Board of Managers

Dawn Michele Whitehead

Chair, 2024–2025

Degrees:

BA’97, MS’03, PhD’07

Dawn is the vice president of the Office of Global Citizenship for Campus, Community, and Careers at the American Association of Colleges and Universities. Dawn has been a participant in the Washington, D.C. IUAA chapter and has served in leadership positions on the Neal Marshall Alumni Club board. She is an active member of IU’s Women’s Philanthropy Leadership Council and a partner of IU’s Black Philanthropy Circle. In 2021, Dawn was named an inaugural member of the Institute of International Education’s National Academy for International Education.

Yung Nguyen

Chair-elect, 2024–2025

Degrees:

BS′89, MD′95

Yung is the medical affairs director for Cook Group Inc. Previously he was staff anesthesiologist for IU Health. He has served the IU Alumni Association as an at-large member of the Executive Council as well as manager at large for the Board of Managers. He is a past president of the School of Medicine Alumni Board, and in 2021, Yung was named Physician Mentor of the Year by the IU School of Medicine.  

Shontrai Irving

Vice Chair, 2024–2025

Degrees:

BA'97, MA/JD'03

Shontrai is a clinical professor of business law at Purdue University Northwest.  He is past president of the national board of the Neal-Marshall Alumni Club and current president of the Groups Alumni. In 2010, he was awarded the Charlie Nelms Distinguished Alumni Award and the Hudson Holland Scholars Program Service Award for outstanding service to Indiana University. In 2022, he received the IUAA Volunteer Leadership Award as well as Indiana's Sagamore of the Wabash.

Shelley Raper

Treasurer, 2024–2025

Degrees:

BS‘85

Shelley has served as a Kelley School of Business volunteer in various roles on the KSOB Alumni Association Board of Directors, connecting with students as an Industry Connections panelist, and partnering with faculty on special Compass projects. She was an IUAA Executive Council member and the Finance Committee from 2016-2022. She has been awarded the IU Bicentennial Medal in 2019 and the Kelley Alumni Leadership Award  in 2022. Shelley works as the corporate relations manager at Brooke's Place and is currently the board chair of We R Richmond Scholarships Inc.

Kyle King

Secretary, 2024–2025

Degrees:

BS’07, OD’11

Kyle has served in leadership positions with the Evansville, Optometry, and Marching Hundred alumni communities. He was instrumental in leading and successfully executing one of the largest fundraising campaigns of its kind for the Evansville Chapter of the IUAA. Kyle received the IUAA Volunteer Leadership Award in 2019. He works as an optometrist at Evansville Eyecare Associates.

Martin Vargas

Immediate Past Chair, 2024–2025

Degrees:

BS’94

Martin is retired, having served as the executive director of the St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic which provides health care to the poor and medically underserved in eastern Tennessee. Prior to this position, he served as senior international business analyst at Walmart Inc., and an entrepreneur in the field of health care innovation, strategic planning, and technology.  He is a board member and past president of the Latino Alumni Association and a past member of the Executive Council. He earned the President’s Award in 2016.  

John Brown

Manager at Large, 2024–2027

Degrees:

BA’84, JD’87

John is a two-time graduate of the IU Bloomington campus. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in history at the College of Arts and Sciences and then earned his law degree at the Maurer School of Law. John has served on the Neal-Marshall Alumni Club Board beginning in 2019 and on the IUAA Executive Council from 2021-2024. In October 2024, he joined the Maurer School of Law Alumni Board. As an undergraduate, John was active in the Singing Hoosiers and IU Soul Revue. Professionally, John is a claims specialist with Progressive Insurance in the greater Indianapolis area.

Mary Susan Buhner

Manager at Large, 2022–2025

Degrees:

BA’94

Mary Susan has been Fox 59’s Parenting and Family Lifestyle contributor since 2009 and was named President of Academic and Institution Services for the AEA Institute as of March 1, 2024. She helped start The Hearing Resource Center, a free clinic for children born deaf or hearing-impaired, for which she received a Leadership Service Award from former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. Mary Susan has served as chairperson of IU Women’s Leadership Colloquium and Women’s Philanthropy Council, and on the board of directors for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. She currently serves on IU’s College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Advisory Board, the Dean of Student Affairs’ Parent Advisory Board, and the Greek Life Task Force.

Shishir Deshpande

Manager at Large, 2023–2026

Degrees:

LLM ’06

Shishir earned the Master of Laws in 2006 from the McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis. He has been chapter president of the Delhi Chapter since 2016, past member of the Executive Council from 2020-2023, and has served on the inaugural IU McKinney Dean's Global Advisory Council. He is a practicing attorney and is Advocate on Record, Supreme Court of India. He was honored with the Volunteer Leadership Award in 2022.

Mautrice Meriweather

Manager at Large, 2022–2025

Degrees:

BA’01, MA’15

Mautrice is an Indianapolis native and chief talent officer at the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), where she has spent the past 22 years of her professional career. She has served on the IUAA Executive Council and is a past president of the IU School of Liberal Arts Alumni Board. She has also served the School of Liberal Arts Alumni Board as member and treasurer prior to her role as president.  Mautrice served as co-host of the IU Indianapolis 50th anniversary kickoff celebration in 2021. She received the 2022 Alumni of the Year Award for the IU Indianapolis Department of Communication Studies.

Cindy Stone

Manager at Large, 2023–2026

Degrees:

BS’78, MS’08

Cindy is a former Executive Council member, founding board member and immediate past president of the LGBTQ+ Alumni Association and served as IU Trustee from 1995-1997.  She is retired faculty with the Kelley School of Business and is currently an artist in Bloomington with StoneWare Designs pottery studio.

Mike Wargo

Manager at Large, 2024–2027

Degrees:

BGS’82

Mike is chief operating officer at the Hospice Foundation in South Bend where he oversees strategic and operational aspects of the organization. He has served on the Finance Committee and Executive Council for the IUAA, IU South Bend Board of Advisors, IU South Bend For All Campaign Committee, the IUAA Strategic Directions Task Force, and was president of the IU South Bend Alumni Board. For his leadership in these and other areas, Mike was honored with the IUAA President’s Award in 2001, the IU South Bend Distinguished Alumni Award in 2010, and the Continuing Studies Distinguished Alumni Award in 1999.

Katelyn King

Student Representative, 2024–2025

Degrees:

BS’23

Katelyn is a graduate student in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at the IU Bloomington School of Education. Currently working as graduate assistant in the IU Office of the Vice President for Student Success, Katelyn previously served as the inaugural director of advocacy for the Queer Student Union at IUB, of which she is a founding member, and worked as the training programs coordinator at the IUB LGBTQ+ Culture Center during her time as an undergraduate at the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

Patricia Riveire Stumpf

Chief Alumni Officer

Degrees:

MS’07

As Chief Alumni Officer of the IU Alumni Association, Tricia is the 12th alumni executive and the very first woman to hold this role. Within the community, Tricia serves as Director of Leadership Bloomington-Monroe County and sits on the board of directors for the WonderLab Museum of Science, Health, and Technology. She earned her master’s degree from Indiana University in higher education administration, and her bachelor’s degree from DePauw University. A Bloomington native, Tricia and her husband Jeff have four children.