PSU Magazine Fall 2000

ALUM NOTES Bernadette Rubio is director of interior design at CIDA Archi– tects, Inc. Her husband, Shawn O'Donihue, is an intern archi– tect and project manager at FWL Architects, Inc. They live in Beaverton. Paul Slyman MS is administra– tor of the environmental cleanup division of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality in Portland. Sarah Wallis is the east Hawaii division director of the Ameri– can Heart Association in Hilo, Hawaii. David Willardson is a multi– discipline designer and drafter with David J. Newton Associ– ates in Portland. Willardson is working towards his master's degree in civil engineering with an emphasis on hydrology. '97 Brandon Coates is a mechani– cal engineering recruiter at Robert William James & Asso– ciates in Portland. Matthew Feliciano is a personal shopper with Homegrocer. com in Everett, Wash. Brooke Fiedorowicz MS is a geologist at Foundation Engi– neering, Inc., a geotechnical engineering firm in Corvallis. Dominic Webber MS '98 is a structural design engineer at KPFF Consulting Engineers in Portland. Webber is working on the Holy Rosary Medical Cen– ter phase II addition project in Ontario, as well as eight con– struction and/or renovation pro– jects on the Lane Community College campus in Eugene. '98 Erin DeKlotz MA is teaching Spanish part time at Jesuit High School in Portland. DeKlotz is also a member of the campus ministry team. She and her hus– band, Steve, welcomed their first child, a boy, in August 1999. Brian Feeney is a project designer at WRG Design, Inc., in Portland. Jenna Gambaro completed her second year at Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles. Gambaro's interest lies in entertainment and interna– tional law. John Lawes MS is a project geologist at PBS Environmental in Portland. Nathan Spear is a network soft– ware administrator for Yost Grube Hall Architecture of HARLENE MASHIA MT '95 IS A FIRM BELIEVER in following one's passion. When she came across something indicating that by the age of 35 people are doing the work they'll likely do for the rest of their lives, she took it as a wake-up call. Mashia quit her job as a property accountant at PacifiCorp and became the president and CEO of Brown Sugar & Spice Talent Management in Portland. "I've always had an interest in the entertainment industry but my passion lies behind the camera, on the business side of things," says Mashia. Brown Sugar & Spice Talent Management carved out a niche by representing African American, Asian, and His– panic talent for modeling and commercial spots. Slightly more than a year old, the company already has great suc– cess placing talent in local and national publications, print advertising, and commercials. Mashia runs the business aspects of the company and does her own marketing. As a certified public accountant with a solid business background, Mashia has the busi– ness's future in mind. "I get jazzed knowing I've helped my talent achieve their goals. Some startups don't make it because they get sidetracked with the glamour of the industry, but my focus is on the bottom line," she says. When Mashia's not busy running the growing agency, her time is filled with family and church activities. Even then, however, the lines between her business and personal life blur. Brown Sugar & Spice Talent Management represents two of her three children and Mashia says her husband is her biggest supporter and foremost fan. Mashia's has grand plans for the future of the agency. She's constantly seeking more national opportunities for the talent she's so proud of, and she's considering a franchise in the next few years. "I want to be like the Elite or Ford modeling agencies. I really hope to branch out. My ultimate goal is to be independently wealthy so I can give back to the community," says Mashia. -Kellie Fields 26 PSU MAGAZINE FALL 2000 Portland. Spear is again partici– pating in marathon races after being hit by a truck while train– ing in Utah last July. He plans to compete in the Portland Marathon this year. Kristy Lyn Stermer MBA is an operations finance manager at Intel Corporation in Beaverton. Joseph Pica MS is associate director at Atlantic Oceano– graphic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami. '99 Rex Burkholder was recently elected to Metro, the regional government overseeing Port– land's tri-county metropolitan area. He beat out incumbent Ed Washington '74. Burkholder is founder of the Bicycle Trans– portation Alliance, an activist group that lobbies for better bike access. Martha "Marti" Burroughs is a staff accountant at Jones & Roth, CPA, in Hillsboro. Jennifer Snook Butcher MS has qualified to participate in • the Sydney 2000 Paralympics Games. The games are held in October, immediately fo llowing the Summer O lympics in Sydney, Australia. Butcher swam in five events at the U.S. Disability Championships and Paralympic Trials in June, win- ning the 100 backstroke, plac- ing second in the 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke, and third in the 100 freestyle. She teaches at the Washington State School for the Blind in Vancouver, Wash. Matthew Cameron is a mechanical engineer with Sigma Design, Inc., in Vancou- ver, Wash. Marlene Camacho is associate administrator at Marianas Health Services, a home health care, professional recruiting, and medical billing agency in Saipan, Marianas Pacific Islands. Camacho writes, "Since graduating from PSU, I have been able to apply most, if not all my knowledge with my cur– rent career. I want to send my sincere appreciation to Professor Alan Cabelly and my colleague Stacie Yost for supporting me ih