Portland State Magazine Fall 2010

PSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION :a.-• Dave Ris MBA '95 is an at– torney for the city of Gresham. Michael Spooner '95 is an analyst in the Oncol- ogy Department at Ciceline, a pharmaceutical clinical trial information company. He lives in San Leandro, California. Bernd Hoereth MBA '96 is account director and member of the board of directors for TDS I nformationstechnologie, a pro– vider of information tech nology and human resources. He works in Umerfoehri ng, Germany. Eric Kiesau '96 is an assistant head coach for University of Colorado football program in Boulder. Kiesau played football for four years at PSU. He is married ro former PSU soccer player Wendy Kanan. They have cwo children. Cynthia Pemberton EdD '96 is a professor of educational leadership and associate dean of the graduate school at Idaho • Eleventh Annual Portland State University Simon Benson Awards Dinner Tuesday, October 5, 2010 Reception 6:00 p.m. Dinner and Program 7:00 p.m. Oregon Convention Center Portland ~!room Scace University in Pocatello. Pemberton has been selected as one of 102 nationa l delegates to participate in che Vision 2020 Women in Leadership National Project, which involves writing a Declaration of Equality. Paul T. Shattuck MS '97 is an assistant professor at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Wash ington Un iversity in Sc. Louis. Shat– tuck is a nationa l expert on d isabi lities, specifica lly autism. Sarni Abdallah Al-HabaiJees '98 is the director of the Tele– phone Exchange Plann ing and Traffic Department for the Min– istry of Communication in Ku– wait. AI-Habai lees writes, "I just wanted to say that I miss PSU and Portland a lot and regard– ing everything else, my career, fami ly, etc., I'm doi ng greac." Gail Hayes Davis EdD '98 is executive di rector of Young Audiences Arts for Learning in Oregon and southwest Washington. Davis is an artist who enjoys painting and fused glass. She recently completed a 47-fooc mural in Bend. Krista Lynn Minnotte MS '99 is an assistant professor of sociology at University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. Jack Ohman '99 is a syndi– cated editorial carroonist for lhe Oregonian newspaper. He recenrly hosted the annua l con– vention of The Association of American Editoria l Cartoonists at Portla nd rate, which was at– tended by such notables as Dick Tracy cartoonist Dick Locher. Dan Overbay '99, MS '03 is the associate director ofsrndem recruitment at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington. Beth Shiffman MBA '99 is a senior marketing manager at IBM Corporation in Portland. Shiffman writes, "I was a part– time, evening MBA srndent raking courses at the Capitol Center in Hillsboro. I thor– oughly enjoyed the teach– ers and course work, even though 1 was in a perpernal state of exhaustion!" 2000-2010 Chester Garrison MEd '00 is a science teacher and cross country crack coach at Rowe Middle School in Mi lwaukie. Garrison received two grams chis year for a Smartboard and a Smdent Response System for the classroom. He writes, "I love teaching and coaching, and PSU made my career a reality!" Patricia Kenney-Moore MS '00 is associate professor, as– sociate director and academic coordinator for rhe physician assistant program ar Oregon Hea lth & Science Un iver- sity in Portland. She helped to develop and implement che progr:;im's academic cu rricu lum . Nllm~d afar one of Dnpni Jim philanthropists, the Simon Btnson Award w,u crrtmd in 1999 to honor tlN -j Clll"fffll pion«rs ofphilamhropy. Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund Oregon Business Magazine Portland An Museum Skanska U ABuilding, Inc. Uruversity ofOregon Ann& Mark Edlen Charles Gibson Longti,MABCNnus A"'hor Shirley & Jim Rippey Wclls Fargo ZGF ArchilfflS LLP • Bank of America Bccchcr Carlson The Burns Family Mary H. Clark Compli Joe and Dede Dejager / Rennie Dunn Fergu,on Wdlman Capital Management Fttd Meyer Gdfcn Mcsher & Company, P.C. HPnonhwesr Lcue Crutcher Lewis Magnacorp Fariborz Mascch / The Massiah Foundation The ODS Companies OfficeMax Oregon Health and Science ~ Oregon Tramli:r Cempu,- Allffl Hiafm. 'lllague FALL 2010 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 29