Class Notes

2018

• JADON AREND (B.S.) was named a Distinguished Military Graduate by Army Cadet Command.
• KALA BENTON (M.S.) was named director of patient and family experience at Greene (Ohio) Memorial Hospital and Soin Medical Center.
• PETER BONS (B.A.) was named a Distinguished Military Graduate by Army Cadet Command.
• EMILY CHODAN (B.F.A.) starred in Into the Woods and Master Cat during the 2018 Nettle Creek Players Summer Stock Tent Theatre Season in Hagerstown, Ind.
• JENNIFER DAWS (B.A.) joined Creek Technologies in Beavercreek, Ohio, as a technical writer.
• LOGAN HUNT (B.S.) was named a Distinguished Military Graduate by Army Cadet Command.
• NANCY BETH SHULER (B.F.A.) serves as the interim gallery director at the Dayton (Ohio) Society of Artists.
• GEORGE STUBBS (B.S.) was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant, United States Army following his officer’s candidate school graduation at Ft. Benning, Ga.
• CONSTANTINE TOLIAS (B.A.) was named a Distinguished Military Graduate by Army Cadet Command.

2017

• ELEANORE COLLINS (B.A.) was named a Distinguished Military Graduate by Army Cadet Command.
• CAITLIN GEISSER (B.F.A.) directed The Spitfire Grill—The Musical at the Eagle Theatre in Hammonton, N.J.
• Earl Gregorich (B.S.) joined the Greenville (S.C.) Area Small Business Development Center as the area manager.
• Kimiko Kidd (B.A.) is an editor at The News Wheel, a Dayton, Ohio-based digital automotive magazine.
• Courtney Moore (M.S.), chief executive officer for Modern Ally, a commercial cleaning firm headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, was among the “25 Women to Watch” named by Women in Business Networking.
• Nicholas Moshos (B.S.B.) became the new owner of Dot’s Market grocery store in Kettering, Ohio.
• EMILY NOVAK (B.S.)(M.S.), the 2016 recipient of The Marxent Prize—a Wright State scholarship for women in engineering, was hired by Marxent, a Miamisburg, Ohio-based provider of augmented reality and virtual reality for furniture and home decor retailers and manufacturers.
• CHELSEA WELCH (B.A.) signed with the CAB Madeira basketball team in Portugal. 

2016

• KEITH BRICKING (M.B.A.) was named president of Atrium Medical Center in Middletown, Ohio. 

2015

• DYLAN LINK (B.S.ME.) joined Garmann/Miller Architects-Engineers in Minster, Ohio, as a mechanical engineer/designer.
• Joseph Pudlewski (B.A.) is a staff writer at The News Wheel, a Dayton, Ohio-based digital automotive magazine.
• ALEXA RALICKI (PSY.D.) joined the Big Sky Psychological Consortium in Bozeman, Mont.
• JONATHAN SAUL (B.S.B.) was hired as the global sample services manager at Dayton-based Huffy Corporation.

2013

• Lisa Balster (M.B.A.), director of care, patient, and family support services for Hospice of Dayton (Ohio), was among the “25 Women to Watch” named by Women in Business Networking.
• RENAI BOWERS (B.S.ED.), a third-grade math and science teacher at Broad Rock Elementary School in Richmond, Va., was named second runner-up in Richmond Public Schools’ 2019 Teacher of the Year honors.
• KYLEEN DOWNES (B.A.) performed at Songwriters in the Round at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center in Troy, Ohio.
• WILL HOSKINS (B.S.ED.) was hired as a physical education teacher for the elementary school in the New Bremen (Ohio) School District.
• JACOB MCCUBBIN (B.S.) won the 2018 United States Air Force Marathon at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
• JONATHAN WHIGHAM (B.S.), treasury management service specialist II for Huntington Bank, was named to the “40 Under 40” list of people honored for their career and community achievements by Crain’s Cleveland Business.

2012

• MATTHEW OBRINGER (B.S.) is project manager of Union Village, 1,230 acres in Warren County, Ohio, that will include up to 4,500 new homes and one million square feet of commercial space based on new urban-planning principles.

2011

• KELSI NUTTER (B.S.) won the Goodyear 10K in Akron, Ohio.
• Elizabeth Swartzwelder-Cozad (M.D.) joined Premier Health Family Care of Vandalia, Ohio.

2010

• MEGAN BACHMAN (M.S.T.) was named editor of the Yellow Springs (Ohio) News.
• ANNETTE FEARNOT-KLIGERMAN (M.D.) joined Riverview Health Physicians in Westfield, Ind.

2009

• Kraig Hagler (B.S.) was appointed treasurer of Greene County, Ohio.
• BENJAMIN RADCLIFFE (M.D.) is a surgeon at Kudjip Nazarene Hospital in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea.
• KATHERINE RADCLIFFE (M.D.) is the coordinator of medical volunteers at Kudjip Nazarene Hospital in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea.
• PETE SAVARD (M.S.)(M.S.), an assistant professor of nursing at Cedarville (Ohio) University, was a featured speaker at the Wright State University Adventure Summit, sharing a trip in which he paddled down the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania for 30 straight days as a fundraiser.

2008

• JONATHAN HUDSON (M.B.A.) was hired as finance director for Springboro, Ohio.
• ZACH VARGO (B.S.ED.), of the Athletic Proving Grounds in Tipp City, Ohio, was selected as one of 12 finalists for the 2019 Personal Fitness Professional Trainer of the Year Award.

2007

• MONIQUE AKASSI (M.A.) was named associate provost for faculty affairs at Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Fla.
• MATTHEW BINKLEY (M.D.) joined UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Buffalo, N.Y.
• Laura Emmert-Reed (M.S.), a nurse practitioner, joined Mercy Health Physicians in Springfield, Ohio.
• DANIEL SMITH (B.S.), a developmental-behavioral pediatrician, joined Akron (Ohio) Children’s Hospital’s developmental and behavioral pediatrics department.
• Kevin Trimbach (B.S.) is president/COO of 2-J Supply Co. Inc., a Dayton, Ohio-based wholesale distributor of HVAC products in Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia.
• Kate Vriner (B.S.), a certified business broker for Sunbelt Business Brokers of Southwest Ohio, was among the “25 Women to Watch” named by Women in Business Networking.

2005

• HANNAH BEACHLER (B.F.A.), one of four female department heads who worked on Black Panther, was featured in a New York Times article about the Oscar campaign for the blockbuster film, for which she won Best Production Design at the 2019 Academy Awards.
• TERESA RUSH (M.S.) joined Mercy Health-Ada Family Medicine in Ada, Ohio, as a certified nurse practitioner.

2004

• CHRIS BAILEY (B.S.) was promoted to principal for the audit team in the Columbus, Ohio, office at Tidwell Group, an accounting and consulting firm that specializes in the real estate and construction industries.
• JIANG KUI (M.B.A.) was appointed to the board of directors of the Vancouver-based Ballard Power Systems.
• Sarah Williams (B.S.), executive director of Hannah’s Treasure Chest in Dayton, Ohio, was among the “25 Women to Watch” named by Women in Business Networking.

2003

• Kate McEwen (B.M.), plant manager of the Lorenz Printing Company in Dayton, Ohio, was named among the “25 Women to Watch” by Women in Business Networking.
• Emily Von Stuckard-Smolinski (B.F.A.), executive director of The Plaza Theatre in Miamisburg (Ohio) and the production stage manager at The Dayton Art Institute, was named among the “25 Women to Watch” by Women in Business Networking.

2002

• SARAH EASTERLING (B.S.ED.) was named principal of Indian Valley School in the Greenon (Ohio) School District.
• NICHOLAS YUST (M.S.EG), a metal artist, created a heart-shaped metal wall sculpture titled Vegas Strong to honor those killed and wounded in the 2017 mass shooting in which a gunman opened fire on concertgoers in Las Vegas.

2001

• KRISTIN CLIPPARD (B.F.A.), associate artistic director/producer in residence for the Orlando (Fla.) Shakes theater company, directed A Christmas Carol.
• T. DAVID JONES (B.S.)(M.P.A.) was selected as the Northmont (Ohio) High School Educator of the Year for 2017–2018.
• STEVE POHLMAN (M.B.A.) is senior director of materials management for the Cleveland Clinic.
• Laura Woeste (B.A.), director of strategic projects for the Downtown Dayton (Ohio) Partnership, was named among the “25 Women to Watch” by Women in Business Networking.

2000

• LORI ANDERSON (M.A.) was appointed president and chief executive officer of the board of directors of United Cerebral Palsy of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara Counties.
• MATTHEW KLONTZ (B.S.ED.) published Chase on War Mountain, a novel about the search for an old moonshiner in West Virginia that leads to danger.
• PATRICK J. MURPHY (M.S.) was named the inaugural Goodrich Endowed Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Collat School of Business at The University of Alabama at Birmingham.

1999

• HOLLY BLAKELY (B.A.)(M.A.) was hired as an assistant professor of English at Cedarville (Ohio) University.
• Dan Driscoll (B.A.) was named acting prosecutor for Clark County, Ohio.
• CANDICE ELDRIDGE (B.A.) was hired as Heart Walk director for the Miami Valley Division of the Great Rivers affiliate of the American Heart Association.
• MARK GREEN (M.D.), who did his residency in emergency medicine at the U.S. Army Aviation Center: Aerospace Medicine, won election to Congress from Tennessee.
• Mark Schumm (M.B.A.) was promoted to president of Van Wert (Ohio) Federal Savings Bank.

1998

• Alexis Larsen (B.A.), external affairs director for The Dayton (Ohio) Art Institute, was named among the “25 Women to Watch” by Women in Business Networking.
• NATALIE SCHNEIDER (B.S.) was named principal of Crestview Elementary School in Indianapolis.

1997

• TIMOTHY AHNER (B.A.) won his fourth NCAA Division 1 National Championship as equipment manager of the University of Maryland men’s soccer team.
• JESSICA CHAMBERS (B.A.) was hired as dean of student affairs at Edison State (Ohio) Community College.
• Lisa Jacob (M.S.), a senior geologist at Sevee & Maher Engineers, Inc., in Cumberland, Maine, was promoted to principal.
• Gary C. Norman (B.A.) was reappointed by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights and serves as chair.
• ANESSA ALLEN SANTOS (B.A.), an attorney, serves on the Florida Digital Currency Task Force and the technology law committees of the Florida Bar Association.
• JIM SCHULTE (M.B.A.) was appointed North American Arisa press product manager by the Minster, Ohio-based Nidec Press & Automation.

1996

• BUCK TRUITT (B.A.), an abstract/expressionist/surrealist painter and photographer, had his artwork displayed at the Yellow Springs (Ohio) Brewery.

1995

• DOUG RENTZ (B.A.) joined Garmann/Miller Architects-Engineers in Minster, Ohio, as director of marketing/communications.

1994

• SCOTT BUCHANAN (B.S.) was elected chairman of the United States Air and Trade Show, which is held annually in Dayton, Ohio.
• SCOTT KOSNIK (B.A.) joined the sales team of Wilson Produce, a family farm operation based in Nogales, Ariz.
• MICHAEL LOFORTI (M.B.A.), a colonel in the Air Force Reserve, took command of the 920th Rescue Group consisting of HH-60G Pave Hawks, HC-130N Kings, and Guardian Angels at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.
• Derrick Malone (B.A.), owner and operator of Roofcrete roofing and concrete contractors, was named among Dayton, Ohio’s 2019 Top Ten African American Men of the Year by Dayton.com.
• TASHA PRAVECEK (M.S.), a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the head of the chemistry department at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.
• DARYL SMITH (M.S.EG.) was hired as an associate professor of management at Cedarville University in Ohio.
• ERIC STENNETT (M.ED.) was named principal at Shaler Area Middle School in Glenshaw, Pa.

1993

• Richard Cowles (M.S.), joined the Sarasota, Fla., office of Stantec, which provides water-related services, as a senior hydrogeologist.
• Tina Koumoutsos (B.A.)(M.U.A.), executive director of Neighborhood Housing Partnership of Greater Springfield (Ohio), was named among the “25 Women to Watch” by Women in Business Networking.

1992

• BRYAN BUCKLEW (B.A.) was selected as the new president and CEO of the Hospital Council of Northern and Central California.
• LORI TAVENER DASHEWICH (B.S.) was promoted to vice president and controller of Ohio National Financial Services, a Cincinnati-based group of insurance and financial services companies.
• Beth Hodges (M.D.) is a medical director with Triad HealthCare Network in Greensboro, N.C., and a family medicine doctor.
• RAHN KEUCHER (B.S.) donated bread, pretzels, and bagels from his bakery Rahn’s Artisan Breads to federal workers during the partial government shutdown.
• CHRISTOPHER J. PRZEMIENIECKI (B.A.), an associate professor at West Chester University in Pennsylvania, presented at the National Gang Crime Research Center Conference in Chicago.
• MURALI SWAMINATHAN (M.S.) was named to the board of directors of Ontic Technologies, an Austin, Texas-based company that provides protective intelligence technology.

1991

• ELIZABETH HUNKELER (B.S.), former CIO of Dayton (Ohio) Children’s Hospital, was the 2018 recipient of the Stoltenberg Future Fund Scholarship for secondary education through the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives CIO forums.
• DUANNA OSTING (B.A.) was named president of the Upper Valley Medical Center Foundation in Troy, Ohio.
• MORLEY STONE (B.S.) was named senior vice president for research at The Ohio State University.

1990

• FRED BOEHLER (B.S.B.) is CEO of Americold Realty Trust, an Atlanta-based company that provides temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics.
• DANILSA MARCINIAK (B.A.) joined the Maryland Insurance Administration as the new director of the property and casualty complaints unit.
• CAROLYN RICE (M.B.A.) was elected Montgomery County (Ohio) commissioner.

1989

• MELANIE HUFFMAN (B.S.ED.)(M.ED.), a Greenville (Ohio) High School art teacher, was named the 2018 Outstanding Art Teacher for the Western Ohio Region by the Ohio Art Education Association.

1988

• David Alderman (B.S.) was promoted to supervisor of operations at CBE Companies, a Waterloo, Iowa-based provider for global call center, debt collection, and customer care solutions for government, education, health care, and others.
• GINA KEUCHER (M.ED.) donated bread, pretzels, and bagels from her and her husband’s bakery Rahn’s Artisan Breads to federal workers during the partial government shutdown.
• SHERRI LUTHER (B.S.B.) was named chief financial officer of the Hillsboro, Ore.-based Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, which provides customizable smart connectivity solutions to industrial, consumer, communications, and automotive markets.
• Bill Randall (M.S.) joined RETTEW Associates, Inc., in Pittsburgh, Pa., as a senior hydrogeologist and geologist in the consulting firm’s geoenvironmental group.
• B.J. WOODRUFF (M.S.) published Glimpses of Life, a collection of short essays that present common life experiences such as eulogies, class reunions, and family events in an uncommon format: rhyme.

1986

• STEVEN BOGNAR (B.F.A.) co-directed American Factory, a documentary film about the Fuyao auto glass plant selected to be shown at the Sundance Film Festival, which won the Directing Award in February.
• Kim Bramlage (B.A.), marketing and communications manager of Five Rivers Health Centers in Dayton, Ohio, was named among the “25 Women to Watch” by Women in Business Networking.
• ANNETTE CLAYTON (B.S.), CEO and president of North America Operations for French multinational corporation Schneider Electric, was appointed to the board of Duke Energy.
• VERCIE LARK (B.S.), retired executive vice president and head of financial services business DST Systems, published Make It Rain: Increase Your Wealth and Financial Security, a guide to managing money.

1985

• ROBERT A. MEYER (B.S.B.) is teaching in the history, philosophy, and political sciences department at the University of Cincinnati’s Blue Ash Campus.
• STEPHANIE OKEY (M.S.) was elected to the board of directors of Albireo Pharma, Inc., a Boston-based clinical-stage orphan pediatric liver disease company.
• ED RUFF (B.S.) is the chief information officer for the Dayton, Ohio-based Ohio’s Hospice.

1984

• ANDY RIGGLE (B.S.) was named dean of the School of Education at Northcentral University, a San Diego-based online graduate-focused school.

1983

• Jennifer Gerber (MAT-CT) took over ownership of the Green Lawn Animal Clinic in Greenville, Ohio.

1982

• BRUCE CROMER (B.F.A.) played the title role in the play Titus Andronicus at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey in Madison, N.J.
• RANDY PHILLIPS (B.S.) was named senior vice president for corporate development at Leidos, a Reston, Va.-based science and technology company.
• CONNIE STREHLE (M.ED.), who retired after 44 years in education, was honored as a 2018 Woman of Excellence by the YWCA in Piqua, Ohio.
• BILL WILSON (B.S.) is the founder of OnDoc, a Philadelphia-based telehealth service that provides access to physicians for virtual consultations via phone, tablet, computer, or smart device.

1981

• JAMES DARE (B.S.) retired as administrator of Montgomery County (Ohio) Common Pleas Court after a 34-year career.
• ELIZABETH GUTMANN (B.A.) was appointed trustee to the Edison State Community College (Ohio) Board of Trustees.
• JAYNE HELMLINGER (B.S.), general superior of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, was installed as president-elect of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
• Dave Nolin (B.S.)(M.S.) is president of the Beavercreek (Ohio) Wetlands Association.

1980

• Craig Bundschuh (M.B.A.) was named chairman of the board of the Upper Valley Medical Center Foundation in Troy, Ohio.
• DANIEL MIRACLE (B.S.), senior scientist for nanotechnology at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, was recognized for sustained accomplishments, exemplary public service, and demonstrated consistent and lasting dedication to the mission during the Presidential Rank Awards Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C.
• MARY PAT ZITTER (B.A.) is Mercer County probate/juvenile court judge in Celina, Ohio.

1977

• Todd Hale (B.S.) was selected to speak at the American Bakers Association 2019 Convention: Power of Bakery to help the industry optimize production, marketing, merchandising, and branding.

1976

• Rodney Johnson (B.S.), a retired attorney from the Florida Department of Health, was presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who, publisher of biographical profiles.

1975

• Joyce Beatty (M.S.), an Ohio congresswoman, was named to chair the new House financial services committee’s subcommittee on diversity and inclusion.
• ANN PETERS (B.S.N.) was awarded the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who. The award honors those who have achieved career longevity and demonstrated excellence in their chosen field.

1971

• ROBERT E. ARNOLD (B.S.ED.), chaplain at the VA Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, received a best practice award by the national VA Central Office of Chaplain Service for innovation or ingenuity that improves patient care and/or efficiency of operation.