classnotes laurie Riley Brubaker has been appointed by health insurer Aetna to head its operations in Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia. Brubacker, who has worked for the company for 25 years, will oversee sales, provider network, medical economics, quality improvement and customer relations in the three states, where Aetna says it has 1.8 million members.
munity responded to help her children. Dinners were dropped off nightly, and fundraisers were set up to help her kids make their band trip quota. Erik (trumpet), Brynn (mellophone) and Gunnar (bass drum) marched along with their classmates in the Liberty High School Grenadier Band that participated in the 125th Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year’s Day in Pasadena, Calif.
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Diane Sciabica mandry; dmandry@pohatcong.org Christine Blaschak Charles of Vynecrest Vineyards hosted a wine education session and tasting at the College’s Spring Symposium March 23. The session was part of the Alumni Association’s Lifelong Learning Program.
1985
lynn muschlitz laBarre; labarre@ptd.net lori Scholz mauger has two articles appearing in national magazines this summer. The first will be featured in The Bark, a magazine for the modern dog enthusiast. The second will appear in AMLE Magazine, a professional publication for middle school educators. Pam Bradley, assistant professor of reading at Northampton Community College, presented a Spring Symposium workshop, titled “Happy Wife, Happy Life? A session on health and happiness,” March 23. It was part of the Alumni Association’s Lifelong Learning Program.
1990
mary Beth Sierzega afflerbach; afflerbachmb@yahoo.com michele Stocklas anderson writes that 2013 was a challenging and very difficult year for her. She was diagnosed with a reoccurrence of lymphoma in April. Her first bout with cancer was stage 4 in 2003. This time she was stage 2; however, the lymphoma had morphed from an indolent type to a more aggressive type. Therefore, she needed in-patient chemo – round the clock for five days then home. “Five rounds of that nearly did me in, but for my three children, Erik, Gunnar and Brynn, who had just turned 14, I forged onward,” she said. “Next came six rounds of total body irradiation, then a bone marrow transplant in September.” Thankfully, Michele was told that she was cancer free in December 2013. “I have survived once again,” she said. “I can’t wait to return to teaching in the fall and get my strength and stamina back to enjoy life fully.” Michele noted that the positive highlight during this awful year was seeing how her com-
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melissa dePamphilis Jarman; mdepamph@yahoo.com or Christine a. PalermoWallach; capw516@aol.com Nora Kubat Diaz was recently named the lead consultant, employee relations for North American retail at Office Depot, Inc. David Zinczenko, author of 14 New York Times best sellers, with more than 10 million books in print, co-founded Galvanzied Brands, a global branding, marketing and media firm. The wellness, nutrition and lifestyle editor for ABC News, Zinczenko has teamed with Stephen Perrine to create the company, which prides itself on being a non-traditional media and content firm, breaking down “traditional barriers between media, ensuring consistent, on-brand content and audience engagement.”
1992
John S. Nunnemacher; moravian92@me.com or michael Q. Roth; mgr@moravian.edu mark Richardson, who has undergone two organ donations, participated in the Lehigh Valley Coalition for Organ and Tissue Donation’s fashion show on April 5.
Dave Turco, coach of St. Joseph of Metuchen, recently lead his boys basketball team to a title in the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions. In the past two seasons, St. Joseph of Metuchen has compiled a record of 57-7, with two state group titles. Turco was also named The Star-Legder’s Middlesex County Coach of the Year.
1993
michelle litzenberger Trent, a food coach, nutrition educator and owner of the Joyful Elephant, presented an on-campus workshop during the College’s Spring Symposium March 23. The workshop, which was part of the Alumni Association’s Lifelong Learning Program, focused on plantbased nutrition and how diet affects disease.
1994
Denise Bradley; denise.bradley@tevausa.com ann Schlottman discussed her personal battle against diabetes in an article on the Lehigh Valley Health Network’s website.
1995
Beth Rosenthal was inducted in her high school’s Hall of Honor in May, recognizing her lifelong volunteering and for starting the nonprofit, It’s Just Benign. Beth graduated from John P. Stevens High School in Edison, N.J. Past honorees include politicians, an FBI agent, a strategist at Merck, an iPhone developer, and musicians David Byran (Bon Jovi) and Dave Rosenthal (Billy Joel Band). Beth is very proud to be part of this honored group.
Alumna Leads Intellectual Property Course
Eman Jarrah ’97 (second from left), Lehigh County’s deputy county solicitor, co-taught the College’s new Science and Intellectual Property course with George Fairchild, adjunct professor of chemistry, this spring. The inaugural course focused on patent law for science majors, and how patents apply in the field of science. While the former chemistry major spent most of her own undergraduate career in Collier Hall, Jarrah pursued law instead of the laboratory post-graduation, eventually receiving her J.D. from the University of Dayton School of Law. “Law school was cake compared to being a chemistry major,” Jarrah laughed. “I say that with all honesty.”
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