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School of Business

Prior to January 2008

Michael T. Abbene, Jr., '81 MBA, has been named Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Arch Coal, Inc. St. Louis-based Arch Coal is the nation's second largest coal producer.
Paul M. Abert, '93 BS, '88 BS, was promoted to Vice President of Commercial Loans at TheBANK of Edwardsville.
James M. Allison, Jr., '74 BS, is the Chief Operating Officer for the new WestBridge Bank and Trust Co. in Chesterfield, MO.
Josh Allison, '05 BS, recently opened Allison's Comfort Shoes and Boots in Glen Carbon, IL. The store carries a wide variety of brand names. They also make custom orthotics and own a orthotic lab.
Bill Anderson, '98 BS, '00 MS, was recently appointed Director of Policy for Missouri.
Larry W. Anderson, '91 BS, '94 MBA, is Manager of Indirect Materials and Services for John Deere's Construction and Forestry Division at the Davenport Works in Davenport, IA.
Kristin Antrim, '01 BS- Business Admin., is International Sales Coordinator for Publications International in Rochester, IL.
Mandi Jo Austin, '99 BS- Business Admin., is a proud stay at home mother of three in Vandalia, IL.
Cheryl Ballard, '84 BS, is Human Resources Manager for Chateau on the Lake Resort in Branson, MO.
Tim Bair, '88 BSA, was recently hired as District Business Manager for Highland School District 5 in Highland, IL.
Michael D. Bauersachs, '90 MBA, was promoted to Vice President of Planning with Massey Energy Company in Richmond, VA.
Ann Bollone, '90 MBA, is Vice President of Human Resources for St. Anthony's Medical Center. She and her husband, David, have two children.
James M. Bright, '73 BS, '76 MBA, is President and CEO of Scott Credit Union in Collinsville.
Albert Buckles, '93, BS- Business Admin., is Assistant Athletic Director for the University of Texas at Dallas in Dallas, TX.
Frank Bures, Jr, '74 MBA, Isle of Palms, SC, is retired.
Wayne Burrus, '74 MBA, is Vice President of Healthcare Business Development for Skanska USA Building Inc in Atlanta, GA.
Keith A. Burton, '85 BS, is Executive Vice President of GCS Federal Credit Union in Granite City.
Nathan Butler, '00 BSA, is Assistant Controller for Young Dental Mfg in Earth City, MO.
Christina Carr, '94 MBA, is a Senior Advisor for Pfizer in Chesterfield, MO.
Joseph R. Chinnici, '83 MBA, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at CIENA Corporation, was named to the growing assurance company's Board of Directors in Linthicum Heights, MD.
Iain Cochran, '03 BS, is project manage for Ames Construction, Inc. in Burnsville, MN.
Larry Cohen, '82 MBA, was recently appointed Chief Executive Officer for Capgemini US LLC.
Carl Conceller, '68 BS-Business Administration, SIOR, is a principal with Coldwell Banker Commercial CRA LLC. He was installed as president of the St. Louis Association of Realtor's Commercial Division on December 5, 2006.
Brian Conway, '06 BA, started Rhino Computers and Electronic Service in Bunker Hill, IL in January 2007. Rhino Computers repairs and installs computers, Point of Sale equipment, and Plasma, Projection and LCD TV's. Rhino Computers also installs networks.
Stephen H. Cooper, '92 BS, was promoted to vice president of commercial loans at TheBANK of Edwardsville in Edwardsville, IL.
Tony Cord, '86 MBA, of Gaithersburg, Md., was elected to the Board of Directors of Potomac Ridge Behavioral Health System. This is a unit of Maryland-based Adventist Health System.
Thomas G. Cornwell, '84 MBA, was named President of Systems and Electronics with Engineered Support Systems, Inc. in St. Louis, MO
Gerard DeZern, '98 MBA, has been named Vice President at HOK Construction Services, a division of the Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum architectural firm I St. Louis. He will oversee division activities including the firm’s design-build and construction-management services.
Kenneth R. Diel, '69 BS, is a managing member of Diel & Forguson LLC in O'Fallon, IL.
John L. Dorsey, '77 BS, has joined the staff of First National Bank as Senior Vice President in Maryville, IL.
Major Daniel M. Drabing, '99, MBA, is employed by SSM DePaul Health Center as a Reimbursement Specialist in Bridgeton, MO, and has been deployed to Special Operations Command in Qatar in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, US Air Force Reserve.
James R. Dudine, '83 BS- Business Admin, is the owner of Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries in Bethany Beach, DE.
Dr. Judith Kay Eberhart, '92 MBA, '88 BS, is Manager of E-Commerce and Consumer Promotions for Olin Corporation of East Alton, IL.
Julie (Rodgers) Echols, '98 MPA is currently serving as the Human Resources Coordinator for the City of Lake St. Louis, Missouri.
James B. Emahiser, '77 MBA, is President of James B. Emahiser Consulting, Inc. in Edwardsville, IL.
Donald Emde, '63 BS, is the President of Emde's Marketing, Inc. in Godfrey, IL.
Daniel Etling, '76 BS- Business Admin, is Senior Manager of Eide Bailly LLP's Minneapolis audit practice in Minneapolis, MN.
Steven Fenton, '80 BS, is the President of Fenton and Associates in Snoqualmie, WA.
Brenna L. Fisher, '02 MBA, is the Manager of Benefits Information Center in Belleville, IL.
Matthew Joh Foristal, '00 BS- MIS, is a Computer Systems Engineer for IBM.
Stephen P. Fraley, '73 BS, is the Corporate Tax Manager at Yamaha Motor Corporation USA in Cypress, CA.
Chris Frein, '96 MBA, is President of Midwest BankCentre Chesterfield in Chesterfield, MO.
Richard A. Jun, '66 BS, retired after 39 years at Owens - Illinois, Inc. in Toledo, Ohio. Jun was vice president and director of Purchasing.
Randall E. Ganim '75 BS, is CPA and principal partner at Ganim, Meder, Childers, & Hoering P.C. in Swansea.
Jennifer (Burns) Gherardini, '05 BSBA, is newly married to current SIUE student, Joel Gherardini, and is currently employed as a Contract Specialist with the Air Force at Scott AFB.
Barbara W. Giardina, '75 BS, MBA '82, was named Regional Sales Vice President for Hortica in Edwardsville.
Gerene Gramlich, '79 BS- Business Admin., is Project Manager for MCI in Cary, NC.
Erin (Phillips) Hendricks '98 Business Administration, graduated from the St. Louis University School of Law in May 2006. She obtained her Illinois licensure in November 2006 and now practices with Unsell, Schattnik & Babb in East Alton, Illinois.
Cindy Holesko, '06 MBA, '04 BSA, is working for Maritz, Inc and was recently engaged to Justin Allen, '05 BS.
Thomas Hootselle, '98 MBA, is Corporate Relationship Manager for Union Planters Bank in Hecker, IL.
Casey Humpert, '71 BS, '72 MBA, was promoted to Deputy Director at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota, Fla. For more than 33 years, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall has been a home to various entertainers in music, dance, theater, and comedy.
Brian Johns, '02 BS, '04 MBA, was recently hired as a Project Controller with Deloitte Consulting, Chicago, IL.
Erik Jones, '01 BS- Business Admin, graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in May 2004 and was sworn in to the Illinois Bar in November 2004. He is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP, an international law firm.
Gary C. Jones, '73 BS- Business Admin, is the owner of Decor One Furniture in St. Louis, MO.
Kay A. Kamra, '80 BS- Business Admin, is Project Manager for J.C. Penny in Plano, TX.
John Lyle Kell, '64 BS, is retired in Carrollton, IL.
Marilyn Kintigh, '83 BS- Business Admin, had photographs on display at The Abbey Coffee House in Belleville, IL.
Sharon Klostermann, '72 AB, is an Accounts Payable Clerk for BJC in St. Louis, MO.
P. David Kuhl, '77 MBA, was elected vice chairman of the Illinois Bankers Association. He is chairman of the board and CEO of Busey Bank in Urbana, IL.
Kenneth G. Lanter, '86 BA, was appointed senior account executive for CIGNA Health Care in St. Louis.
John LeBlanc, '76 MBA, '74 BS-Business Admin., received tenure at Cedarville University in Cedarville, OH.
Joi Lewis '94 Business, has been appointed Dean of Student Life at Mills College in Oakland, California. Mills is a private, liberal arts college focused on female undergraduates as well as male and female graduate students.
Janet E. Lockhart, '86 BSA- Accounting, is National Manager of Grants and Agreements for USDA Forest Service in Arlington, VA.
Jay Logsdon, '79 BS, '80 MBA, is the Chief Financial Officer for Clark Properties, Clark Logistic Services, Clark Painting Company and Eco Recycling.
Barry T. Loman, '78 BS- Business Admin/Finance, is Valuation Specialist for Madison County Government- Office of the Chief County Assessment Official in Edwardsville, IL.
Daniel J. Lowery, '73 BS, is president of LSi-Lowery Systems in St. Louis, which recently ranked #71 of the 100 Fast Growth IT companies in the United States. The Fast Growth 100 List was based on a survey and call for nominations conducted by CRN. LSi-Lowery Systems, founded in 1989, is located in St. Louis County, Mo.
Dan (Uhring) Madison, '72 BA, '78 MBA, had a book titled "Process Mapping, Process Improvement, and Process Management" published in 2005. He has been an independent consultant for 19 years. His firm is Value Creation Partners.
Richard L. Martini, '75 BS- Business Admin, is First Vice President for Merrill Lynch in Swansea, IL.
John Martinson, '75 MBA, was recently awarded the Outstanding Service Award by the National Venture Capital Association in Lawrenceville, NJ.
*Douglas Matthews, '92 BSA, retired from the Illinois Army National Guard in 2006. He is currently working in the Tax Group at LarsonAllen in St. Louis, MO.
Gerald T. Maxim '71 BS, CPA, is president and managing principal at Rice, Sullivan & Co., Ltd. in Belleville, Ill.
Robert E. McClellan, Jr., '73 BS, '76 MBA, has been named to the executive committee of the Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois, which sets the organization's agenda for its economic development initiatives. McClellan is president of Hortica.
**Mitch Meyers, '81 MBA, '78 BS, has started a new business named "Maison de Chanticleer," a home decorating store which sells eclectic and unique antiques and reproductions.
Keith Mills, '90 MBA, is a Quality Engineer for Boeing in St. Louis, MO.
Paul Moe, '79 MBA, is a practicing attorney in Edina, Minnesota in the area of Wills, Trusts, Estates, Probate and Business law. On February 17 he married Dr. Beth Erickson who has a radio show "Mirrors of the Soul". Her newest book is "Aging Isn't For Sissies."
Heather Mueller-Jones, '00 BS, and her husband, Clint Jones, welcomed a bouncing baby boy, Luke Matthew Jones, on June 11, 2007.
Jim Mullen, '04 BS- Business Admin, has recently been hired by Tarlton Corporation in St. Louis, MO.
Eric Nanney, '04 BS- Business Admin, is a Project Accountant for Claco, a real estate development, design and construction firm in St. Louis, MO.
Scott Niehaus, '00 BSA, is a Supervisor for BKD, LLP in St. Louis, MO.
John W. North, '75 BS, is Vice President and Trust Relationship manager, Private Client Group at US Bank in Clayton, Mo.
John W. Olmstead, '83 MBA, is President of Olmstad and Associates in St. Louis, MO.
Frank M. Padak, '84 BS, was named President and CEO of Scott Credit Union.
Bret Paden, '93 MBA, has been promoted to associate partner for Wollpert LLP in Daton, OH.
Carol J. Papenberg, '77 BS- Marketing, is Senior Administrative Assistant for Allsup Inc. in Belleville, IL.
Cindy M. Parrish, '04 BS, has been promoted to assistant placement director for Professional Employment Group in St. Louis, MO.
Kevin M. Pesko, '79 BS, '88 MBA, is the founder and president of the new Bank of Belleville.
Marcy B. Pinnell, '82 BS, received the Edward Jones Winner's Circle Award for outstanding sales and service efforts over the past year.
Virginia Kay Price, '88 MBA, is retired from the US Air Force and is Co-owner of Price Capital Connections in Potosi, MO.
Ashley Ramig, '04 BS, is the Logistics Manager for Chemtool, Inc in Crystal Lake, IL.
Rick Randazzo, '99 MBA, has been promoted to Vice President of Sales and Business Development for Maxamine in Lafayette, CA
Robert W. Reding, '75 MBA, was named Senior Vice President – Technical Operations for American Airlines in Fort Worth, TX.
Nancy Rehkemper, CPA, '84 BSA, has been hired as a manager in the Tax Consulting Services group at Rubin, Brown, Gornstein & Co. LLP.
James E. Reinsmidt, '71 BS, is a real estate broker with RE/MAX Connection in Ellisville, MO.
**Susan Rieken, ' 92 BS, '95 DMD, completed two certificate programs through the SIU School of Dental Medicine (a two year Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency in 1998 & a one year fellowship in implant dentistry in 1999) and is currently employed as Director of the Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency Program at the SIU School of Dental Medicine in Alton, IL.
George Schillinger, '83 MBA, recently won the Water Environment Federation's William D. Hatfield award at the Illinois Water Environment Association's annual meeting in Springfield, IL on March 13. Schillinger is currently the Executive Director of the American Bottoms Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility in Sauget, IL.
Christopher Shanks, '88 MBA, '86 BS, is a Territory Manager for Armstrong Medical in Chesterfield, MO.
Randy Simmons, '74, BA, '76, MBA, became President of the Haggai Institute in Atlanta, GA, in July 2004.
Steven Springgate, '83 BS, is a Business and Planning Analyst for The Boeing Company in St. Louis, MO.
Douglas Squeo, '74 MBA, is Director of MindFolio in Chicago, IL.
Jim R. Stanley, '79 BS, is General Manager for Smurfit-Stone Corporation in Fort Wayne, IN.
Crystal Strasburg, '97 BSA, is Payroll Assistant for Kiel Center Partners, LP in St. Louis, MO.
Scott Stringer, '84 Accountancy, joined Navigant Consulting as a Director in the Disputes & Investigations practice in Chicago.
Bryan Strozewski, '93 BS, is a Corporate Compliance Manager for Brown Shoe Company's corporate office in Clayton, MO.
Dennis M. Terry, '76 BS, was honored as the 12th Annual Cassens Award recipient presented by the Edwardsville-Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce. The award is presented annually to an outstanding citizen who has made an impact on the community. Terry is the president and CEO of Cloverleaf Bank in Edwardsville.
Bob Thompson, '64 BS, and his wife, Mary, are enjoying retirement by traveling throughout the United States. Their travels have included the hot air balloon festival in Alburquerque, N.M., mountain climbing in Zion National Park Utah, viewing huge cacti in Saguaro National Park Arizona, visiting old mining towns, and chasing tornadoes!
Nancy Dain Thorsen, '86 BS, '75 MS, was recently awarded the Member of the Year award by the Women's Council of Realtors in the State of Idaho at the Idaho Association of Realtor's convention in Coeur d-Alene, Idaho. The award was presented by Judy Moses, the National President of WCR, who is from Boston, MA. Nancy is the Past-President of the South East Idaho Chapter of WCR and has been a realtor since 1979 in Illinois and 1981 in Idaho.
Nancy Thorsen, '68 BS, '75 MSEd, was recently featured in a new coffee table book called RE/MAX- A World of Winners that was published by New Light Stars and authored by Pat Sampson.
Bradford Updike, '90 BS, is employed as a tax attorney at Securities America, Inc. He graduated from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 2000 and is currently enrolled in the Tax LLM program at the University of Florida.
William Welch, '96 MS, '95 BS -Econ, is a Quantitative Analyst for the Commerce Trust Company in St. Louis, MO.
Jana Warren Wentzel, '02 BSA, is an Associate Syndicator for Aon Risk Services of Missouri, Inc. Jana attended the Life and Health Insurance Institute at the National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research pursuant to the professional designation of Certified Insurance Counselor. She has just completed the fourth of five institutes necessary for certification.

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College of Arts and Sciences

Prior to January 2008

Kristi (Bennett) Adams, '05 BA- Economics, is Incubator Program Manager at the Business Incubator Center in Grand Junction, CO.
Dr. Johnson Adegunleye, '75 MS, Los Angeles, CA, is Proprietor/Director of Johnson and Sons International Company, Los Angeles, CA.
Eric Beck, '00, BS- Biological Sciences, St. Louis, MO, is Area Manager at the Research Pilot Brewery for Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, MO.
Michael Bozzello, '90, MS- Mathematics, Corvallis, OR, is a Process Analyst for Wah Chang, Albany, OR.
Bridget Brave, '01 BLS, Milwaukee, MN, works for the Milwaukee Art Museum in the marketing/communications department. She is also attending Marquette University School of Law, Milwaukee, MN.
Shanette Cherelle Brown, '97 BS- Sociology, Wood River, IL, is a Booking Clerk III at the Madison County Sheriff's Department, Edwardsville, IL.
*Dick Busch, '68 BS Marketing, is Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Technology Solutions, Inc., a St. Louis based company specializing in maintenance and support services for mobile and mobile wireless computer systems. He resides in Edwardsville with his wife, Tammy, and their daughter and son.
Jeanne-Marie Bushur-Morris, '93 MPA, Denver, Co, is retired from the US Air Force.
John C. Byrne, '85 M.S., has been named Chief Operations Officer for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (population 220,000) government overseeing a budget of $180 million and 1,300 employee. He also graduated from the New York State Firefighters Academy with his Firefighter 1 national certification in 2005.
Fong-Fong Chu, '76 MS- Biological Sciences, San Gabriel, CA, is married to Dr. Steve Esworthy.
Jamie Lynn Clark, '01 BS- Health Education, Macon, IL, is a Clinical Research Associate/Data Manager for Decatur Memorial Hospital, Oncology Research Department, Decatur, IL.
Gail Coffler, '75 MA, '73 BA - English, Brookline, MA, is a professor of English and President of the Melville Society for Suffolk University, Boston, MA.
*Sara (Stroud) Colvin, '98 BS, '05 MA, and Adam Colvin, '02 BS, '04 MA, were married on February 18, 2006 in Edwardsville, IL. They currently reside in Glen Carbon, IL.
Barbara Cook, '80 BS- Speech Path., Stone Mountian, GA, is Director of Technology for Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA.
C. Mike Cook, '78 BA- Music, was recently promoted to Senior Associate Director of Admissions at Michigan State University. Also, his 14 year old daughter, Jackie won two Grammy Awards ("Songs of Innocence" Best Classical CD 2006).
Eric Crony, '91 BS- Political Science, Edwardsville, IL, was recently awarded as one of the Ten Outstanding Young People in Illinois by the Jacyees.
Jason Curran, '04, BS- Mass Communication, St. Louis, MO, is working in Advertising Sales for SBC Communications, St. Louis, MO.
Gary Derr, '75 BA- Geography, is a market analyst for Vulcan Materials Company in Fresno, CA.
Michelle Dierker, '88 BS- Biological Sciences, Morton, IL, is a Forensic Scientist for the Illinois State Police, Morton, IL.
Diane C. Dietz, '00 MM - Music, is an instructor for Illinois College Music Department, Jacksonville, IL.
John J Driscoll, '64 BA- Government, Belleville, IL, specializes in commercial real estate sales and development for BARBERMurphy, Swansea, IL.
Jerry Dubinsky, '84 BS- Mass Comm, '73 BS- Elem. Ed., Ballwin, MO, Manager of Media Resources for BJC, St. Louis, MO.
Dr. Andrew Dykeman, '90, BS- Philosophy, East Alton, IL, recently acquired the business of Rosewood Chiropractic Clinic in East Alton. After graduating from SIUE in 1990 he received a human biology degree from Logan College of Chiropractic in 2001 and went on to receive a doctor of chiropractic degree in 2004. He was recently appointed to the Madison County Board Health Department Advisory Committee. He was also recently elected as Southern District President of the Illinois Chiropractic Society.
Rick Fisher, '68 BA - Psychology, Memphis, TN, recently received the 2005 Outstanding Educator Award from the Public Relations Society of America. The award recognizes excellence in teaching based on contemporary, research-based knowledge of public relations and contributions to the advancement of public relations education. Dr. Fisher is a Journalism professor for the University of Memphis, TN.
Jennifer Fitch Richrath, '99 MA American and English Lit, Peoria, IL, is an Assistant Professor of English for Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL.
Virginia Fusdigian, '72, BA- Mass Communication, Fairview Heights, IL, is a Bridge Management Specialist for the US Coast Guard, St. Louis, MO.
Amy Gantvoort, '94 BS- Theater Performance and Speech Comm., Culver City, CA, is an Associate Attorney for Bryan Cave LLP, Santa Monica, CA.
Robert Dumont Gergen, '64 BS- Geography, Shiloh, IL, is an Adjunct Professor of Anthropology for Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, IL.
**Philip Gersman, '02 MPA, '00 BS Speech Comm, was promoted to General Operations Manager at Fastenal Company, an industrial distribution company, in September of 2004.
Gary Gnaedinger, '80 BA- Chemistry, works for The Dow Chemical Company in Shanghai China as Pacific Business Manager for Olefins.
Brent Goets, '03 BS- Computer Science, Edwardsville, IL, has joined Government e-Management Solutions, Inc. (GEMS) as a data conversion specialist, Clayton, MO.
Rebecca Gould, '00 BS- Speech Communication, Memphis, TN, has been promoted to Account Executive with the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Patrick Graney, '73 BM, '93 MS, teaches music at Centeral Elementary School and Media at an after school club. He wrote grants to create a student run radio station and TV station. They broadcast KIDZ to the entire school every morning.
Susan M. Gray, '73 MA Waleska, GA, is a retired Associate Professor from University of Great Falls, Great Falls, MT.
Philip J. Gustafson, '03 BA- Mass Communication, has been promoted to Director of Educational Services for CSI Software after serving as a traveling consultant for three years, Houston, TX.
Lt Col Dane E. Harrel, '85 BS- Government, O'Fallon, IL, is Chief, Special Missions Division at the Tanker Airlift Control Center, Scott AFB IL. Also a volunteer firefighter in O'Fallon IL.
Christine M. Harvey, '83 BLS, '70 AB, Largo, FL, is Director of Human Resources for Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL.
**Holly Hildebrand, '73, BA- Mass Communication, Houston, TX, was one of three winners in the 2004 Perishable Theatre Women's Playwriting Contest in Providence, RI. She is a technical writer at Landmark graphics Corp in Houston, TX.
Dana J. Holt, '99 BA- Political Science, Apple Valley, MN, is a Gift Planner for Lutheran Community Foundation, Minneapolis, MN.
Wei Song Howng, '82- Environmental Studies, Chino Hills, CA, is President of TNT Co of California, S. El Monte, CA.
Jeff Huston, '93 BS- Speech Communication, Houston, TX, is an Account Executive with The Greater Houston Partnership, Houston, TX.
Norman James, '68 BA- Psychology, Maple Grove, MN, is Professor Emertius of University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN.
Ronald Jansen, '70 BA- Chemistry, Kampsville, IL, is owner/operator of Ron's Wildlife Control, Kampsville, IL.
Robert R. Johnson, Jr, '82 BS- Mass Communication, Bow, NH, recently graduated from University of New Hampshire at Durham with a master's degree in American History. Robert served several years in the US Marine Corps and is currently an editor with The Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News in Manchester, NH. He and his wife Peggy live in Bow, NH with their children.
Michael Joyce, '95 BS- Math Studies, is Senior Database Administrator for AeroNav Data, Columbia, IL.
Lisa King-Rimmert '05 Mass Comm. is the Associate Director of Annual Fund and Alumni Affairs for Methodist University in Fayetteville, NC.
Paul B. Lanter, '87 BS Medical Science, is employed at Pfizer as Senior Scientist in Global Biologics Division in research and development lab.
Mark Laverty, '93 MM, is a pianist and was appointed to the piano faculty of Washington University.
**Thad Leach, '90 BS- Political Science, was recently appointed President and CEO of Hedgewood International, LLC. He was also recently named as one of the top 40 under 40 by the St. Louis Business Journal, St. Louis, MO.
Joel Lohr, '93, BS- Social Work, Stonington, IL, graduated from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Lombard, IL, and has been serving as pastor of the Old Stonington Bpatist Church in Stoningtion, IL since 1996. Joel was married to Jennifer Maurizio in November of 2003.
Karen Lynch, '72 BS- Nursing, Albuquerque, NM, is Vice President of Private Banking for Wells Fargo Bank, Albuquerque, NM.
Bennie Mantin, '71 MS- Geography, Florissant, MO, is retired.
Toskey F. Marshall, '98 BS- Sociology, Chicago, IL, is a Human Resources Caseworker for the Il. Department of Human Service, Villa Park, IL.
Mary E. McLaughlin, '02 MS- Mass Comm, is an instructor of communications in Agusta State University Department of Languages, Literature, and Communications, Agusta, GA.
Michael Mossman, '70, BA- Psychology, Edwardsville, IL, is employed by the Special School District of St. Louis County. He is an active member in the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology.
Scott Nims, '03 BLS, Bourbonnais, IL, is enrolled in the Doctor of Chiropractic Program at Logan College of Chiropractic, Chesterfield, MO.
Sean Nyhus, '98 BS- History, Apple Valley, MN, is the Manager of Finance and Reimbursement for Health Partners Medical Group, St. Paul, MN.
Carol Anne Oehler, '81 MS- Speech Pathology, St. Louis, MO, is Special Events Coordinator for Famous Barr Co, St. Louis, MO.
Angie Ohren-Kurian, '94 BS, started a children's clothing line called "Umma Baby".
Cynthia Pardy, '82 BA- Mass Communication, Norfolk, VA, is a Producer/Director for WHRO, Norfolk, VA.
Lori Peeples, '98 BS - Theater, New York, NY, is a Project and Rentals Manager for Showman Fabricators, New York, NY.
*Stephanie (Hartman) Perryman, '03 BS- Speech Communication, and her husband, Ryan Perryman, 04 BS- Construction Management, recently had their first child, Grace Elizabeth on 9/27/06. Belleville, IL.
Joshua Petersmith, '04, BS- Soc., Edwardsville, IL, is a chiropractic student at Logan College of Chiropractic, Chesterfield, MO.
Michael Petrovich, '86, BS- Mass Communication, Columbia, IL, is a Video Editor for Joyce Meyer Ministries, Fenton, MO.
Janice Marie (Henry) Pouncil, '76 BA- Speech Pathology and Audiology, Fort Worth, TX, is a Third Grade Teacher for Fort Worth Independent School District, Fort Worth, TX.
*Debbie Rathert, '75 BS, is the manager of the laboratory at Christian Northeast Hospital, Special Procedures in St. Louis, MO, where she has worked for 20 years. She has been married to Chuck Rathert, 74 BS Mass Comm, for 31 years. They have lived in the same house in Edwardsville since they were married, they have three children, two of which graduated from SIUE.
Natalie Redmond, '02 BS- Biological Science, Edwardsville, IL, is a Physician Assistant for Dr. Tibore Kopjas, Maryville, IL.
Cheri Richter, '03, BA- Art, Belleville, IL, is Marketing Assistant for Empire Comfort Systems, Belleville, IL.
Karyn Robinson Taylor, '01 MPA, Breckenridge Hills, MO, is Processor/Asst. Manager for The Lipton Group- Bentwood Townhomes, St. Louis, MO.
Myrna L. Rubinstein, '71 MA, Camp Hill, PA, is a Proofreader for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA.
Eddie Salmond Jr., '90 BS, Madison, IL, is a Technical Supervisor at Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO.
Amy Jo Sawyer, '88 BM, '89 MM, created a new CD called New Jazz Accordion CD Titled "According To Amy". Selections are original compositions and standard Jazz Easy Listening repertoire with Rhythm Section. Order online at www.AmyJoSawyer.com
Jane Schmidt-Ahsan, '84 BM- Music, Plano, TX, is an Organist for Highland Park Presbyterian Church, Dallas, TX.
Christie R. (Busekrus) Schmieder, '93 BA- Sociology, Belleville, IL, is an Attorney for Pratt and Tobin, P.C., East Alton, IL.
Jessica Schwartz, '01 BS - Speech Comm., Collinsville, IL, has joined Gray Design Group as a project associate, St. Louis, MO.
Ben Shashack, '01 BA History, opened a new business called N2 Publishing. Ben is the owner of the Edwardsville business which publishes monthly newsletters for the Home Owners Association in Edwardsville.
Matt Smallheer, '05 BS - Speech Comm, Edwardsville, IL, owns the Tye-Died Iguana in O'Fallon Plaza shopping center, O'Fallon, IL.
Frieda Smith, '94 MA- Speech Communication, '85 BS- Sociology, St. Louis, MO, is Senior Director of Public Programs and Education Events for the St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis, MO.
Mary Smolar, '92 BA- Psychology, Bridgeton, MO, has been hired as a Business Development Coordinator by Clayco Financial Facilities.
Christine Lynn Smiddy, '97 BS- Psychology, St. Louis, MO, is Operations Manager for Express Personnel Services, St. Louis, MO.
Danielle M. Stern, '03 MS in Mass Comm., '01 BS Speech Comm., has accepted an assistant professor position in the Department of Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Allen Stoll, '06 BS- History, has been hired by the Missouri Historical Society to help work on the institutions Richard A Gephardt Oral History Project. His duties include researching the political background of local, state and national government leaders who worked with Mr. Gephardt. He will also perform the editing of the written transcripts and make copies of the DVD's and audio recordings of the oral interviews.
Sara Stroud, '98 BS- Speech Comm, Edwardsville, IL, was recently hired by 62 Sports Group as an Events Coordinator, Edwardsville, IL.
Laurie L. Sybert, '89 BS Mass Comm, '82 BS Business Admin, is the marketing director for Midwest BankCentre, Lemay, MO.
Dan T. Teeske, '74 BS- Math Studies, Prescott Valley, AZ, is a Personal Banker for JP Morgan Chase, Chino Valley, AZ.
Lisa Timmons (Fassel), '02 BS- Sociology, Columbia, IL, has been promoted to Assistant Placement Director for Professional Employment Group, St. Louis, MO.
Jill (Williams) Tutt, '95 BA- Theater/Dance, St. Charles, MO, is Director of Operations for Junior Achievement, Chesterfield, MO.
Scott Underwood, '04 BS- Biological Science, O'Fallon, IL, has began studies at Logan College of Chiropractic's Doctor of Chiropractic program, Chesterfield, MO.
Patricia Vancil, '74 BA- Social Work, Gilbert, AZ, recently published an article in the Self Insurance Institute of America Magazine and received the NACO Award from the National Association of Counties. Government entities from across the US submit programs and this was chosen the winner. Mrs. Vancil established and manages the Smart Script Saver Program.
Brenda Wasser, '83 BA- Art, Edwardsville, IL, is an artist for Max Autenrieb Church Interior Decorating (her family business), Edwardsville, IL.
Donna Werner, '95 MA- Philosophy, St. Louis, MO, is the Acting Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at St. Louis Community College, Meramec.
Mark Wilderman, '78 BS- History, Hecker, IL, retired from the US Air Force as a Major in July of 1995 and is currently working for Laclede Gas Company as a Customer Service Supervisor, St. Louis, MO.
M. Lynne Williams, '68 BA- Biology, Belleville, IL, is Environmental Health Practitioner for the Illinois Department of Public Health, Glen Carbon, IL.
Ron Wilson, '77 BS-Mass Communications, is the President of the Gateway Region National Association of Credit Management, based in St. Louis. Ron is also a member of the Certified Association Executive Commission, which administers the nationwide CAE program for the American Society of Association Executives.
Mary (Guelker) Wilson, '84 BS- Mass Comm, is the Director of Public Relations for the City of O'Fallon, MO
Jason Matthew Zemler, '01 BS History and Physics, Yukon, OK, is an Air Weapons Officer at Tinker AFB, OK.

* Indicates that the alumnus is a member of the SIUE Alumni Association.

** Indicates that the alumnus is a lifetime member of the SIUE Alumni Association.

School of Dental Medicine

Prior to January 2008

Richard Abbott, '89 DMD, Cabot, AR, is Dental Flight Commander for the US Air Force, Cabot, AR
Delaine Anthony, '94 DMD, Chandler, AZ, is self employed as a Dentist in Tempe, AZ.
Kathy Arkwell, '79 DMD, Peoria, IL, is self employed as an Orthodontist in Peoria, IL.
Brian Balda, '86 DMD, Effingham, IL, is self employed as a Dentist at Balda Dental Office, Effingham, IL.
Luis J. Bravo, '99 DMD, Highlands Ranch, CO, is self employed as a Dentist in Highlands Ranch, CO.
Donna Boundy, '96 DMD, Gibson, IL, is self employed as an Orthodontist, Gibson City, IL.
Angela Bullock, '95 DMD, Bossier City, LA, is Chief of Endodontics, US Air Force- Barksdale Air Force Base, Barksdale, LA.
Kabil Chunprapaph, '02 DMD, Aurora, IL, is a Dentist at Naperbrook Dentistry in Naperville, IL.
Joseph Cioni, '80 DMD, '76 BA, Lebanon, IL, is self employed as a Dentist in Lebanon, IL.
Robert Davis, '04 DMD, Morris, IL, is a Dentist for Dr. Kenneth Biel, Frankfort, IL.
Richard Davidson, '77 DMD, Tuscola, IL, is self employed as a Dentist in Tuscola, IL.
Bradley K. Dunn, '98 DMD, Vandalia, IL, is employed as a Dentist at Fulton & Dunn Dental, Vandalia, IL.
Cynthia Eitenmiller, '00 DMD, Pekin, IL, is a Dentist in Pekin, IL.
Gregory Glade, '79 DMD, Port Byron, IL, is self employed as a Dentist in Port Byron, IL.
Dennis Godar, '82 DMD, Marshfield, WI, is employed as a Dentist at the Dental Clinic of Marshfield, Marshfield, WI.
Rhonda Green, '96 DMD, '92 BA, Alton, IL, is a Dentist at All Smiles Dental Care, Godfrey, IL.
Christoph Haar, '90 DMD, Ventura, CA, is self-employed as an Orthodontist in Ventura, CA.
Rhonda Hanser, '90 DMD, '86 BA, Marine, IL, is self employed as a Dentist in Fairview Heights, IL.
Dwight Johnson, '99 DMD, Newport News, VA, is a periodontist for the U.S. Air Force, Langley AFB, VA.
Darrel Keller, '77 DMD, '75 BS, Nashville, IL, is self employed as a Dentist in Nashville, IL.
Vanessa Keller, '02 DMD, is employed as a Dentist for Clayton Professional Dentistry, Clayton, MO.
Sami Latif, '84 DMD, Cols., OH, is self employed at Village Dental Care, Inc and Ohio Cosmetic Dentists LLC, Cols., OH.
Valerie Murrah, '80 DMD, Chapel Hill, NC, is a professor and chair for the department of Diagnostic Sciences and General Dentistry for the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry.
Matthew McCullough, '00 DMD, is self employed as a Dentist in Greenville, IL.
Patrick David Miller, '01 DMD, Chester, OH, is self employed at Patrick D Miller, DMD, Chester, IL
Paul Muhr, '70 DMD, Chicago, IL, is self employed as a Dentist in Chicago, IL.
Michael Murrah, '70 DMD, Columbia MO, is self employed as a Dentist in Columbia, IL.
Erik Opperman, '85 DMD, Morton, IL, is self employed as a Dentist in Morton, IL.
Stephen Raney, '84 DMD, Columbia, IL, is employed as a Dentist at Dr.'s White and Raney P.C., Columbia, IL.
Gary Dean Reinhardt, '82 DMD, Carbondale, IL, is self employed as a Dentist in Carbondale, IL.
**Susan Rieken, '95 DMD, '92 BS, has completed two certificate programs through the SIU School of Dental Medicine (a two year Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency in 1998 and a one year fellowship in Implant Dentistry in 1999. She is currently Director of the Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency Program at the School of Dental Medicine in Alton, IL
Bradley W. Roberts, '83 DMD, Godfrey, IL, is self employed as a Dentist in Alton, IL.
Walter Rongey, '87 DMD, Baumholder, Germany, is a Comprehensive Dentist for the US Army at the Baumholder Dental Clinic.
Ron Schefdore, '83 DMD, is one of the first dentists in the US to become certified to take CRP tests in the dental office on anyone with significant bleeding when probing.
Ellen Shemancik, '88 DMD, Brentwood, TN, is self employed as a general Dentist in Nashville, TN.
David L. Sewell, '99 DMD, Highlands Ranch, CO, is a general Dentist in Colorado.
Deborah Stewart, '77 DMD, Champaign, IL, is self employed as a Dentist in Champaign, IL.
Gerald Unhold, '85 DMD, San Diego, CA, is self employed as a Dentist in San Diego, CA.
Erica Waldon, '05 DMD, Alton, IL, is a Dentist at Parkway Dental Care, Alton, IL.
Glorianne Walker, '86 DMD, Sumner, WA, is self employed as a Dentist in Tacoma, WA.
David Wickness, '01 DMD, Peoria, IL, is self employed as a Dentist in Peoria, IL.

* Indicates that the alumnus is a member of the SIUE Alumni Association.

** Indicates that the alumnus is a lifetime member of the SIUE Alumni Association.

School of Education

Prior to January 2008

George F Adam, '74 MSEd, Blue Mound, IL, is a Pastor at Blue Mound and Bethel United Methodist Churches, Blue Mound, IL.
Dr. Karen J. Agne, '72 MSED, BS, Vermontville, NY, is a Professor of Education for Plattsburgh State University of New York, Plattsburgh, NY.
*Dr. James A. Allen, '77 BS, '97 MSED, During the nineties, James' editorial cartoons were syndicated by the Chicago Sun-Times Features Syndicate. After a few year's hiatus, the Artisans Syndicate has now picked up his editorial cartoons. When he's not drawing, James is teaching in the art/ed program at Western Illinois University.
Mary Bergman, '84 - MSEd, Pierron, IL, is a Media Specialist for Highland C.U. District #5, Highland, IL.
Bobbie L. (Stevenson) Boehner, '73 BS- Elementary Education, Pleasant Plains, IL, is retired.
Betty Jean Bledsaw, '79 MSED, Hillsboro, IL, retired in 1993.
*Harry Briggs, '69 EDSP, was recently named Superintendent of the Granite City Schools, Granite City, IL.
Dennis Brueggemann, '92 SD, '77 MSED, '73 BS, is retiring as Business Manager for Highland Illinois School District 5, Highland, IL.
Rebecca Bunch, '70 MSED, Kissimmee, FL, is a Reading teacher at Osceola City Schools, Celebration, FL.
*Richard C. Burroughs, '83 MSED, '72 BS Education, retired May 25, 2007 from the Waterloo Community Unit School District as a junior high Geography teacher. Richard spent 34 years in the classroom.
Charles Burton, '74 MSED, Chesterfield, MO, is an Adjunct Instructor at William Woods University and recently returned from his second mission trip to South Africa.
Philip D. Carlock, '72 EDSP, St. Louis, MO, is retiring from Southwestern Illinois College as the Dean of Learning Resources on July 1, 2005, after 40 years in education- 39 of which were at the administrative level. He also served as the Executive Director of the Combined Health Appeal and Asthma and Allergy Association in 1996-1999. He and his wife Janet have been married 42 years and have two daughters and three grandchildren.
Sheila (Loftus) Christianson, '76 MSED, '73 BS, Edwardsville, IL, is Special Education Department Chair, Granite City Community Unit #9, Granite City, IL.
Kathleen Clark-Eller, '78 BS, Trenton, IL, is a Teacher at Mascoutah School District #19, Mascoutah, IL.
Edward Crow, '83 MCRP, '75 BS, Chester, IL, is the Executive Director for Randolph County Progress Committee, Inc.
Nathan Cutler, '76 MSED, Kahului, HI, is retired and recently facilitated Guided Imagery for Stress Management at various facilities in Maui, HI. He is also a member of the Education Committee, Mental Health Association of Maui.
Opal Dearduff, '71, BS- Elementary Education, Litchfield, IL, has been named Sensational Senior by Heritage Manor of Litchfield, IL. Dearduff is 101 years old and still remains very active in the community.
Phil Donato, '99, MSED, St. Louis, MO, has been named Special Events and Outreach Manager for 90.7 KWMU-FM, University of Missouri- St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
Nellie Dauderman, '67 MSED, Alhambra, IL, is a retired teacher.
Sharon Dulle, '75, MSED, Holiday Shores, IL, is a retired Reading Teacher from East Alton District #13, East Alton, IL.
Elizabeth Dustmann, '65 BS, Dorsey, IL, is retired.
Nicole Egelhoff, '02 BS- Elementary Education, Hillsboro, IL, is a First Grade Teacher for Litchfield School District #12, IL.
Judith Fernando, '77 MSED, '74 BS, Glen Carbon, IL, is Principal for the East St. Louis School District 189.
Barbara Fleming, '76 MSED, '71 BS- Elementary Education, Centreville, IL, is a Teacher for East St. Louis School District #189 Dovis School
Melinda S. Foe Pauk, '93 MSED, Edwardsville, IL, is a Third Grade Teacher for Triad School District.
Timothy John Gillard, '02 MSED, Richmond, VA, is a student at the College of William and Mary where he is studying for a Master's Degree in (school) Counseling, Williamsburg, VA.
Suellen Girard, '96 EDSP, Havana, IL, is Superintendent for Havana School District 126.
Marsha G. Goddard, '95 MA, '93 BA, Granite City, IL, is Assistant to the Provost and Dean of McKendree College, Lebanon, IL.
Dave Hagedorn, '02 MSED Kinesiology, Dave returned to SIUE by accepting a position in the Campus Recreation Department as the Asst. Director of Informal Recreation/Facilities. He moved from New Jersey with his wife and 10 month old daughter.
Edward Harris, '78 EDSP, '76 MSEd, St. Charles, IL, is Department Chairman of Counseling for Hazelwood School District.
Jeanne Harris, '74 MSED, '68 BS, Florissant, MO, retired from SBC.
** Dr. Linda E. Hurt, '95 MA Psychology and '78 BS Business, Wood River, IL, is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at McKendree College, Lebanon, IL.
Heather Johnson, '03 BS, East Alton, IL, is a Third Grade Teacher for Wood River-Hartford Elementary District #15.
Keli Keener, '04 MSED, '03 BS, Edwardsville, IL, is an Exercise Specialist for Barnes Jewish Hospital Well Aware Center. Keli recently acquired Athletic Training Certification (ATC) and is seeking licensure.
Walter R. Link, '68 BS, Bethalto, IL, is a Register Representative for American General Securities (AIG) and a retired teacher, Bethalto, IL.
Charles Lee, '75 MSED, Mascoutah, IL, is retired and active with Veteran's Service Organizations.
Amanda Marti-Collins, '93 BS, Maryville, IL is Quality Assurance Manager/Intake Coordinator for Development Disability Services of Metro East, Belleville, IL.
Colonel Theodore Mayer, '97 MSED, United States Army, recently returned to the United States after a six year absence - two years in South Korea as the U.S. Forces Korea Deputy Director for Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence Systems followed by four years duty as the U.S. Liaison to the German Ministry of Defense in Berlin, Germany; a position that offered an opportunity to facilitate bilateral defense related teamwork between two long-standing allies. His new position is Command Inspector General, Illinois State National Guard in Springfield, Illinois.
Michelle L. Mieger, '97 BS, High Ridge, MO, is a First Grade Teacher at Northwest R-1 School District, House Springs, MO.
Kathleen E. Miller, '82 MSED, '72 BS, Franklin, WI, is a teacher at St. Margaret Mary School, Milwaukee, WI.
Virgil Moore, '98 MSEd, is the new superintendent of the East Alton Elementary School District, East Alton, IL.
Sandra Morris, '74 MSED, Maryland Heights, MO, is a Librarian for St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, Ferguson, MO.
Lisa Nelson, '93 BS, Alton, IL, ia a Math Teacher for District 189 East St. Louis School System, E. St. Louis, IL
Gladys Niggli, '66 MSED, Highland, IL, is a Public Health Nursing Consult ant and Maternal and Child Health Nursing Consultant. She is a retired RN of 40 years, 27 and 1/2 of which were at the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Mary W. Parker, '79 MSEd, '72 BS, Belleville, IL, is Chief of Information Technology Policy and Investment Management Branch, US Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, IL. She has been married for 30 years and has two children and six grandchildren.
Dr. Ray Patrick, '74 MS Elementary Education, Dr. Patrick, Executive Director of the Missouri Association of Rural Education was recently elected President-Elect Designate of the National Rural Education Association, at its 99th Convention held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The National Rural Education Association (NREA) is the oldest established national organization of its kind in the United States. Formerly known as the REA, the Association traces its origins back to 1907 when it was originally founded as the Department of Rural Education. Through the years it has evolved as a strong and respected organization of rural school administrators, teachers, board members, regional service agency personnel, researchers, business and industry representatives and others interested in maintaining the vitality of rural school systems across the country. The NREA has been headquartered at the University of Oklahoma at Norman, Oklahoma, since January, 2002. On January 1, 2008, under the leadership of a new Executive Director, the headquarters office will move to Purdue University at West Lafayette, Indiana. Additional information about NREA may be viewed at the website www.NREA.net. Dr. Patrick will assume the office of President on January 1, 2010.
Michelle Lee (Liefer) Pedersen, '97 BS, O'Fallon, IL, is Librarian/Tutor pk-8 for Holy Trinity Catholic School, Fairview Heights, IL.
Timothy Richards, '78 MSED, was elected as President of the Illinois Association of Teacher Educators for 2007-08. He is presently an Association Professor of Education at McKendree University.
**Bethany Riechmann, '02 BS- Special Education, has a two-year old son (Braen) and is expecting a new baby at the end of April. She and her husband Dustin Riechmann, '01 BS, '05 MS, live in Edwardsville, IL.
Robert Sanders, '77 BS, Vidalia, LA, is a Teacher/Head Boys Basketball Coach for Concordia Parish Schools (Vidalia High). He was 2004 Coach of the Year District 4-2A, Concordia Parish, Natchez Metro Area, Vidalia, LA.
Maye Schanuel, '79 BS, St. Jacob, IL, is a Claims Adjustor for Social Security, Belleville, IL.
Wilma Schmitz, '81 BS- Recreation, is the new Chief Operating Officer for the Area Agency on Aging of Southwestern Illinois in Belleville. She has also been a contributor on aging issues for KSDK-TV in St. Louis since 2000.
Lucelia (Lanz) Shelton, '73 MSED, New Athens, IL, is a retired teacher from Mascoutah School District and a Minister for the Assembly of God.
Linda June Shepheard, '95 EDSP, '86 MSED, '77 BS, Belleville, IL, is Assistant Superintendent for Mascoutah Community Unit School District #19, Mascoutah, IL.
Deborah Lynn Sims, '02 MSEd, is the Principal at Washington School at East Alton Elementary District #13 and district Special Education Coordinator. She lives in Bethalto, IL.
Lanna Skadden, '75 MSED, '73 BS- History, Webster Groves, MO, is Director of Undergraduate Advising, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
David Skocy, '97 MSED, Mattoon, IL, is Asst Superintendent of Human Resources for the Mattoon School District, Mattoon, IL.
Donna (Stoner) Blackston, '74 BS- Physical Education, Godfrey, IL, is a Planning Engineer for Boeing, St. Louis, MO.
Christine, '04 BS, and Dimana, '04 BS, Spudich, Granite City, IL, were recently audience members at a taping of "The Price is Right" where they proudly represented SIUE.
Barbara (Victory) Thomas, '80 MSEd, '73 BS Special Education, Belleville, IL, is an Instructor for McKendree College. She will teach and advise graduate-level students seeking endorsement and/or certification in special education.
Jerome Thompson, '70 BA- Psychology Ed., Springfield, IL, is a Risk Management Coordinator for The Hope School, Springfield, IL.
Richard Timko, MSED, '65 BA- Psychology, Fairview Heights, IL, is retired from Collinsville Unit #10 and is an Adjunct Counselor at SWIC.
Mike Van Hecke, '77 MSED, '75 BS, Ballwin, MO, is a Teacher for Special School District, Town and Country, MO.
Ros Van Hecke, '93 EDSP, '85 MSED, Ballwin, MO, is Director of Learning and Assessment for Special School District, Town and Country, MO.
Kevin Vosse, '03 MSED, is a 6th Grade Teacher for the O'Fallon School District No. 90. He married Carrie Vosse, '03 MSEd, '97 BS, O'Fallon, IL.
Doretta Anita Walker, '70 BS- Elementary Education, St. Louis, MO, has been selected to appear in the 8th Edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers. She was nominated by a former student.
Lisa Ellen Washington-Nelson, '93 BS- Elementary Education, Alton, IL, is a Mathematics Teacher for District 189 School System, East St. Louis, IL.
LeAnn West, '06 BS- Elementary Education, Alton, IL, will begin teaching fourth grade in the Alton, IL School District in August 2006.
Kelly Witz, '05 BS, is currently teaching English in Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.

School of Engineering

Prior to January 2008

Howard Analla, '78 BS- Environmental Systems, Kansas City, MO, is a Director of the Operations Technology Department for Black & Veatch, Kansas City, MO.
George C Andres, '72 BS- Civil Engineering, is General Manager for Kaskaskia Regional Port District, Co-Owner of Indiana Eastern Railroad, Chairman of the Board for Inland Rivers Ports & Terminals, Inc, Board Member for both National Waterways Conference and the Kaskaskia Watershed Association and Vice President of the Lower Kaskaskia Stakeholder's Inc. He lives in Edwardsville with his wife and four daughters.
Steve W. Bannes, '90 BS- Construction, is Director of the Graduate Construction Management Program at Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
Derrick Baier, '01 BS- Computer Science, St. Louis, MO, is a Software Engineer for IMAPS, LLC, St. Louis, MO.
Steven Bayer, '96 BS- Electrical Engineering, Chula Vista, CA, is a Flight Test Engineer/Electrical Systems Engineer for Boeing IDS, Ridgecrest, CA.
John J. Benda, '90 BS- Construction, is Construction Project Manager for Montana Department of Transportation and manages the building of multiple highway projects in the Missoula district. He lives in western Montana with his wife, Lori of 14 years, and four boys ranging from 23 to 9 years old. They enjoy hiking, hunting, fishing and camping.
Patrick T. Bennett, '94 BS- Civil Engineering, recently opened a civil engineering branch office in St. Louis, MO, for Core States Engineering (out of Georgia). He currently oversees a staff of nine. He and his wife Tricia of 10 years, have two daughters, Emma (6) and Olivia (3).
Somnath Bhattacharyya, '98 BS- Civil Engineering, is a civil engineer with the US Army Corps. of Engineers: Transatlantic Programs Center. His work deals with projects in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Russia, Pakistan and other countries. He is also a member of Toastmasters International.
Sheri Kloth Blecha, '90 BS- Construction, has been employed with Kwame Building Group, St. Louis, MO, for eight years. She works as the Project Manager for the demolition of structures and bridges for the new St. Louis Lamber Airport Runway. She and her husband, David, have two sons, Elijah (12) and Joseph (9). They live in Shiloh, IL. She is also a member of the #85 School Board.
Eric L. Brault, '95 BS- Mechanical Engineering, is a Professional Engineer with Rock Hill Mechanical Corporation, Kirkwood, MO. He has been involved with Design Build and Design Assist projects at RHMC specializing primarily in institutional and process work. His has worked on such projects as Cardinal Glenon Children's Hospital's four story addition, BJC Healthcare, St. Louis University, CBC High School and the new Busch Stadium. He is currently involved with Pharmaceutical Manufacturing at a local Nuclear Medicine manufacturing facility. He has been married three years and lives in Kirkwood, MO.
Michael Busch, '98 BS- Civil Engineering, Troy, IL, is a project manager for Oates Associates, Inc., Collinsville, IL.
Tracy Butler, '93 BS- Civil Engineering, Bethalto, IL, is President of Acropolis Tech Group, Woodriver, IL.
Justin Cline, '00 BS- Construction Management, is a Project Manager with Concrete Strategies, St. Louis, MO.
Karen Copper, '79 BS- Civil Engineering, is a level 5 Product Review Engineer at Boeing in Integrated Defense Services, St. Louis, MO. In 2006 she was inducted into the Associat Technical Fellowship of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. She is also involved with the AIAA Precollege Outreach committee that promotes experiential, fun and exciting learning of math and science for K-12 teachers and students.
Cameron L. Denison, '01 BS- Construction, St. Charles, MO, has been promoted to Senior Project Engineer at Tarlton Corp, St. Louis, MO.
Mark Donaldson, '89 BS- Construction, Edwardsville, IL, is now an Estimator for Stocker Construction Co, Kirkwood, MO.
Benjamin J Erschen, '05 MS, '04 BS- Civil Engineering, has joined Horner and Shifrin, Inc., as a structural engineer, St. Louis, MO.
John Robert Farnen, '92 BS- Construction, is Northern Director of Planning, Design and Construction for Mercy Healthcare systems.
Scott Michael Garman, '02 BS- Construction Engineering, East Alton, IL, is Project Manager for Tindall Construction, Inc., Pontoon Beach, IL.
*Cory Giles, '02 BS- Mechanical Engineering, is the Lean Manufacturing Coordinator/Chef for Companion Baking Co, St. Louis, MO.
**Melissa Glauber, '03 BS- Mechanical Engineering, is a member of Armstrong Teasdale's Intellectual Property Practice Group. She focuses primarily on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, but has also drafted responses to trademark office actions. She is a past president of the Glen Carbon Kiwanis Club.
Steven Goedecke, '91 BS- Industrial Engineering, is the Manager Operations Support, USPS Denver, CO.
Tammy L. Hammack, '97 BS- Industrial Engineering, Dix, IL, is a Site Industrial Engineer for Wall green's, Mt. Vernon, IL.
*Nathan Hart, '06 BS- Construction Management, is a Project Engineer with the Concrete Group of Tarlton Corporation, St. Louis, MO.
Jim Heinz, '83 BS- Construction Management, founded Heinz Corporation in 1993 which provides consulting, engineering and construction services to the wireless and specialty communications industry. It was acquired by WPCS International in 2004. He is currently Executive VP of WPCS and is responsible for two subsidiary companies. He is married with two sons, Nick (18) who is a freshman at SIUE and Jordon (13). He is also on the Construction Advisory Board and on the School of Engineering IPAC, Co Chari of Shiloh United Methodist Church trustees and Board Member of First National Bank of St. Louis, MO.
Scott Herzing, '98 BS- Electrical Engineering, is Manager of Project Engineering at Paulo Products Company, St. Louis, MO. He has been at Paulo for eight years and lives in Belleville, IL, with his wife and two children.
Tina Hinton, '00, BS- Electrical Engineering, East St. Louis, IL, is an Engineer Scientist for the Boeing Company, St. Louis, MO.
Timothy D. Jackson, '02 BS- Electrical Engineering, Arnold, MO, is a Senior Engineer for Systems and Electronics Inc, St. Louis, MO.
*Jeff Johnisee, '05 MS- Electrical Engineering, is an RF Engineer for US Cellular in Earth City, MO.
*John Kelly, '99 MS- Electrical Engineering, is a Mission System Reliability & Maintainability Team Lead for the P-8A Poseidon Multimission Maritime Aircraft at the Patuxent River Naval Air Test Center, Maryland, MD.
Sunil Khadka, '05 MS- Mechanical Engineering, is a Design Engineer with Stephen P. Maslan & Company, Kansas City, MO.
Jeffrey King, '00 BS- Civil Engineering, Belleville, IL, recently passed the Missouri Professional Engineering exam. He is a Project Engineer in the Water Management Division for Woolpert, Inc., Fairview Heights, IL.
Bradley J. Koch, '99, BS- Construction, Burke, VA, is Manager of Land Development for The Peterson Companies, Fairfax, VA.
Darin Koelm, '97, BS- Civil Engineering, Avon, IN, has joined Hanson Professional Services Inc., he designs and coordinates construction of Hanson's aviation projects in Indiana, Indianapolis, IN.
Joseph L. Koenig, '03 BS- Civil Engineering, is a Project Engineer with Clayco, St. Louis, MO.
Vicki S. (Wright) LaRose, '90 BS- Civil Engineering, owns Civil Design, Inc., Clayton, MO.
Brian Liesen, '98 BS- Construction, Pekin, IL, is a Project Manager for River City Construction, E. Peoria, IL.
Rick Mann, '96 BS- Civil Engineering, received his P.E. license in 2003 and has been married for 14 years and has three children. He has worked for Olin Corp for the last eight years and works on a variety of civil engineering disciplines including design and construction of concrete and steel structures, equipment foundations, old building retrofit, gravity and pressure pipe, surveying , land development/management, and more.
Brandon McEwen, '06 BS- Electrical Engineering, is an Electrical Engineer for BHMG Engineers of Arnold, MO. He works on the design of power generation systems, substations, power distribution systems and all related controls, protection and monitoring.
Robert Mock, '90 BSE, Little Rock, AR, is Director of Recruitment and Retention at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR.
Peter Motykowski, '02 BA- Computer Science and Peace Studies, is a Senior Software Engineer for a fortune 500 company and is active in the Computer Association of SIUE. He has been married for three years and has a one year old daughter. They live in Denver, CO.
Matt Mueller, '93 BS- Civil Engineering, moved to Wellington, New Zealand in 2000 to work at Weta Digital, Peter Jackson's Visual Effects Company. He worked on all three "Lord of the Rings" movies, "King Kong" and several other feature films.
Brad W. Muskoph, '04, BS- Mechanical Engineering, Pensacola, FL, recently received his commission as a naval officer, Pensacola, FL.
Greg Nichelson, '94, BS- Civil Engineering, Springfield, IL, has joined Hanson Professional Services Inc. as a civil/railroad engineer, Springfield, IL.
Robert Niemietz, '73 BS- Civil Engineering, Columbia, IL, is a Senior Project Manager for Jacobs Engineering, St. Louis, MO.
Jim Pajares, '03, BS- Electrical Engineering, Belleville, IL, joined Woolpert's Water Management Division for Wollpert LLP, St. Louis, MO.
Robert Perrin, '75 MA- English, has been named Chairperson of the Department of English at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN.
*Ryan Perryman, '04 BS- Construction Management, is a Project Engineer for S.M. Wilson & Co at their Anheuser-Busch Field Office. He and his wife Stefanie (Hartman) Perryman ('03 BS Speech Comm) had their first child, Grace Elizabeth on 9/27/06.
Tanveer H. Rao, '80 BSE- Civil Engineering, Huntington Beach, CA, is a DB Business Development Manager for HDR, Lake Forest, CA.
Ramesh Kumar Regmi, '06 MS- Civil Engineering, is a Civil Engineer at Juneau Associates Inc., P.C.
**Dustin Riechmann, '01 BS, '05 MS, is a Project Engineer with Crawford, Bunte, Brammeier in Glen Carbon, IL. He manages the majority of their traffic studies in Illinois. He also works on a wide variety of traffic studies for private development and public works projects. Projects include the Jacksonville Downtown Revitalization project, a traffic impact study for a large-scale commercial/residential development at Route 161 and North Green Mount Road in Belleville and a corridor study of Route 130 in Urbana for a 288-acre mixed use development for the Menards Corporation. He and his wife Bethany ('02 BS Special Education) have a two year old son, Braden, and are expecting a second child at the end of April.
Matt Rutherford, '02 BS- Mechanical Engineering, is a Grade 2 Engineer for Boeing and has worked there since 2003. He has worked on the Army Future Combat Systems, Advanced Missiles Systems and a number of other projects. He also helped initiate a rotation program for new engineers at Boeing St. Louis aqnd is part of the inaugural class of rotators. He received the St. Louis Business Journal's 2006 30 under 30 award and is attending the Olin School of Business at Washington University for his MBA. He is married to Jennifer who also works at Boeing as a Financial Analys and they live in Edwardsville, IL.
Doug Sitton, '92, MSE- Civil Engineering, Fairview Heights, IL, has been named director of Woolpert's facility design and management services for Wollpert LLP, Fairview Heights, IL.
Nezih Sozmen, '01 MS Electrical Engineering, '06 MS Economics and Finance, is currently working at Motorola as a Program Manager in New York. He is working on development of Enterprise Digital Assistants, which are PDAs but better suited for business. He has been married since 2003.
Jason Sternau, '05 BS- Construction, Belleville, IL, has joined Tarlton Corp. as a Project Engineer, St. Louis, MO.
*Mark Steyer, '77 BS- Civil Engineering, is Director of Engineering for Madison County Transit. He is responsible for development and maintenance of over 80 miles of bike trails in Madison County. He is also involved with the development of the Collinsville, Wood River and Alton Transit Stations. He has been married for 25 years and has two daughters.
Steven A. Teipe, '93 BS- Construction, Highland, IL, is a project manager for Clayco Construction, St. Louis, MO
Jason Toennis, '99 BS- Construction, is a Senior Conceptual Estimator at Clayco in their St. Louis office.
Chuck Voyles, '96 BS- Electrical Engineering, over the last 10 years he has designed electric system control products used on Airbus aircraft (A320, A330, & A340), the Lockheed Martin F35 Joint Strike Fighter, and the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner. He has also been involved in designing basic circuit blocks that have become the standard for re-use in all new programs. He has received two awards this year for his work on the new Boeing program and been promoted twice in the ten years that he has been employed by Hamilton Sundstrand. Last year he and his wife celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. His daughter is getting married in September, and his son is currently enrolled in a certified aircraft mechanic's program.
*Mark Wagner, '02 BS- Electrical Engineering, is a System Protection Engineer with Ameren in St. Louis, MO.
Monica Wessel, '93 BS- Industrial Engineering, Fults, IL, is a Production Manager for Human Support Services, Waterloo, IL.
Stewart Wilson, '80 BS- Civil Engineering, is a Senior Project Manager for Tarlton Corp, St. Louis, MO.
Arun Zarabi, '92 MS- Electrical Engineering, is a Product Line Marketing Director for Cortina Systems Inc., Sunnyvale, CA.

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**Indicates the alumnus is a lifetime member of the SIUE Alumni Association

School of Nursing

Prior to January 2008

Rick Acuncius, '72 BM, '73 MM, '99 EDD, Highland, IL, is the Coordinator of the Transitions to Teaching Program at McKendree College, Lebanon, IL.
Heather M. Beckert, '01 BS, Greenville, IL, is an RN-BSN at Christian Hospital Northeast, St. Louis, MO.
Stacey Ann Bender, '95 BS, Grand Rapids, MI, is a Clinical leader for the medical/renal unit, St. Mary's Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI.
Nancy Bickel, '87 BS, Palm Harbor, FL, is a Clinical Nurse Specialist at Morton Plant Mease Health Care, Clearwater, FL.
Maria Carroll, ' '87 BS, Glen Carbon, IL, is a Clinical Nurse Specialist at Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO.
A. Eileen Cunningham, '46 BS, '67 MSED, had an article published in the Fall 2007 American Holistic Nurses Association Beginnings. The issue was devoted to Hospice Month and Eileen's article was entitled "My Encounter with Hospice." The magazine is available from AHNA by calling 800-278-2462 x10 or emailing office@ahna.org.
David Hoffman, Jr., '01 BS, St. Louis, MO, is a Police Officer for St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, St. Louis, MO.
Jennifer Lea Kauffman, '95 BS, Arthur, IL, is an RN at Carle Clinic Association in the Department of Neurosciences which includes neuro-opthamology, neurology and neurosurgeons, Urbana, IL.
*Brelinda Kern, '04 MS, O'Fallon, IL, has joined McKendree College as a nursing instructor and will teach in McKendree's bachelor of science in nursing program at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky and at McKendree's BSN program at John A Logan College in Carterville, IL and Rend Lake College, Ina, IL.
Nancy Kristine Lund-Boyle, '73 BS, Covington, IN, has been elected to membership in the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International as a nurse leader through Alpha Chapter at Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
Suan Malkowski-Ruwe, '83 BS, Champaign, IL, is manager of performance improvement/education at Carle Home Health, Carle Foundation Hospital in Champaign, IL.
Julie Mungridis, '85 BS, Salinas, CA, is Assistant Head Nurse at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, Salinas, CA.
Melisa Munie, '82 BS, Collinsville, IL, is an Emergency Room RN at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, IL.
*Karen L. Reynolds, '00 MS, has been elected to a three-year term as vice president of finance for the Association of Standardized Patient Educators. She is a nurse educator for SIU School of Medicine.
Lisa M. Robbins, '87 BS, Chatham, IL, is an RN on the Cardiac Floor at St. John's Hospital, Springfield, IL.
*Kaci Shashack, '06 BS, is employed as an RN in the OB department at Anderson Hospital in Maryville, IL.
Tonya Shearer, '98 BS, O'Fallon, IL, is a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner for Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO.
Sandra Steppig, '75 BS, Millstadt, IL, is an RN at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Belleville, IL.
Peggi White, '82 BS, Ogden, IL, is a Family Nurse Practitioner at Carle Clinic Association, Urbana, IL.
Gail Willmann, '98 BS, St. Louis, MO, is a Staff Nurse in the Surgical-Burn-Trauma ICU at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO.
**Stella Wischmeyer, '86 BS- Nursing, Easton, PA, recently completed her MSN with a 4.0 GPA and is the secretary of her chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International. She is also teaching full-time as a nurse educator in PA and NJ.
Mary Elizabeth Wuellner-Turvey, '73 BS, Alton, IL, is a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner for St. Louis County Department of Health, John C Murphy Center, Berkeley, Mo.

* Indicates that the alumnus is a member of the SIUE Alumni Association.

** Indicates that the alumnus is a lifetime member of the SIUE Alumni Association.