CAAE Member Spotlight, November 2023

Name: Jacqui Glasener 

Institution: Fresno State

Q: Are you new to alumni relations, new to your institution, neither, or both?

A: Neither, I have been in my position as the Executive Director of the Fresno State Alumni Association since October 1997. 

Q: Best perk of the job so far?

A: Traveling with alumni to athletic events and to California wineries where our alumni are the vintners.

Q: Biggest challenge so far?

A: Definitely staffing, especially since the pandemic. 

Q: If you needed to, could you sing your school’s fight song and/or alma mater?

A: Yes, I could sing the chorus of our school’s fight song and our alma mater. 

Q: What would it surprise people to know about you?

A: In addition to being the Executive Director for the Fresno State Alumni Association, I am also the caretaker for our university’s current live mascot, Victor E. Bulldog IV, and our retired live mascot, Victor E. Bulldog III. 

Q: Who would be your dream dinner guests?

A: My parents…I miss them, along with my two sons, their grandsons! They passed away when my boys were young and it would be fun for them to get to know them as adults.

Q: When I’m not on the job, you’ll find me…

A: At a hot yoga/pilates class, hiking, hanging out with my three English Bulldogs, wine tasting, at the beach, and traveling.