Rite of succession

Jacqueline Sloan Hall, b’75, of Sublette, president of the Sublette insurance firm Hall & Associates, is a longtime KU volunteer in her community. She and her husband, Sterling, b’75, were honored as 2006 recipients of the Mildred Clodfelter Award. She dedicated more than 25 years of service to the Kansas Honor Scholars Program, raising money, personally encouraging students and their families to participate, and attending each event in her area. She also is a longtime legislative advocate through Jayhawks for Higher Education. Hall returns to campus often for activities of the Association, Kansas Athletics, the School of Business and the School of Music. She is a member of Jayhawks for Higher Education and, for KU Endowment, the Chancellors Club and Jayhawk Faithful. The Sterlings are Life Members and Presidents Club donors. They have two sons, one of whom is a current KU student, and a daughter.

Clint Rogers, b’98, ’19, of Ellsworth, a business administration and advertising graduate who is currently working toward his KU master’s in business administration, is president of Cashco Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of a broad line of industrial products. Since his promotion from executive vice president in 2011, he has led Cashco through an expansion into global markets by building an international sales team, and he has been instrumental in the expansion of its product line. He is a Life Member and Presidents Club donor and an active volunteer with the North Central Kansas Network, participating in events in both Ellsworth and Salina. For KU Endowment, he is a member of Jayhawk Faithful. Clint and his wife, Dimity, assoc., have one son.

Jody Bosch Sellers, p’81, of Council Grove, a U.S. Army pharmacist who works as a PharmD at Irwin Army Community Hospital, earned a doctorate of pharmacy from the University of Florida in 2007. She is a Life Member and Presidents Club donor who received a 2011 Mildred Clodfelter Alumni Award for her longtime volunteer service. She has assisted the Kansas Honor Scholars Program, Jayhawks for Higher Education and the School of Pharmacy Advisory Council, and she is a donor to KU Endowment and the Williams Education Fund. Jody and her husband, Rick, assoc., have a son and a daughter, both KU graduates.

Six directors retired from the board June 30:

Kevin Carroll, assoc., Jupiter, Florida, who led the Association as national chair from 2017 to ’18; 

Carrie Coulson, b’02, l’05, New York City;

Cory Lagerstrom, c’94, g’98, l’98, Prairie Village;

Cindy Emig Penzler, c’81, m’85, Lawrence; 

Al Shank, b’77, Liberal; and

Timothy Trump, b’80, l’83, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Each year the Association invites nominations for new directors. Nominations will be accepted from Jan. 1 through March 1, 2020. The Nominating Committee meets in April to select a slate for individual consideration and election by the board at its spring meeting. The board meets three times annually in Lawrence.