Florida administrator to head UConn Alumni Association

Lisa R. Lewis, an association professional with extensive experience of managing higher education organizations, has been named executive director of the UConn Alumni Association.

Lewis arrives at UConn after serving as assistant vice president of communications for the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and previously, for seven years, as president of the University of South Florida Alumni Association.

"I am confident that Lisa Lewis's organizational skills and experience, coupled with excellent interpersonal attributes, will help lead the UConn Alumni Association to new levels of achievement," says University President Philip E. Austin.

Francis X. Archambault, '69, a retired professor of educational psychology and president of the UConn Alumni Association, says, "We are excited to begin working with Lisa and look forward to expanding the Alumni Association's activities in supporting our alma mater."

Lewis is an honors graduate of the University of South Florida (USF), with degrees in both marketing and public relations.

She held a variety of positions with the USF Alumni Association before being named president in 1999, with the concurrent title of associate vice president of alumni affairs.

During her tenure at USF, she increased paid membership in the association by 60 percent, expanded revenue streams, established a corporate partnership program, reactivated alumni chapters around the country, and guided the organization through a strategic planning process.