1990s
Carla Crawford Thomas, ’92, of New Salisbury, Ind., has released a new book, “Southern Indiana Ghost Hunters Chronicles, Volume One” under the name CC Thomas. She is a resident of Harrison County and works as a reading specialist at Highland Hills Middle School in Georgetown, Ind. Dr. Yousuf J. Ahmad, ’94, ’96, received the inaugural Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Kentucky College of Public Health. He is a 2008 doctoral graduate of the college. Ahmad is president and chief executive officer of Mercy Health in Cincinnati, a division of Catholic Health Partners (CHP). Previously, he was senior vice president and chief network transformation officer for the central division of CHP. Ahmad joined CHP in 2004 as senior vice president and chief information officer for its Southwest Ohio region, Mercy Health Partners. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Eastern, as well as a master’s of business administration. He holds a doctorate in public health from the University of Kentucky, as well as a master’s of health administration from Xavier University. He lives in Villa Hills. Debra Locker Griffin, ’94, president of Locker Public Relations, is on the board of directors of Lexington Children’s Theater, now in its 75th season and annually serving 130,000 children statewide. She lives with her husband, Ronald Griffin, ’03, in Lexington. David Dean, ’95, has been appointed to the Kentucky Board of Housing, Buildings and Construction. Dean, of Winchester, is president and general contractor at Dean Builds, a commercial and industrial construction company.
Dr. Holly K. Sheilley, ’95, the former assistant director of championships for the NCAA, is now Transylvania University athletic director. She managed four Division I and five Division III NCAA championships. “Holly will be an outstanding addition to Transylvania,” said President R. Owen Williams. “Her extensive and varied experience will enhance our already strong athletics program.” After receiving a master’s in health education from Eastern, she earned her doctorate in sports administration from the University of Louisville. At Lindsey Wilson College, Sheilley coached softball and volleyball and was a fourtime Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference coach of the year. Jennifer Almjeld, ’97, is in the English and rhetoric department at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., where she lives. Mike Bewley, ’98, strength and conditioning coach for Georgia Institute of Technology, has recently created nutracarina.com, an app to help athletes (and others) manage sports nutrition, enhance productivity and lead healthier lives. Student-athletes, parents, students and coaches are welcoming the easy-to-use program. Bewley lives in Atlanta.
2000s
Eileen Kohlmeier Townsend, ’03, is in her 11th year in education. She is now a guidance counselor at Woodland Elementary School. She spent the previous ten years as a math and science teacher for middle grades. She and her husband, Dan, live in Elizabethtown. Josh Crutcher, ’04, ’06, has been promoted to senior accountant in tax services at Lattimore, Black, Morgan & Cain in Nashville, Tenn. He lives in Antioch, Tenn.
Spencer Rodgers, ’04, has opened Spencer Rodgers CPA in Danville. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, he holds an MBA from Eastern. He became a Certified Public Accountant in 2012. Andrea Cleveland, ’07, is communications manager for Richard Childress Racing. She lives in Mooresville, N.C. Laura Kersey Rudolph, ’08, was named sports information director at Transylvania University after serving as digital recruitment coordinator. Her Eastern degree was in journalism, with an emphasis in sports journalism; she’ll complete a master’s in integrated marketing communications from West Virginia University this year. She was communications coordinator at Indiana University and covered NCAA Division I athletics, the Ohio Valley Conference, major league baseball, OVC championships, and NCAA FCS tournaments as a sports editor in Richmond. She also covered and photographed local high school and college athletics as a sports reporter and society editor at the Corbin News Journal. Rudolph and her husband, Mike, live in Frankfort. John David Wilmhoff, ’09, of Bristol, Conn., has started his second year at ESPN as an editor for mobile applications.
2010s
Lyndi Huddleston, ’10, received her real estate license in February 2013. Her degree was in communication studies. She lives in Lexington and is a realtor with Keller Williams Bluegrass Realty.
Non-degreed Alumni or Alumni of Unknown Class Year
Outstanding Leadership Award from the National Business Education Association. She served on the boards of the Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee business education associations. Her awards include Arkansas Business Education Association Teacher Educator of the Year, Southern Business Education Association Collegiate Teacher of the Year, and the Bridgestone/ Firestone Outstanding Assistant Professor for Middle Tennessee State University. She has published widely in textbooks and professional journals and is a frequent presenter at the international, national, regional and state levels on instructional technology, business communication, business education and teaching personal finance. Dr. Roberts is an associate professor at Middle Tennessee State University and received her Rank One Kentucky Teacher Certification at Eastern.
Newlyweds Maleena Douglas Streeval, ’82, married Kevin Nevels on Jan. 18, 2013.
Junior Alumni Xavier to Denise Ball, ’03, on Oct. 22, 2011, joining sibling Blake at their home in Corbin. Lincoln Emmanuel to Steven Riley, ’07, and Charissa Foster Riley, ’09, on Aug. 29, 2013, in Lexington. Doting grandma is Mary Riley, ’81, and proud uncle is Chris Riley, ’12. Casen Evan to Megan Ecklar Fields, ’09, and Joshua Fields of Georgetown on April 8, 2013. Belle Raeanne to Kaitlyn Smith Mason, ’11, and Benjamin Mason of Lexington on May 28, 2013.
Dr. Sherry J. Roberts received the 2013 Southern Business Education Association’s
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