Alumni Board of Trustees Nominations Executive Committee:
College of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus. Ehmer and his wife, Cindy, have three children.
Chair: Al Trujillo AE 81, of Sandy Springs, Ga., is an adviser and nvestor and director of NUBAC LLP after a career in various industries. Trujillo is a former member of Georgia Tech's Council of Outstanding Young Engineers and is a current member of the College of Engineering's advisory board. Trujillo and his wife, Melba, have two daughters, Amanda and Jacqueline, who is a first-year engineering student at Georgia Tech.
Past Chair: Joe Evans, IM 71, of Atlanta, is the chairman and chief executive officer of the State Bank and Trust Company. Evans was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon while a student and is a College of Management Distinguished Alumnus. He and his wife, Raena, have two children and seven grandchildren.
Chair-elect: C. Dean Alford, EE 76, of Conyers, Ga., is the president and CEO of Allied Energy Services LLC. He received the Dean Griffin Community Service Award in 2006 and is a College of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus. Gov. Sonny Perdue appointed him to the board of directors of the Technical College System, for which he currently serves as chair. He also is chairman of the Miracle League, an organization that builds baseball fields for children with special needs across the country. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi as a student. Alford has a daughter, Jacquelyn, and a son, Chandler, ME 09. Vice Chair for Roll Call: Walt Ehmer IE 89 of Atlanta is the president and chief operating officer of Waffle House. Ehmer joined the company in 1992. He also serves as the chairman of Ozark Waffles, an operation of 38 Waffle House restaurants in Arkansas. President of Alpha Tau Omega while a student, Ehmer continues to be involved with the fraternity. He was co-chair of the Thousand Club for the 54th Roll Call and is a past trustee and executive committee member of the Alumni Association. Ehmer is an active philanthropist, raising money for research of cancer and cystic fibrosis. Ehmer is a
Ben Mathis, IM 81, is managing partner of the law firm Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP. Mathis is a member of the Georgia Tech Bar Association affinity group and has served on his Roll Call class steerng committee. He received the 2006 Ramblin' Wreck Volunteer of the Year award. While a student, he participated in student government, ANAK and Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He lives in Marietta, Ga., with his wife, Mary Anne, and four children, Ben, Joe, Annabelle and Patty. Jimmy Trimble Mgt 91, of Atlanta, is the senior vice president and director of private banking at Fidelity Bank. He frequently speaks to Alumni clubs about the economy and banking. While a student, he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity and served as the Intertraternity Council president. He and his wife, Laura, have two children, Tripp and Kate.
club. The Guthmans have three sons, Dan, Richard Guthman III and William.
Trustees: Rich Crutchfield, IM 69, of Atlanta, retired as vice president of Equifax in 2001 and founded two companies. He has participated in Alumni Travel tours and on his 40th reunion planning committee. He is a member of the College of Management advisory board. He and his wife, Donna, have two sons, Bob and Tommy. Paul Goggin, Phys 91, of Atlanta, is vice president of technology for Free All Music. Goggin is a member of the College of Sciences advisory board. As a student, he participated in student government and was president of the Society of Physics Students. Richard Guthman Jr., IE 56, of Hiawassee, Ga., is retired after a career in banking and business. Guthman received the Joseph Mayo Pettit Alumni Distinguished Service Award at the 2010 Gold & White Honors. In 1996, he established the Margaret A. Guthman Keyboard Competition, which in 2009 was expanded to showcase new music technology. He formerly served on the Atlanta City Council. He is a current trustee and served on his 40th and 50th reunion committees. As a student, he participated in the Army ROTC and was in the rifle
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Members at Large: Laurie Bagley, IM 84, of Fairfield, Conn., is the managing director of Commonfund Securities. Bagley has participated in several Alumni events, including travel tours, and served on her 25th reunion committee. She is a past trustee.
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Troy Ivey, CmpE 90, and his wife, Ella, live in Chattanooga, Tenn. He is systems project leader at Unum Group. As a student, he was a President's Scholar and a member of student government, Chi Psi FASET Council and the Executive Round Table. Cayman James, CE 99, MS EnvE 01, of Peachtree Corners, Ga. is an environmental engineer at CH2M HILL. James is the former president of the Young Alumni Council, and she was named the Outstanding Young Alumna at the 2010 Gold & White Honors. As a student she was a President's Scholar and student ambassador and was a member of Tau Beta Pi, Omicron Delta Kappa, FASET council and Lambda Sigma. She and her husband, Daniel, EE 00, have two sons, Ethan and Riley. Jesus Leon, CIs 74, of Atlanta, recently retired as chief executive officer of Tepyt Technologies. Leon is a College of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus. As a student, he was president of the Graduate Student Senate and a member of ANAK. He and his wife.