Distinguished
Honorary Members

Donna Shalala is the much beloved University of Miami president. She previously served for eight years as the Secretary of Health and Human Services for President Bill Clinton.

The 2008 Republican presidential nominee became a Distinguished Member through the The University of Arizona. He served as a Senator representing Arizona for 21 years.

Dr. Robert Michael Gates was the Texas A&M University President from 2002 to 2006. He was nominated as a Distinguished Member there. He went on to serve as the Secretary of Defense for both former President George W. Bush and President Obama, from 2006 to 2011.

Nominated at Robert Morris University, Dr. Robin Sanders was the U.S. Ambassador to Congo from 2002 to 2005 and the Ambassador to Nigeria from 2007 to 2010. She now owns and advises on African business development through her firm FE3DS, LLC.

Lou Anna K. Simon is the 20th president of Michigan State University and serves on the board of directors of Business Leaders for Michigan and the Detroit Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Jamele Adams is the Dean of Students at Brandeis University.

Dr. Mark Basham is the Director of Neuroscience at Regis University.

Maenette Benham serves as Dean at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Barbara Drucker is Professor and Associate Dean of Community Engagement and Arts Education at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Dr. Marc Johnson serves as President of the University of Nevada, Reno.

Julie Leidig is Provost of Loudoun Campus at Northern Virginia Community College.

Dr. Leslie Lopez is Director at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Dr. Joseph Paul is Vice President at The University of Southern Mississippi.

James Pennix is Dean of Admissions at Radford University.

Dr. Patricia Rogers is Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Winona State University

Joyce Strawser is Dean of the Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University.

A distinguished UCLA Professor, Neil Garg teaches Chemistry and Biochemistry. He has built a reputation as a fun, engaging lecturer and has been featured on Ted Talks. Just recently he won the Gold Shield Faculty Prize.

An award winning professor, Dr. Brian Hogan teaches at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has won the Tanner Award twice for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and has won the Chapman Family Faculty Fellowship for teaching excellence. He has also won awards from the Chemistry Department at UNC Chapel Hill and the Center for Global Education course.