Alumni Service Award
recognizes alumni who have rendered outstanding service to the University.
Laura (Rakow ’93)
Brothers earned her Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Valparaiso
University and her J.D. from Vanderbilt
University Law School
in 1996. She is currently working as a
member in the corporate and securities practice group with Bass, Berry &
Sims, PLC in Nashville, Tenn.
She is the current chair of their entry level hiring committee and the former chair
of their women’s initiative. Brothers
also is a volunteer with the Youth About Business Advanced Summer Business
Camp. She has been a member of the
Valparaiso University Guild since 1996 and also served on the Valparaiso
University Alumni Association Board of Directors from 2003 to 2010, holding a
number of leadership roles, including secretary, treasurer and first vice president. She and her husband, Jay, live in Nashville,
Tenn. with their two daughters.