Department of Health & Community Services

 

 

Alumni News

 

Any alumni news?  If you know the whereabouts of any HCSV graduate or if you are an HCSV graduate and would like to let your friends know where you are, please drop us a note now.


2008

Anina McKenna (HE) is a Home Economics teacher at Pleasant Valley High School in Chico. (9/08)

Isha Nagi (HSA) if a Financial Analyst at Sutter Davis Hospital in Davis, CA. (11/08)

Sheila Zapanta (HSA) is a Provider Network Coordinator at Health Net in Sacramento. (7-08)

 


2007

Erin Arellanes is supporting the nurse recruitment program manager and the recruitment specialist for Sutter Health in Sacramento. (5-07)

Susan Bachlor is an administrator at Jarvis Gardens Senior Housing in Chico. (8/07)

Danielle Casal Martini has been accepted into the MSW Program at CSU, Sacramento. (5/08)

Noelle Concepcion is a Medical Staff Office Analyst for Enloe Medical Center in Chico. (8/07)

Ashley Erwin is a Senior Financial Analyst for Saddleback Memorial Medical Center and lives in Mission Viejo. (9/08)

Roxana Haro is employed as a Hispanic Health Educator for Tri-City Health Center (TCHC) in the East Bay. (9/08)

Sarah Hester is the Volunteer Coordinator for the National Multiple Scerolsis Society for Northern California and lives in San Rafael. (8/07)

Christina McClenahan is a Regional Account Manager for AIM Health Care and lives in Redding. (12-07)

Lizzette Perez (HSA) is the Pharmacy Marketing coordinator for the Kaiser Health Plan in the East Bay Area. (3-08)

Terri Green Petersen (HE) is the owner of an on-line store, Sacred Kitsch Studio, at www.sacredkitschstudio.com and lives in Chico.  (5-08)

 


2006

Alisha Eller (HE) is a teacher at Pleasant Valley High School in Chico. (9/07)

Ellen Moua Hamilton (HE) is a teacher at Pleasant Valley High School in Chico. (9/07)

Holly Mar (HE) is employed by the American Heart Association in Eugene, Oregon. (11/07)

Laura (Dumanowski) Millar (HE) is in her final year of the MPH program at San Francisco State University.  (9/08)

Singer, Kimberly (HE) is a Health Coach at American Specialty Health in San Diego. (10/08)

Brenda Vidrio (HE) is a Wellness Consultant at American Specialty Health in San Diego.  She is working on her MBA (1/08)   http://www.ashcompanies.com/

Michelle Viola (HE) is employed by the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) in a 2-year position doing research on aggressive alcoholics. She lives on the east coast. (1/07)

Julianne Vose (HSA) was accepted into the Summer 2009 Accelerated Second Bachelor of Science in the Nursing Program at Samuel Merritt University in San Mateo. (4/09)


2005

Jennifer Giordano (HE) is a sales rep in pharmaceutical and medical supply sales for ChemSearch and is moving to Ventura County. (4-07)

Erin Leitsch (HSA) is the Internal Audit Coordinator of Clinic Operations of Ocean Dental Corporate in Oklahoma. (9-08)

Michele McGivern is Coordinator for Services/Contract Manager for the Peg Taylor Center and is responsible for both the Chico and Oroville centers. (7/05)

Kristin Jones Salter did an internship with Save the Children in La Paz, Bolivia. She is now working in the Orem clinic of Planned Parenthood. (9/05)

Amber (Stephens) Wing works for United Healthcare and lives in Chico. (9/07)


2004

Emily (Sweeney) Hoshida (HSA) is a Training Coordinator for Center for Elders Independence in Oakland. (2/08)

Sarah Kelly (HSA) worked at Enloe Medical Center for 2 1/2 years as Business Development Analyst and is now a Project Manager, Business Development at the Sutter Regional Medical Foundation based in Fairfield. She lives in the Bay Area. (3-07)

Erika Lansdon (HE) graduated in May 2006 with her MPH in the Division of Health Promotion at the San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health. She was a member of the GSPH Student Council and a SDSU Graduate Division student liaison.  (3/06)

Amy Travis (HE) is a Public Health Educator/Pandemic Flu Coordinator at the Tehama County Health Services Agency. (4/07)

Shing Moua Vang (HSA) is a Retirement Counselor for Carlton Senior Living in Sacramento. (11/07)

Martine Wolcott is working at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the administrative office of Campus Care, the university's student insurance program.  She will be pursuing her MPH at UIC and lives in Chicago, Illinois. (8/07)


2003

Jenny Bailey (HE) received her Master's in Public Health at Florida International University in Miami August 2005.  She is employed with the California Department of Public Health, Immunization Branch, Education and Information Section as a Health Education Consultant II in Richmond, CA.  She also works part-time as a health education instructor for Kaiser Permanente.  (11/08)

Mandy Edwards (HSA) is a sales rep for orthopedic replacement parts for Boracchia and Associates. (10/03)

Stacey (Ostendorf) Galbraith (HSA) in working for the Department of Defense at Travis AFB, California. (2/07)

Irene Jimenez (HE) is working at Berry Creek Rancheria as an Education Coordinator.  (6/05)

Tanja Kamm (HE) is an Environmental Health Specialist for Southern Nevada Health District in Las Vegas. She will be receiving her Master's in Public Health in 2008. (10-07)

Angela Kelly (HE) is working as an insurance agent for State Farm in Chico. (12/03)

Kristina Proper (HSA) is an administrative assistant to the Chief of Urology, at San Francisco General Hospital. (10/03)


2002

Tasha Benjamin (HE) is a Social Service Coordinator for an Orinda low-income senior facility. (8/02)

Amy (McCormack) Castelluccio (HSA) is an Education Coordinator/EMT for First Responder EMS. She and husband, Brian, have 3 boys.(6/08)

April Chambers (HSA) is employed in Southern California working as a client manager for a major medical billing company. (8/02)

Christina Ann Chambers (HSA) is employed in Client Services, Ernst, Artmann & Associates, and lives in Laguna Beach. (9/03)

Sayward (Komada) Daley (HE) is a Case Manager for 1736 Family Crisis Center in Redondo Beach. (10/03)

Claudia Duarte-Rodriguez (HE) is a Clinical Health Educator for Kaiser Permanente in Walnut Creek, CA.  (2/04)

Amanda Forrest (HE) is working at the Blood Bank of the Redwoods.  She is charge of all high schools and colleges in her three county area. (8/03)

Jennifer Frey (HE) is enrolled in CLAD classes at Sacramento State University at night.  During the day, she is substitute teaching K-12 severely handicapped children for San Juan Unified School District. (3/02)

Carly Kuersten (HE) is a Domestic Violence Health Educator for Feather River Tribal Health in Oroville. (10/03)

Jennifer Lloyd (HSA) is Team Coordinator in Patient Accounting for Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, and lives in Carlsbad. (9/03)

Amy  McDonald (HE) is working for Forest Pharm in California. (4/05)

Christina Phillips-Guzman graduated from San Diego State University in Spring 2006 with MPH in Health Education. She works at CSU Stanislaus as the Health Promotion Coordinator . (7/07)

Ellen Roberts is a Social Services Aide in the Adult Services Department for Butte County. (9/03)

Dan Steed is in the MPA Program at the University of Arizona at Tucson. (8/02)

Keri Witzansky is in the nursing program in Columbia, South Carolina. (3/04)


2001

Marie C. Aylworth (HE) has one son and is a full-time mom. (10/03)

Rochelle (Roster) Baumgartner (HSA) is the owner of Strategic Property Investors in Lodi, CA. She is mother of triplet girls and their older sister.

Brandy Burke Miller (HE) is a Public Health Education Specialist with Butte County Public Health.  She has worked with the tobacco program, OPT For Fit Kids and Disease Investigator with the Communicable Disease Division of Public Health. She was married in February of 2005. (8/05)

Megan Carter (HE) is attending San Diego State University. (7/01)

Kimberly Compton employed in Chico at the California Health Collaborative in the Northern California Breast and Cervical Cancer Partnership doing outreach and education to 16 counties from Sonoma to the Oregon border.  (6/03)

David Danielson (HE) received his teaching credential and is a teacher at Elk Grove Unified School District. (10/03)

Nicole DiMercurio (HE) is attending the Physician Assistant Program at Samuel Merritt College. (10/03)

Devon Dye has entered the nursing program. (6/03)

Theresa Fagouri (HE) is employed by CSU, Chico at the Campus Alcohol & Drug Education Center. (10/06)

Glenn Graves (HE) is in the teaching credential program at CSUC. (10/03)

Jesse Grimm received a teaching credential at Chapman University and is a Special Education Teacher at Santa Maria High School.  (8/04)

Corinne Jackson (HSA) is the Director of Diagnostic Imaging at Marin General Hospital. (9/06)

Jessica Jackson (HE) is working for Americorps in Bend, Oregon, case managing low income families for COCAAN.  She will also be coordinating the volunteer program and after school program.  (9/02)

Janis (Smith) Jansen (HE) is a Prevention Services Coordinator for the Colusa County Office of Education and plans on enrolling in the credential program.  She is married. (8/02)

Gro Borghild Jennings (HSA) is enrolled in the RN Program at Glendale Community College, Arizona. (9/03)

Katherine Judd (HE) is working with Older Adults at Aging & Independence Services in the Health Promotions Program in San Diego. (9/03)

Shelley Littlefield (HSA) is a full-time mother of two children in Chico. (9/03)

Kelly Reynier Logsdon (HE) is working for the Stanislaus County Health Services Agency in the Department of Health Promotion. (4/06)

Karen Roemer (HSA) is the Associate Director at Carlton Plaza of Sacramento, a senior retirement community. (9/06)

Sabrina Santos (HE) is a Health Educator for Shasta County Public Health. (6/02)

Kelli Sarti (HSA) is employed by the American Lung Association of California Superior Branch. (9/01)

Andrea Slater (HE) is an Assistant Program Director for the City of Rocklin Parks & Recreation. (10/03)

Jennifer Leser Thomas (HSA) is the Regional Account Manager for Aim Healthcare Services, Nashville, TN, and is living in Chico. (9/03)

Melanie Tomco (HE) is an Assistant Property Manager for a residential community in downtown Portland, OR. (2/04)

 


2000

Lorna Andreatta (HE) is a Health Education Specialist II for Butte County Public Health. (10/03)

Joanna Atkins (HE) received her EMT and is a Case Manager for Taft Correctional Institute in Taft, California. (10/03)

Jennifer Baumann (HSA) is Field Support Representative for RS Medical (Interferential/Neuromuscular Stimulator Provider) in Southern California. She plans on returning to school to pursue a bachelors in Nursing. (7/02)

Jessica L. Belcher (HE) received her teaching credential at CSUC. She is currently Chapter Solutions Manager, Northern California, Pacific Service Area for the American Red Cross and lives in Sacramento.  (2/07))

Nanette Blanco (HSA) is attending CSU, Bakersfield and will receive her teaching credential in December 2002.  She will start working on her masters in education during the fall of 2003. (6/02)

Debra Clough (HSA) is Research Compliance Specialist for Fairview Health Systems in Minnesota. (12/00)

Mark Devenere (HE) is teaching Respiratory Therapy at California College for Health Sciences in San Diego.  (2/03)

Jodi de Boom Drysdale (HE) was married in June 2005. She recently left Butte County Behavioral health after 6 years to be a consultant for Arbonne International. (11/05) 

Michelle Duckworth (HE) is a Health Educator for Glenn County Health Services. (8/02)

Devon Dye (HE) has entered the nursing program. (9/03)

Renee Friemoth (HSA) is the Office Manager of ARC of Butte County. (3/01)

James Gamez (HE) is a Health Education Specialist II for Butte County Public Health. (10/03)

Theresa Greer (HE) is working for Tehama County as a Health Educator. (3/04)

Diana Haines (HSA) received her Nursing Home Administrators License in 2004 and is employed with Mariner Health Care as an administrator at Creekside Health Care Center in San Pablo, CA. (12/04)

Todd Jacks (HSA) is Chief Operating Officer  for Sierra Valley Medical Group and Management Services Organization in Chico.  (6/01)

Gro Jennings (HSA) is Activities Coordinator at Beatitudes Campus of Care in Glendale, AZ. (12/00)

Janis (Smith) Jansen is the Prevention Services Coordinator for the Colusa County Office of Education. She is married and has two girls. (7/05)

Elaine Lucero (HE) has been employed by the America Lung Association of California for 2 1/2 years in Oroville, CA. (9/03)

Christina Machado (HE) is Coordinator of Youth Services position at The Center in San Diego County. (3/01)

Marty Mares (HE) is working as the Healthy Start Coordinator at Palermo Union School District in Oroville. (10/03)

Joleen McDonald (HE) is pursuing her MBA degree at National University.  She is the Education Director of Huntington Learning Center in Citrus Heights, CA. (9/03)

Julie Milam (HSA) is a representative for Pfizer in Pasadena. (3/01)

Kara Miller (HE) is a Health Educator for Placer County Health & Human Services. (10/03)

Dolores Munoz (HE) is a health educator in Los Angeles (8/00)

Heidi Nay-Holmes (HSA) and husband moved to Roseville.  She is a "stay at home housewife" and expecting their fist child in September 2004.

Katherine Nichols (HE) is a Social Worker for Northern Valley Catholic Social Service in Chico. (9/03)

Karen (Ostrowski) Baraz (HSA) is a Business Analyst for Blue Shield of California. (9/05)

Ellen Roberts is a Social Services Aide in Adult Services for Butte County.  (6/03)

Jessica Scott (HE) received her teaching credential and is a teacher of pregnant and parenting students in a self-contained classroom at San Bernardino City Unified School District. (10/03)

Elizabeth Seffens (HSA) is Health Care Data Analyst for Hill Physicians Medical Group in San Ramon. (9/03)

Shannon (Shamblin) Sharp is an English Teacher at McKenney Middle School in Marysville, CA. (10/03)

Carrie Stillwell  (HE) is a Rape Prevention Educator at Rape Crisis in Chico which serves Butte, Glenn, and Tehama Counties. (10/00)


1999

Glenna Akers (HE) is entering the MSW Program for Fall 2003.  She is currently a Social Worker for Passages Adult Resource Center in Chico. (10/03)

Jennifer (McMillen) Anderson (HE) received her health teaching credential and is currently teaching at Santa Teresa High School. (5/04)

Kassia Atnip (HE/HSA) is attending nursing school in Queens College, is an office manager for 6 doctors in a dermatology office and lives in Charlotte, NC. (1/02)

Natasha Bagshaw (HE) is working at Dean Ornish's Preventive Medicare Research Institute in Sausalito. (4/00)

Nick Bauer (HE) is working at the Butte County Dept of Public Health as a Health Education Specialist with the tobacco education project. (6/00)

Lori Bridger (HSA) is Professional Relations Consultant for TLC - Laser Eye Centers in LaJolla. (9/03)

Renee Brown (HSA/AH) is an oncology nurse at Enloe Medical Center in Chico. (9/99)

Johanna Burger (HE) is a science and health teacher at a private school in New York City. In the Spring of 2006, she will receive a Masters Degree in Biology and Teaching from New York University. She married in July of 2005. (7/05)

Liliana Lezama Bynes (HE) is an Academic Counselor for the College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences at UC, Davis. (10/06)

Rebecca M. Coursey (HE) is a Professional Representative for the U.S. Human Health, Cardiovascular Division of Merck & Co., Inc. in Costa Mesa (1/00)

Heather (Hutchings) Crawford (HE) is the bookkeeper for HTL Fire Protection Contractors, Inc. and is a wife and mother of one son.  They live in the Tulare. (8/08)

Robert Daniel (HE) received his teaching credential and masters in Public Health.  He is a Healthful Living Teacher at Quartz Hill High School.  (10/03)

Jennifer DeBattista (HSA) is Contract/Compliance Coordinator at North State Radiology in Chico. (1/00)

Gurjeet (Dosanjh) Brar (HSA) is a bioprocess technician in the protein purifications department at Genentech in Vacaville. She was married this summer and lives in Vallejo (12/99).

Candice Durie (HE) is a teacher at Oroville Elementary School District. (10/03)

Sara Espeland (HE) is a Consultant for the Labor and Commerce Department in Grangeville, Idaho. she helps people in the community find and maintain employment. (2/07)

Cheryl Evans (HE) is a Regional HR Specialist for EMQ Children & Family Services. (12/01)

Alisen James (HE) is Subawards Program Coordinator for the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine.  She lives in Arlington, VA. (5/04)

Jeanne Kirke (HSA) is working on a Masters in Sociology at California State University, Humboldt. (8/99)

Ingrid (Erickson) Larsen (HE) is a stay-at-home mom and is planning to return to school for a MA in Counseling with a PPS Credential. (1/05)

Kelly Maddox (Slutts) (HSA) is Chief of the LIA Contract Operations Unit for the State of California, Department of Public Health.  She is married with one child and lives in Sacramento. (6/08)

Rachael (Moeller) Noble (HE, GER) is the Sales and Marketing Coordinator for a real estate based retirement community in San Diego. (12/04)

Tamy (Knox) Quigley (HSA) is an Associate Transportation Planner for Caltrans in the Redding area. She gave birth to Gavin on 2-27-01 and a daughter on 12-23-03.  (10/05)

Summer (McBee) Robbins is Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist for AstraZeneca in Orange County (9/03)

Marla O'Brien (HSA) is Practice Manager at Stabel Eye Clinic in Chico.  (8/02)

Genevieve Pontillas Nguyen (HSA) is a Senior Quality Analyst at Kaiser in Hayward.  She was married in September 2000. (2/04)

James Roninger (HE) is a Right of Way Agent for Caltrans in Oakland. (10/03)

Zuheit Salas (HE) is a Registered Nurse in Pediatric Intensive Care at UC, Davis Medical Center. (8/02)

Carrie Salenko (HE) was accepted into the Graduate School of Public Health at San Diego State University. (4/01)

Amy Stump (HE) received her BSN at CSUC and is a RN Nurse Manager of the 4th Floor at Enloe Medical Center. (2/07))

Ginger Webb (HSA) is an Accounts Manager for Maxim Healthcare Services, a home healthcare agency and health staffing service in Southern California. (11/00)

Amanda J. Wyatt-Retallack (HE) received her teaching credential at CSUC and is a science/health teacher at Western Placer Unified School District. (10/03)

Rebecca Zweighaft (HE) received her LVN degree and is working at a convalescent hospital in Montrose. (2/04)


1998

Megan (Maher) Belcastro (HE) received her single subject teaching credential and is teaching science & math at Evergreen Middle School in Cottonwood. (10/03)

Kelli Bourne (HE) received her Multiple Subject Credential at CSU, Long Beach, and is a Health Educator for Shelter For The Homeless in Midway City, CA.  (10/03)

Amber Chase (HE) received a BS in Nursing and is an RN at Enloe Medical Center in Chico. (10/03)

Kelley Cope-Hoag (HE) lives in Livermore, CA. (12/08)

Denise Crawford (HSA) is the Implementation Project Manager for Uniprise, A UnitedHealth Group Company, in Chico, CA.  (3/07)

Melissa (Zancanella) Dunn (HSA) is a Client Services Specialist for United Healthcare in Chico (2/07)

Marianne Fanning-DeBenedictis (HSA) is Director of Contracting with US Physical Therapy in Houston, Texas.  She is the mother of 3 sons and is married to fellow CSUC almunus, Anthony DeBenedictis.   (1/08)

Christina Dunlap (HE) completed her Gerontology Certificate at UNR and is a Senior Social Worker for Shasta County Adult Services-Adult Protective Services in Burney. (9/03)

Corrine (Enmeier) LaFollette (HSA) is student teaching and living in Chico (9/03)

John Guerra (HSA) is a Quality Assurance Tester for MedNet Systems, Inc. in Pleasonton which develops billing software for hospitals and other providers. (7/98)

Brett Heyfron (HSA) is a Recruiter for Sun Microsystems in Menlo Park. (1/01)

Todd Horowitz (HE) is a rep for a first aid supply company in Sacramento.  (4/01)

Amanda (Humphreys) Montgomery (HE) is an F.P.S.P.-Mentor Coordinator in the Community Services Division of the Butte County Department of Behavioral Health. (3/99)

Janice Idler (HSA) is a Geriatric Care Manager with the Geriatric Care Management, Advocacy and Consultation in Grass Valley. (2/04)

Jessica M. Isaac (HE) received her ADN Associates in Nursing and is employed as an RN at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.

Kari Kaney (HE) teaches high school health for Alisal High School, Health and Human Services Academy in Salinas, CA. (2/03)

Renee Lange-Devine (HSA) is an Account Manager for Vision Service Plan in Rancho Cordova. She married fellow Chico graduate Chris Devine in October 1998. (9/03)

Tonya Marzullo (HSA) is Office Manager for Drs. Myers and Spanfelner in Chico (7/98)

Lisa (Flohr) Matulonis (HE) is a Health Education Associate at Sacramento County D.H.H.S. (9/03)

Matt Mendes (HE) is teaching health and physical science at a high-school in Watsonville, CA (10/99)

Rene Coombs Miles (HSA) is a Business Development Representative for Interim Healthcare in Sacramento. (8/05)

Gisela (Encinas) Newton (HSA) is Account Executive for Pharmachem Labs and lives in Costa Mesa. (8/05)

Sandy O'Shaughnessy (HSA) is a Process Analyst for Landacorp in Chico. (7/98)

Rhonda Rhymes (Maxson) (HSA) is a Contract Analyst for United Healthcare in Chico. She married in 2001 and lives in Paradise. (2/04)

Alena Ritch (HE) received her MA in Holistic Health Education at JFKU. She is a Health Educator/Diabetes Coordinator for Ross Valley Pharmacy & Wellness Center in Larkspur, and a HIV Testing & Counseling Coordinator for Berkeley High School Health Center. (10/03)

Erika (Tomlinson) Rogers (HSA) is a Client Service Manager for United Health Group in Chico. (9/03)

Terree Rola (HSA) is a Contract Analyst for United Healthcare in Chico. (11/98)

Heather (Stellmacher) Shepard (HSA) is Administrative Assistant for Nursing Programs for American Mobile in San Diego. She was married in 1999. (6/99)

Dan Steed (HE) has returned from a stint in the Peace Corps in Turkmenistan. He is waiting to hear from the University of Arizona on his acceptance to graduate school. (2002)

Ammie Stobaugh (HE) is working for the California Department of Health Services' Occupational Health Branch as a research assistant. She and her husband, Trevor Calvert (CSUC English 2000 grad), live in Oakland.  (2/05)

Sara Summersett (HSA) is the Director of Maximus. (2/09)

Heather Troska (HE) is Territory Manager for the Dairy Council of California. (10/03)

Michelle Van den Bosch (HE) is a Health Education Specialist for the Butte County Department of Behavioral Health, Prevention Division. She is also a seasonal Youth Coordinator for Norwegian Cruise Lines. (1/99)

Long Vue (HE/AH) is in medical school in Tempe, Arizona.  (7/02)

Dava (Dodson) Waggoner (HE) received a MA in education and is a math teacher for Roseville City School District. (10/03)

Kasey Waite (HE) is a Social Insurance Specialist (Disability) for the federal government. (2/04)

Deborah Sauer Waller (HE) received her RN at CSUC.  She is an Operating Room Nurse at Kaiser Permanente. She is married and had a daughter in January 2007. (4/07)

Karina (Horn) Wsick received her MA in Public Administration at CSUC and is Client Service Specilist for United Healthcare in Chico. (10/03)

Tonya (Marzullo) Zirelli (HE) is working for Sun Microsystems in Santa Clara. She is a program manager in software development on Java products. (2/05)


1997

Shannon C. Bruce (HE) received her teaching credential and is teaching at Sweetwater School District. (10/03)

Holly (Clements) Nevarez (HE) earned her MPH from Benedictine University in Illinois and her PhD from Oregon State University and is a Professor at CSU, Chico, and is married to another HE graduate, Rafael Nevarez. They have 3 children. (2/07)

Alan Cox (HSA) is an Account Manager for Staffing Resources Group, a clerical and medical staffing service in Denver. (4/00)

Alicia Dimmitt (HSA) is Assistant Medical Staff Coordinator at Enloe Hospital. Alicia had a baby in December 1997. (10/97)

Julie (Sitton) Duwe (HE) received her MA in Educational Administration at Fresno State and is a teacher at Clovis Unified School District. (10/03)

Ted English (HE) is a health education specialist at the Glenn Co. Health Services. (4/00)

Cary Farley (HE) received his teaching credential from CSU, Sacramento, and is a high school teacher at Sacramento City Unified School District. (9/03)

Brian Frost (HSA) is the Director of Business Planning & Development at UCSF Children's Hospital in San Francisco. (1/08).

Jodi Grossen (HSA) has started the radiology program at Cabrillo College and is employed as Sales Coordinator at Pro Act in Monterey.

Demetra Hansen (HE) is a health education with the Hill Physicians Medical Group.  She and her husband, Brian Hufford (another Chico alum) live in  Pleasant Hill.  (7/01)

Michelle Heston (HSA) is a Social Worker with Butte Home Health and Hospice in Chico. She is serving on the Board of Directors for the North Valley Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. (11/99)

Felipe Jara (HE) is working for FMT consulting in Oceanside, CA. (8/05)

Angelique Kershaw is a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa. (4/00)

Dave Monaghan (HSA) is the Executive Director for Imaging Management Professionals and lives in Stanbury Park, Utah. (6/08)

Rafael  Nevarez (HE) is an RN at Medical Center in Chico.  He married another HE graduate, Holly Clements Nevarez (Professor at CSU, Chico) and they have 3 children. (2-07)

Kris Nixon Gallaty (HSA) received her MBA from CSUC in 2002.  She is a PSC Project Manager for Electronic Data Systems and lives in Chico. (10/03)

Wendy Oji (HE) is teaching "Teen Talk" (a pregnancy prevention program) to middle and high school students in San Mateo County. She is married. (6/02)

Kirsten (Driesbock) Parker  (HSA) is a pharmaceutical representative in British Columbia. (1/07)

Gary Parsons (HE) works for American Medical Response in Palm Springs and is applying to paramedic school. (4/99)

Julie Reiner Sather (HSA) has returned to school pursuing a certificate in graphic arts. (4/09)

Lisa (Johns) Renner (HE) is a Sterile Processing Tech for Kaiser Permanente.  She is married to Chico grad, Boyd Renner, and live in Pleasant Hill. She would like to become a radiology tech .(7/05)

Jovi Sanchez (HE) is in the graduate program at the University of Michigan Social Work Department. (9/98)

Carrie Schumer (HE) is an Account Executive/Corporate Recruiter for the Culver Group, a sales and sales management placement service in Pleasanton. (11/98)

Erika (Tomlinson) Rogers (HSA) is a Client Services Specialist for United Healthcare in Chico (9/00)

Gina Terrazas (HE) is fulfilling prerequisites at Humboldt State to apply for Physical Therapy School. (11/03)

Long Vue is attending medical school in Tempe, Arizona.  (9/02)

Shannon Williams (HSA) is Administrative Assistant to the Critical Care Transport Director for American Medical Response in San Jose.


1996

Erika Ables-Kiernan (HE/HSA) is a business owner of American Custom Window Designs and co-partner and owner for American Custom Contractors. Erika is a mother of two and resides in Mountain House, California. (12/03)

Jeanine Borland (HE) was a Peace Corps volunteer in the Central Asian country of Turkmenistan. She is now working in the San Francisco Bay Area and plans to attend Chiropractic School in Fall 2005.  (10/04)

Kristin Demmer (HE) has been working at Planned Parenthood in Chico since August, 1997. She is a health worker who does abortion counseling, front office, medical assisting, and family planning on a full-time basis. (4/99)

Kathleen Ensley (HE) has finished academic work at for her Master's in Public Health and CSU, Long Beach. (6/01)

Lisa Gay (HE) is teaching PE/Health, Career Development, and Algebra (grades 6/7/8) at a middle school in Santa Rosa.  She is a student at the Empire School of Law. (5/00)

Diana (Kondler) Kawamoto (HSA) is a Pharmaceutical Sales Representative for Novartis in Aptos.  She is applying to grad school and is studying for a real estate license. (6/02)

Laura Koscki (School Health) works for Consolidated Freight and lives in Chico. (4/99)

Candy Lakovich (HE) is in nursing school. (8/97)

Ruth Ann (Llanes) Herrenschmidt (HSA) is a Senior Analyst for First Health in West Sacramento. (10/99)

Kathleen Lynch (HE) is a teacher at Independence High School in San Jose. (4/99)

Carol McGuigan (AH) is a medical underwriter for Blue Cross in Folsom. (9/97)

David Monaghan (HSA) is an Consultant for Medical Specialties Managers, Inc. in Orange. (1/00)

Lynn O'Conner (HE) is a health educator at the American Lung Association in Monterey. (2/98)

Kelly (Fewell) Oetting (HE) finished the Peace Corps in the Gambia in 1998, and returned to school for her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (2002).  She is currently working at Providence St. Vincent's and lives in Portland, Oregon. (4/07)

Lisa Porcello (HE) is the Associate Vice President for Atlantic Trust and lives in Parker, Colorado. (6/08)

Tracy Protzel (HE) is Community Education Coordinator with the Health and Wellness Dept. at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City, CA. (12/99).

Cathy Rasmusson (HE) is employed as a wellness coordinator by the American Heart Association in Sacramento. (4/00)

Amy Schutter (HE) is a Public Health Educator, Tehama County Health Agency, Public Health Division. She serves as Project Coordinator for the Tehama County Health Partnership. (6/98)

Kristen Shellenberg (HE) received her MPH in June and is now in the DrPH program at Johns Hopkins University in the Department of Population and Family Health Sciences and focusing on Women's Reproductive and Sexual Health. (4/06)

Ronda Sousa (HE) has been accepted to the School of Social Work at Boston University.  (4/00)

Jeremy Steulpnagel (HE) graduated from the Cypress College of Mortuary Science, and is currently working on his Masters in Biology.  He plans on moving to Guadalajara, Mexico, where he has been accepted into Medical School.  (11/03).

Megan Wells (HSA) is a provider relations representative for Eye Health Network in Denver.

Chauntelle Zschokke (HE) is in pharmaceutical sales with a privately held dermotological company called Healthpoint Pharmaceutical and lives in the Bay Area. (3/99)


1995

Marcel (Bangle) Horowitz (HE) has a Masters in Wellness Education and is a Certified Health Education Specialist. She is a Youth Development Advisor for the University of California and is a fellow of the University of Southern California Health Leadership Program. (12/08)

Andrea Biagi (AH) is living in Napa and working as an operations manager. She is planning to go to graduate school soon. (4/99)

Cary Carpenter (HSA) is Provider Compliance Coordinator for Foundation Health in Sacramento. (11/97)

Julie Caspersen (HE) received her Master's Degree in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) in December 1999.  She is the Program Coordinator for the EL Civics/ESL Program for Old Marshall Adult Education Center in the Sacramento City Unified School District. (8/04)

Leticia Curiel (HE) is pursuing the MPH degree from San Jose State University and is working as a Health Educator for Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara. (11/03)

Melissa Sherry Fitzwater (HE) has returned from England. She completed her masters from the University of Oklahoma in Human Relations.  (6/03)

Angela Gass (HSA) is a pharmaceutical sales representative for Organon Pharmaceuticals. She sells a line of women's healthcare products to OB/GYN's in the East Bay Area and lives in San Ramon.

Michelle Hope-Bradanini (HSA) had a baby boy, Nathan Lee, in January 2000.  (5/00)

Alyssa (Knapp) Call (HSA) is Staff Recuiter at Mercy Medical Center-Redding.  She and her husband, Don, are the parents of Michael (2 1/2 year old).  (6/01) 

Julie LaPorta (HE) is a Bereavement Coordinator for Paradise Hospice, Feather River Hospital. (8/02)

Rebecca Lourenco (HE) received her MPH at San Diego State and is currently a Program Consultant for the CDIC/Tobacco Control Section, Department of Health Services for the State of California in Sacramento. (2/04)

Karen McClure (HSA) is Legislative Specialist for the Department of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs at WellPoint Health Networks (3/98)

Tracy Peterson (HSA) is Project Coordinator for First Health (formerly HealthCare COMPARE) in West Sacramento and is pursuing an MBA at the University of the Pacific. (1/98)

Karin Pfeiffer is a manager for Enterprise Rental Car and living in Sacramento. (3/02)

Denise (Rossi) Hannah is with the Marketing Group for the outreach laboratory at John Muir Medical Center. She was married in October 1998. (7/99)

Melissa Sherry (Roda) (HSA) finished her masters from the University of Oklahoma in Human Relations. (3/02)

Whitney Winston (HSA) is an Enrollment Specialist for Blue Cross. (3/98)

Kristin Chollet Walburn (HE) is employed by the American Lung Association. (9/01)


1994

Carey Carpenter (HSA) is Compliance Representative for Western Health Advantage in Sacramento. (11/00)

Robert Connors (SH) is residing in Cape Town, South Africa, as a Producer of Travel Shows and Documentaries in the EMEA market.  (11/04)

Lisa (Graupmann) McLaughlin received her masters in Social Work in 2008 and is employed with Glenn County in Children's Services. (3/09)

Trisha (Haley) Lucero (HSA) is a Negotiator Associate with First Health in West Sacramento. She had a boy (Cameron) in 1998. (1/00)

Jennefer (Hollwedel) Forward  (HE) is Family Center Coordinator at the Parent Education Network in Chico.  She had a daughter (Kelsea) in 2000. (5/00)

Carrie Hubka (HSA) is a Research Associate for Cattaneo and Stroud, a healthcare consulting firm in Burlingame.

Angela Johnson (HSA) is Assistant Administrator at the Retirement Inn of Campbell.

Jeannette Kilbert-Johnson (HSA) received her Masters in Public Administration/Health Services Administration in December 1999 from the University of San Francisco.  She and her husband live in Elk Grove. (5/00)

Heather (Young) Martin (AH) is living in Stockton and has a 16 month old son. (4/99)

Dawn Moser is a Field Rep for the U.S. Census Bureau. (2/04)

Lisa Nation (HE) is an In-Flight Services/Flight Attendant for Continental Airlines and lives in Santa Maria. (6/08)

Mark Nett (HE) is the manager of 24 hour Fitness Center in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. (10/00)

Jennifer Peaslee (HE) is office manager for a Plastic/Hand Surgeon in San Francisco and is in the process of applying for grad school. (1/00)

Janelle Rich (HE) received her MHA in 1998 from the University of Southern California. She is currently an Administrator at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. (11/02)

Megan Sheehy-Johnson (HE) finished her Masters in Public Health. She and her husband will be moving to Redding. (12/99)

Chere (Austin) Sullivan (HE) is an Early Intervention Service Coordinator at the Far Northern Regional Center.  She lives in Redding and has 3 children. (4/07)


1993

Jennifer S.N. Boone (HSA) is Operations Director of the Sierra Valley MSO in Chico.

Ines Corriea is a nurse at Enloe Hospital, Chico. (1-07)

Linda DeWees-Condrey (HSA) is Process Consultant and Project Manager for Landacorp in Chico, working with managed care organizations. She was married in Summer 1998. (10/98)

Rene Faubel (HE) is CNS and Infectious Disease Represenative for Upjohn Pharmaceuticals and is based in Richmond.

Wren (Leonard) Helbock (AH) is a registered nurse. She lives in Poway and has an 8 month old daughter. (4/99)

Kristen (Honegger) Moore (HE) is a Registered Nurse in labor and delivery at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula.  She is married with one child. (6/02)

Annette Patterson (AH) is a nurse and lives in Costa Mesa. She is considering pursuing an MBA with an emphasis in health care. (4/99)

Angelique (Hansbearry) Scicchitano graduated in 1996 from Hahnemann University/Medical School as a Physician Assistant with a National Health Service Corps scholarship. She is a physician assistant in Internal Medicine in a rural coal mining region of Pennsylvania. she lives in Sacramento, Pennsylvania (neighbors are Amish) with her husband and two children. (7/05)

Darron Treude (HE) is the Executive Director of Evergreen Health and Rehabilitation Center of Petaluma.  (1/03)

Erin Trusty (Allied) is an insurance broker & personal lines manager working for Rogers & Young Insurance Services (a brokerage in Santa Rosa, CA). She manages the personal lines dept (selling homeowners, auto, umbrella liability policies & watercraft insurance). She lives in Santa Rosa and is engaged to marry in April 2000. (9/99)


1992

Carol Cassell has retired from teaching. She is trained in reflexology and offers reflexology massage sessions on the hands, feet or ears.

Claudia de la Torre (HE) lives in Chico and is a principal for a local elementary school. (3/04)

Marcia (Hilst) Dean (HSA) is Medical Records Department Manager at Feather River Hospital in Paradise. She was married in December 1998. (1/99)

Karin Huetter (HE) completed the Master's in Holistic Health Education from John F. Kennedy University in Orinda, CA. She is also certified in Guided Imagery from the Academy for Guided Imagery. She is currently practicing guided imagery with cancer patients through an internship at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. (11/10)

Cindy Lopez (CHE) is developing a program for sexuality for adults with disabilities for Far Northern Regional Center in Chico. (10/02)

Melissa Northway (HSA) is working in marketing and product development. (11/03)

Jerry Thacker (HE) is Supervising Health Education Specialist for the Shasta County Dept. of Public Health.  (10/00)

Curt Tyler (HE) will be moving to Amman, Jordon to work with Questscope. They plan and implement social development programs among the poor in Amman. He is nearing completion of on a Master's in Health Services Administration program through Saint Joseph's College in Standish, Maine. (5/99)


1991

DeAnne Widner Blankenship (HE) is Tobacco Project Co-Director for the American Lung Association of CA, Superior Branch in Chico. She has been there since 1990. (5/00)

Tim Bonniwell (HE) is a Major for the U.S. Air Force.  He is currently the Chief Resident, finishing a residency in Oral & Maxillo Facial Surgery in the Air Force.  He lives in San Antonio, TX, with his wife and two children. (11/02)

Katherine Horton (HE) is working for a pharmaceutical company. (4/99)

Christy Jakel-Patrick- (HSA) is Director of Environmental Health and Safety for the Central California Service Area of Kaiser, based of Fresno.  She had a second girl in January 1998 and completed her MPH (with Distinction) at CSU, Fresno in Fall 1997. (5/01)

Dawn Krepela (HE) was in the technology field for 12 years and is now applying to the credential program. (2/03)

Ellen (McFarren) Nave (HSA) is an EMS Program Specialist for the San Mateo County Emergency Medical Services Agency. Ellen was married in 1996. (10/96)


1990

Aldebra Schroll (HE) graduated from University of Colorado School of Medicine, completed her residency in family medicine in 2003, returned to Chico and joined Argyll Medical Group in  with special interests in women's health and preventative health issues. (1/04)

Lynn Hauk Yates (GER) is employed by the Napa Valley Conference and Visitor Bureau.  She and her husband farm 35 acres of grapes for the family-owned Castle Rock Vineyard. (3/04)


1989

Leslie Deniz  received her MA in Organizational Management in 1995 and is now the CSU, Chico Police Chief. (6/02)

Michele Morello (HE) works in inflammation research for Amgen, a biotech company in Boulder, Colorado.  She is the mother of a two-and-half year old boy.  (7/01)


1988

David Bristow (HE) is a Family Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant-Certified (FNP, PA-C) and works at the CSUC Student Health Center.

Ron King (HE) is a Physician Assistant with Urgent Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington.  He is married with one child. (6/02)


1987

Cheryl Mann (HSA) received her MBA in Health Services Management at Golden Gate University in 1992. She owns her own company, Goals InSight, which provides Business and Life Coaching to health care professionals as well as business owners. More details can be found at www.goalsinsight.com   (10/03)

Kimberlee Mckenzie-Borden (School Health) is a science teacher in the Redding School District. She is married and has a 19 month old son. (4/99)


1986

Evan Srain is the Pacific Northwest Region Sales Manager for Del Monte Foods and living in Vancouver, WA. (12/07)


1985

Susan (Brock) Ratcliff (Community Services) is a Manager, Central Access Services for Providence Health System in Hood River, Oregon. (8/02)

Lori A. (Erbes) Wray (Community Health) is Pulmonary Rehabilitation Coordinator at Sutter Roseville Medical Center.  She is married with 2 children. (8/02)


1984

Bonnie Lee Allert (HCM) is a RN and is a nursing instructor. She lives in Lincoln with her family. (2/04)

Amy Duggan is the Executive Director of United Way of Northern New Mexico, serving Los Alamos & Rio Arriba Counties. Her agencies provide critical health & human services for underserved populations. (4/05)

Kris Klein (HCM) manages the Technical Support Department for the Network Services Division of The Medical Manager Corporation, a practice management software company.  She telecommutes from Windsor, CA.  (5/00)

Nan Simpler (Gerontology Certificate) has retired after a satisfying position with the County of Glenn as a Social Worker for the Adult Services In Home Supportive Service and Adult Protection areas. (3/07) 


1983

Tom Milner (Community Services/Criminal Justice) is a Police Lieutenant, Commander of Administrative Services, for the Newark Police Department. (6/02)

Sharon Pasicznyuk (Gerontology) is a licensed clinical social worker with Sutter Yuba Mental Health. She has also developed her own geriatric consulting and contract social services business. (4/99)


1982

Kathleen Knudson is currently employed in a 115 bed facility owned by Kindred Healthcare in Redding. (8/04)

Jeff Oxendine is Associate Dean, Public Health Practice  in the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley. 


1981

Laura Callaghan (CHE) is a 2nd grade teacher at Rio Linda Union School District in Roseville.  She is married with 2 children. (6/02)

Teresa Lee (Jackson) Stine (CHE) is a Senior Underwriter North American Mortgage Company.  She lives in Santa Rosa with her husband and three children. (5/00)


1980

Lynette Miller  Dorenzo (HE) owns several businesses in the Chico area which include Country House for senior care, Country Commons for Alzheimer's care, and Country Club for adult day care for those with memory loss.  She also visits the homes of Alzheimer's patients to check for safety and talk with families.  (8/05)

Corby Jane (Bryant) Nichol (HE) is living in Quincy. She has worked in medical and dental offices, and an elementary school since graduation.  (6-08)


1979


1977

Lynda Imhaus Whitney (HE)  is a Senior Cardiovascular Specialist for Genentech, Inc Petaluma, CA (5/01)


1976

Julie MacMichael Harris (HE) is a dental hygienist in private practice in Tacoma, Washington and teaches at Yakima Valley Community College. (2/04)

Tom Milner is a Police Lieutenant Commander of Administrative Services for the Newark Police Department.

Katie Taylor, B.S., MPH, CHES (HE) District Director Health Education/Health Promotion with South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control-Appalachia II Public Health District.  (11/02)

 


1973

Lawrence Gorfine (Community Health) received his M.A. in Health Administration from San Diego State, and J.D. from Western State College of Law and is owner of Lifeguard Medical in San Diego, CA. (2/04)


 

 

 

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