Samford Professional Network

Alumni Mentorship Program

The Samford Alumni Mentorship Program will provide opportunities for alumni to grow professionally as mentees, encourage alumni through their careers as mentors, and strengthen the Samford University Alumni Association as a whole.

The program will operate in Birmingham, Atlanta and Nashville during the 2023-24 year, and launch nationally in 2024-25.

Speaker Series

The Samford Professional Network speaker series provides professional development and networking opportunities to alumni through events hosted on campus with keynote speakers that are experts in many areas of business. The SUAA typically hosts 2-3 speakers a year from a variety of business and professional backgrounds.

SPN Events are hosted in the Regions Community Resource Room on campus and begin at 7 a.m. CT.

Previous Speakers

Networking Participants

October 2022

Mats Tunehag

Chairman, Business as Mission Global
Alumni Around a Table

September 2022

Rich Bielen

President & CEO, Protective Life Corporation
Group of Female Alumni

April 2022

Jay Kasten

Chief Operating Officer, World Games 2022