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MSU AIR FORCE “SILVER EAGLES” DRILL TEAM |


Cadet Lydia Whipple, Cadet Tyler Rhoades, Cadet Yavy Sanches & Cadet Ryan Hermes
OPERA HOUSE








Keynote Speaker - Mathews E. Pierson
Mat, originally from Eagle, MI, graduated from Grand Ledge in 1999. Among other activities, he was a four-year letterman in swimming. It was as a swimmer that he and Jason became friends. Like many of our scholarship recipients, he earned accolades as a swimmer including Co-Most Valuable Swimmer with Jason his senior year. After graduation, Mat went on to Lehigh University, graduating with High Honors. After college Mat moved to Washington, DC and began a career in political campaigns including four presidential campaigns, three national conventions, and a Prime Minister’s campaign in Albania. Mat earned his MBA at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Global OneMBA Program. Mat now works for VEDA Data Solutions, an Artificial Intelligence startup focused on healthcare. Mat now lives with his wife, Eugenia, and daughters, Frances and Celeste, in Chevy Chase, Maryland |

DINNER GUESTS




REMEMBERING JASON



JASON PLITE MEMORIAL FUND BOARD OF DIRECTORS






Josh Johnston, Luke Naughton, Ryan Beckmann & Sean Cunningham