Portland State Magazine Spring 2007

Teresa LaHaie MPA '95 is director of financial manage– ment in che Department of J uscice, Office of the Inspector General, Washington, D.C. Jeremy S. Martin '95 is a master at arms in the U.S. Navy. He is stationed in Sicily, Italy, with his wife, Clara. Sylvan Genko Rainwater '95 was recencly ordained as a Zen Buddhist priest at Dharma Rain Zen Center in Porcland. After five years of novice training, Rainwater will be considered a full-Aedged priest. Rachel Houghton '96 is a senior technical writer for Kentrox, a Hillsboro company that manufactures telecom– munications equipment for voice, video and data. KeUy Niles-Yokum '96, MPA '98 is director of che con– sortium gerontology studies program ac che Colleges of Worcester Consortium, Inc., in Massachusetts. She is also managing ediror for Gerontolo– gy and Geriatrics Education and teaches gerontology courses at che College of che Holy Cross and Worcester Scace College. Cynthia Lee A. Pemberton EdD '96 is che associate dean of che graduate school at Idaho Seate University. Rebeca Gallegos '97 is a learning strategies instruc- tor and a student education and English co-instructor at Lakewood High School in Sc. Petersburg, Florida. Erin Kane '97, after earn- ing a master's degree from Milano, The ew School for Managemenc and Urban Policy in New York C ity this past August, returned co Porcland to join Pacific Northwest College ofArc as associate director of alumni relations. ALUMNI NOTES A Vanguard education JOHN WYKOFF, JR., '02 didn't realize this year marks the 60th anniversary of the Vanguard, PSU's student run newspaper. But as far as he is concerned, the paper is "what kept me at PSU. I came to it by accident," he says. A Lincoln High School graduate, Wykoff planned co pursue politics for a career and eventually go co an out-of-state school. But during winter term at Portland State, he took a news writing class and was recruited to join the Vanguard. Wykoff worked his way up to editor-in-chief, which was "like a full-time job," he says. "I was doing four stories a week. I got to cover some really great scuff." One highlight for him was when then-President Bill Clinton held an economic conference on campus, When John Wykoff, Jr., was editor of the Vanguard student newspaper, it was in boxes downtown. allowing the Vanguard reporters to rub shoulders with the White House press corps. Another was when he broke che story of a professor-student scandal char ended up making the national news, a pressure-filled experience. "Most of my professors were excellent," Wykoff says, "but I got most of my educa– tion at the Vanguard." He also was appointed to the State Board of Higher Education as one of two student representatives. Wykoff is from a newspaper family. His grandfather was an editor at 1he Oregonian and 1he Portland Reporter, and his father, John Wykoff, Sr., runs a public relations firm and also worked on the Vanguard in the lace I950s to mid-'60s. "The Vanguard was my major interest at Portland State," says Wykoff, Sr., who served in several editorial positions. Of his son he adds, "I got quite a kick out of him being edicor." Wykoff, Jr., did end up in politics. Before and after completing his degree, he lobbied for the Oregon Student Association, becoming executive director. He now is education adviser in the Portland office of Rep. David Wu. "I am not interested in being ac the cable," says Wykoff. "I want to be the guy at the back of the room who helped craft the deal." ■ BY CLIFF COLLINS Joanne Laurent '97 is a certi– fied orientation and mobility specialist, who teaches che blind safe and independenc travel skills. She recently moved to South Carolina. Greg Fredette '99 is che owner of Saturno Design, a Web and database design and develop– menc company that he started in Porcland in 1998 with just four cliencs. Fredette now has nine employees and 50 cliencs. Callie H. Lambarth '99, MSW '05 is a program evalu– ation ana lyse with Morrison Child and Family Services, a mental health, substance abuse, juvenile justice, and prevention service agency in Porcland. Lambarch also volunteers on the board of Listen to Kids, a local nonprofit commit- ted to ending abuse. In her spare time, she is training for her second marathon. 'f)2 Olivia McClelland '99, '04, MPA '05 was promoted ro deputy direcror of emergency and non-residential services for Bradley Angle House, che first domestic violence shelter established in Oregon. Mark Reeves MS '99 is an engineer with Waste Man– agement in Porcland. This fall, Reeves married Tessa Lewis ofWest Linn. SPRING 2007 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 27