By Franceine Rees
2005
KYLE BRADLEY NICHOLS of Winston-Salem, 18, has been accepted at Wake Forest University medical school and will begin studies in July. Kyle began college at Forsyth Technical Community College at 14, transferred to ECU two years later and received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry here last spring.
2004
JENNIE EILEEN KOONTZ is associate project manager for the Wake Forest University Department of Family and Community Medicine. Her duties involve planning, development and implementation of grants and giving assistance in writing papers and grant proposals. MATTHEW GILLESPIE has begun doctoral studies in music composition at the University of Pittsburgh. He received a full scholarship and stipend. LINDSAY HALE is on the staff of the School of Theatre at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She has worked in the costume department of the Santa Fe Opera for the past two summer seasons. MATTHEW ROBERT SCULLY of Greenville joined the New Orleans Opera Chorus and made his solo debut singing a role in Léhar’s operetta The Merry Widow. LESLEY SUEANN SHIRES of Fayetteville performed professionally as “Rosy” in Chicago and played in Cats in Ithaca, N.Y. JERMAINE SMITH of Winston-Salem was accepted into the master’s degree program in vocal performance at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. BRIANNE BEVERLY YOUNG of Virginia Beach toured with the National Players, playing the nurse in Romeo and Juliet and “Jocasta” in a single-play condensation of Sophocles’ Oedipus Trilogy. LAUREL WHITNEY MOULTON of Pleasant Hill, Ore., was hired by jazz organist Sarah McLawler to play bass, touring to Virginia and performing at the Lester Young Tribute Concert. CATHERINE ANNE MORRIS of Fairfax, Va., is a training specialist working for the federal contractor WR Systems, in support of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
2003
MYERS WESTON CHANDLER of Greenville has been promoted to banking officer at BB&T. He is a business banker based at the bank’s Southeast Greenville Boulevard branch. KATIE MAUREEN SLAGLE was named a coordinator in the student life department at Catawba College in Salisbury. She is in charge of student judicial programs. ALLEN COLEMAN SMITH has joined the staff at the Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce as vice president of operations. He is also a candidate for a master’s degree in economic development at ECU. ANTHONY AMMIRATI was appointed a state park ranger at Goose Creek State Park in Beaufort County. TAMMY LEE of ECU’s College of Education received a Distinguished Service in Science Education award from the N.C. Science Teachers Association. She was cited for her work for the N.C. Partnership for Improving Mathematics and Science. DANIEL LEON HARRELL of Elm City completed his first orchestral work which was read this spring by the University of Louisville Orchestra. ANDREA LYNN PETERSON of Wilmington had some of her illustrations selected for inclusion in the first 3x3 Student Illustrators Annual. She was one of 100 selected from among 538 international entrants. RACHEL ANNE PURMORT of Bethel Park, Pa., accepted a six-month contract as a dance performer with Holland Cruise Lines out of Hawaii. SARAH DIANNE WARD of Tyner is director of college relations at Chowan College in Murfreesboro. JEFFREY SCOTT WILKINS of Greenville is pursuing a teaching license in high school history while attending graduate school at ECU. He interned at Kinston High School. He is married to KATRINA JOY “KATIE” STAIB ’01, a nutrition management graduate who is also enrolled in graduate studies on campus. HOLLY MATTHEWS WARREN is attending medical school at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine.
2002
PAIGE DAVIS CLARK has been accepted to medical school at the Brody School of Medicine at ECU. She will graduate in 2008 and is looking forward to a career in primary care. BRITTANY ANN SMITH of Greenville is co-owner of a new Arlington Village business, Out of the Box Designs. DR. SUSAN ANN SCHMIDT of Winterville has joined the ECU medical faculty as a clinical assistant professor and assistant residency director in the Department of Family Medicine. Susan received this year’s med school Faculty Award, and last year received the Most Outstanding Resident Award. SAMANTHA DEE “MANDEE” FOUSHEE (’02, ’05) was named project manager for ECU’s Center for Survey Research. COLLIN DAVID BATTEN of New York has joined forces with WILLIAM “BILLY SHARPE IV ’91 to develop a theatre company of New York City-based East Carolina alumni interested in writing and producing plays. They hope to create a stronger alumni network, as well as an ambassador program for future graduates of ECU theatre programs who intend to come to New York. OLIVIA GODWIN HILL of Raleigh is a public information officer for the N.C. Department of Commerce’s Division of Community Assistance. DR. RACHEL ELIZABEH RAAB of the Bronx, New York, is a fellow in hematology/oncology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center. TARA REBECCA LILLEY SETNER of Greenville was promoted to banking officer at BB&T’s Wilson branch on Forest Hills Road. CHRISTIAN KENNETH ROBINSON was promoted to assistant vice president at BB&T. He is a network client support district manager and is based at the Wilson branch on Wooten Boulevard. JOI MICHELLE FLOWERS of Memphis is a training specialist for the Department of Human Resources at the University of Memphis. JASON ARTHUR LOWRY of Greenville is enrolled in the master’s degree program in public administration at ECU and also working as a Congressional staffer for military affairs in the local office of Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr. (R-N.C.).
2001
BERNICE GALE BAILES ’01, ’04 of Ashburn, Va., is a budget function analyst with the Office of Budget at the U.S. Department of Interior in Washington, D.C. She completed the 2003-04 Presidential Management Fellowship Program that recruits high-quality graduate students to work in U.S. government offices. SEAN ELLIOTT BERG of New York is director of concert operations for Manhattan Concert Productions and operations director for Artist Alliance International. MCP/AAI offers festival, workshop and performance opportunities in New York, San Francisco and Chicago, as well as in Europe for choirs, bands and orchestras. In April he made his Washington, D.C., professional conducting debut at the National Cathedral, leading 200 singers in a performance of Schubert’s Mass in G Major. BRIAN THOMAS RICE ’03 performed as bass soloist. ALLISON STEWART HARDESTY BERNAUER and husband Korey of Beaufort welcomed twins Callie Margaret and Max on March 12, 2004. LAURA JEAN JETT has rejoined the staff at Cypress Glen Retirement Community, Greenville, as director of Memory Care. NELIDA BURGOS GULINO of Winterville is a partner in Trade Winds, a new retail outlet in Greenville. KATHRYN ELIZABETH LENNOX of Winterville has joined the Carolina Centre for the practice of adult, adolescent and family psychotherapy. SARAH JAMES McCREIGHT graduated from the 33-day Army ROTC Leader Development and Assessment Course at Fort Lewis in Tacoma, Wash. JAMI REBECCA RHODES of Beulaville received an encouragement award at the Metropolitan Opera regional competition and was hired by the Central City Opera to perform as part of their Young Artists Studio for the 2005 season. JEREMY WAYNE WOODARD of Garner performed in the first national tour of Hairspray, playing featured character “Fender.” DR. NELSON LEE JENKINS ’97, ’01 will begin a fellowship at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. DR. STEPHANIE ANJA WITT of Charlotte is an emergency physician at Piedmont Emergency Medicine Associates.
2000
DR. CAMMY RENAE BENTON ’96, ’00 is a physician in practice with Lakemont Family Medicine in Lincolnton. Previously she worked in Maine, Washington and California. DR. SHETAL HARSHADRAY PADIA of Charlottesville, Va., is an endocrine fellow at the University of Virginia, where she completed residency training in internal medicine and was chief resident during the 2003-04 academic year. JAVIER CASTILLO JR., president of Castillo Language Services Inc., has passed the U.S. Department of State Spanish Seminar Interpreting Exam, moving him to the second highest level of interpreters at the State department. MATTHEW DALE WINSLOW of Youngsville has left his position as Franklin County’s planning director to accept private-sector employment with a home construction firm. CHRIS DAVID BLICE, in his third year as principal of Louisburg High School, was recognized as Franklin County’s Principal of the Year. MARYBETH PETTEWAY EASON has been promoted to assistant vice president at BB&T and is based at the bank’s Wilson branch on Forest Hills Road.
1999
LAWRENCE STROUD “LARRY” SPELL JR. (’99, ’01) was elected to the Greenville City Council. Larry, a music teacher at Pitt Community College, is married to CYNTHIA LYNNE “CINDY” MILLER SPELL (’02). ANGELA MARIE WARLICK HOWARD of Greenville has become a new home consultant for Bill Clark Homes in the Langston Farms community. KATE ALLEN CUBBAGE-SHEPHERD of Salisbury, Md., married Robert Shepherd on July 24. She has been working as a rehabilitation specialist in Towson and plans to pursue a master’s degree in acupuncture next year. AMANDA “MANDY” CAIN GAMBRELL and husband Joseph of Greenville, S.C. welcomed a baby son, Joseph Dylan, on Feb. 17. NICOLE ANN “NIKI” KREEL DOWNS and husband Quinn of Sanford, Fla., welcomed John William II into the world on Sept. 30. MEGHAN SUE MOSER of Athens, Ga., was accepted into the MFA program at the University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art to study fabric design. She previously worked for Children’s Wear Digest in Virginia Beach. JUDITH EMERY “JUDY” MEINEKE COOGAN was awarded Certified Diabetes Educator status after completing a certification exam and other requirements. She has worked at University Health Systems of Eastern N.C. for 22 years. BRENT WILLIAM ANDERSON of Winterville was promoted to vice president at Evolve Inc., a full-service advertising, marketing and public relations company.
1998
CAROLYN ANN WILBURN was named director of the eastern region Small Business and Technology Development Center at ECU. Established in 1985 as one of 11 regional centers in the UNC system, the SBTDC is the primary organization through which the state provides development and technical assistance to the business community. JENNIFER SHELTON LICKO of Greenville is a professional musician specializing in Celtic music, traditional in the British Isles. Since graduation she has studied in Scotland and Ireland and has recorded five CDs, including a collection of lullabies, Celtic Moonsongs and Caves of Gold, a compilation of songs sung in both Gaelic and English. ERICKA MARIE HEDGECOCK is assistant professor and international programs coordinator at UNC-Greensboro. She teaches in the Department of Interior Architecture and has been actively exhibiting her work nationally and internationally. She has also lived, studied and worked abroad, mostly in Ireland and Finland. CARRIE MAUD BURKERT KELLEY owns and operates a violin and viola studio in Concord and is also part owner of a landscape architecture firm in Harrisburg. SCOTT REYNOLDS FORBES of Mooresville is an attorney in the firm of Mills and Levine, Mooresville. DR. BRYAN TODD EDWARDS is a major in the Air Force stationed at McDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where he practices orthopedic surgery. He and his wife, JULIE ELLEN HALLOCK EDWARDS ’97, have three daughters, Mary Margaret, Anna Elizabeth and Sarah Katherine. DRS. TINA BURLESON STEWART and CHRISTOPHER WADE STEWART are living in Cary. He is practicing internal medicine at Coast Medical Clinic, and she is with Oberlin Road Pediatrics in Raleigh.
1997
TRACEY HILL ALLEN, CPA ’97, ’99 has been admitted as a partner in the Greenville accounting firm of Sullivan, Shearin & Co. The firm serves individuals and businesses in financial management, auditing and tax preparation. AMY ANN JONES EDWARDS has been named a partner at the Greenville law firm of Mattox, Davis, Barnhill & Paysour. Amy, who received her law degree at UNC-Chapel Hill, concentrates her practice in family law. AMANDA ABIGAIL WALL SMITH and ANDREW BRIAN “ANDY” SMITH ’96 of Concord are the proud first-time parents of twin daughters, Morgan Abigail and Carter Cadence, born Dec. 16, 2004. Andy is branch manager at Unifirst Corp. in Charlotte. DR. MELANIE ANNE CHESSON SULLIVAN and her family moved from Boston to Chapel Hill last year. She is employed part-time by Durham Regional Hospital as a hospitalist physician. Melanie has one child, two-year-old Tace Chappell. CHRISTOPHER ROBERT BARRON of Washington, D.C., is continuing political director role for the National Log Cabin Republicans. He has appeared on C-SPAN, Fox News, CNN, NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, CNN Headline News and MSNBC. Christopher also debated Alan Keyes on ABC-TV during the Republican National Convention. He received a law degree from Wake Forest University where he was a member of the Wake Forest Law Review.
1996
STEPHEN ROBERT FLIPPIN of Arlington, Va., is now director of federal affairs for CSX Corporation. Previously he was chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Harry Brown (R-South Carolina). TERESA WALLACE WINSLOW of Ayden, a family nurse practitioner, has joined the clinical staff at the ECU Physicians’ Firetower Medical Office. She was previously with Kinston Medical Specialists and worked as a nurse at Lenoir Memorial Hospital. She received her master’s degree and FNP certification from Duke University. DR. ALEX RAY KIRBY of New Bern is an interventional cardiologist in a single-specialty practice in New Bern with offices in Jacksonville and Morehead City. His wife, DR. MARY BANASZAK KIRBY, is a physician with New Bern Family Practice. The couple has two children, Nicholas and Claire. DR. TAMEL SADEK of Goodyear, Ariz., has a private solo medical practice and is the owner of a medical spa and wellness center. He is a board member of several charitable organizations and also a member of the American Academy of Aesthetic Medicine. His wife, Hana Almaoui, is an aesthetician.
1995
DAVID EDWARD REID III of Hilton Head, S.C., a market executive with RBC Centura Bank, received one of the company’s annual Leo Awards, a top employee honor given to employees of RBC Financial Group. David was presented his Leo at a black-tie event held during a week-long Caribbean cruise in mid-January. JULIAN HOLT KORNEGAY of Louisburg, Franklin County Library system director, participated in the Oxford Round Table at the University of Oxford’s Pembroke College during March. The prestigious round table considers major issues in contemporary educational policy in the U.S., the United Kingdom and other nations. Holt led a panel on limits to press freedom and visited the Bodleian Library at Oxford, which he considers “the best library in the English-speaking world.” DR. PHILIP MICHAEL BROWN JR. of Wilmington has relocated to a private vascular surgery practice, Wilmington Health Associates. CARL JAMIESON REES of Greenville is working with the city’s 900-acre West Greenville redevelopment plan. Earlier, Carl was neighborhood services coordinator with the Greenville Police Department and before that, director of the post-Hurricane Floyd recovery program. He is married to MELISSA JANE DUVALL REES ’90, ’02, a lecturer in ECU’s child development program. They are the parents of two children, Cameron and Margaret. DR. WENDY JONES ’95, ’00 has joined the medical staff at Carolina Women’s Physicians in Greenville. Wendy, who participated in a medical mission in the Dominican Republic, completed her residency at the ECU medical school’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. WILLIAM MATTHEW “BILLY” GODWIN, formerly head baseball coach at Louisburg College, then pitching coach for the ECU Pirates, has been appointed ECU’s head coach. During his tenure at Louisburg, the team compiled a record of 262 wins and 85 losses. DR. IRENE MACE HAMRICK of Greenville is an assistant professor in the Brody School of Medicine. She was appointed geriatric fellowship director last year and received the six-year geriatric academic career award. Her article about Vitamin B12 appeared in Family Practice Recertification. DR. PATRICK EVERETTE KAVANAUGH of Chapel Hill is a physician with Triangle Family Practice, Duke University Affiliated Physicians, in Durham. He and wife Alison became first-time parents when Ella Grace was born last August. DAVID WILLIAM REICHELT of Chubbuck, Idaho, has served as sports director for KPVI-V since 1996, anchoring both nightly and weekday broadcasts. He has also been the radio voice for Idaho State University the past three seasons, calling both football and basketball for the Bengals.
1994
KEVIN SCOTT HALL of Des Moines, Iowa, is sports director and anchor for three TV stations in Iowa: KDSM Fox 17 in Des Moines and KFXA Fox 28/40 and KGAN CBS 2 in Cedar Rapids. Kevin’s broadcasting career began at ECU’s campus radio station, WZMB. DOROTHY JAYE WEEKS HUGHES of Bethel and husband LEON WESLEY HUGHES JR. ’03 announce the birth of their first child, Bailey Jayne, who arrived March 14. Dorothy is a teacher in the Pitt County school system. STEPHEN ROBERT BRODIE is the new project manager at the corporate office of WIMCO Corp. in Washington. He joined the construction firm in 2001 as a field superintendent. Stephen is currently completing requirements for a master’s degree in maritime history and nautical archaeology at ECU. He has been a scientific diving officer and worked on searching for, documenting and recovering shipwrecks. CHRISTOPHER LINWOOD COUDRIET, Franklin County manager, has received his third salary raise within the year, along with high praise for his performance from the county Board of Commissioners. LINDSEY ALLEN CRISP, CPA has been named president and chief operating officer of Carver Machine Works, Inc. in Washington. He most recently worked as a senior manager for Dixon Hughes PLLC, A Greenville-based accounting firm. FRANCES LOUISE CREECH PRICE ’94, ’00 and WALTER LOUIS PRICE ’87 of Nashville welcomed baby daughter Lindsey Victoria on Jan. 12. Louise is a media specialist for Nash-Rocky Mount Schools, and Walter is a sales representative for Midstate Mills. TRACY DIANE PROCTOR DANIELS and husband Eric announce the birth of daughter Elizabeth Faye on Feb. 2. The family resides in Rocky Mount. Tracy is a high school math teacher. MATTHEW COOK of Greenville, an artist and graphic designer, has developed a specialty in painting whimsical portraits of dogs in costume. Matt has depicted dogs of various breeds in historic military uniforms and was recently commissioned to paint a female boxer in Elizabethan period attire. CHERYLE FAY NABERHAUS of Bonita Springs, Fla., performed as principal horn in Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with the Southwest Florida Symphony in Fort Myers, receiving standing ovations both nights. Cheryle is assistant principal horn in the Naples Philharmonic and teaches privately. HEIDI REBECCA NICHOLS POPE ’94, ’00 of Wilson is working for the development office at Barton College as director of alumni programs and the annual fund. DR. KAREN ELIZABETH CURTIS LESLIE of Abbeville, S.C., is a part-time family physician at Due West Family Medicine. She and her husband David have two children, Jonathan, 4, and Jordan Elizabeth, born last Oct. 13. DR. ERIK ALEXANDER MANRING of Raleigh is an attending emergency physician for Duke Health of Raleigh Hospital. He and wife Christina have three children, Kayla, Jake and Abby. DR. CRAIG STEPHEN SELF of Chesapeake, Va., is a staff ophthalmologist at the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth. He is in his eleventh year of active duty in the U.S. Navy. Craig and wife Jennifer have two young daughters, Autumn and Lauren.
1993
ROBERT SAMUEL “SAM” MATHENY JR. of Zebulon is general manager of News Over Wireless/Capitol Broadcasting Company New Media, based in Raleigh. In April Sam was inducted into the Academy of Digital Television Pioneers (DTV Academy), composed of individuals who have made a significant contribution to the development, success and promotion of digital content development and delivery. Sam led the team at CBC and WRAL-TV that launched the first local TV news application for mobile phones. Sam is married to TAMARA ABBOTT MATHENY ’94. STANTON EDWARD BLAKESLEE of Greenville is founding principal of Eye Integrated Communications. He returned to campus to discuss contemporary design with ECU graphic design students. KEVIN EUGENE VARNER of Greensboro was a featured actor with the N.C. Shakespeare Festival this season, playing “Duke Orsino” in Twelfth Night and “Cassio” in Othello. After leaving ECU, Kevin completed Harvard University’s MFA program in acting at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge. DONNA PAIGE BOYKIN HILL of Winterville has assumed duties as principal at Greenville’s Elmhurst Elementary School. She was formerly assistant principal at Grifton School. DR. JUDITH LAWRENCE OUTTEN is practicing community psychiatry in Phoenix and has completed her first children’s book, The Shoebox Kid, which is about a foster child who gets a home. She has also released her debut gospel CD, Where the River Meets the Ocean in the Sky. RABIAH MARYAM BARODOFSKY HODGES of Manteo is master weaver for Endless Possibilities, a studio where the fabric from thrift-store castoff garments is used to create scarves, rugs, purses and other items. She also teaches rag weaving to crisis victims and volunteers. The studio’s profits help to support the Outer Banks Hotline Crisis Intervention and Prevention Center. BRANDON JAMES MacGILLIS of Washington, D.C. is director of communications for the National Environmental Trust, one of the pre-eminent environmental advocacy organizations in the capital. He has also been involved in national and state political campaigns.
1992
THOMAS JAMES “TOM” SPAULDING JR. of Castle Rock, Col., is founder and CEO of Leader’s Challenge, based in Denver. Previously he was chief corporate development officer and director of corporate affiliates for the international non-profit organization Up With People. RENEE ELAINE CUNDIFF NAUFUL of Sunrise, Fla. and husband Jeff welcomed their second child, Ciara Catherine, on Feb. 8. Recently Renee was re-elected chapter president of the Moms Club of Sunrise. She was also elected to her community’s homeowners association board. JAMES WINFIELD “JIM” PARKER of Greenville has joined the estimating staff at WIMCO Corp., a general building contractor in Washington which is licensed for construction in five states. CASSANDRA DARDEN BELL of Winterville is the author of After the Storm and Mississippi Blues, mass-market novels featuring African-American women overcoming domestic and personal difficulties. The books were published by BET Books’ Sepia imprint. Before choosing writing as her full-time career, Bell was a news anchor at WNCT-TV, Greenville. AMY LEE HINSON of Wilmington, a music teacher at Virgo Middle School, has earned National Board Certification in music. She plays oboe and English horn with the Wilmington Symphony. DR. JONATHAN HARRIS TAYLOR of Norfolk is a resident at Eastern Virginia Medical Center. He presented two papers at the American Urological Association’s Mid-Atlantic Section meeting, one of which was awarded third place for best paper. MICHAEL DAVID “MIKE” GILLIKIN of Greenville, eastern N.C. sales consultant for BETCO, has received the second annual Donnie Ray Tart Sales Award of Excellence. The award memorializes a 1969 graduate of the ECU School of Business who was BETCO’s all-time sales leader and is given to the highest-achieving salesperson each year. The company has established a $10,000 scholarship endowment at ECU in Tart’s memory. BETCO manufactures metal self-storage buildings with offices and plants in North Carolina and Tennessee. DR. D. SCOTT DONALDSON of Hendersonville is with Western Carolina Urological Associates, PA. He is part of a group who have purchased a summer camp to run as a non-profit program focusing on working with disadvantaged, inner-city boys (“children of promise”) while also serving traditional campers (“children of privilege”). Camp Arrowhead covers more than 230 acres in the Blue Ridge Mountains and features a fishing creek, a blacksmithing program, a ropes course and challenging arts and crafts.
1991
DR. WILLIAM ALFRED KREMER of Greensboro is a practicing physician at Medcentral in High Point. He and his wife BARBARA HARRIS KREMER ’88, ’91 have two young sons, Jacob, 5 and Benjamin, who arrived last August. GRADY COLEMAN BAILEY JR. ’91, ’93 is the 2005-06 Wachovia-Pitt County Schools Teacher of the Year. He has taught chemistry and physics at Conley High School for the past three years, following teaching positions in Martin County. Coleman is the son of two educators; his mother, MIRIAM VIRGINIA TAYLOR BAILEY ’67, ’84, now retired as a teacher and principal with the Pitt County schools, was nominated for Teacher of the Year during the 1970s. His father, GRADY COLEMAN BAILEY SR. ’54, ’58 ’64 is a veteran teacher at Tarboro High School and also works as a science/math consultant. The 2005-06 honoree is married to LYNN WORLEY BAILEY ’91, an occupational therapist. All the Baileys are residents of Farmville. MARILYN VIRGINIA BROWN GIBSON of Greenville has joined the Pitt County Community Foundation as an affiliate coordinator. She will provide administrative assistance to the local board and promote awareness of the foundation’s investment services. The foundation was organized in 1992 to enable philanthropy and building endowment funds for charitable purposes. It also manages other funds established by donors and non-profit organizations for the benefit of Pitt County. ISAAC WESLEY ROBINSON JR. ’91, ’95 of Willow Spring received the MBA degree from Strayer University last year. He is an administrative manager with Sprint. STACEY ANN HEDDLESTON ROSE and husband Albert C. “Pete” Rose III of Litchfield, Ohio, announce the birth of their second daughter, Charlotte Ann, on Sept. 28, 2004. The baby joined two-year old Emily Caroline. CARRIE JANE ARMSTRONG BANKS of Montgomery, Ala., is communications director for the Alabama League of Municipalities. She previously worked for the Alabama Education Retirees Association and has also been an adjunct instructor for Troy University. Carrie is an active fund-raiser for the Montgomery Habitat for Humanity. She and husband Craig are master-level scuba divers who enjoy traveling to dive sites around the world.
1990
DR. JAMES PHILIP GRIGGS JR. of Charlotte is a practicing physician at Carolina Health Care Systems. ANDREW DAVID SCHMIDT ’90, ’97 of Greenville is sales and marketing manager of the Pitt County Convention & Visitors Bureau. He is president-elect of the Carolinas Chapter of Meeting Professionals International and will become the chapter’s president during the 2006-07 fiscal year. JAMES MICHAEL “JIM” BAZLUKI ’90, ’93, head athletic trainer at Cary High School, has been selected the N.C. Athletic Trainers Association’s Secondary School Athletic Trainer of the Year. Jim earlier spent eight years at ECU as an assistant trainer and also worked with the Carolina Panthers, physical therapy clinics and physician groups. The NCATA named Bazluki the 1997 College/University Athletic Trainer of the Year while he was at ECU. NANCY LEE CORBY CROMIE of Chattanooga, Tenn. and her husband, allergist Dr. Marc Cromie, are the parents of three young children, Hayden, born in 2000; Kali, born in 2001 and Marc, Jr., born in 2003. Until the first daughter arrived, Nancy was an intensive care nurse in Augusta, Ga., and Chattanooga. She serves on the board of the Chattanooga/Hamilton County Medical Society Alliance. CHRISTOPHER CHARLES BRADFORD joined the Stoehr Companies, Inc., a construction firm in Eldersburg, Md., as vice president of operations. He has assumed human resources, safety management and corporate business development responsibilities as well as operations management. Christopher and wife Patricia live in Montgomery Village, Md. ELIZABETH MAE “BETH” HASSELL of Fayetteville has established dual citizenship with the Republic of Ireland and is a full-time writer and part-time historian for the Department of Defense. Her work involves travels to military bases. SCOTT COTTON SNEAD of Greenville has been recognized as a graduate of the Realtor Institute, sponsored by the N.C. Real Estate Educational Foundation and the N.C. Association of Realtors. He is a real estate agent with Aldridge and Southerland Realtors.
1989
ALICE ELIZABETH ZINCONE ’89, ’98 has turned her creative spirit toward the music of her roots as a member of a bluegrass-playing family. (Dad is Louis Zincone of the College of Business.) In 2003-04 she was music director for the play Millworker, which received press praise and during three runs in the Triangle and a mini-tour across the state. She and her partner, Rick Lafleur, collaborated on a CD of original and traditional bluegrass music released in June. Alice accompanied the Apple Chill Cloggers during their appearance at an international folk music and dance festival in Narni, Italy. Alice teaches K-5 art in the Wake County schools. DEBORAH NADINE “DEBBIE” TARVIK FRANK and husband David welcomed their second child on Dec. 22, 2004. The baby joined big brother Butler. The family lives in Bowling Green, Va. Debbie is a loan officer for Chase Home Finance in Fredericksburg. MALLORY LAWRENCE “TRIPP” LILES III of Roswell, Ga., is the creative director at JRM Publishing in Atlanta. Previously Tripp worked in Los Angeles for TV/film producer Zev Braun and served as an editor for Marvel Comics. DR. KAREN DENISE COWARD of Tarboro is practicing as a family physician and is medical director of the Tarboro Clinic.
1988
DR. JOSHUA SONETT received national notice in March when he successfully led the surgical team which operated on former President Bill Clinton. The four-hour procedure resulted in the removal of scar tissue that had built up around Clinton’s heart following a quadruple bypass operation last year. Joshua is an associate professor of surgery at Columbia University and also directs the lung transplant program at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. He has taught at Columbia since 2001 and was rated one of New York’s best doctors in New York Magazine in 2002, 2003 and 2004. PATRICK JOSEPH KEOUGH exhibited his work in Ireland Travel Photographs, Landscapes and Portraits, at a one-artist show at the Council for the Arts in Jacksonville this summer. Patrick recalled his three months in Ireland for its hospitable, friendly people, beautiful scenery and “rich history.” Patrick is fine arts coordinator and instructor of photography at Carteret Community College. DR. JOHN CARSON ROUNDS of Wake Forest is president-elect of the N.C. Academy of Family Physicians, Inc. and will assume the presidency this winter. Carson is in private practice at Village Family Care in Wake Forest. The NCAFP is the largest specialty medical association in the state, representing more than 2,600 physicians, educators and residents. DR. ROBIN DENISE ADAMS ’88, ’92 of Winterville is a practicing physcian with Pitt Family Physicians in Ayden.
1987
DR. JAMES R. STEVENS of Cary has established his own practice in Cary, Carolina Family Practice and Sports Medicine. KEXI LIU is conductor of the Missouri Southern State University orchestra. The ensemble includes students, faculty members and community musicians. He has more than 25 years of experience as a violinist, concertmaster and conductor in the U.S. and Canada.
1986
MARK ANDREW WILLIAMS of Schenectady, N.Y., has been elected president of the Hudson-Mohawk Professional Geologists’ Association and to the board of directors of the New York State Council of Professional Geologists. Mark is manager of environmental services for Lansing Engineering PC. DR. RICHARD L. GILBERT JR. is the senior partner in Burlington Family Practice, which was established in 1990. He and his wife, the former Mary Thomas Noe, are the parents of three sons, Rick, Tanner and Max. DR. JAMES GREGORY “GREG” NELSON of Rocky Mount is serving as president of the N.C. Orthopedic Association. DR. CATHERINE DINAH POPKIN-DONOWAY of Weston, Fla., is president of the Center for Gastroenterology and Nutrition in Pembroke Pines. She chairs the Colon Cancer Prevention Committee for the American Cancer Society of Broward County. DR. PATIENCE ELIZABETH BOSLEY STEVENS of Cary is chairing the Copernicus Group Independent Institutional Review Board. She has also been medical consultant to the board.
1985
MARK JOSEF SHANK of Holly Springs has received a doctor of education degree from N.C. State University. He is president of Encore Communication Inc. and an international speaker, coach and trainer focusing on communication, motivation and work-balance skills. His clients have included GlaxoSmithKline, Cisco Systems, Nortel network and Misys Healthcare. JAMES WILLIAM BOITER of Belmont has served as a design consultant for 20 years at Bolt and is responsible as principal/partner for all graphic design and branding in his firm’s Charlotte and New York Offices. Charlotte Metro selected him as one of “40 under 40.” He is married to CAROLYN HUNTER BOITER ’83. WLLIAM ALLEN CONGDON is traveling with the national tour of Mamma Mia. He is playing keyboards and conducts in cities across North America. MARK GLENN RABON of Saratoga is a bankruptcy officer, recently promoted to vice president of BB&T in Saratoga. DR. KEITH VAN ALLEN NANCE of Raleigh is an associate pathologist at Rex Pathologists and Associates and an adjunct associate professor of pathology at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine. He lectured on liquid-based cytology at the Mexican National Congress of Cytopathology in Monterrey last December.
1984
LT. COL. REGGIE SELBY retired from the Air Force at Peterson Air Force Base, Col., after 21 years of service, most recently as commander of the 21st Contracting Squadron. While in Grand Forks, N.D., Reggie completed a master’s degree in aviation administration and a master’s degree in business administration at the University of South Dakota. Reggie will continue to live in Colorado Springs and work with ITT Systems Division as the deputy director of subtracts. He is the son of ROY SADLER SELBY ’73 of Greenville. WILLIAM CALVIN “WILL” SANDERSON JR. ’84, ’88 of Greenville has begun a new job as principal of Pitt County’s South Central High School. His career in education has included teaching, three assistant principalships and principalships at two elementary schools. Will is the son of educators who are ECU alumni and education faculty members, DR. WILLIAM CALVIN “SANDY” SANDERSON ’54, ’61 and MYRA GALE DORSEY SANDERSON ’54, ’70.
1983
MARK RICHARD KEMP is the author of the recently published "Dixie Lullaby," a memoir of Southern rock music, which is enjoying good sales and critical praise. Mark’s post-graduation career includes editorial positions at Discover Magazine and Rolling Stone, an executive position with MTV and a Grammy nomination for his linear notes for a CD, Farewells and Fantasies by the 1960s protest singer, Phil Ochs. He is now entertainment editor at the Charlotte Observer. LESA CAROLYN ROGERS BROADHEAD of Stow, Ohio, is artistic director/choreographer for the Manchester Dance Ensemble of Akron. Her work in educating through dance about the Jewish Holocaust experience has been seen at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., and in New York. She has been artist-in-residence in Bedford, England and taught at Louisiana State, Akron and Kent State Universities.
1982
MARGARET “PEGGY” DAVISON STEPHENS and husband David have moved from Iowa to Long Island, N.Y., where David accepted an appointment as headmaster of The Knox School. Peggy plans to return to the classroom in pursuit of a second master’s or doctoral degree. The Stephenses have two sons, Wade and Carter. ALISA FAY EVANS DEBNAM, dean of health programs at Fayetteville Technical Community College, was elected to the board of the Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. during the association’s conference in New Orleans in June. Alisa is a past president of the Junior League of Fayetteville. The 104-year old Junior League organization comprises 294 member Leagues in four nations. DANIEL NOLAN “DAN” NEIL of Los Angeles won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in the journalistic criticism category. He has written automotive reviews for numerous national magazines, including Car and Driver and Autoweek and was automotive reviewer for the New York Times before accepting his current post as a Los Angeles Times columnist. Among his previous awards have been the American Society of Newspaper Editors Award and the Houghton Mifflin Best American Sports Writing Award. (Dan was featured in a recent issue of EAST.) AMY CELESTE FORMYDUVALL MEMOLO of Lugoff, S.C., is a third grade teacher in the Kershaw County schools and has compiled a 22-year teaching career. She received a master’s degree in administration from Winthrop University in 2002. Amy and husband Danny are the parents of two children and a two-year old granddaughter who live in Pitt County. RHESA DAVIS TUCKER ’81 of Greenville has assumed duties as CEO of the Greenville Convention Center. The $9 million, 42,000-square-foot facility is part of a 32-acre complex that includes two nearby hotels. Rhesa was previously director of sales and marketing, then general manager of the Hilton Greenville. She and husband DANNY WAYNE TUCKER ’81 have three children, Lauren, Brandon and Brittany.
1981
KEVIN PATRICK McCOURT of Los Angeles is a legal analyst for the City of West Hollywood. Since graduating, he earned a master’s degree in public administration at UCLA. BETH ANN HIGNITE CARTER of Yorktown, Va., is the new regional director for St. Leo University’s central region, working with the Savannah, Atlanta, Shaw and Ingleside Centers. St. Leo has 13,000 students enrolled at its main campus and at 15 continuing education centers in five states, online and international locations. Beth previously taught English at community colleges in New Jersey, Virginia and North Carolina. RAMONA SEALE “NONIE” SHANNON HANSON of Edmond, Okla., was program planner and moderator of two seminars sponsored by the Oklahoma Bar Association, one in Tulsa and one in Oklahoma City. Ramona, a practicing attorney, has specialized her law firm as “The Social Security Disability Law Center of Oklahoma.”
1980
TIMOTHY MICHAEL HEALY of Raleigh was recently promoted to vice president of estate planning for Moore’s Creek Capital Partners, LLC. His role is development of the insurance and estate planning division in Moore’s Creek Securities, Inc. HELEN JO FOSS GILLETTE ’80, ’88 and MICHAEL WARD GILLETTE ’82 of Winterville have “graduated” their homeschooled firstborn, Davidson Burton. Their son has completed a two-year degree at Pitt Community College and is attending ECU in the Honors Program as a four-year East Carolina Scholar Award recipient. Helen is a nurse at Pitt County Memorial Hospital and Michael is senior sales engineer wit h Siemens Corporation. DUANE CURTIS GROOMS has been named director of the Barton Society, a donor-based organization supporting Barton College in Wilson. Duane previously was Barton’s director of career services and director of student activities. He also held campus positions at UNC-Wilmington, Georgia Southern University and ECU.
1979
MARK ALAN HOLMES of Greenville was named president and chief executive officer by Select Bank & Trust. Mark has more than 26 years of experience in banking. Most recently he was senior executive vice president and chief financial officer for Gateway Financial Holdings Inc. in Elizabeth City. He also held executive bank positions in Wilson and Burlington. GRACE FLANDERS SCOTT of Edgewood, N.M., has retired from her military career in the U.S. Marine Corps. Reserve as well as teaching in North Carolina and Florida schools. After 26 years apart she moved to New Mexico in 1988 to marry her childhood sweetheart, Gordon Scott, now retired from the Navy and work as an electronics engineer. Grace has one daughter, Lois Ann. JO ELLEN FOX GILBERT of Jacksonville, Fla., was nominated for the Susan Fuller Award for 2004-05 Speech-Language Pathologist of the Year by Duval County Public Schools. JANET PAIGE ENNIS of Phoenix is working as a graphic artist-designer for the Major League baseball team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. Formerly she worked for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and with Walt Disney enterprises on feature animation-visual effects. DANIEL LEE BOWLIN of Huntington Beach, Calif., is chief financial officer for Cable Exchange in Santa Ana. A wine enthusiast, Dan recently purchased a farm in Lancaster, S.C. as a second home with plans to begin a vineyard. His daughter JESSICA ANN BOWLIN ’03 is now attending law school and was winner in the second series of the nationally popular Bachelor TV show. Dan and wife Lorraine are also the parents of two sons, Kyle and Tyler. SUSAN DYANNE JARRETT BANKS of Greenville, clerk to the Pitt County Board of Commissioners, was recognized as the Howard Holly Outstanding Clerk of the Year by the N.C. Association of County Clerks. In addition to recording proceedings of Commission meetings, she manages the technology that enables meetings to be broadcast live on TV. Susan has worked for Pitt County for 21 years.
1978
LORETTA ANN ADAMS PIZZILLA of Greenville, a fifth grade math and science teacher in the Pitt County schools, has earned National Board Certification in the Middle Childhood Generalist area. WANDA GAIL TURNAGE ELKS, Greenville city clerk, received the Master Municipal Clerk designation through the International Institute of Municipal Clerks’ master academy program. She has worked for the city since 1988. Wanda is a past president of the N.C. Association of Municipal Clerks and served on the N.C League of Municipalities board.
1977
RICHARD EUGENE “DICK” BRADSHAW of Washington, D.C. is a partner in Stirling Strategic Services. Previously he was in the Foreign Service, then worked for several consulting firms. Now he works as a lobbyist and consultant for advanced technology companies in the U.S. DANIEL W. “DAN” VAUGHN of Grand Rapids, Mich., a faculty member at Grand Valley State University, was named Outstanding Educator for the past academic year. Dan teaches in Grand Valley’s physical therapy department. DR. FREDERICK CARL MAUTE III ’77, ’82 of Danville, Va., is president of Danville Women’s Clinic. He received certification through the International Society of Clinical Densitometry last November.
1976
PATRICIA “PATTY” HILE YEWCIC of Chesapeake, Va., has been teaching 26 years. She is a special education teacher in the Chesapeake Public Schools. Her son Steven is a freshman at EC this fall, majoring in music education and cello performance. EDWIN JEROME “JERRY” BRETT of Greenville has been promoted to senior vice president of East Carolina Bank. He has been with the bank for 12 years and manages branches in Greenville, New Bern and Wilmington. In all, Jerry has 30 years of banking experience in commercial lending and branch operations. LEONARD WAYNE JONES, CPA, of Morehead City is 2005-06 president of the N.C. State Board of Public Accountant Examiners. He is owner of his own accounting firm and has held several board offices. GLORIA FISHER SNEAD ’76, ’94 of Greenville has assumed duties as principal of Whitfield Elementary School. She was formerly assistant principal at Elmhurst Elementary School.
1975
JANICE VERTUCCI SCHREIBER of Greenville, an actress, theatrical director and teacher, participated in a summer program at the Michael Chekhov Theatre Institute in Maine, a Broadway teaching lab in New York and the Hands-on Shakespeare for Teachers program at the N.C. Shakespeare Festival. Janice recently directed a community production of the comedy Play On! in Farmville. She teaches drama at Arendell Parrott Academy in Kinston. ROBERT V. “BOB” LUCAS of Selma, an attorney with the law firm Lucas, Bryant, Dunning & Ellerbe, PA, has joined the ECU Board of Trustees. BILL G. PAGE of Chapel Hill has completed a book and CD-ROM software program, Making Money Work: A Christian Guide for Personal Finance. His program is sold online.
1974
JERRY STEPHEN CRIBBS of Wilmington retired from the New Hanover County schools last year. He taught elementary music and high school chorus and directed arts education, as well as directing his district’s community schools and human resources divisions. Jerry conducts the Cape Fear Chorale.
1973
TIMOTHY ALLEN GILLAND of Charlotte has expanded his work from two-dimensional graphic design to a blend of two- and three-dimensional projects. His company, Environmental Graphic Design, has produced identity programs for Charlotte Motor Speedway and the University of South Carolina, signage and sales centers for Kiawah Island, and museum planning and exhibits for Discovery Place in Charlotte, the Seattle Science Center and SciTrek in Atlanta. He has expanded the business to Sarasota and Danville, Va. He and wife Joyce have two children, Jon, 22 and Claire, 18. DOUGLAS L. GOMES of Greenville is vice president of sales and marketing for Grady White Boats, Inc. of Greenville. He recently joined the board of directors for the Pitt County United Way.
1972
DENSE JONES PITTMAN of Goldsboro, a fifth grade teacher in the Wayne County schools, will be cited in the ninth edition of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. She was also included in three earlier editions. RICHARD LEE TUCKER of Greenville has joined the Utilities Construction division of the New Bern-based James L. Cayton Associates as senior project manager. Prior to this Richard was with Hendrix-Barnhill Co., Inc. in Greenville.
1971
CARL WAYLON JOYNER of Greenville has joined Old North State Trust LLC in Rocky Mount as senior financial adviser and trust officer. Carl began his financial services career with the Bank of America in 1973 and was later a vice president and regional manager for RBC Centura Bank. DR. JANE MARIE GLEASON ’71, ’77 of Cary has been promoted to full professor in the Meredith College School of Education. Jane, who has taught at Meredith since 1994, received her PhD degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1986. PHILLIP RAY “PHIL” DIXON of Greenville has been appointed to the UNC Board of Governors by unanimous vote of the N.C. Senate. Phil, a partner in the firm of Dixon, Doub, Conner & Foster, served from 1993 to 2001 on the ECU Board of Trustees, the last two years as chairman. J. CRAIG SOUZA ’71 of Raleigh is the only other ECU alumnus currently on the UNC board.
1970
ROBERT WADE EDWARDS of Rocky Mount has joined Old North State Trust LLC as a senior financial adviser and trust officer. Robert’s 35 years of banking and trust services were chiefly with RBC Centura Bank. Two years ago he became vice president of the Trust Alliance Group for Comerica Bank & Trust as part of the planned exiting of the trust business by RBC Centura. He is dean of the Southeastern Trust School at Campbell University. WILLIAM LEE “BILL” DeBRUHL JR. of Greenville has joined the staff at First Flight Federal Credit Union. He will direct First Flight’s new dealer finance department. Bill has more than 30 years of experience in finance, including positions as vice president of sales finance at Wachovia and branch manager at Regional Acceptance Corp. EDWARD J. BROWN, JR. of Hilton Head Island, S.C., is serving as president of the Mortgage Bankers Association of the Carolinas. He is president of Harbourside Mortgage in Hilton Head, a division of the Savannah Bank, in which he serves as a senior vice president.
1969
LINDA TETTERTON CONLEY of Pleasant Hill, Calif., has established the Mike Conley Track Scholarship Fund in honor of her husband MICHAEL J. CONLEY ’68 who died in January. During his ECU years, Mike ran track and cross country and represented ECU on the nationally televised intercollegiate quiz competition, College Bowl. LYDIA KAREN “K” WOOLARD of Washington received one of ECU’s
