Portland State Magazine Fall 2007

1990-1999 Carolyn Armstrong '90 and Tim Armstrong '90 recently returned to the United States from Turkey, where they taught English as a second language for the past seven years. David R. Jacques '90 owns a Jackson Hewitt Tax Service franchise in Chehali , Washington. Susan R. Madsen MST '91 was awarded this year's Early Career Scholar Award by the Academy of Human Resource Development, an imerna- tional professional organization. Madsen is an associate professor of management at Urah Valley State College. She recently completed her first book, On Becoming a Woman Leader: The Experiences ofUniversity Presidents, and is working on a second about female governors. Josefine Fleetwood '92 joined the Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence in Corval– lis as the new development assistant. Fleetwood brings 19 years' experience in nonprofit fund raising and event plan– ning to the organ ization. Jennie L. Clark '93 is a gradu– ate of University of California Hastings College of the Law and a member of the Ore- gon State Bar since 2000. Osama S. Alkadi '94 works in the public relations depart– ment of Saudi Aramco in Saudi Arabia as creative director. He is currently on a three-year assignment in the company's Houston office. He returns to Portland every summer with his wife, T ina, and three children, Eiyad, Rayana, and Yousef. Cindi Newcomb '94 cre- ated SanriKleen, a meth house cleaning business, two years ago in the Midwest. "lbe company recently developed a home merh test kit that helps prospective property owners and buyers avoid contaminated properties. Her new company, Environmental Solutions, will handle the product. Richard Colombo '95, a musician and gu itar reacher, is the new co-owner ofA rtichoke Music in Portland's Haw– thorne district. Colombo and his business partner plan to continue running the store as it has been for the past 26 years. Kathy Skimas MED '95 is new principal ofChehalem Valley Midd le School in Newberg. Elise Wagner '95 had two gal– lery showings of her paintings in Boston this past year. At the first show she sold almost every– rh ing, at the second she sold five pieces to a venture capital firm as well as three other paintings. "I am finally beginning to make a livi ng at this," writes Wagner. She is teaching a three-day encaustic painting workshop at the Oregon College ofArt & Craft in November and contin– ues to consult and teach from her home studio in Portland. Elise Wagner '95 G. Douglas Bundy '96, MED '00 was awarded the Oregon Symphony's Parry Verner Music Educator of the Year Award this past spring. Bundy has been a music educator in the Beaverton School District for more than 10 years. Along wirh establish– ing a music mentors program, Bundy leads a marching band, two pep bands, a ninth-grade concert band, a 10th- to 12th– grade symphon ic band, a wind ensemble, and two jazz bands. Stephen W. Duh MRP '96 recently scarred Conserva– tion Technix, Inc., a consult– ing firm focused on parks, open space planning, and greenspaces in Portland. Rachel A. Jordan Houghton '96 was recemly elected to the nominating committee of the Society for Technical Communication, the world's largest professional organiza– tion of its kind. Houghton is a senior technical writer at Kenrrox, LLC, in H illsboro. Katherine Huit MA '96 was named the Yamhill County Historical Museum's first executive director. Huit joined rhe museum by way of another regional museum, the Ever– green Aviation Museum. Lisa McGrew-Siegfried MSW '96, a child and fam ily psychotherapist, was featured in Portland Monthly magazine in a story about her dramatic recovery from a heart trans– plant. Siegfried has always been an avid traveler and outdoors person and now, two years after che illness, is adjusting back to her active Ii festyle. LarryWells MST '96 received a Doctor of Musical Arts in trumpet performance and wind conducting from the University of North Texas in December. Scott Bricker MRP '98 is che policy director at the Bicycle Transportation Alliance in Portland. He and his wife, Angela Dawn Goldsmith, welcomed a daughter, Saman– tha, into their fami ly last year. Jeffrey K. Parrott '98 recent– ly completed his Ph.D. in linguistics at Georgetown University. He is working as a freelance science writer. Reid Vanderburgh '98, a holis– tic psychotherapist in Portland, recemly published a book titled Transition and Beyond: Observa– tions on Gender identity. In addition to his private ALUMNI NOTES practice, Vanderburgh provides educational and consultation services on rransgender issues, transition in the workplace, and gender identity in general. LaDona Barton-Hooper '99 is a math instructor in the Burns/Hines School District. Carrie Lyn Bergeron '99 teaches third grade in the Clark Coumy School Dis– trict in Washington state. Danelle Heikkila '99, MED '00 was named the Gresham– Barlow School District's new English language lea mer di rec– tor. She will oversee the district's English language development teachers, educational assistants, and school/community liaisons. Jennifer Larkin '99 is the art reacher at St. Joseph Catholic chool in Vancouver, Wash– ington. Larkin has created murals for the King County Humane Society in Seattle and for PSU 's Neuberger Hall. TandyWolf MS '99 is a special education teacher at Cedaroak Park Primary School in the West Linn-Wilsonvi lle School Di trier. Wolf recently became certified as an exceptiona l needs specialist through the National Board for Profes– sional Teaching Standards. She is one of only a few certi- fied specialists in Oregon. 2000-2007 Alison H. Chan '00 was promoted to audit manager at Geffen Mesher & Company, a Portland accounting and business consu lting firm. Helene Hipple '00, MED '02 has relocated to Wallowa County with her husband, Bob, and their six children, where she is volunteering and teaching vo ice lessons. She was a church choir director for 30 years, most recently with rhe Portland Mormon Choir and Orchestra. FALL 2007 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 27