Who We Are & What We Do
In the fall of 1958, staff officers of seven private colleges met to discuss a joint venture in alumni and fund raising, which resulted in successful fund drives in Akron and Toledo, Ohio. From this group two years later was born the Independent College Alumni Associates of Ohio. One of its first tasks was to launch a lobbying effort in the Ohio Legislature aiding significantly in the passage of the Ohio Instructional Grants legislation.
In recent years, the scope of the organization has broadened to include the varied college advancement professionals working on behalf of today's private institutions. The name was officially changed in 1981 to Independent College Advancement Associates (ICAA). A list of current members can be viewed here. ICAA membership is now approaching 800 individual staff members from these colleges, universities, and related institutions.
The mission of ICAA is to enhance the professional development of its members and their understanding of issues facing private higher education and institutional advancement.
Professional development opportunities include an annual Summer Conference, a three-day event for all college advancement professionals, and several Drive-In Workshops held periodically throughout the year, with each workshop pertaining to a specific specialty area.
ICAA is directed by an 11-member board, consisting of the president, immediate past president, president-elect, treasurer, secretary and six at-large members. To view the current executive board for ICAA, visit the Contact Us page.
Past Presidents
2022-23: Lee Ann Jourdan, Franklin College
2021-22: Kyle Vaughn, Ashland University
2020-21: Beau Slater, Ohio Northern University
2019-20: Vickie Wilkins, Tiffin University
2018-19: Sandy Nichols, Plus Delta Partners
2017-18: Melissa Clarke Beckett, Columbus Academy
2016-17: Jeff Alix, Ashland University
2015-16: Kara Pickler, Denison University
2014-15: John Coyne, Hiram College
2013-14: Terry Kurtz, Baldwin-Wallace University
2012-13: Andy Kocher, University of Indianapolis
2011: Ericka Kurtz, Tiffin University
2010-11: Lori Pongtana, Denison University
2010: Albert DiFranco, Notre Dame College
2009: Brent Bush, West Virginia Wesleyan College
2008-09: Kristi Wilkerson, West Virginia Wesleyan College
2007-08: Albert DiFranco, Baldwin-Wallace College
2006-07: Paul Chewning, West Virginia Independent Colleges and Universities
2006: David LaBanc, Baldwin-Wallace College
2005-06: Paul Chewning, West Virginia Independent Colleges and Universities
2004-05: Celinda Scherger, Tiffin University
2003-04: Matt Meyer, Ohio Dominican University
2002-03: Jim Beaverson, Defiance College
2001: Kevin Cluts, Bluffton College
2000-01: Larry Schiemann, Ashland University
1999-00: Merre Phillips, Heidelberg College
1998-99: Susan Dannemann, Muskingum College
1997-98: Steve Hannan, Ashland University
1996-97: Ken Sheetz, Wittenberg University
1995-96: Sally Christiansen, Ohio Wesleyan University
1994-95: Matthew Elli, Muskingum College
1993-94: Jennifer Hamlin Church, Ohio Wesleyan University
1992-93: Sylvia Yankey, Hiram College
1991-92: Jeffrey Todd, The College of Wooster
1990-91: Debra Van Dyne, University of Findlay
1989-90: George Richard, Baldwin-Wallace College
1988-89: John Trautman, Defiance College
1987-88: Marjorie Kramer, The College of Wooster
1986-87: Lynda Huey, Ohio Dominican College
1985-86: Carolyn Frobase, Hiram College
1984-85: Thomas Konkoly, Baldwin-Wallace College
1983-84: Richard Kleckner, University of Dayton
1982-83: James Scarfpin, Otterbein College
1981-82: Carmi Frantz, Ursuline College
1980-81: Clancy Biegler, Muskingum College
1979-80: Frank Knorr, The College of Wooster
1978-79: Midge Brittingham, Oberlin College
1977-78: Laura Newman, Ohio Wesleyan University
1976-77: Herb Danker, Wittenberg University
1975-76: Tom Seddon, Baldwin-Wallace College
1974-75: Tom Seddon, Baldwin-Wallace College
1973-74: Robert Heinbaugh, Hiram College
1972-73: Gene Haberman, Wittenberg University
1971-72: John Hutson, University of Findlay
1970-71: John Hutson, University of Findlay
1969-70: Richard Pflieger, Otterbein College
1968-69: Edward Arn, The College of Wooster
1967-68: William Banfield, Mount Union College
1966-67: Robet Buchy, Wittenberg University
1965-66: Gene Meyer, Heidelberg College
1964-65: Dick Van Almen, Baldwin-Wallace College
1963-64: Perk Robins, Wittenberg University
1962-63: Ernest Sheetz, Mount Union College
1961-62: LaMarr Rice, Denison University
1960-61: Mason Benner, University of Dayton
1959-60: Ernest Sheetz, Mount Union College
1958-59: Roland Matthies, Wittenberg University
ICAA Founders
Ed Butcher, Heidelberg College
Aaron Keller, Hiram College
Wade Miller, Otterbein College
Ernest Sheetz, Mount Union College
Howard Strauch, The College of Wooster
Ron Weber, Mount Union College