LSU Alumni Geaux Getter: Arenn Martin

LSU Alumni Geaux Getter: Arenn Martin

The LSU Alumni Association Geaux Getters proudly recognize LSU alumni under the age of 35 who are making meaningful contributions in their professions and communities. These outstanding young LSU graduates are leaders, innovators, and changemakers—driving progress every day through dedication, creativity, and service.

Arenn Martin (2015 BACH BUS, 2016 MAST H&SE) was elected as the chair of the LSU Alumni Association's Young Alumni Advisory Council (YAAC) for the 2026 term, after serving a year as the chair-elect. 

 After graduation, Martin moved to Los Angeles, where she has been for a decade, earning her master’s degree in business administration at the University of Southern California (USC) in 2019. 

While earning her MBA, Martin worked at USC as a development research analyst. She then worked in consulting for Grant Thornton, an accounting firm, followed by EPAM Systems, a software engineering company, before moving to program manager at Microsoft. Martin now works for Optum, a health services branch of UnitedHealthcare, as a Change & Project Management Consultant. 

Photo: Martin volunteered to help decorate Louisiana's Rose Bowl Float in California.

 During her time at LSU, Martin was selected Head Parent Orientation Leader for the Office of Orientation, where she led a team of 10 student leaders during the 2013-2014 academic year.  

“I was responsible for training and leading a team of my peers to be the best representatives of the university possible. Orientation Leaders are often the first person a prospective student interacts with when they come to campus, and set the tone for their time here. We worked every orientation session that summer and into the next spring semester, with my team of Parent Orientation Leaders focused on helping the parents and families of incoming students learn about and adjust to LSU”. 

While she was a student, Martin also worked as a marketing intern with LSU Athletics and the Tiger Athletic Foundation as a development associate. 

“I started just as a volunteer member of something called the Geaux Team, and it used to be at sporting events and helping the fans that were there,” Martin said. “Come sophomore year, I became an intern in … the Office of Marketing and Promotions within the athletic department. So [we made] all of the marketing and on-field entertainment for athletics. We had to work all home games, not just football. 

 Martin was the first active student to be a development associate through the Tiger Athletic Foundation. This was a full-time job where she worked 30-hour workweeks in addition to being a college senior.  

Earlier in January, Martin became chair of YAAC, a council of alumni that meets once a month on a video call and once annually in Baton Rouge. The YAAC chair is a one-year term and is first selected by the committee as the chair-elect. As chair, she plans on being more engaged in local and regional chapters to target younger alumni. 

Committee members of YAAC represent cities both inside and outside of Louisiana, from South Lake Tahoe, California, to Chicago.  

“So the way we select people for council; we don’t select people based on where they live. We just select the best people and do so in mind, trying to have representation from around the country,” Martin said. “We wouldn’t select a whole council of people who are only from Baton Rouge or only from Louisiana because the alumni base is much larger than that, so we try to get a mix.”

There is a large base of LSU alumni along the West Coast of the United States. In Los Angeles, as well as San Diego, a two-hour drive from Los Angeles, there are annual LSU alumni crawfish boils and football game watch parties. YAAC’s regional representation allows them to help with these types of programming events to involve alumni who may not be able to make it back to campus for an event.  

“Part of our mission is to show those people who may not want to go to alumni events … that there’s young alums who are going to be active and connected,” Martin said. “People are forming connections just through meeting young alumni at these alumni events. So just wanting to be that representation to show people … these events are worth coming out for.” 

Martin has been a board member of YAAC for three years now. She was always a vocal member of the board, speaking up, sharing ideas, and now she’s grateful that the rest of the council recognized her contributions by making her their leader. YAAC has helped Martin in her professional career by networking with other LSU alumni.  

“[YAAC] shows companies that I’m active and involved in my community and take on leadership roles outside of work,” Martin said. “It shows my value in leadership capacity as well, but more of a personal reward is that it allows me to give back and continue to serve the university I love and did so much service for while I was there, continuing to do that now in a way using my professional skillset.” 

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