni Mentor Program and, with his wife, Lisa, created the Jeffrey and Lisa Lampo Open Doors Scholarship. They live in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.

Dana Lawson is the former executive vice president at Singer EVI, which designs and installs commercial kitchens for national and regional restaurant chains. She has more than twenty-five years of experience in hospitality operations. Lawson lives in Glenelg, Maryland, with her husband, and they have two daughters, including Jessica (Class of 2021, political science and public relations).

Jon Lentini is a senior vice president of program management governance with Citi, where he supports management of the enterprise program and project management policy, standards, and associated governance documents — providing leadership, oversight, and strategic insight to mature the PM Governance Framework. He has more than twenty-one years of experience in various roles at Citi. Outside of work, Lentini resides in Dallas, Texas, with his wife, Katie, and their two children, Sophia and Jackson.

Jennifer Lowe is global head of government relations at AE Industrial Partners. Previously, she served as managing partner of The Link Consulting Group and as senior vice president of national strategy and engagement at Boeing. Lowe spent nearly a decade on Capitol Hill, including as chief of staff for Senator Norm Coleman and for the president pro tempore during Senator Ted Stevens’ tenure, and directed the U.S.-China Interparliamentary Group. With her husband, George, she established the Mies Lowe Family Trustee Matching Scholarship. They live in Arlington, Virginia.

Vincent McDonald is chief international strategy officer at AccuWeather, where he drives the company’s global expansion. He also serves as vice chair of Huafeng-AccuWeather, a Beijing-based joint venture. Previously, he was vice president of human resources at Discovery Communications and served six years as a U.S. Air Force captain.

Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Avery Snowden is studying political science and Spanish (Class of 2027). She spent the majority of her first summer studying abroad in Spain through the Ronda Spanish Language and Culture Program offered through the College of the Liberal Arts. Snowden has served as a student ambassador for the college with the Liberal Arts Ambassadors since her first semester at Penn State. She also serves as an ambassador for the Penn State Parents and Families Program and is a Paterno Fellow, Schreyer Scholar, and Presidential Leadership Academy Scholar.

Derek Stern is associate vice president and global head of distribution compliance at John Hancock/Manulife, where he oversees compliance teams and social media compliance. He previously held roles at Putnam Investments, State Street, and Funds Distributors. Stern has been active with the Liberal Arts Alumni Mentor Program and previously served on the Alumni Society Board. He lives near Boston.

Randy Wussler spent his career leading product strategy development at leading data and analytics firms in the technology and real estate sectors. Prior to retiring in early 2022, he was senior vice president of product management at Green Street, a research firm serving large commercial real estate investors. He previously held similar positions at CoreLogic, DataQuick, and Harte Hanks and earned his M.B.A. from San Diego State University. An accomplished endurance athlete, Wussler has completed a full Ironman Triathlon and more than fifteen marathons. He sits on the boards of the Southern California chapter of Breakthrough T1D and Resources in Support of Empowerment. With his wife, Tish (’86 Engineering), he created the Donald and Judith Wussler Endowed Scholarship in the College of the Liberal Arts and the Bernard and Florence Rokosz Endowed Scholarship in the College of Engineering.