Class Notes
Linda Gooden of Bethesda, Md., ’77 AAS in Computer Technology, has been named chair of the Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association International board of directors. She is the Linda Gooden retired executive vice president of Lockheed Martin’s Information Systems & Global Solutions business area and worked more than 40 years in the aerospace and defense industry. She was inducted into the prestigious Career Communications Hall of Fame and Black Enterprise magazine featured her in its 100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America in 2009. Frank Hierro of Poland, ’77 BSBA in Finance and Economics, has joined Home Savings and Loan Co. as Mahoning Valley Regional President. Previously, Hierro retired from Huntington Bank, where he was a valley executive. A board member for the Mahoning Valley Economic Development Corporation, the Youngstown Business Incubator, Youngstown Area C.I.C. and the YSU Foundation, Hierro is also an active member of both YSU’s President’s Council and the YSU Alumni Society. Scott Rummel of Canton, Ohio, ’79 BSBA in Business Administration and Industrial Management, has been named plant manager for Greer Steel Co. in Dover, Ohio. He has more than 16 years experience as an operations manager.
’80s Mary Jo Dolson of Berea, ’81 BSBA in Accounting and Finance, has joined Skoda Minotti, a national accounting, financial and business advisory firm, as a partner and member of the leadership team Mary Jo Dolson in its tax preparation and planning group. She has more than 30 years experience in state and local taxation, most recently as director of a regional CPA firm, where she co-chaired the firm’s state and local tax practice. Samuel Grooms of Columbus, Ohio, ’81 BSBA, was recognized as YSU’s Williamson College of Business Administration Outstanding Business Alumnus for 2014. Grooms is chief
executive officer for Hy-Tek Material Handling in Columbus. He spent his entire 33-year professional career at the company, holding a succession of management positions, and sales have grown nearly seven-fold over the past decade under his leadership. Adele K. Langworthy of Long Beach, Calif., ’81 AB in Physics, was named a 2014 Professional Woman of the Year by the National Association of Professional Women. Langworthy is executive director of Rising TIDE @ MKEC, a ministry that provides after-school childcare for low-income, multicultural families. She is also associate pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Long Beach and has a M.Div. from McCormick Theological Seminary.
Joseph Sanchez
Joseph Sanchez of Grand Prairie, Texas, ’81 BFA, recently joined Century 21 - A Judge Fite Management Company as a realtor representing the Dallas/ Fort Worth area. Previously he was employed for 20 years with AT&T in Dallas.
Jeffrey Carr of Cary, N.C., ’83 BSBA, has joined William Peace University as assistant professor and chair of Business Administration. Previously, Carr worked as an attorney and mediator while also serving as campus dean Jeffrey Carr at Strayer University, department chair at Herzing University, and senior lecturer at the University of Akron. He has a law degree from Akron and an MBA from Kent State. Tammy Swearingen of Petersburg, Ohio, ’83 BSEd, has been promoted to professor of Physical Education at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa. She has been teaching at the college since 1993 and also serves as assistant athletic director. She earned a master’s degree from the University of Akron. Brian Chermside of Bay Harbor, Mich., ’85 MBA, recently retired as executive officer and chief commercial officer at Dow Corning Corporation in Midland, Mich. He is now working with Resinate Materials Group in Brian Chermside Plymouth, Mich., as the company’s chief operating officer.
Singer Performs at Westminster Abbey Todd Beckham of Falmouth, Mass., ’81 BM, was one of 35 singers nationwide chosen to be part of the Royal School of Church Music in America’s National Choir. Beckham, who is employed as music director and organist at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Falmouth, was one of three countertenors in the choir. The group rehearsed in Durham, N.C., then met again in London to perform daily Evensong services at Westminster Abbey from December 29, 2014 through January 2. Beckham also directs the Meridian Singers of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and tutors for harpsichord, early music and vocal ensembles in the chamber music program at Harvard University. He holds an MM from Converse College.
Joseph Hamrock of Westerville, Ohio, ’85 BE in Electrical Engineering, has been named chief executive officer of NiSource Inc., a natural gas and electric utilities company. Previously, he was executive vice president and group CEO for the company’s gas distribution business unit. Previously, Hamrock was president and chief operating officer of American Electric Power Ohio. He has an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, where he was a Sloan fellow.
Larry Moliterno
Samuel Grooms
Larry Moliterno of Boardman, ’85 AB, ’99 MBA, was recognized as YSU’s Williamson College of Business Administration Outstanding MBA Alumnus. He is president and chief executive officer of Meridian Community Care, an agency that includes primary and SPRING 2015
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