15 Within 15 Announcement | University of Montevallo

Montevallo Alumni Achieving Greatness within 15 Years of Graduation

The University of Montevallo National Alumni Association Junior Board of Directors is proud to announce the 2024 class of 15 Within 15. This honor was established to recognize driven UM graduates who have demonstrated strong leadership and career passion within the first 15 years after earning their degree.

These rising stars have shown that they have what it takes to rise above the rest—those who have shown what it truly means to have a degree from Alabama’s only public liberal arts university.

Criteria for selection included leadership skills, creativity, sustained career progression, dedication, trailblazing/entrepreneurship, and unconventional wisdom.

After a nomination period in the fall, the selection process was conducted by the Junior Board Nominations & Awards Committee, a UM staff member and a member of the Awards & Recognition Committee of the UMNAA Board.

Those selected for the 2025 class will be honored at the UMNAA Founders’ Day Awards Dinner on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025.

The 2025 Class of 15 Within 15 are: 

(listed in alphabetical order)

Cowan Angell ’17
Wes Archer ’10
Kira Bochard ’21
Frank Deming II ’17
Jacob Gordon ’16
Philip Green ’11
Arrielle Jones ’11
Mary Light ’19
Pablo Martell ’14
Yamuna Meleth ’10
Charles Tyler Smith ’13
Justin Smith ’13
Emme Kirby Long Stewart ’16
Patrick Talley ’11
Neal VanMarter ’18

Junior Board of Directors

Station 6223
Montevallo, AL 35115
(205) 665-6223
alumni@montevallo.edu

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