Portland State Magazine Fall 2013

FALL 2013 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 27 BY BECOMING a free, registered member of AlumniNet, the PSU Alumni Association’s new web portal, you can search for old friends and leave information so they can find you. On the web at alumni. pdx.edu , AlumniNet includes a secure alumni directory, Alumni Notes, news and upcoming events, subscriptions to alumni networks and groups, and free Alumni Association membership. With this membership comes free borrowing from the PSU Library collection. Ray Anne Kibbey Lockard ’69 is retiring as head librarian of Frick Fine Arts Library at University of Pittsburgh. A former PSU librarian, Lockard has spent the past 50 years working in libraries, including the past 27 at Frick. S. Randy Redfield ’72 was selected by the Oregon Arts Commission to exhibit his paintings on wood panels July 9-Sept. 25 in the ceremonial office of the governor of Oregon. The commission considers this a lifetime honor for Oregon artists. Redfield lives and paints in Sisters. Karen Shepard ’82 and Doug Shafer ’81 were named top CFOs (certified financial officers) by the Portland Business Journal in May. Shepard is CFO for Bend-based St. Charles Health System, and Shafer ’81 is CFO for iovation, Inc., a Portland-based maker of fraud detection software. The journal recognizes five financial executives each year. Keith Eggener ’85 has been appointed the Marion Dean Ross Distinguished Chair in Architectural History at University of Oregon in Eugene. Cindy Lozeau MBA ’88 , national sales manager for Lockwood Products, is the newest board member appointed to the PSU Alumni Association. Mark Jackson ’95 was the first alumnus honored at the PSU President’s Diversity Awards this past spring. Jackson is co- founder and executive director of REAP (Reaching Empowering All People), a nonprofit that brings business people together with underprivileged school children in five Portland area school districts. Jennifer Minner MURP ’00 graduated this spring with a doctorate in community and regional planning from University of Texas at Austin. This fall she will join the City and Regional Planning Department at Cornell University as an assistant professor. Matt Johnson ’02, MURP ’07 is the incoming board president for the PSU Alumni Association. He is a commercial real estate advisor at Cushman & Wakefield. Abigail Elder MPA ’08 is the new director of the Beaverton City Library. Tracy Puhl ’09 , owner of GladRags, an eco- friendly menstrual product company, was named Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the Portland Small Business Administration. Justin Monahan ’13 signed a free agent contract with the Hamilton (Ontario) Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. Monahan, a West Linn native, was a wide receiver on the PSU football team.  Lost friends can reconnect P S U A L U M N I A S S O C I AT I O N FOR MORE ALUMNI NEWS follow us on Twitter@PSU_Alums . Have news you would like to share? Email psu a lum@pdx.edu or mail your information to Portland State University, Office of Alumni Relations, PO Box 751, Portland OR 97207-0751. To submit your own Alumni News online, register for AlumniNet at alumni.pdx.edu . A LUMN I I N T HE NEWS Karen Shepard ‘82 Tracy Puhl ‘09