Parents' Club Leadership

When you become a parents’ club president, you quickly realize that communication is critical. A parents’ club president is the conduit between the Academy’s parent liaison team and the parents. This page aims to help parents’ club board members sustain continuity as they transfer in/out of various positions.

Resources for Parents’ Club Presidents

USAFA Parents’ Club Handbook – Best Practices for Parent’s Clubs of the U.S. Air Force Academy
Parents’ Club Leadership Form (complete and submit once you assume leadership)
USAFA Speaker Request Form
Parent/Guardian Release Form (all members should complete and submit this form)

The Dennis P. Rando Cadet Humanitarian Fund

The Rando Fund is named in honor of C1C Dennis P. Rando, one of several cadets in the 1990s who perished before graduating. When an honor guard of his classmates had to pay travel expenses to his memorial service from their own pockets, a group of Massachusetts parents founded the Rando Fund. Since 1997, the Rando Fund has raised private support to provide the means for cadets to travel to represent the Academy at services of their fallen colleagues. In 2012, the Air Force Academy Foundation assumed the collection and management of these gifts, with no change to the Rando Fund mission.

Dennis P. Rando Humanitarian Fund – Information
Dennis P. Rando Humanitarian Fund – Give Now

U.S. Air Force Academy, Air Force Logo Approval, and Fundraising Information

Parents’ Clubs must obtain approval to utilize trademarked logos on any items they sell for the purposes of fundraising or when representing the U.S. Air Force Academy at official functions. To obtain approval, please contact the respective party below and include a detailed explanation of how the logo will be used.

USAFA Brand Guide: www.usafa.edu/brand/
Free marketing resources

To use the U.S. Air Force Academy logo, email: USAFA.Branding@afacademy.af.edu
To use the U.S. Air Force or U.S. Space Force logo, email: licensing@us.af.mil
To use the class crest logos, email: membership@usafa.org

Virtual Training

October 2024 – Prep School Mission Update (video)
October 2023 – USAFA Admissions Immersion Briefing (video)
October 2023 – USAFA Admissions Immersion Briefing (pdf)
April 2023 – Falcon Scholars Presentation by Gen (ret) Steve Lorenz
November 2022 – Understanding the Prep School Process for PCPs by Parent Ambassador Melissa Jankowski
September 2022 – Open Discussion on Best Practices by Parent Ambassador Yvette Lloyd (video)
September 2022 – Open Discussion on Best Practices by Parent Ambassador Yvette Lloyd (pdf)
May 2022 – Virtual Seminar on 501(c)3 by Parent Ambassador Scott Damon
April 2022 – Guiding Parents through the USAFA Experience by Parent Ambassador (and grad) Deb Davis
March 2022 – Club Sustainability and Transitions by Parent Ambassadors Tammie Quest and Sue Walker
March 2022 – Parents FAQ on Ethics PDF

Parents’ Club President Conferences

Each year the Academy hosts a conference for parents’ club presidents right before Parents’ Weekend. A reception is normally held at the Superintendent’s home the Wednesday before Parents’ Weekend and the conference is Wednesday and Thursday. On the Friday of Parents’ Weekend, there is an information fair at Arnold Hall at which some parents’ clubs have a table to sell approved products. As soon as the parent liaison team gets the information required for selling approval, they will send out the required information to the parents’ clubs to submit for reservation.