Darrell D. Rodenbaugh, bba ’86, Plano, Texas, spent more than 25 years in sales, marketing and general management roles with IBM, McAfee, Oracle, Yahoo! and i2 Technologies. He retired from his role as senior vice president and general manager of McAfee in 2010. While there, he opened operations in Ireland, Israel, India, China, Guatemala and elsewhere. Rodenbaugh and his wife, Lisa, now own and operate Champion Life Safety Solutions LLC, a Dallas-based services and specialty construction company. He is president of the Plano Children’s Theatre board of directors and volunteers with Boy Scout Troop 404. Rodenbaugh was Washburn Student Association president, a member of the Alpha Delta fraternity, Sagamore men’s honor society and Delta Sigma Psi fraternity while at Washburn. He and his wife have a son and a daughter.
Donald L. Smith, Topeka, attended Washburn University and Kansas State University, completed a four-year electrical apprenticeship program and, in 1972, established DL Smith Electrical Construction. During his 40 years in the electrical industry, Smith was active in industry-related associations and served in various leadership roles. He was inducted as a fellow into the Academy of Electrical Contracting in 1989. He has served on the State of Kansas Building Advisory Commission since 1978 and was a member of the City of Topeka Electrical Board for 30 years. Smith was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity at Washburn, and in 1981, he was selected as the Phi of the Year for Kansas Beta of Phi Delta Theta. He and his wife, Suzy, have three grown children. Giving Back 18