Alumni Chapters
There are 27 SAS Alumni Chapters located across the United States. These chapters provide networking opportunities for alumni in their own communities and also serve the specific needs of Semester at Sea in areas in which volunteers are needed.
Throughout the year, the chapters host “Bon Voyage/Welcome Home” events to welcome home past voyagers and send off new voyagers. This is a great opportunity to meet other local alumni, reminisce with your shipmates, and help prepare the new voyagers and their families for the journey of their lifetime. You are an invaluable resource to those preparing to sail, no matter when you sailed! In addition, Chapters host social events and Founders’ Day events.
Important: We develop our chapter lists based on the zip code of the address(es) we have on file for you. If you feel you’ve received messages in error or none at all, we may not have your current address. Please update your contact information through our website or by emailing us at alumni@semesteratsea.org.
List of Chapter Representatives
Arizona
Phoenix/Tempe
Autumn Hulke (Fall 1999, Enrichment Voyage 2014)
SASAZalumni@gmail.com
California
Los Angeles
Michele Pino (Fall 2007)
SASLosAngelesChapter@gmail.com
Orange County
Chris Chavez (Spring 2012, Spring 2019)
SemesteratSea.OrangeCounty@gmail.com
San Diego
Natalia Peddycoart (Fall 2013), Julie Tahapary (Spring 1994, Summer 2005)
SanDiegoSASChapter@gmail.com
San Francisco Bay Area
Katy Bailey (Summer 2012)
SanFranciscoSASAlumniChapter@gmail.com
Santa Barbara
TBD – If you are interested in becoming the chapter representative for this city, please email alumni@semesteratsea.org
Colorado
Boulder
Melissa Holland Mansika (Fall 2000, Fall 2005)
sascoloradoalumnichapter@gmail.com
Denver & Colorado Springs
Cindy Zomchek (Fall 1986, Fall 1993, Spring 2000, Spring 2004, Summer 2005, Fall 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2015)
sascoloradoalumnichapter@gmail.com
Florida
South Florida
Sarah Frese (Summer 2011), Jennifer Madadena (Spring 1999)
SASAlumni.Miami@gmail.com
West/Central Florida
Dana Anderson (Spring 1993), Kelly Kirchner (Spring 2017)
SASAlumni.Tampa@gmail.com
Georgia
Atlanta
Caryn Klein (Spring 2012)
SASAtlantaAlumni@gmail.com
Illinois
Chicago
Eshley Spitzer (Spring 2012)
SASChicagoChapter@gmail.com
Indiana
Indianapolis
Julie Kiefer (Fall 1999, Summer 2004, Summer 2005, Spring 2019)
SASIndianapolisChapter@gmail.com
Iowa
Lower Midwest Regional Chapter – covering states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, & Nebraska
Sarah Mihm (Spring 2016)
SASLowerMidwestRegionalChapter@gmail.com
Kansas
Lower Midwest Regional Chapter – covering states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, & Nebraska
Sarah Mihm (Spring 2016)
SASLowerMidwestRegionalChapter@gmail.com
Maryland
Baltimore
Whitney Degerberg (Spring 2010), Ranak Patel (Fall 2006), Juana Socorro-Aguirre (Spring 2010)
SASDCChapter@gmail.com
Massachusetts
Boston
Ana Carolina da Cunha (Spring 2015, Fall 2016), Woody Freese (Fall 1989, Spring 1997, Summer 2004), Dauri Torres (Spring 2009)
SASBostonChapter@gmail.com
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Monica Fahnhorst (Spring 2006)
SASMinnesotaChapter@gmail.com
Missouri
Lower Midwest Regional Chapter – covering states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, & Nebraska
Sarah Mihm (Spring 2016)
SASLowerMidwestRegionalChapter@gmail.com
Nebraska
Lower Midwest Regional Chapter – covering states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, & Nebraska
Sarah Mihm (Spring 2016)
SASLowerMidwestRegionalChapter@gmail.com
Nevada
Reno
Sheryle Lengdorfer (Spring 1977)
SASRenoChapter@gmail.com
New York
New York Area (NY, CT, NJ)
Jennifer Auerbach (Fall 2012, Spring 2019), Colleen Chapman (Spring 2013), Philip Zhou (Fall 2012)
SASNYChapter@gmail.com
North Carolina
Charlotte
Melissa Moore (Fall 2017, Fall 2019)
CharlotteSASchapter@gmail.com
Oregon
Portland
TBD – If you are interested in becoming the chapter representative for this city, please email alumni@semesteratsea.org.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Kayla Thompson (Fall 2009)
SASPhiladelphiaChapter@gmail.com
Pittsburgh
Sue Camele (Fall 1990, Maymester 2012)
SASPittsburghChapter@gmail.com
South Carolina
Charleston
Brian Durham (Fall 2005), McKinley Durham (Fall 2005)
SASCHSchapter@gmail.com
Tennessee
Nashville
Kayla Smith (Spring 2011, Spring 2019)
SASNashvilleChapter@gmail.com
Texas
Austin
Libby Firer (Summer 2014), Brittany Palmer (Summer 2010)
AustinSASalumni@gmail.com
Virginia
Central Virginia
Debbie Clifford (Spring 1993, Spring 1995, Fall 2006, Spring 2011, Summer 2004)
SASCValumni@gmail.com
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Whitney Degerberg (Spring 2010), Laura Sturdivant (Spring 2014)
SASDCchapter@gmail.com
Washington
Canada
Vancouver
Kendra Hartwell (Spring 2009)
SASVancouverAlumni@gmail.com
