Portland State Magazine Spring 2015

SPRING 2015 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 25 Roy Heikkala MBA ’74 is a general contractor and owner of Rite Mentor Investments, Inc., a development consulting firm in Vancouver, Wash. He has a 40-year background in commercial, industrial and residential construction. David Stockwell ’90 is director of the VA Health Care System of Northern California, where he oversees a network of hospitals, clinics and over 3,000 employees. He lives in Folsom, Calif. Gustavo Balderas MS ’01 was appointed superintendent of the Eugene School District. He starts in July. Jenifer Hilburn ’01 is a new riverkeeper with the nonprofit Altamaha Riverkeeper organization in Savannah, Georgia. She investigates issues that affect the ecology of the river. Julie Huckestein MS ’04 was appointed president of Chemeketa Community College in February. She has served as an administrator at the Salem college since 2001. Natasha Hartsfield ’05 is educational director at the Tallahassee Museum, a nonprofit history and natural science museum in northern Florida. Paulina Almaraz ’11 is a scholarship/event coordinator with the Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber in Portland. Larry O’Dea ’13 was sworn in as chief of the Portland Police Bureau in January. He is a 28-year veteran of the bureau.  P S U A L U M N I A S S O C I AT I O N A L U M N I I N T H E N E W S 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 . Roy Heikkala Gustavo Balderas Julie Huckestein Paulina Almaraz