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Alumni Association Board Adds New Members The Alumni Association Board of Directors welcomed seven new members, including five who were elected to serve
until 2013. In addition, James Booth, ’97, and Robert D. Parker, ’76, were appointed to the board to fill posts that were empty due to resignations. They will serve until June 30, 2010.
• New board member James Booth,
In addition to earning her undergraduate degree at
’97, is a financial adviser with a fami-
Southern, she graduated summa cum laude with a
ly-run business based in Norwalk,
master’s degree in human performance. In 1991, she
Conn. A dedicated community vol-
became certified in school health and recently earned
unteer, he works with the Norwalk
an Ed.D. in adult education.
Jaycees and is active with his local Catholic parish. Booth is an avid run-
• The recipient of the 2008 Alumni
ner and has completed numerous
Service Award, Jerry Katona, ’74,
marathons throughout the United
James Booth
M.S. ’88, has been reelected to serve
States, raising money to support the
on the board. A former athletics
American Diabetes Association.
trainer and past officer of the Owl Varsity Club, which supports
Nancy Charest
• Nancy Charest, ’71, M.S. ’75, 6th
Southern’s student athletes, Katona
Yr. ’77, a veteran teacher with New
is a lifetime member of the
Haven Public Schools, holds three
Connecticut Scholastic and
degrees from Southern and is certi-
Collegiate Softball and Basketball
fied both as a reading consultant
Associations. Among his many achievements is coach-
and as a teacher of English
ing a Connecticut Classics Women’s Fast Pitch team to a
Language Learners (ELL). Highly
2001 national championship. Katona works for Area
regarded for her expertise in social-
Cooperative Educational Services (ACES) as an employ-
emotional intelligence, she has
ment supervisor.
Jerry Katona
worked with the Yale Child Study
Center and the George Lucas Foundation and has
• Newly elected board member Edwin Klinkhammer,
served as a consultant throughout the United States
’71, M.S. ’76, 6th Yr. ’92, combines a background in sci-
and in Sweden and the United Kingdom. A published
ence education with extensive experience in athletics. A
author, Charest previously served as the Executive Vice-
National Science Foundation Fellow, Klinkhammer
President of the New Haven Federation of Teachers.
retired from a position as a science educator with the Department of Children and Families. Previously, he
• Marybeth Heyward Fede, ’79, M.S.
was a Police Academy Physical Training Coordinator, as
’87, has ties to Southern as a student
well as a personal security specialist and defensive tac-
and as a member of the faculty. An
tics instructor. Klinkhammer also worked as a fitness
assistant professor in the Exercise
sports trainer and consultant and had a 20-year career
Science Department since 1998, she
in professional minor league football, baseball, soccer,
supervises student teachers through
and track and field. In November 2009, Klinkhammer
the teacher preparation program.
was inducted into the Southern Connecticut Diamond
Before joining Southern as an
Club Hall of Fame. He is an active environmental ecolo-
adjunct professor, she worked as a school exercise science technician. 26 | Southern ALUMNI MAGAZINE
Marybeth Heyward Fede
gist and marine wildlife first responder and rehabilitator.