PSU Magazine Spring 2004

his Master of Library Science degree from Syracuse University in 2003. Alan Sca lly received a JD degree from Lewis&: Clark Law School in December. Scallys gradualion ceremony will be in May. He plans LO practice crimi– nal defense law in Oregon. Ava (Brenneman) Spece is executive direcLOr of the lnsli– tllle of Cognitive Development in San Angelo, Texas. The non– profit organization provides a fami ly shelter for victims of fam– ily violence, a training residence for the mentally challenged, and transitional housing for low– income families. Spece, who has testified before the Texas Legis– lature and serves on a city advi– sory committee, is president of the Concho Valley Coalilion Against Violence. icole Miller Rigelman MEd '93, EdD '02 is an assistant pro– fessor of education at George Fox University in ewberg. JerryDon Ruark is health ser– vices administrator al Waterford al Fairway Village, an assisted retirement facility in Vancouver, Washington. C. Darren Worthy is a partner al Vierck &: Rakoski, a Vancou– ver, Washington, accounling firm. Worthy was previously chief financial officer for MedicaLogic/Medscape Inc. and worked as an audit manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers. , Graham Bergh MUS is founder and owner of Resource Revival in Portland. The company employs eight people who create clocks, picture frames, tables, and other functiona l art made from trash. They recycle thousands of pounds of used bicycle and car pans each year. The items sell worldwide via the Internet and word of mouth, with almost no advertising. Jeri Sawyer is an economist at Northwest Economic Associates, a natural resource consulting firm in Vancouver, Washington. Jay Ski les is a contracts special– ist with the U.S. General Ser– vices Administration al its White House complex in Wash– ington, D.C ln addition LO helping purchase all operational materials, Skiles is involved in long-range capital improve– ments, including restoring one of the White Houses hisLOric domes. ' Charisse Tooze recently om– pleted directing a fund raising video for the PSU Graduate School of Social Work. Tooze staned her own production company, ToozeFilms, last year. William "Bill" Milmoe teaches dance professionally and offers private lessons, specializing in ballroom dancing. Milmoe also works at Ballys Total Fitness Center. He lives in Vancouver, Washington. ' Michelle Depuy Copeland is an associate in the construction and governmem comracts departments of Thelen Reid &: Priest, LLP, a nalional law firm. Copeland works in the Wash– ington, D.C, branch. Patricia "Trish" Hamilton is a financial adviser at RBC Dain Rauscher in Portland. Hamilton formerly was with Oregon Pub– lic Broadcasting for eight years. Raphael Larson is an attorney at Patton Boggs, LLP, in Wash– ingLOn , D.C Larson graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1999. He was project accountant for the Port– land Trail Blazers' Arena Corp. Kristan Lewis has been appointed head of Pacific Northwest Bank's professional banking group in Oregon and soULhwest Washington. Lewis previously served as a commu– nity banking district manager for Wells Fargo. ---------------------· I graduated from PSU. I may not be wealthy, but I would like to return something to the University Maybe I would say it was a "thank you. " Or perhaps its just the right thing to do. A lot of my friends are at that time in life when they're making estate plans. I am too , and I am going to include Portland State. 1 1J U'Foundation I__......,_______ Whether you are making your plans today or later, you will need the official name and tax ID number: PSU Foundation, PO Box 243, Portland OR 97207-0243, tax ID 93-0619733. If you would like to designate the use of your gift, please call Philip Varnum at the PSU Foundation, 503-725-5881, to discuss your wishes. PORTLAND STATE I U NTVERSITY ~-------------------------------~ SPRING 2004 PSU MAGAZINE 25