Portland State Magazine Winter 2009

Greg Walck '86 is president of the Cheyenne Mountain chapter of Trout Un limited, a trout and salmon conservation organization. Walck li ves in Colorado Sprin gs, Colorado. Todd Ames '87, MS '92 is an associate professor of sociology at University of Guam in Mangilao, Guam. Patricia Ban '87 is principal at Sc. Mary's Academy in Portland. Doug Miller MS '88 was a fea– ru red reader ar the Solo Gallery of Hood River during rhe Duo at Solo reading series. Miller, a poet, has been reaching English and creative writing at Colum– bia High School in White Salm– on, Washington, for more rhan 30 years. His poems have been published in Rattle, The Eleventh Muse, and Into the Teeth of the Wind. Miller performs in coffee houses, restaurants, and in poetry readings throughout rhe west and is a past recipi- ent of a Fishrrap Fel lowship. Dena Stock-Marquez '88, MAT '99 is department chair and a Spanish-language reacher at Sc. Mary's Academy in Portland. Srock-Marquez is also yearbook adviser. LisaWatson '88 is owner of Cupcake Jones, a bakery special– izi ng in gourmet cupcakes in Northwest Portland. Warson opened the business with her husband, Peter Shanky, after discovering a cupcake shop in Victoria, Canada. Kelly Carlisle MST '89 is che new director for high schools with che Salem-Keizer School District. Ca rlisle was principal at Mi lwaukie High School. Peter Collier MS '89, PhD '97 is a professor ofsociology and director of che Students First Mentoring Project, a pilot program designed ro improve first-generation college student retention at Portland Stare. Anna Maria Lopez MST '89 is athletic di rector at Sc. Mary's Academy in Portland and in 2001 was named Oregon 4A Athletic Director of the Year and 4A Female Coach of rhe Year. 1990-1999 JeffAgar '90 is the new director of Columbia High School 's mu– sic department in W hite Salm– on, Washington. Agar comes from a fami ly of educators. His father raughc school for more than 35 years, and his sister has taught for more than 25 years. Chris Apgar '90 is president ofApgar and Associates, a health care information security consulting firm in Portland. Apgar has written articles on healch care privacy and secu rity for Microsoft Executive Circle Magazine, Money magazi ne, The Washington Post, and Computer Week. He lives in Portland with his wife, Julia Hudleson. David Simmons MSW '90 and Terry Cross MSW '77 were pleased to see in October the president sign into law a historic child welfare legislation that allows American Indian and Alaska Native tribal programs to operate foster care and adop– tion assistance programs in their communities. Simmons and Cross, director and executive director of rhe National Indian Child Welfare Association, have worked on the legisla- tion for more than a decade. Donald Housley '91 is a de– partment chair and reaches U.S. government and politics at St. Mary's Academy in Portland. Greg McGreevey MBA '91 has been named executive vice president and chief investment officer for Hanford Financial Services Group, and presi- dent of Hartford Investment Management Company. He joined rhe Hanford, Con– necticut, firm in August. Jill Board MS '92 has been recognized by the Oregon Cou nci l of Teachers ofMath– ematics with the Mildred Bennett Award for a li fetime of outstanding contributions to Oregon's children. Board works for Teachers Develop– ment Group, an educational consulting firm in West Linn. Greg Frick '92 is a parrner in rhe real estate firm of Hager– man Frick O'Brien in Portland. Lisa McMinn MS '92, PhD '95 is a professor in the sociol– ogy department at George Fox University in Newberg. McMinn is the author of The Contented Soul (2006) and Growing Strong Daughters (2007). When she is nor reach– ing or writing, McMinn is a small-rime farmer, forester, and beekeeper living in rhe Newberg area with her husband, Mark. Rick Patrick EdD '92 is rhe new principal at Twaliry Middle School in Tigard. Stephanie Limoncelli MS '93 is a staff research associate with the UCLA International Insti– tute in Los Angeles, Cali fornia. Kyle Patrick McTeague '93 has been promoted to principal engineer and joined the board of directors in the Portland office of Murray, Smith & Associates, Inc., a Pacific Northwest engi neering firm. Kyle McTeague '93 Katherine Socha MS '93 was honored with the Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished ALUMNI NOTES Teaching and the Lester R. Ford Award by the Mathematics Association ofAmerica at Marh– Fesr 2008. Socha is one of only three national recipients of rhe 2008 Alder Award, which hon– ors early-career college or uni– versity faculty. Socha is an assis– tant professor of mathematics at Sc. Mary's College of Maryland in St. Mary's City, Maryland. Kevin Mark Thelin '93 has been promoted ro vice president in the Porcland office of Murray, Smith & Associates, Inc., a Paci fie Northwest engineering firm. Pete DuBois MS '94 has been promoted to sustain– abi lity coordinator of C lark County Public Works in Vancouver, Washington. William "Ike" Eisenhauer '94, MEng '03 has been appointed director of the Office of Systems Redesign at the Portland Veteran's Medical Center. He will oversee efforts to improve the veteran-patient experience. Marcus Limbrunner '94 married Jennifer Bryk in July 2008. Limbrunner is a property manager in Newport, Oregon. Susan Melvin MST '94 is a department chair and reaches mathematics at Sc. Mary's Academy in Porcland. Darin Molnar '94, MA '99 is CEO of eXcolo Research Group, a leadership consulting firm in Portland and Seattle. Molnar recently contributed a chapter titled "Assessment Strat– egies for Servant Leadership in the Virtual Organization" pub– lished in the book, Leadership in the Digital Enterprise: Strate– giesfor Planning and Training. Molnar lives in Gresham. Kim Palumbis Schneider– man '94, MEd '00 has joined rhe staff of the Portland Jewish Academy as a mu- sic reacher in kindergarten through second grade. WINTER 2009 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 23