CLASS NOTES
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Paul G. Iaffaldano, Colorado Springs, Colo., recently fulfilled a lifelong dream of learning to ride a bike.
Maria Allen McKenzie, Cincinnati, Ohio, is the author of the newly published historical novel, The Governor’s Sons.
Jeffery G. Orner, Arlington, Va., is the chief administrative officer of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He is responsible for infrastructure, logistics, energy, environmental sustainability and management and support of assets (ships, aircraft, vehicles etc.).
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Stanley J. Galicki lives in Jackson, Miss. A triathlon competitor, he hosts the King of the Trace endurance bike race, a 200mile ride on the Natchez Trace.
Christine Updegraff Dezarn, Atlanta, Ga., is the chief marketing officer for the start-up/rebirth of PEOPLExpress Airlines, headquartered in Newport News, Va.
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A. Kirby and Julie Abshire Thompson live in Orlando, Fla. Kirby is a vice president of sales with Home Acres Building Supply.
Todd R. Sweda, Cleveland, Ohio, is assistant headmaster at Gilmour Academy, Gates Mills, Ohio. In March 2012, he received his doctorate in educational leadership, management and policy from Seton Hall University.
’82 | Michael E. Carter of Vandalia, Ohio, is senior vice president of student services and marketing at Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio. During Black History Month, he displayed his Negro Baseball League memorabilia at the school. Suegene Armington Wagner, Stow, Ohio, is assistant controller/ accounting research at the Akron Children’s Hospital.
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Scott K. Sanders owns a design firm specializing in residential interiors in New York, N.Y. He is the author of Picture Perfect: Designing the New American Family Home, published by Pointed Leaf Press.
Wedding Album
Iyana Whitehead ’05 celebrates her wedding to William Jeffries on Aug. 26, 2011 with alumnae Jalyn Parks, LaToya Vaughn, Erica Calloway and Ayisha Kinamore.
James Austin ’98 married Amanda Field on Dec. 17, 2011 at the Orpheum Theatre in Galesburg, Ill.
’89 | Darryl T. and Carla Thompson Powell ’91 live in Chicago, Ill. Darryl is pastor at Bethany Lutheran Church. Carla is pastor-redeveloper at Salem Lutheran Church.
’91 | Douglas M. Cochran owns Reclaimed Roofs Inc., Wilmington, Del. His company reclaims, buys and sells salvaged roofing tiles
Katie Behrens ’04 and Garrett McMahon were married on June 18, 2011.