National Office
Jeremy T. Sheffield, Ed.D.
Executive Director
Blue Key Honor Society
bkdirector@bluekey.org
Byron Thetford
Director of Operations
Blue Key Honor Society
bkdirector@bluekey.org
Board of Directors
Abigaile VanHorn, Ph.D.
Board President
Senior Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Sigma Chi Fraternity
Blue Key Administration
Glenn Hansen
Board Vice-President
Assistant Director, Northern Arizona University Honor College
Cherie Crisp
Board Treasurer
Parole Officer
Kansas Department of Corrections
Alfred Schwalbe
Board Secretary
Director of Program,
St. Teresa of Calcutta Newman Center
Adam Fredritz
Board of Directors Student Member
The University of Toledo
Alli Bushaw
Board of Directors Student Member
North Dakota State University
Richard Hester
Blue Key Board of Directors, Ex-Officio
Vice President of Student Affairs Emeritus, The University of West Alabama
Caleb Brown
Board of Directors Student Member
Clemson University
Board of Directors Emeritus
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Dr. Chris Sieverdes has served Blue Key for a total of 30 years of which the first twenty were as Advisor to Blue Key at Clemson University. In 2000, he also led a group of advisors and students to administer Blue Key at the national level. He served as Blue Key Executive Director from 2002 through 2016. He was Professor and Community Development Specialist at Clemson University until his retirement in 2006. At Clemson he won two of the University’s most prestigious awards: The “1985 Alumni Master Teacher Award (top classroom teacher)” and the 1996 Alumni Distinguished Public Service Award for his leadership of the Palmetto Leadership Program with the Extension Service. He has three children – Clemson graduates.
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University of Georgia
Honored with Board of Directors Emeritus on July 9th, 2021
Blue Key Honor Society Board of Directors
2002-2021Bob Izlar, a member of Blue Key and Advisor to the UGA Chapter, has been involved with Blue Key since 1998. As the Founding Director of the Harley Langdale, Jr. Center for Forest Business in the Warnell School of Forest Resources at The University of Georgia, Bob has mentored hundreds of UGA graduates and Blue Key members during his tenure. Bob has been awarded numerous honors at the Blue Key national level, including the National Advisor of the Year award in both 2005 and 2015 and the Distinguished Service Award in 2021.
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Colorado School of Mines
Honored with Board of Directors
Emeritus on January 19th, 2019
Blue Key Honor Society Board of Directors, 2003-2018
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The University of Portland
Honored with Executive Director Emeritus on January 15th, 2022
Blue Key Honor Society Board President
2000-2022