Reggie Bustinza
Executive Director of Alumni Association, Northern Illinois University
Reggie is responsible for management of the Northern Illinois University Alumni Association, including board relations, financial and staff management, and programmatic success.
Reggie started in alumni relations more than ten years ago, initially focused on geographic chapters and affinity groups, before branching out into volunteer management and engagement metrics. Drawing on his business background, he has focused on data-driven decision making, and using analytics to spur continuous improvement of all communications and programs.
Reggie has won a CASE Silver Award in the area of Alumni Relations Best Practices for the metrics system created at Lewis University, been published in CASE Currents, and honored by Bradley University with the Burgess Award for intra-departmental collaboration.
Before his time at NIU, he was the Director of Alumni Relations at Lewis University in Romeoville, IL. He was Associate Director of Constituent Programs at his alma mater, Bradley University in Peoria, IL. Reggie holds a bachelors in the arts in communication and a masters in business administration, both from Bradley University.