Portland State Magazine Fall 2007

ALUMNI NOTES Steven R. Lindsey '00 is an MBA student at University of Wisconsin, Madison. Lindsey spent the summer interning in Boston. He also recently obtain– ed his private pilot's license. Kerry Aleshire '01, a lieuten– ant with the Hillsboro Police Department, was chosen to complete a 10-week training session at the FBI National Academy in Virginia this sum– mer. Aleshire has been with the Hillsboro police for 18 years . Charles "Chip" Dunn '01 is a relationship officer with MBank, a local indepen- dent bank in Gresham. Beth Hamon '01 is one of 11 owners in the worker-owned collective, Citybikes Work- ers' Cooperative, in Portland. C irybikes was opened in 1986 and became a worker-owned cooperative in 1990. She writes, "Finishing my degree after a nearly 14-year hiatus gave me a sense of accomplishment unlike any other. My Portland State experiences gave me an opportunity ro hone a sense of d iscipline and focus that have helped me in my daily work at Cirybikes. My diploma hangs in my study at home and seeing it still gives me a great feeling." Jeremy Johnson '01 is a captain in the U.S. Air Force and is stationed at Thule Air Base in Green land. Shaun R. Read '01 is a senior financial analyst at Oregon Health & Science University. Lavert Robertson MED '01, a Jefferson High School alum, was recently hired to oversee the high school's Academy ofArts and Technology. Brian Simmons '01 is founder and president of Fluid Market Strategies in Portland. Fluid helps companies market energy efficient products to businesses and consumers. John Morris MS '03 holds a senior level position with Fluid. Andrew R. Collins MED '02 is reaching AP (advanced placement) chemistry at Ann Arbor Huron High School in Michigan. Brenden Hansen '02 earned his medical degree from A lbany Medical School, New York, this spring. He received the school's Nathan and Lena Apanof Emergency Medicine Award for 2007, given to a sen ior medical student who has demonstrated humanistic acute hea lth care skills. He will serve his intern– ship and residency in emer– gency medicine at a hospital in Loma Linda, Cali fornia. Shirley Pate MS '02 is an elementary school counselor at Joseph Ga le Elementary School in rhe Forest Grove School District. Pare has been very active in the Oregon School Counselors Association and recently served as irs president. She was awarded the Recog– nized ASCA Model Program award twice by the American School Counselors Association. Pare says, "I am working for school counselors nationwide and school children who deserve only the best education." Andres Peralta '02 is working toward a Ph.D. in art education at University ofNorth Texas in Denton. She earned a master's in art from Texas A&M Un iver– sity, Corpus Christi, in 2005. Pollyanne Birge '03 is a community outreach co– ordinator for Sam Adams, Portland city commissioner. Zak Boone MPA '03 is the executive director of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Oregon in Bend. Daniel Getachew '03 is an account executive at Vitrorob– ertson, a San Diego advertis– ing agency. Jennifer Grove MS '03, Clark College operations manager, has been selected as a participant in the National Institute for Lead– ership Development leaders 28 PORTLAND STATE M AGAZINE FALL 200 7 program, an international program for administrators and faculty in higher education. Christine Moua '03 is an oc– cupational therapist with Provi– dence Portland Medical Center. Lea D. Sevey '03 is pursuing a graduate degree in human ser– vices through Capella Univer– sity, an accredited on line uni– versity based in Minneapolis. Sevey will graduate in late 2008. Kathi Shoemake '03 joined Berona Engineers in Lynn– wood, Washington, as a mechanical engineer. Patrick Gronli '04 is a GIS (geographic information system) analyst ar CH2M HILL in Port– land. He is currently on assign– ment in the Middle East for one year, supporting the U.S. Air Force in geospatia l technology. Dan Hasselschwert MS '04 is owner of Ossie's Surf Shop in Newport. He also teaches Oregon's on ly college– accredited surf course through Oregon State University. Ruth McDonald MS '04 is on an I I-month fel lowship work– ing with the National cience Foundation in Washington, D.C. McDonald earned the post as one of 16 educators elected nationwide for the prestigious A lbert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship program. McDonald is a middle school reacher at Crestview Heights School in Wa ldport, where she will return next year. Heather A. Ryan '04 recently graduated from University of Oregon with a master's in creative writing. Ryan's blog, "Terrible Mother," has been op– tioned for syndication on Nea l Pollack's new Web site. Pollack is the author of Alternadad. Garett Croft Stenson '04 and his Portland company, db clay, delivered its newest line of wallets in September. The wallets feature photographs and graphics by local artists. Stenson got his srart by making duct tape billfolds that he sold from a street booth under– neath the Burnside Bridge. Today db clay sel ls its designer wailers on rhe Web and in stores around the country. Trevor Janeck '05 was hired by Wells Fargo's Oregon region human resources department as a staffing specialist and recruiter in irs Portland office. Melinda McMillan '05 is at– tending University of Pennsyl– vania chool of design as a mas– ter's student in architecrure and in landscape architecture and regional planning. She received the 2007 Will M. Mehlhorn Scholarship for achievement in architecture theory courses. Will Dawkins MA '06 ac– cepted an insrructor of English position ar Northwest Missis– sippi Community College in Senatobia, Mississippi. He will teach a combination of compo– sition and literature courses. River Hwang '06 is rhe transportation engineer in training at HDR Engineer– ing, Inc., an employee-owned architecrural, engineering, and consu lting firm in Portland. Jill Mai '06 is a financial representative ar Northwestern Mutual Financial Network's Portland office. Mai is a na– tive ofAloha, Oregon, and enjoys playing rhe piano. Jill Mai '06 Phillip Ramsdell '06 is scheduled to graduate with a master's in education with a focus in special education from Regent University this winter.