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James Madison University - Madison Magazine - Summer 2008 - Index

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and public relations for education
after “two years of fun and sun
on the island of Guam.” Sabato
describes Rhode Island as a beautiful
state with both rural charm and
metropolitan culture and cuisine.
Susan E. Blauch (’92M)
92 will serve as the only American
women’s basketball referee
for the 2008 Summer olympics in
Beijing, China. She has worked as a
ref for women’s amateur, college and
professional basketball games for
more than 15 years.
15th Reunion Year
93 Ian W. Record is curriculum
development manager for
the University of Arizona’s Native
Nations Institute for Leadership,
Management and Policy. His first
book, Big Sycamore Stands Alone:
Western Apaches, Aravaipa and the
Struggle for Place, is slated for release
by the University of oklahoma Press
in fall 2008. Record and his wife,
Wendy Cevallos, live in Tucson with
their son, Lucan Mateo. ✱ After
nearly eight years with global law
firm Clifford Chance, most recently
as global head of business development
for its 680-attorney litigation
and dispute resolution practice,
Alison K. Swenton has relocated
to Bahrain, where she will serve as
the head of business development-
Middle East and North Africa for
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, a
global law firm.
Tia Brown McNair
94 earned an Ed.D. in higher
education administration from
George Washington University on
May 18 in Washington, D.C.
Torrey W. Creed earned a
95 Ph.D. in clinical psychology
and is a research project coordinator
for the Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia. She and her 8-year-old
son, Jeremy, live in Havertown Pa.
Since graduation Shelton
96 Bumgarner has worked
for several Virginia newspapers. ✱
Stephen A. Geyer earned his Ed.D.
from the University of Virginia last
May. He and his wife live in Berryville,
Va., with their two children.
✱ Arbitron recognized Sean T.
Harrington with the New Business
Account Manager of the Year Award
at its annual winter sales meeting in
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January. He is an account manager
for the company’s Advertiser-
Agency Services division, and he
develops media analysis, research
software and data solutions for the
advertising industry in eight states
in the southeast. He lives in Denver.
Jonathan Graham accepted
97 the position of user experience
project manager at Comsys
located in Glen Allen. He was previously
employed at How Stuff Works
as a senior project manager. ✱ Last
fall, Eric Parker was named ohio
State University assistant baseball
coach. A former member of the
Boston Red Sox organization, Parker
has been a volunteer assistant for the
Buckeyes the last three years. A kinesiology
major, Parker has a considerable
amount of baseball coaching
experience, including one summer
as pitching coach for the Luray
Wranglers of the Virginia Valley
League. A pitcher, Parker played his
freshman and sophomore collegiate
baseball seasons at the University
of Virginia before transferring to
JMU, where he played during the
1996-97 seasons. While in college,
Parker played three summers in the
Shenandoah Valley Collegiate Baseball
League, spending the 1993 and
1996 seasons with the Harrisonburg
Turks and the 1994 season with the
Staunton Braves. In 1995, Parker
played for the Yarmouth-Dennis
Red Sox in the renowned Cape Cod
Collegiate Baseball League. Parker
was signed as an undrafted freeagent
by the Red Sox and played the
1997 season with the Lowell Spinners
Baseball Club in Lowell, Mass.
Parker and his wife, Leann, an
associate athletics communication
director at ohio State, live in Lewis
Center, ohio. The couple has one
son, Devin Edgar.
NBC Universal hired
99 Nicole M. Gruenebaum
as a director for national accounts
for the TV Network Distribution
Group. Previously she worked for
four years at oxygen Media. Gruenebaum
serves on the national
Eric Parker (‘97) has been
named Ohio State University
assistant baseball coach.
board of Women in Cable Telecommunications
and has been honored
as a 2008 WITC emerging leader.
Jessica Chase has been
00 named program manager
and director of downtown parking
services for Harrisonburg Downtown
Renaissance. The Massachusetts
native’s career includes historic
preservation, marketing, publishing
and sales. Chase also will have a role
in Harrisonburg’s streetscape implementation
process, part of the city’s
Virginia Main Street community
program, which combines historic
preservation with economic development
to restore prosperity and vitality
to the downtown business district.
Christine Kaulfers met her
01 fiancé, Jason Vonderhaar
of Cincinnati, while earning their
M.B.A. degrees at London Business
School. They live in London and will
marry Jan. 2, 2009, in Ramsey, N.J.
David Page earned an M.B.A.
02 in e-business at Regent University
and graduated in December.
5th Reunion Year
03 After serving four years on
active duty in the U.S. Air Force,
Jeffrey Cretz joined the Air Force
Reserves. He was promoted to the
rank of captain in october and
completed a master’s in aeronautical
science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University in February. He
is stationed at Pope Air Force Base
in North Carolina. ✱ Jason Dovel
completed the Doctor of Musical
Arts degree in trumpet performance
at the University of North Texas in
December. He is an assistant professor
of trumpet at Northeastern State
University in Tahlequah, okla. ✱
Jennifer Starkey is a member of
the U.S. National Women’s Rugby
Team, the Eagles sevens team,
which won the World Championship
in Hong Kong
last spring before a
crowd of 30,000.
The Northern
Virginia native and
integrated science
and technology
Jennifer
major works as an
Starkey (’03)
IT consultant/systems
engineer with IBM.
Amy Burkert completed
04 more than two years of
Peace Corps service and returned
home to Alexandria. She lived and
worked in Santa Cruz, Costa Rica,
as a child, youth and family development
volunteer. Burkert worked
as a preschool teacher, designed
after-school programs and spent
time with orphaned children. She
also taught English classes. Burkert
was a graphic design major and
prior to joining the Peace Corps, she
worked as a sales associate at The
Bombay Co. ✱ Kimberly Moody
accepted the position of designer/
project manager at Charlottesville’s
Classic Kitchens of Virginia.
Moody designs luxury kitchens and
baths and oversees projects from
conception to completion. She
owns a wedding and event planning
company, Texture Design Studio
in Staunton. ✱ Thomas Hillhouse
accepted the position of director
of technology at Digitas Health
located in Philadelphia. He was previously
employed at National Constitution
Center as Web services
and marketing manager. At Digitas
Health, Hillhouse is responsible for
production and delivery of projects
for clients in the pharmaceutical
and health care industries. ✱ John
Trice was named assistant men’s
soccer coach at High Point University.
Trice was captain of the JMU
men’s soccer team, a four-year letter
winner and a member of the 2001
Colonial Athletic Association JMU