Portland State Magazine Fall 2008

Amy Connell MPH '01 works as a project man- ager for Kaiser Permanence's Center for Health Research. Connell's cu rrent project is a behavior study related to asthma. She lives in Portland. Jessica Guernsey Carmago MPH '01 is a health educator for the HIV and hepatitis C community programs at Mult– nomah County Health Depart– ment. She lives in Portland. Kylie Meiner MPH '01 is a tobacco prevention health ed ucator for the Mu ltnomah County Health Department. Jon Schuhl MAT '01 is the new principal at T igard High School. Schuh! is married to Sarah Schuhl MST '02. Graci Van Ness MPH '01 is an epidemiologist for Multnomah County's hepatitis C registry study and GI chronic disease liver study. Van Ness is also a health education instructor at Portland Community College. Jill (Barrett) Brittle '02 has joined the Portland law office ofSrahancyk, Kent, Johnson & Hook. Brittle earned a law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School. Jill (Barrett) Brittle '02 Miriam Calderon MSW '02 is a sen ior policy analyst with the National Counci l of La Raza in Washington, D.C. Calderon produces white papers and policy briefings for members of Congress on the needs of young Latino children. Laura Hammond MPH '02 has a post-MPH fellowsh ip posi– tion with the Rehabilitation Re– search and Train ing Center at Oregon Health & Science Uni– versity. Hammond creates train– ings for health ca re providers that address hea lth and wel lness for teens livi ng with diabetes. Eric King MRP '02 is the new city manager for Bend. King began serving as interim city manager in November 2007. Stacey Dawn Lambach '02 is a procurement specialist at Tektronix. She lives in Portland. Cory Colten Pederson '02 is a co-conductor for the North Coast Youth Symphony in Astoria. Pederson is also a member of the North Coast Jazz Band and works as a band reacher for rhe Jewell School District. He lives in Warrenton. Amiee Shattuck MSW '02 is new director of the Stu– dent Activities Leadership Program at Portland State. Angela Upchurch '02 is a human resources genera l- ist at Foss Maritime, a ma- rine transportation firm in Seattle. Upchurch earned a professional in human resources certificate at PSU this year. Karla Diaz MSW '03 is coor– dinator of a community-based internsh ip program at Universi– dad San Francisco de Quito in Quito, Ecuador. Diaz writes, "J am glad to live here and help in any way to create social change." Noelle Dobson MPH '03 is director of the Healthy Earing Active Living Part– nership for the nonprofit Community Health Part– nership. Dobson lives in Portland with her fam ily. Lexy Henken '03 has been promoted to consolidations manager at Novellus Systems, Inc., a semiconductor device manufacturer in Tualatin. ALUMNI NOTES For many of us, there is a compelling need to make a difference-to leave a lasting legacy for the people most dear to us and for the world in which we live. Please consider including Portland Seate University in your estate plan-your gift will change lives. For more information on including PSU in your estate plans, please contact: Mary Anne Rees, Director of Gift Planning, 503-725-5086 or mrees@pdx.edu . www.pdx.edu/giving/planned FALL 2008 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 27