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1998 Scott Clark is now working as a senior infrastructure engineer with Asurion. Tracy Wilson married Patrick Clapp in April 2016 and is now host of the Stuff You Missed in History Class podcast and editorial advisor at HowStuffWorks.com.
1999 James Wallace recently completed a doctorate in organizational leadership from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
2000 Robyn Bacon married Eric Zickerman on Dec. 9, 2016. Marcus Dover and Grace Wang had a baby girl, Ellis, on March 21, 2017.
Tonisha Jackson married Ferdarian Lewis on Nov. 12, 2016. Sonsera Kiger began a new position as development director for the Hispanic League, a nonprofit organization dedicated to multicultural academic outreach. Tara Sanders and Michael Sanders recently had a baby boy, Jacob, on March 26, 2017.
2005 Winslow Dean and Matthew Dean had a baby boy, Newman, on March 20, 2017. Ariesto WidyaGuna is now the CEO of PT Aston Energy International.
2006 Ashley Collins Fay was hired as the new HR consultant for the City of Asheville and is now in charge of all recruitment efforts.
2001
Tarik Glenn and Sara Glenn had a baby girl, Dakota, on Nov. 28, 2016.
Jason Boyles and Kristy Boyles had a baby girl, Sadie, on Oct. 12, 2016.
Stacia Jumper and Chris Jumper ’03 had a baby girl, Jaela, on Dec. 16, 2016.
2002
Joseph Pellington married Amber Lilia Pellington on Dec. 14, 2016.
Ryan Southern and Terese Southern ’01 had a baby girl, Evangeline, on Feb. 14, 2017.
2003 Letisha Trescott and Adam Trescott had a baby girl, Ansley, on Feb. 11, 2017.
2004 Julie Barber and Thomas Barber ’04 had another little girl, Esme, on Oct. 17, 2016. Clinton Barden and Victoria Barden ’08 recently had a baby boy, Henry, on March 25, 2017. Jennifer Dintsch became the technical manager in the Peer Review Department at AICPA.
Megan Pippitt and Charles Pippitt had a baby boy, Tyson, on Jan. 24, 2017. Emily Sharples recently accepted a new job at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. She is the assistant director of graduate career services and alumni relations.
2007
Joshua O’Conner and Lexi Binns-Craven recently had a baby boy, Cullen, on March 27, 2017.
2008 Stacy Clore and Nathan Bauer ’07 had a baby girl, Lilah, on Nov. 25, 2016. Greg Cutrell and Erin Cutrell welcomed their first child, Gracelyn, into the world in December.
WELCOMING ELIZABETH UNDERWOOD UNC Asheville Names Senior Director of Alumni Relations
2009 Rachel Ann Brothers and Nathan Brothers recently had a second son, James. Jessica Johnson recently became the sales coordinator for Alliance AutoGas. Michelle Barbeau Magee married Joseph Magee on Oct. 1, 2016. Stephani Vick and her husband, Brian, had their first baby, Olson, on Aug. 26, 2016.
2010 Jessika Bond and Brandon Bond ’12 welcomed baby girl, Hadley, on June 22, 2016. Nathaniel Speier recently became the noncommissioned officer-in-charge of the Hohenfels Law Center, Germany.
2011 Aaron Edwards and Elizabeth Edwards had a baby girl, Ella, on Oct. 21, 2016. Anna Hodan, a registered nurse at Spartanburg Regional Hospital, was recently profiled by Clemson University as an alum taking an accelerated path to new careers in healthcare.
Root Kirbach married Leigha Dickens on Sept. 10, 2016.
Abby Krug married Alex Krug in Sept. 2016.
John Noor and Caroline Noor welcomed their first child, John, on Jan. 19, 2017.
Aaron Patton is engaged to be married to Kellsie Cowart in Sept. 2017.
UNC Asheville welcomes Elizabeth Saxman Underwood ’01 back to campus—she joins us in July as the university’s new senior director of alumni relations. Underwood had served as associate vice chancellor for government and university relations at University of Arkansas-Fort Smith (UAFS) for the past two years, culminating more than a decade of service to the University of Arkansas system that included leading the UAFS alumni affairs office. Underwood’s prior positions include associate director of the Arkansas Alumni Association at the University of Arkansas and executive director of alumni affairs for UAFS, where she later assumed government and university relations duties and was promoted to associate vice chancellor. She has an M.A. in higher education and Ph.D. in public policy, both from the University of Arkansas.
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