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UK Alumni Association Announces Board of Directors Officers

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 24, 2015)  The University of Kentucky Alumni Association recently announced its 2015-16 board of directors officers. They are David B. Ratterman, president; Peggy Meszaros, president-elect; Susan Van Buren Mustian, treasurer; and Stan Key, secretary. The new slate will officially take office July 1, 2015, and will serve until June 30, 2016.

David B. Ratterman, of Louisville, Kentucky, has served five three-year terms on the UK Alumni Association Board of Directors. He was elected to the officer position of treasurer for 2013-14 and the position of president-elect for 2014-15. He has held several committee leadership positions with the association, including chairman of the Diversity and Group Development; Communications; Great Teacher/Scholarships; Nominating for Board; Budget, Finance, and Investments; and Strategic Planning committees and served on the Diversity Task Force. Ratterman has been a member of the UK Advocacy Network (UKAN) since the group’s inception.

He has been involved with student recruitment, special events, diversity activities and the Greater Louisville UK Alumni Club. He is a partner with Stites and Harbison PLLC and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers and is listed in “Kentucky Super Lawyers” and “The Best Lawyers in America.” Ratterman serves on a variety of professional committees and organizations, including as secretary and general counsel to the American Institute of Steel Construction. He is also a retired U.S. Navy commander and a member of the Louisville Rotary Club. He is a 2012 recipient of the prestigious UK Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award. Ratterman received a bachelor’s degree from UK in mechanical engineering in 1968 and did graduate work at UK in 1970. He also holds degrees from the University of Louisville. He is a Life Member of the UK Alumni Association and a UK Fellow.

Peggy S. Meszaros, of Blacksburg, Virginia, has served three three-year terms on the UK Alumni Association Board of Directors. She has held several committee leadership positions with the association, including chairwoman of the Alumni Service Awards; Communications; Nominating for Board; Scholarships/Great Teacher Awards and Budget, Finance and Investments committees. She is the William E. Lavery Professor of Human Development and director of the Research Center for Information Technology Impacts on Children, Youth, and Families at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Meszaros served from 1993-1994 as dean of the College of Human Resources at Virginia Tech and from 1994-2000 served as senior vice president and provost, the highest-ranking female in the history of the school. From 1985-1993 Meszaros served as dean of the UK College of Human Environmental Sciences (now UK School of Human Environmental Sciences). She was inducted into the UK Human Environmental Sciences Hall of Fame in 2002. She served on the UK Athletics Association Board from 1986-1992 and is a founding member of the Erikson Society at UK. 

Meszaros was inducted into the UK Alumni Association Hall of Distinguished Alumni in 1995 and was a 2011 recipient of the prestigious UK Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award. She is a member of the Blacksburg Rotary Club and has served on its board of directors and as co-chair of Membership and Attendance Committees. Meszaros received a master’s degree from the UK College of Education and received a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. She is a Life Member of the UK Alumni Association and a UK Fellow. She was married to Alex Meszaros, now deceased, and has three children. Their son, Louis, graduated from UK.

Susan Van Buren Mustian, of Hebron, Kentucky, has served two three-year terms on the UK Alumni Association Board of Directors. She has held several committee leadership positions with the association including chairwoman of Membership and Club Development and vice-chairwoman of Diversity and Group Development committees. Mustian also chaired the Strategic Plan Governance Focus Group. A former president of the Student Activities Board, she also led the Student Alumni Association as an undergraduate. Mustian continued her involvement with the association serving as president-elect of the Northern KY/Greater Cincinnati UK Alumni Club and also as vice president and secretary. She helped develop alumni clubs in South Bend, Indiana, and Hong Kong, SAR, where she was appointed to the Strategic Plan Accreditation Leadership Team with the Hong Kong International School.

Mustian is a member of the Southwest Ohio Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Board of Directors and serves as the Cincinnatian of the Year Gala co-chairwoman and president-elect. In 2014 she received the Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council Voices of Giving Award. Mustian is a 2012 recipient of the prestigious UK Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award. She received a bachelor’s degree in marketing in 1984 from the UK Gatton College of Business and Economics. Mustian is a member of UKAN and a Life Member of the UK Alumni Association. She is married to Scott J. Mustian ’85 BE, a UK Fellow and also a Life Member of the UK Alumni Association. They are the parents of Sam, Nathan and Sarah.

Stan Key, of Lexington, Kentucky, earned a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Kentucky in 1972. He also earned a master’s degree in education from Murray State University in 1977. He was in the position of associate director of the UK Alumni Association from 1990 to 1998. Since 1998, Key has served as the director of UK Alumni Affairs and executive director of the UK Alumni Association and as secretary to the association’s board of directors. He is a Life Member of the UK Alumni Association and a UK Fellow. He and his wife, Mary Jane Key ’72 ED, have two sons, Ryan and Neil, both UK grads.
 

The UK Alumni Association is a membership supported organization committed to fostering lifelong engagement among alumni, friends, the association, and the university. For more information about the UK Alumni Association or to become a member, visit www.ukalumni.net or call 800- 269-2586.