PSU Magazine Spring 2002

ALUM NOTES for the junior festivals organized by the Salem chapter of the O regon Fe<leration of Music C lubs. he is a piano teacher and maintains a studio in Salem . Lisa Thun is an artist at Danc– ing Moon Des ign in Portland. I Johnny Ahn is a deputy sheriff with the Multnomah County heriff's O ffi ce. Ahn lives in Sanely. Connie LaTour is an industrial hygienist with PBS Engineering in Portland. LaTour's experience includes prov iding health and afety services involving indoor air quali ty te ting, hazardous waste management, environ– mental permitting, and regula– tory compliance and aud iting. Don Marbut is athletic director at Edmonds Community Col– lege in Lynnwood , Wa hington. Marbut previou ly ervecl as interim athletic director and was the college's baseball coach for two years. He was a member of the P U baseball team in l996 and 1997. Joel McCarroll MBA is region fou r traffic manager at the O re– gon Department of Transporta– tion in Bend . Brian Snodgrass is vice presi– dent and partner at First Ligh t ursery, a landscaping and retail nur ery company in Portland. noclgras is the fourth generation of his family working in landscaping. l Judith Boone MSW is a child and family therapist with Deschute ounty Mental Hea lth in Bend . Jeremy Emerson writes, "After graduating . . . I co-founded an interactive online training com– pany in Portland , called Fine era Med ia, Inc. We have been in bu ine for two year and are excited to be working with the PSU A lumni Associa– tion to design and develop their 26 P U MAGAZI E SPRING 2002 new Web ice. Finestra recently partnered with The Perfor– mance Center and has released an online university foc u eel on orga nizational change method– ology that is being used by the government of Botswana. I am al o beginning my second yea r a creative director and board member for The Pint of Port– land , the Northwest's lead ing networking event for interac– tive professionals." Erner on served as a PSU Student Amba saclor for two years. He and his wife, helly, live in Portland. William Fink MS is a mechani – cal engineer with C BG Con– sulting Engineers in Portland. Amanda Hossack is a legal as i cant with Ramis C rew Cor– rigan & Bachrach, a law firm in Portland. Joshua Thomas MPA is citizen information coordinator fo r the city of Lake Oswego. Thomas previously was the communica– tion and outreach coordinator for the O regon enate majority offi ce in Salem. Darcy DeBok wri te~, "In 2000, I took over as executive director of the Mi s Portland cholar- hip Program. O ur Mis Port– land in 2001, Katie Harman, went on to become Miss Amer– ica and brought a great deal of positive publicity to PSU and the city of Portland . I am also an account executive at MacKenzie Kesselring, a high– tech public relation firm, where I got my start through PSU's internship program in [999." Amy Fairchild is a residential case manager at Ascension Place, a tran itional housing facility that serves women with mental health and chemical dependency issues. Fairchild lives in Arden Hills, Minne ota. J. Michael Garvison writes, "I wa recently appointed to com– plete the elected term of the kamania County auditor in teven on, Wa hington. I to k the oath f office on December 27, 200 1, and will be eligible for re-election in November 2002." R. Shaun Plummer is director of operations with Norcom Agency, Inc., a distribution and sales company in Canby. Heather Thomson M '01 teaches fourth grade at PM Wells harter Elementary School in Kissimmee, Florida. Fatma Una! MS writes, "... am now working on my doctorate at the Un iversity of Massachu– setts at Amherst ... PSU i a great university, and I miss the d iverse envir nment . . .I have a message for all student at PSU, enjoy ... It is a great place, where you get education not only for your major but also fo r life." ( { Michael Lopez is a news wri ter for WSVN Channel 7, a Fox network affili ate in Miami , Florida. Lopez writes, "Whi le attending P U I took advantage of all the opportunities of an urban univer icy. As a senior I got my foot inside the television industry by working as a news as i tant to producers and reporters for KO IN Channel 6. While at KO IN I was able to ga in news wri ting and basic producing experience, all while getting paid and receiving ·chool credit." Cynthia Potter i a police offi– cer with the Beaverton Police Department. Potter fo rmerly served a a records technician with the Multnomah County Sheriff's Offi ce. Yvette Saarinen is a writer for the News Register in McMin– nville. Saarinen lives in New– berg. { Barry Baxter i a te t engineer at Micro System Engineering, Inc., a bio-meclical electronics firm in Lake Oswego. Lynn Delorme MPA is a tech– nical writer and research assis– tant with the Northwest Portland A rea Indian Health Board. Del orme writes, ". .. Once I graduated from P U, I wa accepted to orthwe tern School of Law at Lewi & lark College. After completing one year of law school, I obtained an approved one-year leave of absence. Then I won two free concert tickets, lodging for one week and airfare to Du blin, Ire– land, to attend the Slane 2001 concert featuring U2, Re<l Hot Chili Peppers, and Coldplay. Th i wa an outdoor concert adjacent to Slane Castle .. . chi was the experience of a life– time, and my good fo rtune has only begun." Dan Eller MS is a law student at Lewis & C lark College in Portland. Eller and his wife, Jennifer Eller MS '00, and daughter live in Lake O wego. He al o is the treasurer for his condominium board and a member of the Parks and Recre– ation Aclvi ory Board for Lake Oswego. Beth Anne Hamon writes, "I have left grad school to attend to my health . .. I have accepted a full-time position at the nonprofit Community Cycling Center." Hamon li ves in Portland. Andrew Mayer MPA is a public ervice representative in the membership employer relations section with the Public Employ– ees Retirement System in Tigard . Matthew Smith is a police officer with the Gervais Police Departmen t. mith lives in Woodburn. Diana Ulatowski is a child kills trainer at Mountainclale Recovery Center, located in Washington County. The cen– ter prov ides residential treat– ment for substance abusing women with young children. Jason Yarmer i a prevention and intervention pecialist at Columbia Communi ty Mental Health, assigned to Rainier High School and Middle School. Yarmer attended the national Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America confer– ence in Washington, D.C., in December 2001 and shook the hand of President George Bush , who was a keynote speaker. Bu h was signing a bill which devoted approx imately 450 million over the next five year toward drug prevention. Yarmer live in t. Helens. 0