When did you know you wanted to be a procurement professional?
Over the course of my career, I kept seeing upstream issues causing downstream chaos. I thought, “Someone should fix that!” Turns out, that someone became me.
What three songs best describe you?
“Slide Away” by Oasis “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac “Time” by Pink Floyd
What is your favorite place?
St. Andrews, Scotland. Where else can you play historic golf, eat haggis, and feel like you’re traveling through time? Plus, it reminds me of a lot of Muhlenberg buildings.
What quality in others do you most admire?
Pragmatic optimism or, as I like to call it, being an optimist who carries an umbrella
What are you secretly good at?
I’m basically a human flight tracker. Give me a plane overhead, and I’ll tell you it’s a Delta A321 headed to Seattle.
What’s the best piece of advice you have received?
Listen more than you speak — you’ve got twice as many ears as mouths for a reason.
What is your most treasured possession?
A moderately nice pen I’ve somehow kept for 20 years
What historical figure do you most identify with?
Alan Turing. As a fellow neurodivergent pattern-spotter who loves order and direct communication, I relate.
What is your greatest fear?
Classic parent answer: anything happening to my kids or partner. Also, running out of coffee — but that’s less a fear and more an actual emergency
Founder and owner of Dogwood Entertainment, Ally Marman Mueller ’05, a political science major, produces custom props for film, television, and live events.
These student-athletes used their extra year of eligibility to compete for their teams while pursuing master’s degrees from the School of Graduate Studies.
