Five named to Alumni Association Board
September 16, 2025
The Columbus State University Alumni Association welcomes directors to its volunteer board of directors. They include:
Don Andrae ’70 of Columbus holds a bachelor of business administration from Columbus State and is the manager of parking services at Auburn University. The former Men’s Basketball standout is a 1998 inductee into the Columbus State Athletics Hall of Fame, having set a school record for the most successful free throws in a game and the most rebounds per game.
Terry McDaniel ’79, ’86 of Inlet Beach, Florida, is a two-time alumnus with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration. A leader in the food and beverage industry, he is CEO and chair of Ronnoco Beverage Solutions.
Brittany W. Santiago ’18 of Columbus earned a master of business administration from Columbus State. A career communications professional, she serves as the director of public affairs and the public information officer for the Columbus Police Department.
William Tyson ’93, ’94 of Columbus is a two-time alumnus with an associate’s degree in respiratory therapy and a master of public administration. He is a career respiratory therapist and nursing home administrator.
Phyllis Williams ’14, ’00 of Columbus is a two-time alumna with a bachelor of business administration in marketing and a master of organizational leadership, specializing in human resource management. She is an operations manager at Aflac.
About the Alumni Association
Established in 1960, the CSU Alumni Association represents and provides programming for the university’s 40,000-plus alumni from all 50 states, three U.S. territories and 70 countries worldwide. Membership in the association is free for graduates.
Board members are appointed for three-year terms. Officers serve in their leadership roles for two years and advance in service from secretary to president, then rotate into the immediate past president role.
Continuing in their leadership roles for a second year are Lionel Haynes Jr., CDFM ’06, ’07 of Columbus as president; Michelle McIntire ’94 of Dawsonville, Georgia, as vice president; Candice Lawrence ’13 of Covington, Georgia, as secretary; and Twilya Toombs ’05 of Cartersville, Georgia, as immediate past president.
For more information about the Alumni Association and the university’s alumni engagement programs, visit columbusstate.edu/alumni.
Main image: New directors (top row, left to right) Andrae, McDaniel and Santiago, (second row) Tyson, Williams.
Media contact: Michael Tullier, APR, Executive Director of Strategic Communication + Marketing, 706.507.8729, mtullier@columbusstate.edu