Summer Wisdom serves as an Associate Director in the Office of Community-Engaged Leadership working with the Plemmons Leadership Scholars and the Sustained Dialogue program. She previously served as the Assistant Director of Alumni Affairs at Appalachian State working with the Appalachian Student Ambassadors and Alumni Chapter program. She got her bachelor's degree in English from Appalachian and a masters degree in Sociology from East Carolina University. Her graduate research focused on how higher education can support queer students and after graduation she served as the founding staff member of the LGBT Resource Office at East Carolina University. Summer met her husband Hunter Boone during their first year at App State in undergrad. They have two young daughters, Decker and Robin. She loves making art, swimming, and playing with her girls.