Alumni boards have historically been a leading source for alumni to receive tremendous personal and professional satisfaction by giving of themselves to their alma mater and to fellow alumni. These boards have roles and responsibilities including social events, networking, and raising funds for the college or university. Many alumni boards provide a variety of benefits and services that help alumni maintain connections to their educational institution and fellow graduates. Often, alumni perception of expected roles and responsibilities are not aligned with the expected roles required by the alumni association. In recent years campus consolidations have become more common as institutions grapple with weakening enrollments, dwindling state support, and combining similar programs. As campuses consolidate, every aspect of campus culture must be considered. Paramount to alumni relations is the consolidation of the alumni boards and the roles and responsibilities board members are asked to play in a consolidated institution. Combining research on higher education mergers, board structure, and alumni associations with interviews of alumni board members and alumni directors and analysis of relevant documents; this study provided a distinctive analysis of the roles and responsibilities of an alumni board in a public institution. Significant findings from the study highlighted the impact of institutional leadership on the alumni board, campus consolidations are difficult, and the importance of the recruitment and training of alumni board members plays a key role in the board members feelings of usefulness. It also showed that by combining board service with strong institutional purpose, an established training process, and communicated expectations alumni can help institutions fulfill their goals and missions. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]