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1999 Amber Collins-Thompson has been awarded Outstanding Pre-Collegiate Teaching Achievement Award by the Texas Music Teachers Association and the Musical Bridges Around the World Lifetime Achievement Award in Music Education. Sarah Madigan was chosen as one of 40 Under Forty by the Multichannel News editors. She is senior vice president at Univision Communications.
2000 Katie Brown has been named president and executive director of Phoenix Regional Sports Commission. Robert Henry has been hired as a new partner by the independent accounting firm, Weaver, in their San Antonio tax and strategic business services practice. Ashley Weeter O’Hara moved to the Hampton Roads area just north of Virginia Beach and is living at Langley Air Force Base with her husband and two kids. She would love to hear from any other alumni in the area.
2002 Collin LeMaistre has been named chief operating officer for Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital in Houston.
2003 Rebecca L. Avitia, who became a shareholder at the start of the year at Montgomery & Andrews, P.A., was again named as a Rising Star in Business Litigation by SuperLawyers. She was recently named by ABQ Business First to its 40 Under Forty list for 2013. The 40 Under Forty honorees are intended to “represent 40 of the most outstanding young professionals in New Mexico.
2005 Earl R. (Trey) Abshier has been named chief operations officer at Delray Medical Center in Delray, Fla. Andrew Coulton is building a new functional beverage brand focused on oral health. It has been featured in 185+ stores throughout the Southeast and Florida. Chris Price was awarded a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for best sports report in a small market station by the Radio Television Digital New Association in Gainesville, Fla. Travis R. Thompson joined Miller & Martin’s litigation department as an associate.
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C1 whitewater slalom. Justin Chiang graduated from the U.S. Army’s Military Intelligence School on March 14, 2013.
2012 Kellie Benn is in Russia fulfilling her dreams. She is there teaching English to Russian students. Britney Corbett is sharing her China experiences by blog, complete with pictures and commentary at whereintheworldisbritneycorbett.com. Brianna Garner is currently employed at Merced Housing Texas as a resident services coordinator at the Artisans at Willow Springs apartment complex. She is involved in the ULI-San Antonio and young professionals’ LOOP group.
2006 Michael Hertsenberg is a newly appointed project manager for the Houston operations of Lectrus Corporation, the leading electrical systems integrator in the in US. Katherine Johnson presented the Concert Chorale at the University of Houston Moores School of Music. At this performance, Katherine served as a student conductor under the direction of Betsy Cook Weber. Finny Mathew has been named chief operating officer of Crossroads Community Hospital in Mt. Veron, Ill., beginning in May. Adam Zimmer has signed on as assistant defensive back coach with the Cincinnati Bengals.
2007 Adrian Chenault and Cally Collins Chenault moved to London last winter with daughter, Corinne. On February 23, 2013 they welcomed another daughter, Linden Gail Chenault. Adrian works for Rackspace Hosting. Rachel Spencer Hewitt began working with B FROG, a clothing line with proceeds dedicated to ending malnutrition in children and helping them with food, water, and clothing.
2008 Marney Babbitt is assistant director of aquatics/facility management and university recreation at Angelo State University and was listed as one of the area’s “brightest leaders of tomorrow.” Cary Montalvo has been named CEO of Solara Hospital Harlingen-Brownsville. Brittani Moreno will be the new co-anchor of “CBS4 Morning News” on KSAZ-TV in Phoenix. She is on at 5 a.m., 6 a.m., and noon.
2009 Lisa Adams is living in Durango, Colo., and achieving excellence in the field of
Emily Daum won the Rock ‘n’ Roll Dallas Half Marathon in 1:18:14, on March 2013. Elizabeth Eder won the women’s 1st place title in the 35th Cowtown Marathon in Fort Worth. She finished the course in a record 2:46.09, a full 19 minutes ahead of her competition. Elizabeth also won the women’s Rock n’ Roll marathon in San Antonio with a time of 3:06:02. Margot Fuentes has accepted a new position as a business adviser with Accion Texas. Marc Salhanick is continuing medical school, has two first author publications, and was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha this year.
Sarah Jones is working in Austin as a survivor advocate for the sexual assault and domestic violence shelter at SafePlace. She is there as a member of the Keep Austin Housed Americorps team.
2010 Brendan McNamara graduated from the Army’s Military Intelligence School on March 14, 2013. Peter Senior works for the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, working with Department of Defense clients. Lyxan Toledanes has been hired as a reporter at The Daily News. She will cover health and social services in the cities of Rainer and Castle Rock in Washington. Emily Wells is an associate account executive with San Antoniobased KGBTexas.
Jane Wilberding is completing a research fellowship at the Urban Transportation Center. She is working toward her master’s in urban planning and policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
2011 Rebecca Dorsey is getting her master’s degree in environmental science and management at University of California Santa Barbara. She is focusing on water resources management and was selected as a finalist for a Presidential Management Fellowship.
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