PSU Magazine Spring 2005

AL U M NOT E S Gregory Robinson MBA is executive director at Columbia River Mental Health Services in Vancouver, Washington. Mark Grego ry MBA received an Oregon lT Executive of the Year award from the Portland chapter of the Society of Information Management at the lnnoTech Oregon Conference in March. Gregory is executive director of the PSU Office of Information Technologies. Erin Miles is an English as a second language specialist at Greenway Elementary School in Beaverton. Alice Chung is a senior accoun– tant for Providence Health Sys– tem in Renton, Washington. Marlene Camacho Cruz is a government personnel specialist in Saipan, Mississippi. She writes, "I've been in HR since 1999, thanks to the advice and guidance of Dr. Alan Cabelly, my dear friend Stacie Yost, and the PSU HRMA." Kristopher "Kris" Dickinson MBA '03 is execu– tive director of the Donald C. and Elizabeth M. Dick– inson Foundation, which supports education and medical research. He also owns Bizeats, Inc., a restaurant delivery company. Dickinson serves on the Portland Children's Museum board, volun– teers at Doernbecher Children's Hospital, and is involved with the SMART reading program and Saturday Academy. Michael Meo is a teacher at Benson Polytechnic High School in Portland. His research article, "The Mathematical Life of Cauchy's Theorem," was pub– lished in the scholarly journal Historia Mathematica, Vol. 31 (2004). He has taught in Port– land public high schools since 1989. 26 PSU MAGAZINE SPRING 2005 Dan Ove rbay MS '03 is the associate di rector of student recruitment at Clark College in Vancouver, Wash ington. He was an academic adviser at PSU. student. She received her CPA license in October. Kimberly Silva-DuBose MPA is membership director of Hoyt Arboretum Friends in Portland. Heike Mayer MUS, PhD '03 is Katherine Simpson was pro– moted to vice president and assistant controller at Colum– bia River Bank in The Dalles in February. Simpson started her career at the bank while a assistant professor of urban affairs and planning at Virginia Polytech– nic Institute and State University. Mayer has received a 12- Meetings, receptions, gatherings. 503-725-8943 ♦ simonbensonhouse@pd.x.edu Hit the road for PSU Show your Viking spirit and help support student scholarships through a PSU license plate available from the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles. Apply using Form 268, found in any DMV office or on the Web site www.OregonDMV.com . month, $24,660 gram from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foun– dation to study women entre– preneurs in the high-tech field. Polly Bangs is owner of Pasta Bangs restaurant in Portland. Jay Hunt is branch manager at Albina Community Bank in Portland. Dawn (Foti) Levinson MSW is policy adviser on children and families within the office of the administrator and the office of policy, planning, and budget in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Andrew Mayer MPA won third place for his 1,500-word essay, "Seoul: Asia's Leading Meglopo– lis," in the 2004 Seoul Metro– politan Government Essay contest. Mayer was presented the award at Seoul's City Hall in December. He is a U.S. Anny specialist serving as a medic with the 168th Medical Battal– ion at Yongsan Garrison. Tim Murray MBA is a commer– cial insurance agent with Elliott, Powell, Baden & Baker in Portland. Heidi Ames is a repetiteur (rehearsal pianist and coach) with the Neues Stadttheater in Balzano, Italy. Ames lives with her husband, a tenor and soft– ware engineer, and her calico cat. Rachel Felice MST is Columbia Slough education director and received a Spirit of the Oregon Plan award from Gov. Ted Kulongoski in November. Felice provides hands-on programs for studems to learn about the his– tory, ecology, and human impact of the north Portland watershed and its organisms. Rhonda Fox MEd '04 teaches fifth grade at Lewis and Clark Elementary School in St. Helens. Lee Loving MS is assistant prin– cipal at Seaside High School. Loving, his wife, and three