Recent Graduate Council in yellow text on a blue background

The Recent Graduate Council is two-year volunteer commitment on an advisory board, open to anyone who has graduated from VCU in the past 10 years.

Members represent some of the best and brightest alumni of the past decade. The council develops engagement strategies to help young alumni with one another and the university, in new and exciting ways.

Council members

2025 Class
 
Matthew Barrett
(B.S.’18)
  Sherry Castillo
(B.S.’19)
 
Thomas Chatman
(B.S.’24)
  Rosemary Kane
(M.E.’20)
 
Isa Merritt
(B.A.’23)
  Christopher Molina
(B.S.’20)
   
Destini Spain
(B.S.’24)
   

 

2024 Class
 
Reeve Ashcraft
(B.A.’20)
  Manpreet Bhogal
(B.S.’13)
 
Jad Elahmad
(B.S.’19)
  Victoria Jackson
(B.A.’17)
 
Katherine Mansfield
(B.A.’20)
  Sterling Murray
(B.S.’23)

   
Stephen Steward Jr.
(B.A.’14)
   Cassandra McGill
(B.S.’21, M.A.’24)

   
Brinay Prashain Prasai
(B.S.’22)
   

 

2023 Class
     
 
Jasmine Luckey
(B.S.W.16)
  Zaid Shaikh
(B.S.20)
 
Travis Ellison
(B.S.15)
  Nicole Mahzoun
(B.A.14)
 
Diamond Blathers
(M.P.A.21)
  Carlos Jimenez Morales
(B.S.18)
 
Aaron Deane
(B.S.16)
  Margo Maier
(B.S.15)
 
Jasmine Kent
(B.S.13)
  Austin Stewart (B.S.19)

   
Shamera Stewart
(B.S.16)
   Christian Martinez Lemus
(B.A.21)
     
Kelly Nguyen
(B.A.20)
  Erin Hanley
(B.S.13, Ph.D. '20)
     
 Jacqueline Dybuvarang (B.S.W.17)   Erika Coleman
(B.S.13)
     
Geneda Kearney

(B.I.S.’14, M.T.'14)
  Kierra Fells
(B.S.18)


Matt Leicester
(M.A.'22)
   

 

2022 class
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Amari Cummings  
Amari Cummings
(B.F.A.20/A)
  Jamarr Daniels
(B.S.12/B)
     
Nathan Dowdy    Melissa Grant
Nathan Dowdy
(B.A.19/H&S)
  Melissa Grant
(B.S.13/E)
     
Head shot of Ellen Hwang    
Ellen Hwang
(B.S.16/B)
  Tommy Nguyen
(B.S.19/B)
     
Jazmine Povlick    
Jazmine Povlick
(M.S.19/H&S)
   
2021 class
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Photo of Breonne Brooks   Photo of Jessica Diaz    
Breonne Brooks
(B.S.’15/H&S)
  Jessica Diaz
(B.A.’18/H&S; B.A.’18/H&S; M.T.’18/E)
   
         
Photo of Madeline Doane    Photo of Christina Edwards    
Madeline Doane
(B.A.’20/H&S; B.A.’20/WS)
  Christina Edwards
(B.A.’12/A; Cert.’12/DVC)
   
         
Photo of John Gregory   Photo of Sarah Izabel     
John Gregory, Ph.D.
(Ph.D.’17/GPA)
  Sarah Izabel
(B.S.’20/H&S)
   
         
Photo of Christopher Jones   Photo of Kalyann Kauv    
Christopher Jones
(B.S.’15/B)
  Kalyann Kauv, Pharm.D.
(B.S.’13/H&S; Pharm.D.’17/P)
   
         
Photo of Sarah Kilmon    Photo of Jonathan Kinsey    
Sarah Kilmon
(B.S.’17/MC)
  Jonathan Kinsey
(M.P.A.’12/GPA)
   
         
    Photo of Aja Moore    
Travis Lewis
(B.S.’11/B)
  Aja Moore
(B.A.’19/H&S)
   
         
Photo of Dominique Wormley   Photo of Alton Reid     
Dominique Wormley
(B.S.’15/B)
  Alton Reid
(B.S.’13/H&S)
   
         
Photo of Shawn Soares        
  Shawn Soares
(B.S.’19/B)
  Krystle Seawright
(B.S.’10/B)
   
         
  Photo of Tina Turner   Zoe Walton     
Tina Turner
(B.S.’16/B)
  Zoe Walton
(B.I.S.’18/H&S; M.T.’18/E)
   

 

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