Meet the Board of Directors
Maria Baugh ’87
New York, New York
Chair, Alumni Engagement Committee
Communications & Marketing Committee
Executive Committee
Maria Baugh graduated from Auburn University in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in Pre-Law Speech Communication and in 1987 with a bachelor’s in Journalism.
A New York City-based content strategy and operations consultant with decades of experience in editorial leadership and content development at the leading magazine publishers in the industry, Baugh most recently was head of operations for content and campaigns at WeWork, which she joined after holding a variety of roles at Hearst including executive managing editor of Cosmopolitan, Seventeen and Women’s Health magazines. She was also managing editor of Food Network Magazine and scout for HearstLab, where she advised a community of early stage, women-led startups.
In 2005, Baugh created the Maria Baugh and Liz Zale Endowment for Scholarships in the Journalism Program in the College of Liberal Arts, named for her and her spouse, Liz Zale. Baugh is a member of the Samford and Foy Societies and member of the Association’s Circle of Excellence.
Frederick R. Blatchford ’85
Tampa, Florida
Chair, Communications & Marketing Committee
Membership Committee
Executive Committee
Fred Blatchford graduated from Auburn University in 1985 with a bachelor’s in Industrial and Operations Management. Currently, he serves as Area Vice President for Ethicon, the $4 billion subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson responsible for sales and marketing of minimally invasive laparoscopic surgical devices.
Ethicon’s surgical technologies and solutions include sutures, staplers, energy devices, trocars and hemostats to treat serious medical conditions like obesity and cancer. Blatchford leads the sales organization that provides clinical professional education and economic solutions to hospitals and clinicians. He started his career at Johnson & Johnson 27 years ago as an operating room sales representative, and has overseen numerous hemicolectomies, gall bladder removals and other procedures, as surgical device sales representatives are often in the operating room during procedures.
Blatchford has established three scholarships and an endowment supporting PhD programs in the Harbert College of Business. He has received multiple Johnson & Johnson Standards of Leadership Awards throughout his career, and was the 2011 Ethicon Johnson & Johnson United Way Chairperson. Blatchford is a board member of the Tampa Bay Auburn Club. He is a member of the Athletics All-American Society, the 1856 Society, the Petrie Society, and the Foy Society and a member of the Association’s Circle of Excellence.
Joe Dalton ’82
Dothan, Alabama
Alumni Engagement Committee
Auburn Clubs Committee
Dalton graduated from the Harrison School of Pharmacy and currently serves as the director of pharmacy for Flowers Hospital in Dothan. He is an independent pharmacy owner with Alabama locations in Slocomb, Hartford, Abbeville, Troy, Double Springs and Dadeville.
Dalton is currently serving as the chair of the Harrison School of Pharmacy Dean’s Advisory Council and is a member of the Auburn University 1856 Society, Tigers Unlimited Talon Society and the Auburn Pharmacy Alumni Association. He serves as president of the Wiregrass Auburn Club and is an avid supporter of Auburn athletics, attending both home and away games.
Dalton has two children who are Auburn graduates, Erica ’10 and Tyler ’12. He is a life member of the Auburn Alumni Association. Dalton is a member of the Circle of Excellence Society, Foy Society, and Petrie Society.
Frederick “Freddy” D. Daniell ‘11
Huntsville, Alabama
Chair, Auburn Clubs Committee
Financial & Strategic Oversight Committee
Executive Committee
Daniell graduated from Auburn in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing. He is commercial banker with Truist Financial Corporation (formerly BB&T). Daniell was selected to attend the BB&T Banking School at Wake Forest University. He is highly involved with community service organizations such as the Huntsville Hospital Foundation’s Development Council and the American Heart Association. He currently serves as a career mentor at The University of Alabama Huntsville “Mentor a Charger” program and as a member of the North Alabama Advisory Committee for the Alabama Policy Institute.
Daniell served as Young Alumni Chair for the Huntsville-Madison County Auburn Club. He served as Vice President in 2017 and 2018 and led the club as President in 2019 and 2020. He is life member of the Alumni Association and a member of the Circle of Excellence and Foy Societies.
Dr. Charmaine “Char” K. Dennis ’98
Franklin, Tennessee
Vice Chair, Alumni Engagement Committee
Communications & Marketing Committee
Dennis graduated from Auburn in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts in History. She received an MBA from the University of Alabama. She is the owner and proprietor of 1KMEG, a boutique public relations firm specializing in high exposure clientele such as ultra-luxury brand influencers and exclusive music labels. She handles strategic partnerships with brands in Nashville, California, and Atlanta. Char has served on multiple nonprofit board and has volunteered her time with organizations including the Chuck and Mary Person Lung Cancer Foundation.
Dennis is a life member of the Alumni Association and a member of the Foy Society and the Association’s Circle of Excellence.
Eric Dunlap ’06
South Pasadena, CA
Alumni & Engagement Committee
Communications & Marketing Committee
Dunlap graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in 2006. He currently serves as a civil engineer with the Los Angeles County Public Works. Dunlap has been a life member of the Auburn Alumni Association since 2007.
Eric is President of the Los Angeles Auburn Club and served as the inaugural Chair of the Auburn Alumni Association’s Young Alumni Council. Eric is a member of the Circle of Excellence Society Orange Level and the Foy Society.
Ronald “Ron” D. Dyson ‘01
Houston, Texas
Vice Chair, Communications & Marketing Committee
Membership Committee
Nominating Committee
Dyson graduated from Auburn in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science in Logistics. He is currently completing a master’s in business administration. He is a supply chain profession with 20 years of progressive leadership experience across various business units for Shell Oil Company. He serves as a contract manager for terminal distribution assets along the East Coast of the United States. Dyson volunteers as an elementary school basketball coach and served on the board of a golf tournament for a local school.
Dyson has been an active member of the Greater Houston Auburn Club since 2008. He served as president from 2008-2012 when membership increased from 50 to 500 active members. He is currently serving as Treasurer. Dyson helped to create the Auburn license plate for the state of Texas in 2009 and 2020. He is serving as an alumni mentor for the Harbert College of Business and created a family endowment for naming two of the study rooms in Horton-Hardgrave Hall. He is life member of the Alumni Association and a member of the Circle of Excellence, 1856, Petrie, and Foy Societies.
Michelle M. Granberry ’92
Auburn, Alabama
Treasurer
Chair, Financial & Strategic Oversight Committee
Membership Committee
Executive Committee
Michelle Granberry graduated from Auburn University in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration—accounting. Granberry is currently managing partner of Lovoy, Summerville & Shelton, LLC, in Auburn, where she concentrates on the affordable housing industry and provides service to more than 500 clients in a wide range of industries, nonprofit organizations, businesses and individuals throughout the Southeastern U.S.
Granberry is a member of the Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the National Society of Certified Public Accountants and the AICPA Government Audit Quality Center. Granberry currently serves as treasurer of the Auburn Alumni Association. At Auburn, she is a life member of the Auburn Alumni Association, a member of the Auburn University School of Accountancy Advisory Board, Circle of Excellence Society and the Foy Society.
She is married to Glen Granberry ʼ94 and lives in Auburn.
LuAnne Hart ’80
Eufaula, Alabama
President
Executive Committee
Nominating Committee
Luanne Lockwood Hart graduated in 1980 with a bachelor’s in psychology and currently serves as senior vice president, human resources and marketing director for MidSouth Bank, a community bank headquartered in Dothan. Hart holds the designation of senior certified professional through the Society of Human Resources Management. A sustaining life member of the Auburn Alumni Association, she has been involved with the Barbour County Auburn Club for more than 20 years as a director, secretary-treasurer and treasurer.
Hart facilitated the Barbour County Auburn Club’s first scholarship auction in 2006, which led to the club’s first endowed scholarship in 2012, and later endowed a second scholarship in 2014 in honor of her father.
She was recognized by the Auburn Alumni Association as the 2013 Club Officer of the Year, Hart is a member of the Circle of Excellence Society, the James E. Foy Loyalty Society and the Samford Society. She is married to Charlie Hart ’78 and they have two children, Will Hart ’10 and Rebecca Hart Harris ’12.
Metrick Houser ’93
Collierville, Tennessee
Vice Chair, Financial & Strategic Oversight Committee
Communications & Marketing Committee
Nominating Committee
Metrick Houser graduated from Auburn in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. He currently serves as director for energy and raw materials sourcing for International Paper, a company he has been with since 1999.
Houser has held various positions with International paper, including manufacturing manager, plant general manager and complex general manager. In 2014, he moved to Memphis, Tenn. to serve as manager of supply chain for the North American Container Business. In his role, he is responsible for procuring $1.5 billion in commodity chemicals and energy for the North American facilities. He also has strategic responsibility for EMEA and Brazil.
Houser has been active in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated for the past 30 years, currently serving as the District of Tennessee Executive Director. He has also served on the board of directors for both the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce and the Boys and Girls Club of Rutherford County. He is a current member of the Circle of Excellence Society. He and his wife, Jackie Houser, have three children—Morgan, Lindsey and Alex, currently a freshman at Auburn University.
Angela Smith Jenkins ’94
Montgomery, Alabama
Auburn Clubs Committee
Communications & Marketing Committee
Jenkins attended Auburn on a Presidential Academic Scholarship and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry in 1994. She began her career as an environmentalist with the Alabama Department of Public Health where she developed and implemented several educational and community outreach programs. Jenkins is currently a sales representative for Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals and is participating in the Boehringer Ingelheim New Leadership Development Program for rising leaders within the organization.
She serves as a member of the Auburn University Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs Leadership Council and the Leadership Council for the College of Sciences and Mathematics. She is a life member of the Auburn Alumni Association, a member of the War Eagle Society, the George Petrie Society, the ODMA Warren Society, the 1915 Society, the 1856 Society and the Circle of Excellence.
Jenkins and her husband, Lee, have two daughters, Lexi, a freshman at Auburn, and Arynn.
C. Henry “Hank” Jester ‘82
Arlington, Georgia
Vice Chair, Auburn Clubs Committee
Financial & Strategic Oversight Committee
Jester graduated from Auburn in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science in Health. He is the Owner, President, and CEO of Cornerstone Insurance Group. He began his career in banking as Vice President and Compliance Officer at Botswick Banking Company. He served as Vice President for three other banks between 1991 and 1998. In 1998 he founded Financial Services of the South and later developed Rock Realty and Land Company. In 2013 he purchased an insurance company and renamed it as Cornerstone Insurance Agency.
Jester is highly active in his community. He has served on the Blakely/Early County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors since 2000. In 2020 he was elected Chairman of the Board. Jester is currently serving as President of the Southwest Georgia Auburn Club. He is life member of the Alumni Association, member of the All-American, Petrie, and Foy Societies and a member of the Association’s Circle of Excellence.
Rebecca “Becky” S. Liner ’81
Tallahassee, FL
Alumni & Engagement Committee
Auburn Clubs Committee
Becky Liner is the Executive Vice President of The James Madison Institute and the Director of the Preston A. Wells, Jr. Center for American Ideals. As the Director of the Center for American Ideals, Becky is responsible for JMI’s civics education initiatives, internship program and campus representative programs at colleges and universities in the State of Florida.
Joining the JMI staff in January 2005 as Membership Director, Becky became the Director of Operations in January 2008 before assuming her current position in April 2012. Becky brings to JMI over twenty years of experience in public service at the national and state levels, having worked seventeen years for the United States Senate as an aide to Senator Bob Graham and four years in Florida’s Executive Office of the Governor during the Graham administration.
A native Tallahassean, Becky has a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration from Auburn University and did her master’s work in Public Administration at Florida State University.
Becky’s commitment to community service and voluntarism have provided her with leadership opportunities in a number of organizations, including as a member of the board of directors of the Auburn Alumni Association, president of the Junior League of Tallahassee, chair of Leadership Tallahassee and president of the Tallahassee Auburn Club. Becky is a graduate of Leadership Tallahassee Class 12, a Lifetime Member of the Auburn Alumni Association, a sustaining member of the Junior League of Tallahassee and co-founder of the non-profit organization A Full Summer, a community food packaging project to help feed hungry and food-insecure school-aged children during the summer months. She is a past member of the Board of Trustees of The Maclay School, where she also served two years as president of the Maclay Baseball Boosters. She has served terms on the Boards of Directors of the Friends of the LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library, the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, the Brogan Museum, the Tallahassee Symphony and Second Harvest Food Bank. In addition, Becky has held local, regional and national positions for Delta Delta Delta sorority and is a member of the Tallahassee Tri Delta Alumnae Chapter. In 2008, Becky was named one of the “25 Women You Need to Know” by the Tallahassee Democrat.
Becky has one son, Will, who is a fourth-generation Auburn graduate. She is a member of the Association’s Circle of Excellence. She enjoys cooking, spending time with family and friends, and cheering on the Auburn Tigers.
Jeffrey Moore ’88
poolesville, MD
Alumni Engagement Committee
Membership Committee
Executive Committee
Nominating Committee
Moore graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1988. He received an MBA in finance from Duke University in 1997. He currently serves as the managing director of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. Moore served as a commissioned officers in the United States Marine Corps. He achieved the rank of Captain and is Desert Storm veteran.
Moore previously served on the Auburn Alumni Association Board of Directors from 2016-2020. He is a member of the Samford Society, Foy Society, and the Association’s Circle of Excellence Society Orange & Blue Level.
Dawn L. Oliver ’97
Houston, Texas
Auburn Clubs Committee
Financial & Strategic Oversight Committee
Oliver graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor’s degree in political science in 1997. She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Alabama in 2000. Oliver currently serves as an attorney in the Office of the Chief Counsel for NASA at the Kennedy Space Center in Houston, Texas.
Oliver has served as the Diversity Chair for the Greater Houston Auburn Club and is a Past Vice President of Scholarship/Recruitment for the Orlando Area Auburn Club. She is a life member of the Alumni Association and a member of the Samford Society and Foy Society, and the Association’s Circle of Excellence Society.
Ashley Robinett ’01
Mountain Brook, Alabama
Vice Chair, Membership Committee
Alumni Engagement Committee
Robinett earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and a minor in business from Auburn. She is currently Vice President, Public Relations for Alabama Power company, where she is responsible for managing the company’s land holdings in support of business objectives through land management, acquisition and sales.
Robinett is a graduate of Leadership Birmingham and serves on the board of directors for Children’s Harbor and the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham and is the immediate past president of the board of directors for Preschool Partners. She is the recipient of the 2019 Auburn Alumni Association’s Young Alumni Achievement Award and the 2018 Outstanding Young Auburn Engineer award by Auburn’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.
Robinett and her husband, Ryan, have two children, William and Claire. She is a life member of the Auburn Alumni Association and a member of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s 100 Women Strong and Engineering Council. She is a member of Engineering’s Ginn Society and the Samford, Petrie, and Foy Societies.
Regenia R. Sanders ’95
Atlanta, Georgia
Past President
Executive Committee
Chair, Nominating Committee
Regenia Sanders is a Principal at Ernst & Young LLP (EY) and serves as the America’s Supply Chain Leader for the Advanced Manufacturing & Mobility Industry Market, as well as Supply Chain Planning leader at EY. She has 20 years of experience delivering supply chain assessment and transformational projects, from sourcing and procurement to planning and fulfillment for Fortune 500 and Private Equity portfolio companies.
The majority of her experience is in Industrial Manufacturing, where she advises and helps clients to innovate their supply chains. Sanders finds efficiencies through process improvement, while leveraging analytics and advanced technology point supply chain solutions and has authored thought leadership in the area. At Auburn, Sanders is a member of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s Alumni Council and serves on the steering committee for the EMERGE Leadership program recently launched by Student Affairs.
She is engaged in efforts with the Office of Inclusion & Diversity at Auburn and funds an endowed scholarship for females pursuing their undergraduate degrees in engineering. Regenia is also a member of the George Petrie Society, a recent inductee into the Samford Society, and a member of the Circle of Excellence Society. Sanders was awarded Distinguished Auburn Engineer from the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering in 2021.
Denise N. Slupe ’86
Birmingham, Alabama
Chair, Membership Committee
Financial & Strategic Oversight Committee
Executive Committee
Nominating Committee
Denise Nix Slupe graduated from Auburn in 1986 with a bachelor’s in international business. Since 2010, Slupe has owned a Yogurt Mountain franchise in Hoover, Ala. and has been awarded Franchise of the Year, a community involvement award and an Owner Achievement Award. In 2015, she became the owner of CBF Properties, a real estate investment company.
A former Tigerette, Slupe is a life member of the Auburn Alumni Association. Along with Auburn University Trustee Sarah B. Newton and Katie Basden, Slupe co-founder of the EAGLES Foundation, a non-profit foundation with the goal of raising awareness and funding in support of the EAGLES program at Auburn University. She also helped spearhead the EAGLES program planning committee and is a member of theCircle of Excellence and a life member of the Auburn Alumni Association.
The daughter of former Auburn quarterback Lloyd Nix ’59, she and husband Frank Slupe have four daughters: Caroline’14, Abigail ’18, Auburn University senior Olivia and Lauren.
Chastity Stevenson Westry ’97
Decatur, Georgia
Alumni Engagement Committee
Membership Committee
Westry earned a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural business and economics from Auburn. She also has an MBA and a certificate of financial analysis. In addition she studied executive education at Northwestern University. She is currently in her third year at Birmingham School of Law, studying child welfare and advocacy. Westry has completed numerous national and local professional leadership programs. She is a member of Leadership Hoover 2018-2019. Westry serves on boards for Children’s Village and Leadership Hoover and has worked for more than 20 years as an executive leader in agriculture and consumer packaged goods with companies including GoldKist/Pilgrim’s Pride, General Mills, and PepsiCo/Frito Lay.
She remains active at Auburn, where she has funded an endowed student scholarship in honor of her grandparents. She serves on the College of Agriculture Alumni Board of Directors and is a member of the Foy Society, Women in Agriculture, Ag Hill Dean’s Society, Circle of Excellence, and the Agriculture Partnership Council.
Westry and her husband, Gerry, have one son. She is a life member of the Auburn Alumni Association.
Anthony “Tony” M. Torbert ’90
Atlanta, Georgia
Financial & Strategic Oversight Committee
Membership Committee
Torbert graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor’s degree in accountancy in 1990. He serves as the Digital Core Accounting Leader for Georgia-Pacific Corporation.
Torbert is a life member of the Auburn Alumni Association and is actively involved with the Atlanta Auburn Club where he has served as Treasurer, Vice President, and President. In 2010 he received the Most Outstanding Club Leader award. He is a member of the Samford, Petrie, and Foy Societies as well as the Association’s Circle of Excellence Society.