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THE 2010s CONTINUED

ALAN H. TURNER II (’13) was named president and CEO for Sioux Empire United Way in South Dakota.

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CHARLES WILLIAM MILLER III (’13, ’17) self-published his first collection of poetry, The Empty Theater.

JODY ALAN KILBURN (’15) is lead church planter for Real Life Church in Hollister, Mo. He previously served as associational mission strategist for Christian County Baptist Association in Hopkinsville, Ky., and as senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Woodlawn, Tenn.

SHELBY HIGH (’17) is playing professional soccer in Portugal and has played professionally in Chile, Sweden and Spain since graduating from Union.

ANSLEY KATZ (’18) completed a Master of Music Technology degree from Southern Utah University.

JOSIAH MCGEE (’19) was recently promoted to director of education for Passages, an organization that takes Christian students on trips to Israel.

THE 2020s

TIMOTHY PATRICK MCGRATH (’13) is a special education teacher at Fulton High School in Knoxville, Tenn.

CHARLES TROY ROSS (’13) was promoted to a position as chief operating officer for ACRT Services in Stow, Ohio.

ROXANNE MCMURRAY (’13) was selected as the winner of the American Nurses Association 2023 “nurse-led team” Innovation Award. She received the award for a device she invented, the McMurray Enhanced Airway.

STEPHANIE TRAYLOR (’15) was named marketing and research strategist for Younger Associates in Jackson, Tenn. She previously served at a local real estate firm where she created content for social media and compiled and analyzed area housing market statistics.

MARGARET ANN BANKS (’15) owns and operates Direct Care Counseling, a mental health private practice in Memphis, Tenn.

HALEY HATHCOCK (’19) graduated from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tenn., with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. She was awarded the DPT Outstanding Student Award for the class of 2022 by the faculty. She resides in Jackson, Tenn., and is a full-time physical therapist for Sports Plus AquaTherapies.

MERIDETH JONES (’20) lives in Hawaii with her husband, who serves in the U.S. Navy. She works for WinnCompanies, a privatized property manager for military housing, and has been promoted three times in two years.

RACHEL YOUNGER (’16) graduated from the University of Memphis with her Ph.D. in psychology after completing her master’s degree there. She is currently working at the Children’s Center Utah as a postdoctoral psychology resident where she is providing assessment and therapeutic services to children and their families who have experienced adverse life events. She is also assisting in planting a local church in the Rose Park neighborhood of Salt Lake City.

ELVIS NASH BRANDON (’17) was named associate dean of the College of Professional Studies for Carson-Newman University.

AMELIA RACHEL (KANGAS)

JOHNSON (’20) works as a labor and delivery nurse in Kansas City, Mo.

SHAWNA KEYES (’21) has been a counselor at Lyndon B. Johnson Job Corps in Franklin, N.C., since October 2021.

BRITNEY PEIRSON (’22) is a staff auditor at Thompson Greenspon in Fairvax, Va.

ABIGAIL (JOHNSON) REFF (’20) married Isaac Reff on Sept. 3, 2022. She is an admissions counselor at Boyce College in Louisville, Ky., and he is a full-time student at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and part-time water scientist at Louisville Water Co.