alumnae Connection Ruth Talton Watson and her husband have two grown children and one granddaughter born in March 2010. Ruth works part-time for a Raleigh CPA firm and had her “15 minutes of fame” when she was in an article in Reader’s Digest in 2008 about “sleepy drivers”. Karen Watson Watts has retired as a high school principal in Charlotte and enjoys gardening, bridge and book clubs. Mary Anne Westphal retired from Gainesville, Fla., Regional Utilities in 2000. She and her husband are now involved in the BioMat Company selling medical devices to alternative and anti-aging physicians. Bonnie Campbell Whitesell is the media coordinator at Princeton Middle and High Schools and librarian for Princeton Public Library. She has three children and two grandchildren. Cathy Moran Winstead is retired after 28 years with the Wake County Public Schools System and does occasional substitute teaching at a Cary elementary school. Winstead and her husband have been married over 41 years and are enjoying their two grandchildren who live two blocks away. They also enjoy spending time in Banner Elk at their mountain retreat on Sugar Mountain. Sophia McLawhorn Yarborough and her husband enjoy travelling through the U.S. Their son graduated from the University of Colorado in Denver this spring.
the field. Holly Waddell Marchisello is working as the pharmacy manager at Kerr Drug in Four Oaks, N.C. Also, she and her husband have three grandsons.
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in the real estate by Triangle Business Leader Magazine which recognizes outstanding achievement and contributions to the Triangle business community.
Margaret Beale Eppes writes that she is a new grandmother twice in five months. She has one new grandson and one new granddaughter. Sherrill Doggett-Lockhart Gaye has been appointed to the Board of Advisors for Saint Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, VA. In addition, she is serving as a chairperson for the Metro DC Saint Paul’s College Scholarship Fundraising Committee.
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In addition to being classmates, Sherri Houchens Blight and Barbara Morton Marsh are now in-laws! Blight’s daughter married Marsh’s son this past May.
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Aurelia Blount Roller, Karen Britt Peeler, Janet Koonce Dumas, Susan Willetts Roberts and Linza Layman Coffee enjoyed a weekend at Sunset Beach, N.C., in March.
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Anne Loy is retiring from her position of school social
worker at Mary Scroggs Elementary School in Chapel Hill. She has worked with children for the last 30 years and was recently recognized by the NC School Social Workers Association for her leadership and service in 26
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Susan Shackelford Baker works in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Colorado State University. Baker works with graduate students, manages research projects and administers a statewide program through Cooperative Extension.
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Ginger Woodard is currently working as an associ-
ate dean of the College of Human Ecology at East Carolina University. She is also tenured associate professor in the Department of Interior Design and Merchandising.
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Liza Walters Weidle has been selected to represent North Carolina in the Parenting Magazine Mom Congress. She is now blogging about her experiences with Parenting Magazine.
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Kellie Falk-Tillett was awarded the Impact Award
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Sharon McGee Sutor received her Master’s of
Education degree as a Reading Specialist from UNCGreensboro. Sutor and her family have moved from Lexington, N.C., to Trussville, Ala.
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Kelly Greene Groce is working as the first female senior pastor at First United Methodist Church in Lexington, N.C. Michelle Tutherow Johnson works as a business education teacher at North Lincoln High School in Lincolnton, N.C.
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Elisabeth Willson Brown is living in Knoxville,
Tenn., and working as the economic development coordinator for the Oak Ridge Economic Partnership in Oak Ridge, Tenn. She is also a busy mom of one son and one daughter.
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Amy Carter Bland has been selected for the N.C. Prin-
cipal Fellows Scholarship and will begin her graduate studies this fall at Appalachian State University.
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Kelly Falls Miller works as a district attorney in
Charlotte to prosecute sex offenders. In May 2010, she received a national award from the U.S. Attorney General for her work on a recent case.
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Hope Murdock has been elected to serve as the
2010-11 Chair of the Durham County Women’s Commission. Karen Rouse O’Dwyer (MBA graduate) recently joined Fonville Morisey as a full-time sales associate in the Chapel Hill office.
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Peggy Leigh Barbee just celebrated the birth of
her fourth grandchild in April, 2010. Sheila Barrett Barnes recently completed a Masters in Public
Administration from Strayer University. In addition, Barnes was inducted into the District of Columbia Gamma Chapter of the Alpha Chi National Honor Society. Megan Carney met up with Joy Little Pletcher this past summer in Munich, Germany. Lisa Bamford Cooper works for Creative Soul School of Modern Music in Texas and has also worked as a worship leader for both local churches and national conferences. Cooper has recorded and toured with Christian artists such as Michael W. Smith and Mercy Me. Amanda Austin Stratton is working as a project manager for Cushman & Wakefield.
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Karen Smith Wells (MBA graduate) was named vice president for U.S. nutrition and menu strategy for McDonalds, USA. In this role, she will be responsible for McDonalds’ U.S. menu innovations as well as their nutrition strategy. (See alumna profile page 25 for more).
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Michelle Annette Duda has been promoted to
assistant attorney general II for the Commonwealth of Virginia and represents the Virginia Department of Social Services, Division of Child Support and Enforcement. Duda is the lead attorney for the Norfolk office. Christine Miller Lowder graduated from UNC-Pembroke in May 2010 with a Master’s in Education for school counseling.
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Kate Breen is completing her second year of busi-
ness school at the Kenan Flagler School of Business at UNC-Chapel Hill. Leslie Maxwell is attending graduate school at George Mason University. Ericka