PSU Magazine Fall 2003

ALUM NOTES Muhammad Popoola MPA '88 is assistant to the assistant director at the University of Maryland , College Park. Chris Soll-Espy is human resources manager at Pacific orthwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington. Kimberle Lopez is associate pro– fessor of Spanish at University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Lopez is author of Latin American Novels of the Conquest: Reinventing the New Wodd, published by University of Missouri Press. Mark Moreland writes, "My wife, Amy, and I recently relo– cated from Portland to Scotts– dale, Arizona, Lo start up an internal audit department for Atlas Copco's rental service division. We have two chi l– dren, Connor, five, and Katie, two. We plan to provide some crowd support when the Vikings travel to Northern Arizona this fall." Andrew Davies BS '90 writes, "l have just marked two years as the systems administrator for the auxiliary and plant services divi- sion of the Universi ty of Califor– nia , San Diego, overseeing com– puter operations for the campus physical plant and copier/repro– graphics operations." Gwen Gentry was named an associate at Mahlum Archi– tects, which has offices in Port– land and Seattle. An eight-year employee of the firm , Gentry is the accouming manager. She lives in Snohomish, Washington. Komi Kalevor has joined the PSU Alumni Board of Directors. Kalevor is finance coordinator at the Portland Development Com- Brown Bagging it for social work HEN PAULA MIKE MSW '75 AND LAURANELL SCARFO MSW '95 discov– ered their professional colleagues needed a way to network and stay in touch with former professors, they got an idea. Mike, Scarfo, and the board of the PSU Graduate School of Social Work Alumni Association devised Brown Bag Seminars to allow alumni and faculty to share their knowledge and experience. After four years, the semi– nars' success continues to grow. Mike is an assistant professor at the Grad– uate School of Social Work and an indepen– dent clinical social worker. She practices family therapy and helps clients through grief and loss. With her dual professions, Mike understands the isolation of clinical thera– pists in private practice and the benefits of the University network. Since PSU has the only school of social work in the state, Mike said the luncheon series is a great venue for bringing social workers together. "This program serves a real need in the community and allows professionals and faculty to showcase their skills," says Mike. Scarfo has a private practice with an emphasis on anxiety, depression, and rela– tionship issues. She is also the youth services clinical supervisor for the De Paul Youth Treat– ment Center. Before attending PSU, Scarfo had a 24-year career in marketing and business development. Now in her fourth year as president of the Graduate School of Social Work's Alumni Association, Scarfo was motivated to organize the brown bag seminars because it blended her past marketing experience with her current interests. "It's a great way for everyone to help each other," says Scarfo. Although the demands of social work are many, when not at one job or the other, Mike enjoys gardening and hiking with her Bernese mountain dog. Scarfo has a passion for the coast and feeds her creative nature by making jewelry. -Kelli Fie/els 24 PSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 mission. He and his wife, Judi, live in Vancouver, Washington. Diana Smylie is a medicare billing specialist with Pacific Coast Medical Supply in Astoria. Wayne Schertler is director of finance at Faegre & Benson , LLP, a law firm in Minneapolis. David Stevens has joined his twin brother, Richard (below note), and his father in the fam– ily business, Stevens Printing. For the past 13 years, Stevens was a partner at Rapid Bind in Portland. He and his wife, Heather (Rahn) Stevens '92, have two children. Richard Stevens was recently named president of Stevens Printing, lnc. , a 25-year-old firm located in south– east Portland. Stevens, a 13- year employee, along with his twin brother, David, are taking over the business from their father. Stevens and his wife, Susan (Laufman) Stevens '91, have three children. Jason Hitchens is a teacher and head football coach at El Mod– ena High School in Orange, Cal– ifornia. Dorelei "Dodie" Linder MS '95 is public safety project coordina– tor with the state of ldaho. Lin– der and her husband, retired police chief William Collier, live in Eagle, Idaho. Jan Kenna MSW is director of county planning and fiscal man– agement for the Commission on Chi ldren and Families in St. Helens. Ali Khashab MS '98 is a mechanical engineer at ovellus Systems, Inc. , in Tualatin. Mi chael Lee is corporate sales manager with the Portland Trailblazers.