Get to know the students who call, write, and tour you around campus – rain or shine!
Email us at ambassadors@lynchburg.edu.
Brynn Vallo
From: Beachwood, N.J.
Major: Political Science and Philosophy
Minor: History
Campus involvement: Alpha Chi Omega, Student Judicial Board, Pre-Law Society, Theoria Club
Interesting fact: I went to 5 countries in one summer for study abroad. I want to attend Law School Following graduation at LC.
Anna Wehr
From: Ellicott City, Md.
Major: Theatre
Minor: Marketing
Campus involvement: Greek Life, Alpha Psi Omega, Westover Honors Program, Concert Choir, LC Theatre Department
Fact: I can rap almost the entire musical Hamilton.
Terry Lee Jr.
From: Woodbridge, Va.
Major: Elementary Education
Minor: English
Campus involvement: Track and Field Team, Club Basketball, Kappa Delta Pi Education Honor society, Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society
Interesting fact: I’m a huge Britney Spears fan.
Cameron Harris
From: Short Hills, N.J.
Major: Marketing
Minor: Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations
Campus involvement: University of Lynchburg women’s lacrosse team and Lynchburg Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization
Interesting fact: I love to go to music festivals.
Caley Dunn
From: Cary, N.C.
Major: Communications : Biomedical Science
Minor: Math
Campus involvement: University of Lynchburg EMS, Sports Outreach, and Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
Interesting fact: I recently got to FaceTime Selena Gomez which was pretty cool!
Dakota Shepherd
From: Elliston, Va.
Major: Biomedical Science
Minor: Psychology
Campus involvement: Track and Field, Westover Fellow, Phi Eta Sigma
Interesting fact: I love squirrels and hope to have a pet squirrel (hopefully more than one) when I get my own house. I follow a lot of accounts that feature rescued squirrels and I even had a squirrel-themed birthday party.
Emily Yinger
From: Dover, Pa.
Major: Communications with an emphasis in Convergent Journalism
Minor: Political Science
Campus involvement: Debate Team: Secretary, College Republicans: Vice President, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society Member, SGA
Interesting fact: I’ve had several stories published in the York Dispatch Newspaper as a journalist, I have a twin sister, and I was not born inside of a hospital.
Brandon Perkins
From: Salem, Va.
Major: Political Science
Minor: Communication with an emphasis in Public Influence
Campus involvement: College Republicans, Greek Life
Interesting fact: I am a President of an organization on campus.
Amber Zabinsky
From: Henrico, Va.
Major: Criminology
Minor: Spanish and Political Science
Campus involvement: Dance Works, Greek Life, Criminology Club, ESA, Phi Sigma Iota
Interesting fact: I hold a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
Ally Kent
From: Centreville, Md.
Major: Biomedical Science
Minor: Psychology
Campus involvement: ESA
Fun fact: I have danced for 16 years and I am one of very few gingers who can actually tan.
Amanda Perry
From: Glen Ellyn, Ill.
Major: Exercise Physiology
Minor: Psychology
Campus involvement: Bonner Leader, Westover Honors Program
Interesting Fact: I have lived in 6 states.
Jimmi Nelson-Reid
From: Forest, Va.
Major: Communications and Theatre
Campus involvement: Theatre Department, President of the Operation Smile Club, member of the freshman honors society, Phi Eta Sigma, Orientation Leader, and ESA
Interesting Fact: I’m a competitive figure skater.
Hannah Creasey
From: Virginia Beach, Va.
Major: Criminology
Minor: Spanish
Campus involvement: Women’s lacrosse and Phi Eta Sigma
Interesting fact: My first name and middle name mean the same thing. My middle name is Grayce and they both mean graceful.
Lilli Altenberg
From: Lexington, Va.
Major: Biomedical Science
Campus involvement: Women’s Tennis, ESA, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, Go Mentor
Interesting fact: I can lick my elbow.
Grace Fielder
From: Minnetonka, Minn.
Major: Political Science
Minor:International Relations and Environmental Studies
Campus involvement: Greek Life, ESA, Westover Honors Society
Interesting fact: I was a dancer for 13 years before I came to Lynchburg. I have studied abroad three times while at LC.
Dominic Butler
From: La Plata, Md.
Major: Communication Studies with an emphasis in Public Relations
Minor: Marketing
Campus involvement: Drysdale Advisory Board, Club Lacrosse, Operation Smile
Interesting fact: I once found a lost kid on the beach and helped him find his family.
Jessica Koontz
From: La Plata, Md.
Major: Exercise Physiology
Campus involvement: Westover Honors, Women’s Club Lacrosse.
Interesting fact: I have been to four countries — Canada, Ireland, Mexico, and Costa Rica — and my favorite was Ireland.
David Lagueux
From: Salisbury, Md.
Major: Biomedical Science
Campus involvement: Greek Life, Westover Honors Program, College Republicans
Interesting fact: I’m pretty good at bowling.
Sarah Nicoletti
From: Wethersfield, Conn.
Major: Marketing
Minor: Public Relations
Campus involvement: Westover Honors, Equestrian, NPRSSA (Public Relations Student Society of America)
Interesting fact: I studied abroad in Costa Rica.
Rachel Edwards
From: Galloway, N.J.
Major: Nursing
Campus involvement: Alpha SIgma Alpha, SNALC (Student Nurses Association at University of Lynchburg)
Interesting fact: I have a pet racoon.
Kevin Conley
From: Holliston, Mass.
Major: International Relations
Minor: History
Campus involvement: President of Phi Delta Theta, Model UN, Model EU
Interesting fact: I own the best dog in the world, his name is Tucker and he is a Golden Retriever.
Elena Michaels
From: Charlottesville, Va.
Major: Communication Studies with a Public Relations emphasis; Theatre
Minor: Popular Culture
Campus involvement: Greek Life, Vice President of Alpha Psi Omega, Lambda Pi Eta, Phi Kappa Phi, Secretary of Gay-Straight Alliance, Theatre/Costume shop
Interesting fact: I broke my ankle my first day here.
Sam Bagherpour
From: Cary, N.C.
Major: Business Management
Minor: Spanish and Marketing
Campus involvement: Women’s Soccer, Student Athlete Activities Committee, School of Business and Economics Advisory Board, ESA
Interesting fact: I want to be a wedding planner.
Drew Vogel
From: Hanover, Pa.
Major: Business Administration
Minor: Sports Management
Campus involvement: Student Body President, Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, Club Basketball, Intramural Reffing, College Republicans, Spades Club
Interesting fact: I aspire to be the President of every organization I join.
Andrew Rossman
From: Columbia, S.C.
Major: English and Philosophy
Campus involvement: Ethics Bowl, Greek Life, Young Republican, Community Service
Interesting fact: I am very good at picking things up with my feet and have above average hearing. Pokemon trainer level 14.
Mesa Willis
From: Goochland, Va.
Major: Environmental Science
Minor: Biology
Campus involvement: Women’s Volleyball
Interesting fact: I live on a farm at home.
Joel Henriques
From: Richmond, Va.
Major: Financial Economics
Minor: Business Administration
Campus involvement: Greek Life, Pre-Law Society, Latin Club, College Republicans
Interesting fact: I am an ESA.
Kelsey Dowling
From: Chester, Va.
Major: Communications with an emphasis in Electronic Media
Minor: Theatre and German
Campus involvement: Greek life, Bonner, Westover Honors, Varsity Tennis, Honor Societies
Interesting fact: I lived in Germany for 12 years, I have been on a cover of a magazine, and I was in a TV commercial
Sarah Bias
From: Roanoke, Va.
Major: Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations
Minor: Leadership Studies
Campus involvement: Student Activities Board, Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority, ESA, Public Relations Student Society of America
Interesting fact: When I was younger I was a competitive power lifter.
Jordan Phillips
From: Forest, Va.
Major: Exercise Physiology
Campus involvement: Dance Works
Interesting fact: I have double jointed thumbs and been a dancer for 16 years.
Rachel Richmond
From: Keller, Tex.
Major: Nursing
Campus involvement: ESA, SNALC, and Intramural Sports
Interesting fact: I hate ranch dressing.
Kelly Layne
From: Richmond, Va.
Major: Nursing
Minor: English
Campus involvement: ESA, Greek Life, Women’s Volleyball, Student Nurses Association of University of Lynchburg, Latin Club
Interesting fact: I am deathly afraid of mascots.
