Alumni who value their K experience are vital in promoting and advancing the College’s distinctive educational mission. You can help solidify K’s position as one of this country’s most exceptional liberal arts colleges by donating your time and effort to sustain K for the next generation of Hornets.
On this page you will find:
Class Agents
One of the most crucial volunteer positions available to alumni is serving as a class agent, who helps keep their class connected to the College after graduation and promotes philanthropic opportunities to support the K student experience. Notably, class agents provide leadership for their class reunion and giving plans every five years. For these reasons, class agents are vital to the success and sustainability of the Kalamazoo College Fund.
Class Agent Responsibilities
Class agents represent the College, the Kalamazoo College Fund and fundraising initiatives to their alumni class. Accordingly, class agents have to be comfortable starting conversations with friends and classmates about financially supporting the College and sharing how their gifts to KCF contribute to K students. Working independently and as a part of the class agent team, you will be expected to:
- Participate in a few meetings with Kalamazoo College Fund staff to receive training about campus resources, philanthropy and College Advancement. Collaborate with other senior class agents to help ensure philanthropy through financial support.
- Maintain your personal giving to the College with an annual gift to the Kalamazoo College Fund. We encourage you to give to other interests in addition to a gift to the Kalamazoo College Fund.
- Write a fundraising letter to your classmates on an annual basis.
- Attend and encourage others to attend alumni events.
- Assist in planning reunion events and reunion giving solicitations every five years.
- Keep in touch with classmates and encourage them to keep their information updated in the K Alumni Directory so they can stay connected with the College, classmates and other K alumni.
- Thank donor classmates for their generosity through hand-written notes, emails, social media, and/or phone calls/texts to extend gratitude and encourage annual giving.
- Serve as an advocate for the Day of Gracious Giving and Kalamazoo College Fund appeals through social media and other outreach.
- Keep classmates up to date on all things K.
How to become a class agent
Alumni, Should you be interested in becoming a Class Agent or have a question about the Class Agent program, please contact classagents@kzoo.edu or Laurel Palmer, Director, Kalamazoo College Fund at 269.337.7282 or lpalmer@kzoo.edu.
Current seniors, fill out our senior class agent application form to apply!
Current Class Agents
To contact your class agent, please email classagents@kzoo.edu with your class year in the subject line.
| Class Year | Class Agent |
| 1959 | Karen (Lake) De Vos |
| Class Year | Class Agent |
| 1961 | Mary (Hanson) Kerley |
| 1962 | Sally (Lange) Padley |
| 1963 | Bonnie (Bradford) Ramseyer Don Schneider |
| 1964 | David Clowers |
| 1965 | Kay (Seaman) Lewis |
| 1966 | John Honell |
| 1967 | Nancy Southard Young |
| 1969 | Lynne (Carlson) Sheaff |
| Class Year | Class Agent |
| 1970 | David Kessler Lauren Orr |
| 1971 | Steve Helm |
| 1972 | Class agent volunteer opportunity, interested? Contact classagents@kzoo.edu |
| 1973 | Anne (Skjaerlund) Fege |
| 1974 | Phil Kraushaar |
| 1975 | Tala (Munther) Davidson |
| 1976 | Rob Van Patten Valorie (Vogel) Van Patten |
| 1977 | Lee Morriss |
| 1978 | Ann Dahmer Kerry Geffert |
| 1979 | Barb (Turner) DeRose Chris DeRose |
| Class Year | Class Agent |
| 1980 | Class agent volunteer opportunity, interested? Contact classagents@kzoo.edu |
| 1981 | West Nelson |
| 1982 | Dan McCarrel |
| 1983 | Tom Farthing |
| 1984 | Class agent volunteer opportunity, interested? Contact classagents@kzoo.edu |
| 1985 | Judy Hehs |
| 1986 | Bruce Kantor |
| 1987 | Rick Howrey |
| 1988 | Class agent volunteer opportunity, interested? Contact classagents@kzoo.edu |
| 1989 | Anastasia (Holland) Harnden |
| Class Year | Class Agent |
| 1990 | Brita (Muller) Boer |
| 1991 | Steve Adams-Smith Greg Herder Jennifer Vince |
| 1992 | Kirsten (Browne) Bradford |
| 1993 | John Lawther Brad O’Neill |
| 1994 | Class agent volunteer opportunity, interested? Contact classagents@kzoo.edu |
| 1995 | Theresa Gutierrez Ryan Kaltenbach |
| 1996 | Melissa Stucki Stevens |
| 1997 | Alexandra (Foley) Altman Corey Schultz |
| 1998 | Christina (Dudek) Anderson |
| 1999 | Jennifer (Getting) Jameslyn Andy Miller |
| Class Year | Class Agent |
| 2000 | Zachary Schroeck |
| 2001 | Class agent volunteer opportunity, interested? Contact classagents@kzoo.edu |
| 2002 | Mitch Blink Jason Wright |
| 2003 | James Goodwin |
| 2004 | Carolyn DeWitt Brittany Edwards |
| 2005 | Colin Baumgartner Kate McCracken |
| 2006 | Mary-Katherine Thompson Miller |
| 2007 | Rob Connor Bristol Day |
| 2008 | Class agent volunteer opportunity, interested? Contact classagents@kzoo.edu |
| 2009 | Kira (Dow) Castle Andy Girrell Juli Scalf |
| Class Year | Class Agent |
| 2010 | Eric Aiken Kevin Dugal Brandon Luczak Jessica Messerschmidt Ajka Suljevic Anne Weir Schechinger |
| 2011 | Sarah Allexan Evan Bontrager Becky Dennis-Hulway Alex Morgan |
| 2012 | Meredith Loomis Quinlan Milo Madole |
| 2013 | Zari Haggenmiller Carpenter Alex Rigney |
| 2014 | Mark Ghafari |
| 2015 | Jacob Gallimore Marquise Griffin Hannah (Maness) Hiscock |
| 2016 | Alexis Fiebernitz Pornkamol “Tutu” Huang |
| 2017 | Emerson Brown Eric De Witt Emily Finch Emily Levy Brooke Travis |
| 2018 | Lexi Ambs Shelby Hopper Travis Hunziker |
| 2019 | Emma Eisenbeis Maya Srkalovic |
| Class Year | Class Agent |
| 2020 | Jack Tagget |
| 2021 | Quentin Baur Daniel Mota-Villegas |
| 2022 | David Kent Aaron Martinez Samuel “Sam” Tagget |
| 2023 | DaShawn Meeks Alexis Petty |
| 2024 | Class agent volunteer opportunity, interested? Contact classagents@kzoo.edu |
Additional Kalamazoo College Volunteer opportunities
To find ways to connect with the College and fellow alumni, check out the Office of Alumni Engagement’s website and their Alumni Bites, which outline ways for you to share your talents during your reunion year and beyond. You can additionally volunteer for the following:
- Identifying and recruiting prospective students.
- Offering an internship or externship to a student.
- Mentoring a student or recent graduate.
- Serving as a class agent (see below), reunion committee volunteer, Alumni Association Engagement Board member, Alumni Admission Volunteer Program member, or Hornet Happy Hour or regional event host.
- Making a charitable contribution to Kalamazoo College.