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Board of Directors - January 2025
Lynn Yingling - President
Graduation year: 1996
Years in Band: 1992-1996
Section: Trumpet
Favorite thing from band: For me, it all comes back to the family you choose - and I got extremely lucky with the extended Blue Band family I have now.
Elizabeth Beckman-Nemenz - Vice President
Judy Seely - Treasurer
Graduation year: 1986
Years in Band: 1985
Section: Baritone Treble Clef
Favorite thing from band: Homecoming 2013 - 4 OT game vs. Michigan - White Out - beautiful day - incredible day to be performing with the Alumni Blue Band!
Charles Robey - Secretary
Graduation year: 1978
Years in Band: 1976-1977
Section: Silk
Aaron Terranova
Graduation year: 1999
Years in Band: 1995-1997
Section: Sousaphone
Favorite thing from band: Favorite memory of the Blue Band was playing Testify in the rain outside the Outback Bowl. It was, and probably still is, the greatest playing of that song ever.
Rachel Harvey
Graduation year: 2015
Years in Band: 2011-2014
Section: Silk
Favorite thing from band: My senior year I was one of the 33 members of the band selected to accompany the team to the Croke Park Classic in Dublin, Ireland. So much fun for my first time in Europe!
Larry Parko
John Rohrbach - Membership
Graduation year: 1997
Years in Band: 1993 - 1997
Section: Clarinet
Jim Westlake - A&A Alumni Society Liaison, Performances
Graduation year: 1992
Years in Band: 1977-1982, 1983 Graduate Field Assistant
Section: Trombone
Curt Harler - Communications
Graduation year: 1971, 1972
Years in Band: 1968-70
Section: Baritone
Favorite thing from band: Met lifelong friends and created memories of "back in the day," and returning with ABBA to hear the roar of the crowd.
Ken Babe
Graduation year: 1987
Years in Band: 1983-1987
Section: Baritone
Favorite thing from band: Watching Pete Giftopoulos intercept Vinny Testaverde win the national championship in the Fiesta Bowl. Watching a gust of wind blow Dr. Diehl's music as an alternate only to hear him say "Babe get that music" over his megaphone. Then have to chase it down including jumping a fence to the turf field. The band game he cheer.
Christina Herman
Graduation year: 2021
Years in Band: 2019-2021
Section: Majorette
Favorite thing from band: My favorite Blue Band memory was stepping onto the field for my first White Out. The energy in the stadium was unmatched and it is a moment that I will cherish for the rest of my life!
Dalton Stone
Graduation year: 2022
Years in Band: 2017-2021
Section: Trombone
Serena Davanzo - Communications
Graduation year: 2022
Years in Band: 2018-2022
Section: Silk
Favorite thing from band: Getting to meet many lifelong friends and having the opportunity to march at the 2023 Rose Bowl!