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June 3, 2013
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tificates from the Clayton State Division
of Continuing Education. In addition to
having now served three times as Alumni
Association president, LaRue has also
served as Vice president twice, secretary
twice, and treasurer once, so it’s pretty
safe to say she’s familiar with the work-
ings of the association, including giving
the Alumni Association’s Commencement
address, which she did twice on Saturday,
May 4.
Retired from Marriott Corporation after
33 years, she spent 10 years with Marriott
In-Flite Services, moving up through sev-
eral positions, and 23 years with the
Atlanta Airport Marriott, eight years as a
sales assistant and 15 years as operating
manager of the business center. She
received from Bill Tiefel, president of
Marriott Lodging Group, the Tiefel
Service Award for quality service and
guest satisfaction in 1995.
LaRue has two sons and a daughter, two
granddaughters, and her, “most recent
interest, my new great grandson Emery
Christopher Sink.”
In her spare time LaRue loves baking,
gardening, hiking or anything outdoors.
Vice President Jordan, originally from
New Jersey, now lives in McDonough. He
has been an economic assistant with the
U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of
Labor Statistics in Atlanta since 2007, and
a licensed realtor with Keller Williams
Realty Traditions in Stockbridge since
2006.
Jordan earned his Bachelors of Business
Management with a concentration of
Supply Chain Management and Logistics
from Clayton State in the fall of 2006. His
Clayton State resume is also one of the
best. He’s served as the Alumni Board’s
Membership and Business Plan chairman
since 2007. While a student, he was the
Atlanta
Air
Cargo
Association
Scholarship winner in 2005, and a Dean’s
List student from 2004 to 2006. He even
was the 2006/2007 Homecoming King
and served as a student assistant in the
Counseling Services and Financial Aid
Departments, and for the University
Rideshare Program.
“I love to watch and play sports including
basketball and football,” he says of his
leisure pursuits. “I am learning to play
golf.
“I like to spend time with my family, trav-
el to new places, learn about different cul-
tures, and work out at the gym.”
Treasurer Rice is the budget manager for
Southern Company Services (SCS). Since
joining Georgia Power in 1991, she
served in various roles, including assistant
to the senior vice president of Metro
Atlanta Regions and budget manager for
Customer Service & Marketing, before
joining SCS in 2010. She also served as
the 2010 – 2011 Board Chair of the Club
of Hearts, a Georgia nonprofit corporation
funded by contributions from Georgia
Power and Southern Company employees
in metro Atlanta.
Like all four of the new officers, Rice has
a business degree from Clayton State, in
her case a 1991 BBA in Accounting. She
also earned an MBA in Economics from
Georgia State University in 1997. She is
also a Certified Public Accountant. While
attending Clayton State, she was involved
in the Accounting Club and had the
opportunity to prepare tax returns through
the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
(VITA) program. She also spent time as a
tutor in the English lab.
In her spare time, she enjoys reading,
exercising and playing golf. Rice and her
husband, Chet, reside in Newnan, Ga.
Secretary Bailey is a 24 year old native of
Macon, Ga., who currently lives in
Stockbridge. In 2007, he enrolled at
Clayton State to obtain a bachelor’s
degree in Business Administration with a
concentration in Marketing. He complet-
ed his degree in fall 2011.
In the spring of 2009, he was initiated into
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., through
the Tau Epsilon Chapter. During his years
a brother on campus, he served in several
positions in the chapter including chapter
president. He was also afforded the oppor-
tunity to serve in the national membership
development process for Alpha Phi Alpha
as a master trainer, where he still serves
today.
Also while attending Clayton State, he sat
on the Student Fees & Activity Advisory
Board, was a Campus Life volunteer, and
completed the inaugural Loch Leadership
Institute. Due to his Photoshop skills, his
work has been showcased through various
mediums across campus, such as the 2012
Orientation SROW t-shirt, and the 2012
Homecoming t-shirt.
Currently an employee of Wells Fargo &
Co., since graduation Bailey has transi-
tioned into the Pi Gamma Lambda
Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha. He aspires to
return to school this fall to work on a
Masters Degree in Divinity along with a
Masters in Business Administration.
Some of his hobbies include hanging out
with friends, frat brothers, and being
involved at his church, the Greater
Traveler’s Rest Baptist Church.
Lanelle LaRue addresses attendees at the 2013 alumni ceremony in Spivey Hall.
Officers, cont’d. from p. 8