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Austin Dempsey Named Aurora University Trustee

 

Congratulations to Community Foundation director Austin Dempsey on being named an Aurora University trustee! The Aurora Beacon News published the following article on November 14, 2016 about the three new trustees.

Aurora University names new trustees

Three new members have been appointed to the Aurora University board of trustees, school officials said in a statement.

Matthew Cannon, an equity shareholder in a law firm, Austin Dempsey, a real estate broker and Brian Konen, vice president of an insurance agency, will each serve three-year terms on the board.

Cannon, who graduated from Aurora University in 1994, has two decades of litigation experience, including more than seven years as a federal prosecutor, according to university officials. He is currently an equity shareholder in the law firm Greenberg Traurig, and lives in Naperville with his wife and two children.

Dempsey is vice president of Batavia Enterprises, a real estate agency, and principal at BERE LLC, a brokerage, third-party management and municipal consulting firm in Batavia, according to Aurora University. He is a board member of Rosary High School, Marmion Military Alumni Association, First National Bank, Fox Valley Entrepreneurship Center and the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley, school officials said. He lives in Batavia with his wife and two sons.

Konen has worked in the insurance industry on state and national levels, and is currently vice president of Konen Insurance Agency in Aurora, according to the university. He was president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois, and is currently chair elect of the Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce board of directors and a member of the Rush-Copley Institutional Review Board, according to the school. He lives in Sugar Grove with his wife and three sons.

Being a part of the Community Foundation scholarship committee is the highlight of my year. For many, a scholarship from the CFFRV is the reason they are able to continue reaching for their dreams and changing the future of our world. I hope each recipients knows just how inspirational they are to those of us who are lucky enough to read their stories.

Jessica Breugelmans

Scholarship Committee Member and Board Member

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Neal Ormond

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YEP was a great experience to have in high school. I became a more confident person, someone with a lot more perspective. Coming from a small school, YEP allowed me to branch out into my community, meet students from other schools, and learn about their backgrounds. I made some great friends and still keep in touch with them today.

Abby Vagnoni

YEP Alumni

YEP has made me realize the importance of being involved in my community, and how to make a difference. There are a lot of problems in the world but if we can do everything that we can to help the world will become a better place. YEP has helped me realize this and encouraged me to help more people in the future.

Madi Porter

YEP Member

I am incredibly grateful for the generosity of the Zari Foundation Scholarship and the Community Foundation in supporting my education. I am majoring in mechanical engineering with a concentration in aerospace engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institue of Technology. In my spare time, I volunteer on campus, in the community and I’m also the principal violist in the symphony orchestra. I hope to make an impact on the next chapter of space exploration by eventually working at a groundbreaking aerospace company such as SpaceX or NASA.

Taytum Newell

Albert M. Zari Scholarship Recipient

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Michelle Emanuel

Donor and Past Scholarship Recipient

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