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Diana Stewart Friedlander ’90 built a home in Nosara, Costa Rica, 11 years ago. She enjoys surfing and the “pura vida.” Mary Scharfenstein Ebert ’93 was selected by ABC-TV’s “Extreme Makeover Home Edition” as the family photographer for a build in Lincolnton, N.C., in December 2011. The show will air during ABC’s “Home for the Holidays” in December 2012. Mary Ebert Photography is located in Charlotte, N.C., and focuses on newborn, children, family and pet portraiture. Clayton M. Craft ’97 has released his first novel, “The Hawkeneye.” The young adult fantasy novel, written after years of reflection on his childhood survival of cancer, is available through www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com. Clayton is vice president of privately held investments for SunTrust Bank in Western Virginia. Jason M. Bishop ’99 was promoted to assistant vice president of human
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Drew Stevenson ’97 has been named coach of the first Men’s Lacrosse program at Robert Morris University in Chicago. The program is scheduled to begin competition in the spring of 2013. A member of the Men’s Lacrosse team at Roanoke, Stevenson helped launch the Brother Rice High School boy’s lacrosse program on the south side of Chicago. Prior to that, he spent seven seasons at Saint Ignatius College Prep in Chicago. In 2008, Stevenson founded Chicago Youth Lacrosse to provide youth lacrosse opportunities to the young men and women of downtown Chicago. Stevenson and his wife Kristin have a son, Kyle.
resources with Bank of Botetourt. An eight-year employee of the bank, he previously served as head teller, consumer banker and human resources officer. Prior to that, he had worked in the insurance industry. Jason and his wife, Shannon, live in Troutville.
2000s S. Graham Simmons ’01 has been promoted to Member at the Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A. law firm. Simmons, of Easton, Pa., practices in the primary areas of business law, mergers and acquisitions, real estate and land use, banking and financial services, and health care. In 2004, Simmons earned his J.D. magna cum laude from Villanova University School of Law, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif, a scholastic society for law students. Jessica Hickham Roffe ’03 is space planner with Victoria’s Secret Beauty Brand. She is president of the Chi Omega Alumnae Chapter of New York City. Melissa J. Carr ’05 travels throughout Virginia as a presenter of Advanced Placement chemistry material, helping Advanced Placement chemistry students prepare for tests. Scott Kulick ’06 is completing a master’s degree in jazz performance at the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College. His wife, Erin Taylor Kulick ’06 is a veterinarian at Howard Beach Animal Clinic in Queens, N.Y. Devin A. Bunn ’07 is a third-year medical student at West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Princeton, W.Va. Steven J. Cody ’07 is enrolled in the art history master’s program at the University of Maryland. Holly Jones ’08 is serving in her first coaching position with the Lady Govs tennis team at Nelson County (Va.) High School. Matt Jones ’09 is bank officer with
Bank of Botetourt. He joined the bank in 2009 and has worked in the credit administration and accounting departments. Paul Kentner ’10, of Salem, is an underwriter technician with ACE Insurance in Basking Ridge, N.J. Brenton C. Austin ’11 will enter the Charlotte School of Law this fall. Abby C. Brdlik ’11 is employed with Coulter Associates in McLean, Va. Matt Carpenter ’11 is a clerk for the Connecticut state legislature. Sarah P. Cody ’11 is in graduate school at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tenn. Justin DeLar ’11 is with the help desk technical support team at Cegedim Group. Eric Finch ’11 resides in Falls Church, Va., and is employed with Neff Rental, a construction equipment rental company. Jillian L. Foerster ’11 is a volunteer with Brethren Volunteer Service. She currently resides in Yei, South Sudan,
where she is involved with a two-year peace building project, Reconcile International. Cathleen Gruver ’11, of Ashburn, Va., is a graduate student in the master’s program of interior design at Marymount University in Arlington. Azalea Joyner ’11 is pursuing a juris doctor at Suffolk University Law School and is enrolled in a master’s degree program at Sawyer Business School. Megan Maier ’11 is enrolled in the physical therapy doctorate program at Lynchburg College. Cyrus R. Martin ’11 is working for Apple in Denver, Colo., and is interning for Greenpeace. Emily Martin Keogh ’11 teaches in the Botetourt County School system. She and Justin Keogh ’09 were married Sept. 24, 2011. Erin L. Nelson ’11 is a graduate student at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs where she is enrolled in the sports medicine program. Laura J. Pope ’11 is enrolled in the master’s degree program in industrial and organizational psychology at Radford University. She has an assistantship with the university provost. Gregory M. Roll ’11 is sports information assistant at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Cailin Watters ’11 is sales assistant in the Advanced Platforms Division at Cablevision. She lives in Darien, Conn. Emma Wilson ’11 completed her second semester at the University of continued on page 38
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Linton Smith ’83 has worked with local municipalities in three states for more than 28 years as an employee of the U.S. Department of Transportation and Office of Secretary of State. He also has worked as a consultant for the federal government and has experience working in medical equipment manufacturing, hospital management and church administration. A tireless volunteer, he has worked with the Savannah (Ga.) Chamber of Commerce, served on the boards of the Bull Street Renovation Committee and the Metropolitan Planning Commission for Chatham County, and is a member of the Chatham Emergency Management Agency’s executive committee. He received a NIMS (National Incident Management System) certification from FEMA last year and holds other certifications from Georgia and National Governmental Finance Associations, Georgia Municipal Association and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Linton is an avid fisherman and enjoys history, reading, foreign languages, cooking and spending time with his children. John Wesley Gray Jr. ’84 completed a master’s degree in real estate and finance at Georgetown University in May 2011. He is managing director of Gray Diversified Asset Management, Inc. in McLean, Va.
Claire Catlett ’08 is living in southwest New Mexico as an AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America). Claire is with the Office of Surface Mining’s Western Hardrock Watershed Team (WHWT), a coalition of community/watershed improvement groups, confronting the challenges that remain from historic mining in the West. Claire is working with a WHWT serving the Gila Resources Information Project, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group that draws on local support and private foundations to promote community health and protect quality of life. Claire is responsible for fostering a relationship between the community and its environment through educational outreach programs with schools, community, non-profit and government organizations. Claire is pictured here (at center in orange shirt) at the 42nd Annual Earth Day in Silver City, N.M. with local children at the Rolling Rivers watershed learning station.
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