collect data. Sharon is the vice president of Tweed-Weber, Inc. Chris Daubert ’03, Ryan Yanchocik ’08 and Mark McDevitt are the founders of Reading is Rising, dedicated to improving the quality of life in the city of Reading. Recently, the group held an event giving school supplies to students in the Reading School District. Patrick List ’03 is engaged to Lauren Saul. Thomas Lutz ’03 and Ellen Schiel were married on March 23, 2013, at St. Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church.
leadership from Southern New Hampshire University in May 2013.
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Bernadette Buerke ’00, ’01 and Steve Valko were married September 8, 2012, during a Nuptial Mass at the Shrine of St. Joseph in St. Louis. Bernadette is employed by Supplemental Health Care. Jonathan Encarnacion M’01 was featured in the Reading Eagle’s Faces in the News section for his role as the regional director for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s UPMC For You. The nonprofit branch of the UPMC Health Plan helps guide and assist medical assistance recipients on welfare. As regional director, Jonathan holds a variety of responsibilities, including community outreach for at-risk populations, community relations
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and quality of care assurance. He is also involved in various other groups in Berks County, addressing needs of underserved populations. Michael Rule ’01 and Sarah Boisvert are engaged. Emily Takach ’01 and Kith Solomon were married on October 12, 2012, in Christ Episcopal Church, Pottstown. They reside in Germantown, Md. Emily recently received recognition as the March Hospital Employee of the Month. She has been employed at INOVA Alexandria Hospital for five years. Sharon Danks ’03, M’04 was part of an article in the Reading Eagle discussing data overload. Sharon suggested that sometimes simply talking to customers is the best way to
Sarah Hinzman ’04 successfully defended her Doctorate in Leadership dissertation on May 10, 2013. Sarah’s content focus was in the area of education leadership, specifically urban education. Stephen Howe ’04 is moving back to Pennsylvania to begin teaching special education in the Annville-Cleona School District after teaching for the past nine years in Florida and North Carolina. Dena (Rice) Schall ’04 and her husband, Sam, welcomed their first child, Luke Sebastian, into the world on February 15, 2013.
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Eric ’03 and Kristy (Whitmore) Meyer ’99 welcomed their daughter Emerson Lee into the world on July 12, 2012. Eric is the vice president of franchise development for American Driveline Systems, the parent company behind AAMCO and Cottman Transmissions.