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Tanja Matthews '92
Alumni Programs Coordinator, Minority Alumni, Awards, Travel
334-844-1113 | tanja.matthews@auburn.edu

Job Duties
I coordinate the Minority Alumni Program by encouraging participation and connection of Auburn's minority alumni to the university.  I organize the awarding of various awards for faculty and alumni including the Lifetime Achievement Awards and Teaching Excellence Awards on behalf of the Auburn Alumni Association. Also, I oversee the Away Game travel and the War Eagle Travelers program.

Hometown
Born in Frankfurt, Germany then went to high school in Savannah, GA

Education
BS degree in International Business from Auburn University; Masters in Business Administration and Certificate in Human Resource Management from Keller Graduate School of Management (DeVry University).

Career
I have worked for the Federal Reserve in Birmingham; ValuJet (now Airtran) in Atlanta and Dulles Airport in Washington, DC; JPMorgan Chase on Wall Street and also in Atlanta; and I have taught German at a high school in Gwinnett Co, GA. But the best job of all is working here in Auburn, with the faculty and staff of the university and most of all the wonderful Auburn Alums I get to serve on a daily basis.

Family
Husband, Mike, 1994 Criminal Justice Major; daughter Hailey, named after Haley Center and son, Jordan, named after our stadium.

Motto to live by  
“Once you have a family, don’t forget to date your spouse! Remember, you two were there before the kids and prayerfully you’ll be there together after they leave.”

Favorite Ice Cream  
Mayfield- Extreme Moose Tracks and anything with chocolate and caramel in it.

Books I’m reading  
Financial Peace by Dave Ramsey and The Six Point Plan for Raising Happy Healthy Children by John Rosemond.