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Bennie Neal, MEd ’97, teaches
Danielle Pitcock, JD ’98,
Michael J. Kearns, MBA ’00, is
social studies and literacy in East Cleveland. The ordained deacon at Fidelity Baptist Church is listed in Who’s Who of American Educators.
joined Sikora Law LLC as an associate.
chancellor of Mohave Community College, after serving as vice chancellor for instruction. He was in private dental practice for 24 years before joining MCC as founding director of the dental hygiene program.
Linda Seber, BS ’98, and Laura Seber, BS ’99, were crowned
moted from senior manager to executive director at Ernst & Young LLP’s Phoenix office.
queens of the 2007 Twins Day festival in Twinsburg, Ohio. The identical twins are both physical therapists — Linda with Jaworski Physical Therapy in Elyria and Laura with EMH Center for Health and Fitness in Avon. They live in Sheffield Village.
Marcia Lynn Thomas McCoy,
Beth Schulhof Spyke,
BA urban studies ’98, is a political/ government relations consultant living in Cleveland.
MPA ’99, is the scholar and curriculum coordinator for the Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Training Program at the Cleveland Clinic.
Jeff Bogan, JD ’97, was pro-
Jeffrey Morris, BSCE ’98, was
promoted to senior project manager in the structural engineering department of Thorson Baker & Associates, an engineering services firm based in Richfield, Ohio. Steve Bloom, BA ’98, is
the acting director of the Tremont West Development Corporation. Bonnie Erica Horton, MPA ’98,
is a grants management analyst for the Atlanta, Ga. police department. Gary Norton, MPA ’98, was
named one of Cleveland’s Most Interesting People by Cleveland Magazine. Chad E. Dasher, BA ’98, is
executive director of the Westown Community Development Corporation. Adrienne Zurub, MA ’98, is the
author of Notes From the Mothership-The Naked Invisibles. Paul Weisinger, BBA ’98,
was promoted to manager at Walthall, Drake & Wallace LLP. The Westlake resident joined the accounting firm in 1999.
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Carolyn Smith, MPA ’99, was
selected to attend the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2007 Leadership Training course. She is a coordinating consultant with the city of Cleveland’s Storefront Renovation Program and an active member of the Cleveland Restoration Society. Christopher Kastner, MBA ’99,
was appointed vice president of operations at Sybron Dental Specialty Products. He lives in southern California.
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Frank L. Gallucci III, JD ’00,
was named in Northern Ohio Live’s 2007 Ohio Rising Stars Super Lawyers. He is a founding partner of Plevin & Gallucci Co, L.P.A. in Cleveland. Joni Ledinsky, BIE ’00, is a
production manager at USG Interiors Inc. in Westlake. The firm recently won the highest Star rating for safety from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
R.A. Washington, BA ’00,
is the public programs and outreach manager at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland. Sharon E. Gregor, MS urban
studies ’00, wrote and published Forest Hill: The Rockefeller Estate. She lives in East Cleveland. Erik Janas, MPA ’01, is an
Julie A. Terry, BA ’02, received a law degree from Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law this summer. Judy Mansour-Thomas, MA
’03, is executive director of the Greater Cleveland Poets’ and Writers’ League. Kathy Berta, BA urban stud-
ies ’03, received a law degree from The University of Akron School of Law this spring. Emma Petrie Barcelona, MS
urban studies ’03, is a grants administrator for the Lakewood Division of Community Development. James Greene, BA ’04, is man-
ager of cartography/GIS/data analysis for the city of Cleveland’s Department of Community Development.
executive assistant, focusing on intergovernmental affairs and regional development for Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman.
Timothy Thomas O’Brien,
Kevin Hyland, JD ’01, joined
assistant professor in the College of Public Policy, Department of Public Administration, at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Boykin Management Company as general counsel. Karin Scholz Jenson, JD ’02,
was elected to the board of directors of the Community College of Aurora Foundation. She is a litigation associate in the Denver office of Baker & Hostetler and formerly was a reporter and editor at The Plain Dealer. Anastasia Valdes, MUPDD
’02, is a GIS technician with Stewart International in San Antonio, Texas. Leon Mason, BA ’02, is the
director of the South Lorain Lincoln Community Center. Mason received dual degrees in Spanish and international relations. Martin Keane, JD ’02, represents Ward 21 on Cleveland City Council. He is a former assistant county prosecutor.
BA ’04, is a consultant with Accenture LLP in Charlotte, N.C. Renee Nank, Ph.D. ’04, is an
Gerry Lyons, MBA ’04, joined
ScanSource Inc. as vice president-corporate controller. He lives in Greenville, S.C. Brian Straka, BA ’05, is the Black River watershed coordinator and an environmental planner for the Lorain County Community Development Department. Wayne Kehoe, MPA ’05, has
written his first book, Cleveland’s University Circle. He is the education coordinator for the Steamship William G. Mather Museum, a unit of the Great Lakes Science Center. Aminah Smith, BA ’05, served a National Orientation Directors Association summer internship at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. She is a graduate assistant in CSU’s College of Education and Human Services.