Jordan Gonzales is the director of alumni engagement for the Nebraska Alumni Association. In this capacity, Gonzales works closely with the alumni association’s 90 chapters and workplace networks worldwide, while serving as the coordinator for the 45-member Chancellor’s Alumni Advisory Council. He supervises the Young Alumni Academy as well as the career enrichment and diversity, equity, and inclusion outreach programs.

Prior to being named director, Jordan served for five years as an award-winning young alumni and student engagement professional. During this time, he was the adviser for the Nebraska Student Alumni Association’s 1,400 students, served on the Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s national executive board, and implemented new student-centered portfolios in both student affairs and academic affairs offices.

Helen J. Kim is the Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement at Northwestern University. She manages the Northwestern Alumni Association’s digital career programs, including Northwestern Intersections, an award-winning career podcast where she interviews alumni about their career stories as the host and executive producer, and Career Webinar Series, a weekly webinar program where presenters are invited to share professional development skills. As a Northwestern alumna, she combines her experience from her alma mater and passion for helping people advance in their careers to curate cutting-edge programs for the alumni network. Helen received her Bachelor’s of Music in Percussion Performance and is finishing her Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Strategic Marketing and Digital Content Management through the Northwestern University’s School of Professional Studies.

Evangeline Politis is a communications professional with experience in email marketing, social media, public relations, and crisis communication. She is currently an associate director of digital communications within Alumni Relations and Development at Northwestern University.

A Chicago native, she received her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and her master’s in new arts journalism from the School of Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). After her graduate work, Evangeline continued her time at SAIC as she worked in the marketing and communication department. Prior to her role at Northwestern, she spent four years at Loyola University Chicago where she served as the point person for crisis communications, managed media relations, and oversaw internal communications for the university’s faculty, staff, and students.

Connor Smith currently serves as the Director of Student & Young Alumni Programs at North Carolina State University (NC State). In this role, he works to oversee and advise the Alumni Association Student Ambassador Program, as well as the Student Alumni Association. Prior to NC State, Connor worked at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) as well as at the University of Georgia, where he obtained his master's degree in College Student Affairs Administration. A native Michigander, Connor has a strong passion for supporting and developing students and a strong interest in the role that students play in university advancement efforts.

Terrance serves as the Senior Director of Student and Young Alumni Engagement at the University of Georgia (UGA). He is responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive student to young alumni transition strategy that prepares the approximately 31,000 undergraduate students at UGA to join its diverse community of more than 100,000 engaged young alumni, an important subset of the more than 355,000 UGA alumni worldwide. In addition to overseeing various UGA Alumni Relations programming initiatives, Terrance also oversees UGA’s efforts to expand the culture of student philanthropy, leading the senior class giving campaign to seven consecutive years of record setting growth, with more than 3,000 graduating students making a gift to the university in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Throughout his time in Alumni Relations, Terrance has served as a speaker at regional and national conferences on the topics of student to young alumni transition, student philanthropy, and volunteer management and training.

Prior to joining the Alumni Relations team, Terrance was a professional staff member of the residential life teams at UGA and Purdue University. Terrance’s time in university housing provided him the opportunity to manage large, complex residential communities serving various segments of the student population, including first-year students, student athletes, and international students just to name a few. In addition, Terrance’s residence life experience helped strengthen his skills in supervising, training, and coaching team members as he managed staff at various levels in the organization.

While Terrance has come to call UGA home, his family has strong roots to the Bulldogs of the SEC west, Mississippi State University (MSU). Terrance graduated from MSU with a bachelor’s degree in political science and Oklahoma State University where he received his master’s in Educational Leadership. He’s redefining what it means to be a Double Dawg, as he is a current doctoral candidate at UGA conducting dissertation research on understanding college students’ motivations for giving to their alma maters.

Laura Springer is the assistant director of student and alumni engagement at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She advises the Nebraska Student Alumni Association and oversees Homecoming, Legacy Recruitment, and Commencement volunteering. Laura also helps with other alumni association programs, such as the Young Alumni Academy. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history and communication studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.