The Berea College Board of Trustees has elected Megan Torres of Alexandria, Va., and Cassie Helen Chambers Armstrong of Louisville, Ky., to serve on the Berea College Board of Trustees.
Berea College Trustee Morgan Torres
After graduating from Berea College in 2009 with a degree in Business Administration, Torres returned to her home state of Virginia, where she worked at the National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. While there, she focused on a variety of projects, including contracting system administration, policy, training/certification management and performing market research for micro purchases.
Torres completed her master’s degree in Business Administration at the University of Mary Washington while working at NRCS. She now works as auditor with the Army Audit Agency at Ft. Belvoir, Va., and she enjoys helping soldiers in honor of her Papi, who served in the military.
Torres will serve a six-year term as an Alumni Trustee, replacing Celeste Armstrong, whose term is ending.
Berea College Trustee Cassie Armstrong
Cassie Armstrong grew up in Berea. She is a graduate of the Yale School of Public Health, the London School of Economics and Harvard Law School. She is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law and a member of the Louisville Metro Council.
Armstrong is the daughter of two Berea Alums, Orlando Chambers ’86, and Wilma Chambers ’91, a former director of the College’s Child Development Lab.
Her book, Hill Women, was published by Ballantine Books—a division of Random House—in 2020 and focused on the role of education in creating transformative change in Appalachia.
Previously, Armstrong was a Skadden Fellow at a Kentucky nonprofit, where she formulated and implemented impact litigation strategies. She also spent time working in private practice at Kaplan Johnson Abate and Bird.
Armstrong and her husband, Bryan, live in Louisville with their two sons. She will serve a six-year term as a Trustee.