Julie Pierson Doyle Hometown: Lynchburg, Virginia High School: St. Mary's Academy (Portland, Oregon) Position: President Monogram Earned: Volleyball Graduated: 1985

Julie Pierson Doyle - who began her two-year term as the Monogram Club's first female president in June of 2005 - has served on the Monogram Club board since 1993. The former Notre Dame volleyball player first served three years on the board from '93-'96 and then was the Monogram Club's secretary for five years before entering the president rotation in 2001 (with two years as both second and now first vice-president). Her primary committee duties during her initial term on the board included helping to coordinate various student welfare initiatives, including the summer service sponsorships and other like skills-based programs.

Doyle and here husband Peter, a 1984 Notre Dame graduate and currently a CPA with Davidson & Doyle, LLP, reside in Lynchburg, Va., with their children Kevin (15, as of Dec., 2004), Sarah (12) and Maggie (6). The family lived in Washington, D.C., until 1993, when they moved to Peter's hometown of Lynchburg. Julie is co-owner and director of the Education and Research Foundation, Inc., a clinical trial company whose primary market focus is dermatological medications and products. She oversees the Phase I-IV clinical studies for pharmaceutical and consumer product companies.

A 1985 graduate of Notre Dame with a degree in mechanical engineering, Doyle received her Masters in business administration from George Washington University in 1992. She spent 10 years ('89-'99) as an education account executive with Honeywell, Inc., covering the Virginia education market that included K-12 public school districts, private schools and colleges. She developed and implemented programs for education institutions focused on upgrading facility infrastructures while reducing energy and operational costs. Prior to joining Honeywell, Doyle served four years (1985-89) as a sales engineer with Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

Doyle was appointed to the Lynchburg City School Board in July of 2000 and is serving a second three-year term on the board, which oversees the 9000 student school district. She currently serves as chair of the Lynchburg School Board and has been involved with numerous aspects of that organization during the past few years. She previously served on the board of Kids' Haven: A Center for Grieving Children, and remains an active volunteer at her children's schools and at the Daily Bread soup kitchen.

Originally from Portland, Ore., Doyle played on the Notre Dame volleyball team in 1981 and '82, the second and third seasons of the program's history. The mechanical engineering major also was involved in numerous Center for Social Concerns activities during her undergraduate days, including Urban Plunge and various tutoring programs.

The middle child of William (ND '50) and Jeanne Pierson's family of five girls, the former Julie Pierson was born April 20, 1963, in Los Angeles and grew up in Portland, Ore., where she played for the powerhouse St. Mary's Academy volleyball team that finished third in the state tournament. Her sisters Anne-Marie ('81) and Patti ('94) also are Notre Dame graduates.

Julie and Peter - whose father also is a Notre Dame graduate while his cousin is current Dillon Hall rector Paul Doyle - were married in 1986, in Portland.