Portland State Magazine Fall 2008

Lisa Borho MPH '97 is rhe health and physical education division chair at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington. Jeffrey Bright '97 married Tulinh Vu in Apri l. Bright is a police officer in the Los Angeles Police Department. Eric Brown MPH '97 is CEO ofYW A of G reater Portland. Brown also serves on severa l volunteer boards in the Portland area, including those of Donate Life Northwest, H ands On Greater Portland, and Leader– ship Portland Program Day. Frank Sheridan MPA '97 recently became city man– ager for Sheridan, Oregon. Erika Weisensee '97, MA '03 teaches writing and journal– ism at University of Portland. Weisensee is writing for the Oregon Encyclopedia Project, an Oregon Historical ociety and Portland Seate endeavor. Stephenie Jahnke '98, MS '06, an administrator in P U's master's program in ConA icr Resolution, received a 2008 staff Diversity Awa rd from the PSU Diversity Action Council. John Koch MS '98 has been named Oregon's Middle School Principal of the Year for 2008 by the Confederation of Oregon School Administrators. Koch is principal at C lear Creek Middle chool in Gresham. Leslie Myers '98 is a marketing project coordinator at Varolii Co rp., a software commun ica– tions company in Seattle. Amy Nichols '98 is the new owner of the Cheerfu l Tortoise on the PSU campus. ichols is a li fetime member of the P U Alumn i Association. Kristin Tehrani MPH '98 is the public in formation officer fo r the city of Berkeley, Cali– fornia , Hea lth Department. Mark Turay '98 MBA is director ofsupply manage– ment at Musician's Friend, a direct marketer of music gear located in Medford. H e and his wife just welcomed their second chi ld and bought a home in Jacksonville. Lisa Lewman '99 is an in– ve rigator for the U.S. Forest Service in Arizona. Lewman writes, "Many people may find this amusing since the perception is that Arizona is all desert with no forests . In a lot of ways that is true, but there is much more diversity of terrain than I expected." David Mowry '99 is a consu ltant on government affairs issues, regulations, and laws. Mowry lives in C lacka– mas with his wife, Heather Robertson Mowry '82, MPH '99, a contract specia list for Oregon Services to Children, Adults and Families. Their daughter, Brooke Mowry ALUMNI NOTES '97, is a social srndies reacher at Glencoe High School in Hillsboro, and daughter, Meghan Mowry, attends PSU. Laura Saddler MPH '99 is state coordinator for Oregon Alliance Working for Anti– biotic Resistance Education, a coalition rhat promotes the appropriate use of antibiot- ics to health care providers and the community. Darryl Swan '99 is a reporter for the Tigard/ Tua latin Times newspaper. ChristopherWickham '99 is a bassoonist and new member of the West Texas Winds. 2000-2007 Donna Beegle EdD '00 deliv– ered the keynore address at the I 3th annual fundraiser break– fast for First Place, a nonprofit Support entrepreneurship, innovarion, and economic development by invesring in research– ro-commercialization via a new University Venture Development Fund at PSU. Get an unprecedented 60 percent state tax credir for your gift.* 503-725-8798 www.pdx.edu/giving/venture_fund.html *Consult your legal or financial adviser Gifts designated to the University Venture Development Fund also may be eligible for the federal charitable deduction. FALL 2008 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 25