class notes Congratulations U-District PT U-District Physical Therapy received Greater Spokane Incorporated’s annual AGORA award in the small business category in June. The five award-winning businesses were chosen by a panel to recognize business excellence. Brian Cronin (’01 MPT) and Jeff Hart (’01 MPT, ’97 BS biology) make up two of the three-person ownership team of U-District Physical Therapy. Brian’s wife, Christine Lee Cronin, earned her Doctor of Left to right: ’01 Brian Cronin, ’08 Christine Cronin, ’95 Amber Nelson, ’13 Tyler Martindale, Physical Therapy from Eastern in 2008, as did Karie ’06 Karie Ike, ’08 Nick Carlone, ’09 Courtney Randall, ’10 Taylor Robinson, ’11 Chris Hawley, ’01, Pruett Ike in 2006, Taylor Robinson in 2010 and ’97 Jeff Hart, ’08 Chad Chambers and ’14 Jamie Lee. Jamie Lee in 2014. The company has 10 physical therapists, and seven of them are graduates of EWU. Their head athletic trainer received his master’s from EWU. Three of their seven sports trainers/ personal trainers are EWU graduates, and three of their eight PT aides are currently attending EWU. “Our business is very connected to the EWU PT department,” said Brian Cronin. “This fall will be my eighth year teaching in the department. We also provide internships for both undergraduate and graduate students from EWU.”
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’05 Erik Puthoff, BS communication studies, has been hired by Spokane Teachers Credit Union as a community development officer. Previously, he was a marketing director at Spokane City Credit Union.
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’03 Marty Gonzales, BS communication studies, has been named chief executive officer of Generation Alive in Spokane. Gonzales most recently served as the executive director for Mobius Children’s Museum and Mobius Science Center, and has more than eight years of experience in nonprofit executive management. Generation Alive was founded by Major League Baseball pitcher Jeremy Affeldt to inspire and motivate young people to get involved and to live a life of compassion toward others who live with the pain of extreme poverty.
’03 Scott Rivas, MBA, has been promoted to senior project manager for DCI Engineers in Spokane. He has more than 19 years of civil design experience and has been with DCI since 2004.
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’02 Buddy Honshell, BA finance, vice president and financial adviser with D.A. Davidson & Co. Spokane office, has earned
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the Certified Wealth Strategist designation. He has been with the company since 2011 and also holds the Accredited Asset Management Specialist professional designation.
Association, the Spokane Chapter of Washington Women Lawyers, the Washington Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.
’02 Jason Jess, BA accounting, has joined Itron Inc. in Liberty Lake, Washington, as a senior compensation analyst. He has 10 years' experience in corporate compensation and holds the Certified Equity Professional designation.
’01 Kristy Perrault, BS biology, has been promoted to escrow officer at Valley Title Guarantee in Yakima, Washington. She has worked as an escrow technician since 2008.
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’01 Krista Kinard, BS biology, has joined Spokane Eye Clinic as a neuroophthalmologist after completing a fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at the University of Utah John A. Moran Eye Center. She received her medical degree from the University of Utah, School of Medicine, and completed an ophthalmology residency at the Moran Center. ’01, ’94 Lisa Malpass, MPA, BA government, BA public administration, has joined Winston & Cashatt, Lawyers, PS, as an attorney in the firm’s elder law practice. She has practiced law in Spokane since 2003 and is a Title 11 Guardian ad Litem for Spokane County Superior Court. She is a member of the Spokane County Bar
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’00 Jared Rose, BA marketing, is the corporate partnership sales manager for the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers. Previously, he served as president of the Portland Thunder Arena Football league.
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’98 Eric Strickland, BS computer engineering technology, has been hired by Etailz as a software developer. ’97 Todd D. McGann, BA recreation management, has joined the Northwest Enterprise sales team at CenturyLink as an account manager. He has more than three years of experience in the information technology and telecommunications industry, and was previously the executive director of Washington Youth Soccer.