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National Alumni Board

Helping lead the way for our alumni and the University.

Driving Creighton's future

As the advisory board for the Alumni Association, the group:

Represents alumni interests to the University
Supports the University’s strategic initiatives
Provides program and service direction to Alumni Relations

This is true of myself and so many other alumni I've spoken with: We almost all feel that our Creighton years were some of the best of our lives. There's something special about the Creighton experience. As a Board, our mission is to energize alumni to continue their Creighton journey, while also giving back and paying this experience forward to the next generation.

— Richard A. Witt, BSBA’74, Former National Alumni Board President

National Alumni Board of Directors

The board meets twice a year on campus to discuss University and alumni concerns and to provide counsel and feedback for alumni programs.

President

Daniel T. Harbeke, BSBA’04
Omaha, Nebraska

Members

Molly Handke Belieu, BA'07
Omaha, Nebraska

Lori D. Bryant, BS'95
Paradise Valley, Arizona

Joshua J. Coury, BSBA'06
Dallas, Texas

Mark Ellerbeck BSBA’91, MBA'96
Omaha, Nebraska

Camille Hawk, BA'90, JD'94
Omaha, Nebraska

Michael E. Hebrard, MD'96
Piedmont, California

James Hillis, BA'07, MS'08
St. Louis, Missouri

Justin Johns, BSBA'05
Boston, Massachusetts

Stephanie Pleiss, MS'08, MA'09
Denver, Colorado

D. Ashley Frison Robinson, JD'08
Omaha, Nebraska

Craig S. Stringfellow, BSBA'87
Waukesha, Wisconsin

Jennifer Lueth Tran, BSN'03
Omaha, Nebraska

Micah E. White, BSBA'09
New York City, New York

Erin Ming Wetzel, BA'08, JS'12
Gretna, Nebraska

Alumni News

She majored in classics; now she's a VP at ESPN

Feb 17, 2026

Ashley (Hotze) O'Connor, BA'00, didn't initially plan for a career in sports. But her time as a student manager with Creighton men's basketball set her on a path to success. She's been shaping ESPN's programming for 21 years now.