PSU Magazine Fall 2013

ALUM NOTES Richard Marty MS '83 and Susan Evans BS '83, M ' 6 are owners of Q Environmental, LLC, an environmental con ult– ing firm in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Jack Skeen is a U.S. Army gov– ernment attorney with the Judge Advocate General Office at Dugway Proving Ground , Utah. Minh Tran MS, EdD '94 has been a supervisor, acting direc– tor, and vice-principal at Roosevelt and Grant High Schools in Portland. Janice Rutherford MA is an assi tant professor of history at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. '82 James Bernard is owner and president of Bernard's Garage, Inc. During a special election in April, Bernard was elected mayor of the city of Milwaukie, replacing Carolyn Tomei '71 , MSW '73 who serves as state representative for District 25. Howard Buck is a news reporter and O lympia corre– spondent with the Vancouver Columbian. Michele Wilding Edlefsen is director of logistics at Infineon Technologie in Milpitas, California. Sarah Ferguson writes that fol– lowing graduation she served for three years in the U. . Marine Corps, retiring in 1985 at the rank of captain. Fergu on earned an MBA degree from Fordham University in 1994 and today is managing director and chief sales officer for The Vantra Group in Waverly, New York. Bradley Resare is associate pastor at Simi Valley Uni ted Method ist Church in Simi Valley, California. Mark Hanson operates his own insurance agency for American Family Insurance in West Linn. 24 PSU MAGAZINE FALL 200 1 Sandra Ward is a gerontologist and director of sales and marketing at Touchmark at Peterkort Woods, a care retire– ment community in Portland. Ward has over 15 years' experi– ence in the senior housing industry in the Pacific Northwest. 85 Michael Brewin MA '89 writes, "I have been busy here in O re– gon teaching, producing sound– tracks, and finishing the many details involved in publishing a book, SOULJAZZ, a celebration of 100 years of jazz ..." Greg Buchan is manager of educational services at Tripwire, Inc., a data and network integrity software firm in Portland . David Gartley is executi ve vice president of the group insurance division at Pacific Life In ur– ance Company in Newport Beach, California. 86 Barbara Basney MBA is direc– tor of marketing communica– tions at Xerox Corporation in Wilsonville. Roger Daniels MPA was named 2001 citizen of the year by the Camas/Washougal Chamber of Com– merce. Daniels is an administrator at Clark College, where he has erved the last 24 years in a vari– ety of positions, including direc– tor of admissions, director of student programs and athletic director, and is currently director of recruitment and outreach service . April Brookins Duvic MST and Vanessa Jump Nelson have formed Duelin' Sopranos, a duo playing off the tereotype that sopranos are divas and prima donnas. They are in the process of recording their first compact disc. Duvic is on staff at C lark a llege in Vancouver, Wash– ington, where she teache voice, music education and directs a choir and the school's musical productions. Nelson maintains a private voice tudio near Westview High chool and is director of music at Portland's St. Gabriel's Episco– pal Church. Jeff Sirmon is an account exec– utive at Aetna, Inc., a managed care firm in San Francisco. William Turner MSW is a clin– ical consultant at Turner Con– sulting in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. '87 Robert Garrity MST '90 was chosen as the 2001 Adult Edu– cator of the Year at Ea t Tennes ee State University (ETSU) . Garrity, with the divi– sion of developmental tudies at ETSU, was selected as part of the Tennessee First Congres– sional District's observance of Lifelong Learning Week. He lives in Johnson C ity, Tennessee. Brad Hall is vice president of marketing at Geographies, Inc., a specialty paper products com– pany. Hall lives in Bellingham, Washington. '88 Geoffrey "Todd" Ransom MEd '98 is principal at Tillam– ook Junior High School in Tillamook. Patricia "Trish" Trout MA ha been elected to the PSU Alumni Board of Directors. Trout is a consultant at CIRCA The Development Company. She lives in Portland. Susan Marmolejo Kipp is a visual arts teacher at Beach School in Portland . Kipp was one of 30 national winners (representing 28 states) of the Robert Rauschenberg Founda– tion awards to art teachers who teach high-risk and learning disabled students. The award was presented at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., on May 18. '90 Andrew "Andy" Baker MS '96 is an equipment engineer at Wacker Siltronic. Baker lives in Portland . Terri (Hoff) Comment MS writes, "I am temporarily retired after 13 years of teaching and have embarked on my greatest adventure yet . . . being a mommy!" Jensen McKenzie was born in December. Durwood "Frank" Douglas MPA '96 i div i ion chief and emergency med ical services coordinator with the Newberg Fire Department. Douglas received Newberg Fire Depart– ment's highest award, a Golden Eagle, which is awarded annu– ally based on work performance. Jennifer Griffith writes, "I graduated from mith College with a master's degree in music composition. I have received a Robert E. Gilleece Fellowshi p to continue my composition studies at CUNY Graduate Center in New York ity; I will begin my doctoral program there this fa ll." Maricia Harris is campus li fe coordinator at Wichita Youth For Christ, a nonprofit, non– sectarian youth organization in Wichita, Kansas. Kelly Hossaini MURP '93 is an Portland . associate in the administrative law and govern– ment relations department at Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen, LLP, in Jennifer Jenkins teaches Eng– lish and history at Highland Park Middle School in Beaver– ton. Jenkins is married and has two sons, ages 3 and 10. Monte Killingsworth MS is an elementary teacher with the Phoenix-Talent School Di trict. Killingsworth also recently wrote Equinox, published by Henry Holt Books For Young Readers, and two other novels for middle grade ·reader . He li ves with his family in Applegate.