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Alumni Leadership

The MNU Alumni Association promotes the value of being a Pioneer for Life. The Alumni Council is your representative body and works to help you at every stage of your life. Get to know these important members. The Alumni Engagement staff works to create lifelong champions for MNU and to support the Council’s efforts.

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Alumni Engagement Team

Pete Brumbaugh (’90, MBA ’04)
Director of Alumni Engagement & Annual Giving

MidAmerica Nazarene University
Lunn Hall
2030 East College Way
Olathe, KS 66062-1899

Office Hours
Mon. – Fri. 8:00am – 5:00pm

Officers

Rhonda Nyhus

Rhonda (Burns '98) Nyhus

Council President;
Olathe, KS

Vern Wesley

Dr. Vern Wesley ('86)

Immediate Past President;
Boston, MA

Sheila Bird

Sheila (Vandervoort '79) Bird

President-Elect;
Lenexa, KS

Alumni Council member

Jay Ketterling ('80)

Council Secretary
Olathe, KS

Alumni Council Members

  • Allen Brown (’72), Board of Trustees; Yorba Linda, CA
  • Dr. Jill (Wilkinson ’96) Speicher, MNU Faculty; Olathe, KS

Pioneer for Life Covenant

MidAmerica Nazarene University annually welcomes hundreds of students into a distinctive, purpose-driven community of learners and leaders. The Alumni Association strives to continue growing this relationship with all Pioneers beyond their campus experience by committing to:

  • Create a wide array of opportunities to welcome our alumni back and celebrate when they return home to campus
  • Maintain a lifelong interest in and affirmation of the personal, spiritual, and professional milestones of our alumni
  • Offer our alumni the means to discover one another, rekindle old bonds, and create new relationships
  • Engage alumni in a meaningful dialogue
  • Provide information, programs, and services aligning with the strongest alumni interest and needs
  • Seek the individual and collective expertise of alumni and involve them in enhancing the University's impact, reach, and stature.
MNU Alumni Association Constitution

Alumni Engagement Staff

Pete Brumbaugh

Pete Brumbaugh

(’90, MBA ’04), Executive Director of University Communications and Alumni Engagement

A member of MNU’s University Advancement team since 2014, Pete brings a wealth of experience to the position, having served for 12 years in the nonprofit sector at Heart to Heart International and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City. On top of building long-term relationships and increasing donor engagement, he has also been a marketing professor in MNU’s MBA program. From 1994-96, he served as a resident educator and the publications advisor at MNU. Brumbaugh also worked five years at Garmin leading their media relations team.

He married Tami (Cope, MED ‘19) Brumbaugh in 1993. They have two daughters: Hannah (’22) and Halee, a college sophomore. He and his family reside in Olathe and are members of College Church of the Nazarene.

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Alumni Engagement Team

Pete Brumbaugh (’90, MBA ’04)
Director of Alumni Engagement & Annual Giving

Office Hours
Mon. – Fri. 8:00am – 5:00pm