Dr. Rusty Rodriguez completed his medical school and residency training at LSU in New Orleans in internal medicine and pediatrics in 2008. He completed a pediatric cardiology fellowship at Texas Children’s Hospital / Texas Heart Institute and a supplemental year of training in adult congenital heart disease in 2012. He has recently joined the Sibley Heart Center Cardiology group at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine where he will be an assistant professor in internal medicine and pediatrics. His specialties are adult congenital heart disease and pediatric cardiology.
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Julia Hanebrink is an assistant professor of anthropology at Rhodes College and continues to manage the NIH-funded Minority Health International Research Training (MHIRT) program at CBU. Julia is working on her PhD in Anthropology with a concentration in Disasters, Displacement, and Human Rights from the University of Tennessee. Maria Lensing was promoted to vice president of the Signature Client Group for AT&T, serving Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama and Florida. She also has been appointed to the board of directors of DeNeuville Learning Center. Maria and her husband, Brad, also welcomed a new son, Austin Gabriel Lensing, on October 9, 2012. Maria was also honored as the recipient of the R. Craig Blackman Outstanding Graduate Engineering Alumna Award at CBU in March. Andrew Menezes has been appointed to the board of directors of DeNeuville Learning Center in Memphis. Jessica Morgan defended her PhD thesis at University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in November. Tarasha Payne has joined Fulton CPAs PLLC in Memphis as a senior accountant in the areas of taxation, compilation and reviews, and client services. Shemon Reaves, former Buccaneer basketball player, has been named the new girls basketball coach at North Side High School in Jackson, TN.
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Dave Perera defended his PhD thesis at Auburn University in Fisheries Science in December. Analice Sowell (also MAT ’05) shared her knowledge of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) with the Tennessee Association of County Mayors at Cook
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Convention Center in Memphis in October. Analice spoke about her experience with AEDs and teaching safety programs, and offered personal reflections on the importance of installing the devices in schools and public places. The quick use of an AED saved her father’s life in 2006, when he went into cardiac arrest while at work. Analice has spearheaded the installation of nine AEDs at Memphis University School, where she is a science instructor, and she has trained more than 40 faculty and staff members in AEDs and other procedures.
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Brian Fitzgerald is now working for General Electric Energy as field accountant
Tracie Duckett-Stephens began working as MEDDAC’s patient advocate at Guthrie Clinic in Fort Drum, NY in July. As a nine-year U.S. Navy veteran and now Army Family Member, she understands the military culture very well. Her mission and commitment is to ensure that MEDDAC is doing their best for the soldiers and their families! Grady T. Harbor III has become a dual enrollment faculty member. Grady will be teaching Spanish at CBHS. Trevor Stedke has been named vice president of technical services for Southwest Airlines. Ttevor comes to Southwest from Federal Express, where he served for 15 years in progressively responsible positions, culminating in his role as the managing director of Aircraft Engineering Planning and Performance.
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Jacob Bazeley captured second place in Event 2 of the World Series of Poker, a $1,500 no-limit hold’em tournament, good for $322,294. Bazeley, who has 31 career cashes (eight at the WSOP), started playing poker in college while on the basketball team at CBU. Taylor Bland started a new job in May 2012 as an account manager at Oden, a marketing firm in downtown Memphis. She was also married on June 16, 2012. Chris Crawford has accepted an offer from UnitedHealthcare to become an account executive for the West Tennessee market. Chris will have the responsibility to deliver affordable, quality healthcare solutions to large employers. Scot McMinn graduated from the Leadership Memphis FastTrack Program. Melody Nabors was honored with the 2012
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Distinguished Lasallian Educator Award at the CBU Community Convocation in August. The award — the highest presented by the University to faculty or staff — annually honors a CBU educator, nominated by his/ her peers, who exemplifies the ideals of St. John Baptist de La Salle in the 21st century. Melody is the CBU Registrar. Kelley Ward has begun training as a pediatric nurse practitioner at Union University in Jackson, TN. Ashley Miller and Josh Dohmen were married on June 23, 2012 at Bartlett United Methodist Church with a reception at the Memphis Botanic Garden. Ann M. Perry-Anderson was promoted from senior process engineer at Albert City Valero Renewables to engineering manager at Hartley Valero Renewables in Iowa. Jennifer Paxson Saputra published a paper on “Histopathological and Postoperative Behavioral Comparison of Rodent Oral Tongue Resection: Fiber-Enabled CO2 Laser versus Electrocautery” in the April 24, 2012 edition of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. Jerad Schultz completed the National Alliance of Wound Care’s wound care certification (WCC). It is nationally accredited and required passing a national board exam. Dan Springer left his position as Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell’s executive assistant to become director of communications for Evolve Bank & Trust. Before serving in Luttrell’s office, he worked in U.S. Sen. Bob Corker’s office as a legislative correspondent. As communications director for Evolve, Springer will oversee the company’s communications and marketing strategies as well as community and government relations.
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Jeffery Hall started a new role with his employer, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, as the director of extension. In this role, he will set and oversee the organization’s growth initiatives while overseeing the two coordinators of extension. Included with this position, he will maintain the duties of a regional director, servicing colleges and universities across the states of Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and southern Illinois. Rachel Hartsell received her national certification for orthotics and prosthetics, and is now a CPO at Spears Prosthetics and Orthotics in Memphis. Dr. Jordon Klein is currently doing a
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