Alumni Association

Organized in 1882, our Alumni Association is one of the oldest in the country with approximately 15,000 members.

Every semester there are opportunities for you to get involved with recruitment, mentoring, scholarships, hosting local events, campus activities, and more.

Contact us at 803.786.3015 or email ccalum@840339.com.

Alumni Association Leadership

Meet the Executive Committee

• Nan Cannon LaFitte ’87 | President  
• Kristin Wilson ’17 | President-Elect 
• Jamesha Shackerford ’15 | Vice President 
• Tiffany Sprinkle Hornsby ’94 | Secretary 
• Melanie Swann Parker '87 | Necrologist 
• Tonya Green’94 | Member-at-Large
• Sarah Faulds Hopkins '09 | Member-at-Large
• Mary Jon Barrineau '06 | Member-at-Large
• Sara Snell Whitaker ‘99  | Immediate Past President 

Meet the Alumni Council

Anna Lybrand Boyle ’65
Charlotte Stackhouse Broome ’75
Carolyn Washington Brown ’89
Nancy Burch Bunch ’72
Judy Jones Cannon ’74
Nancy Vaughn Coombs ’73
Janet Alexander Cotter ’56
MaryAnn Smith Crews ’59
Lucinda Edwards Daniels ’60
Shanitra Singleton Deas ’05
Carol Cook Duggan ’68
Linda Jones DuRant ’68
Elaine Kirby Ferraro ’70
Lisa Kennerly Fusco ’91
Lucy Crumpton Gordon ’61
Peggy Huggins Gunnells ’65
Carol Stackhouse Hall ’74
Anne Turner Harrell ’57
Jewell Powell Hill ’60
Frances Shelley Hill ’70
Valerie Krueger Hite ’07
Tiffany Sprinkle Hornsby ’94
Carole Dunaway Howell ’75
Jamila Harrington Hudley ’99
Jane Douglass Manning Hyatt ’65
Lera Williams Jackson ’97
Claire Mullen Kinney ’73
Crissie Miller Kirby ’00
Lyn Anne Dallas Knudsen ’80
Nan Cannon LaFitte ’87
Wannelle Witt Lefkowitz ’70
Kathy Graham Leland ’67
Becky Fowler Lumpkin ’04
Laura Lundeen ’08
Janice Kay Martin ’60
Jenny McCulloch ’74
Margie Mitchell ’83
Emil Burns Mitchell ’84
Carla Lewis Moore ’94
Cathy Whitaker Neeley ’71
Amber Nix ’10
Ruth Anne Reeves O'Cain ’94
Meg Ward Pace ’62
Mary Ann Reeves Phillips ’56
Kappy Price ’93
Lauren Riley Puffenbarger ’97
Becky Baker Pugh ’62
Anne Kizer Reeves ’63
Amy Long Ruple ’08
Jamesha Shackerford ’15
Candy Crane Shuler ’73
Kara Simmons ’10
Linda Sue Neal Smith ’64
Sara Snell Whitaker ’99
Amy Sugibayashi ’08
Rebecca Glover Swanson ’57
Heather Siegfried Turner ’08
Carol Vaughn ’71
Ryan Easterling Vied ’92
Suzie Chaplin Wattenbarger ’69
Helen West ’87
Kay Daniels West ’97
Patst Cave Whitaker ’55
Kristin Wilson ’17
Rebecca Phillips Wooten ’04
Pal Crenshaw Wrenn ’56
Bootsie Harvie Wynne ’83
Joan Vaughan Young ’56

Alumni Association Awards

Each year the Alumni Association recognizes four deserving graduates for their distinguished service to Columbia College and the community at-large, as well as for any outstanding achievements in their chosen professions.

All Columbia College alumni are invited to submit nominations for the following Alumni Association Awards: