Lee R. Hocking

Lee R. Hocking, '97 BA Communication Studies, is a specialty courts prosecutor in the Appeals and Post-Conviction Proceedings Bureau at the Maricopa County attorney's office in Phoenix, Arizona. He is a career attorney in Arizona government whose prior work includes service at the Arizona Attorney General's Office as an assistant attorney general in the Child and Family Protection/Child Support Enforcement Division and elsewhere as a felony narcotics prosecutor and as a municipal law attorney. He lives in the Valley of the Sun.

Aaron S. Manfredi

Aaron S. Manfredi, ’05 BA Criminal Justice and ’14 MPA, has had a successful private and public-sector career in education, law enforcement, nonprofits, real estate, and gaming, including being a small business owner. He is a graduate of the City of Las Vegas Fire and Rescue/LVMPD Leadership Academy, president of the UNLV Veterans Alumni Club, and a candidate for Nevada Board of Regents-District 8. He is a Desert Storm veteran and earned a Southwest Asia Service Medal with a Bronze Star. His hobbies include mountain biking, pilates, and mentoring and helping other small business owners be successful.

Christopher Dayley

Christopher Dayley, '06 BS Social Work, '09 Master of Education, is an assistant professor and director of the master of arts in technical communication program at Texas State University. In 2019 he earned a Ph.D. in technical communication and rhetoric at Utah State University. He lives in New Braunfels.

Aaron Thompson

Aaron Thompson, '07 BA Journalism and Media Studies, will be completing his master of arts degree in sociology from Arizona State University (ASU) in May. Upon graduation, he will begin his studies as a Ph.D. candidate at the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at ASU in the field of sociology. His research will focus on how social media creates and re-enforces individuals' socio-political identities. Collecting obscure noise rock records, cycling, and taking photos are his hobbies. He lives in Baltimore.

Ben Bingham

Ben J. Bingham, '97 BA Communication Studies, is an attorney. His law firm, Benson & Bingham Accident Injury Lawyers is a small firm dedicated to personal service. He said that from a young age he wanted to become an advocate. At 16 he started as a runner for a law office, a job he kept throughout college.  

Karen Hall

Karen Hall, '88 BA Communication Studies, navigates broadcasting, athletics, education, and leadership careers. She is an ESPN3 and ESPN+ college women's basketball color analyst, assistant executive director with Ozanam,  and a Point Park University professor. She also facilitates leadership learning lab workshops. After graduating from UNLV, where she played basketball, she had an extensive collegiate basketball coaching career. She then earned a master's degree in organizational leadership from Geneva College and a doctorate in educational leadership and administration from Point Park University. Her main hobby is reconnecting with former Rebels. In November 2021 she and other former Lady Rebel basketball players returned to campus for a reunion. She lives in Pittsburgh.