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Rick Pletz, who most recently served as the regional director of operations and CEO at LifeCare Hospitals of Pittsburgh, has been named the new chief executive officer of Acuity Specialty Hospital Ohio Valley.
Inside Look at SI
1997
Tiffany Shenman; Tiffshen2@aol.com Carla Thomas Lindenmuth is now working as a librarian at Rodale in Emmaus.
1998
Jennie Joshi; Jenniejoshi@hotmail.com Bob Thear, Freedom High School’s cross country coach, was named The Express-Times’ Cross Country Coach of the Year. In September, a group of Moravian students visited the Sports Illustrated editorial offices in the Time & Life Building, located in New York City. The visit was arranged by Eric Marquard ’86 (center, blue shirt), deputy art director at Sports Illustrated. That same afternoon, Kraig Correll ’90, V.P. investment management at Barclay’s Wealth, facilitated a tour of the Stock Exchange for another group of undergraduates. Later that evening, both groups attended the College’s professional networking event at the Union League Club, a private social club that dates back to the Civil War. The event was hosted by F. James Hutchinson ’69, and featured remarks from President Bryon Grigsby ’90.
within their community. Claudio is the founder and president of Teach Anti-Bullying. He received this honor at a special ceremony on Nov. 20, 2013, at the Wells Fargo Center during the Sixers’ game against the Toronto Raptors.
1994
Denise Bradley; denise.bradley@tevausa.com Amy Fouracre, Ph.D., is the new assistant principal for Chester Elementary, Littleville Elementary and Gateway Regional Middle schools, which are a part of the Gateway Regional School District. Ann Marie Schlottman recently published an article, titled Making Changes, in the October 2013 issue of Diabetes Forecast, a monthly national magazine from the American Diabetes Association. The article highlights Ann Marie’s own personal diabetes journey. Jennifer Episcopio, M.D., joined OB-Gyn Associates and the medical staff of WilkesBarre General Hospital as an obstetrician and gynecologist.
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MORAVIAN COLLEGE MAGAZINE
1995
Edward Roach recently published his book, The Wright Company: From Invention to Industry, with Ohio University Press. The book examines the history of the rather unsuccessful company Wilbur and Orville Wright established in 1909 to sell their airplanes commercially. The book is available at the OU Press website (ohioswallow. com) and on Amazon.com.
1996
Deb Yuengling Ferhat; jdferhat@comcast.net Mary Kate Turowski Andris started a new position with the Girl Scout Council of the Colonial Coast as a philanthropy director. In her role, she will be responsible for raising more than $800,000 each year for the council. Additionally, Mary Kate was featured in the December issue of Tidewater Women Magazine, one of three women highlighted in the “Culture of Giving” article as individuals dedicated to giving back. Mary Kate and her husband, Kevin ’94, reside in Chesapeake, Va., with their two children, Ryan (9) and Mark (6).
1999
Christina Fulton; cfulton1124@yahoo.com Laura Gordon accepted the call to serve as pastor of Advent Moravian Church in Bethlehem. She was ordained a deacon in the Moravian Church on June 2, 2013, at Edgeboro Moravian Church in Bethlehem by Bishop J. Christian Giesler. She began her service at Advent on June 3.
2002
Brienne Wilson Rodriguez; briennewilson@gmail.com Evan Weller, Phillipsburg (N.J.) High School’s head soccer coach, was named the 2013 ExpressTimes Boys Soccer Coach of the Year.
2003
Regina Lacombe Laine; pjfairy@aol.com Bill Trub recently accepted an appointment in the English Department at Kean University’s new campus in China. He now lives in Wenzhou on the East China Sea and teaches ESL, composition and literature to Chinese college freshmen.
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