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David DuBose (B.A., Agriculture, ’62) has retired from his 34-year career as a natural resources instructor at Shasta College. He offers tours of edible plants and wildflowers on his 300-acre ranch in Parkville, 20 miles from Redding, California. Dubose and his wife, Sandy, have three grown children. Dennis O’Connell (B.A., Business Administration, ’68) has been named chair of the board of directors for Sutter Health, a Northern California health care network. A Marin County businessman and civic leader, he has served on the board since 1996 and is also an investor in businesses ranging from construction to manufacturing. Tom Ogren (B.A., Sociology, ’69) wrote a book titled Allergy-Free Gardening. He has owned several nurseries and a dairy farm, and taught for 23 years at the California Youth Authority. He and his wife, Yvonne, live in San Luis Obispo, California. Valerie Payne (B.A., Art, ’69) is a fine arts specialist
for Chico Unified School District. She exhibits her art throughout Butte
County and had her watercolor pieces on display in the Butte College Willows
Center this past spring.
Roger Lucas (B.A, Psychology, ’71) is vice president for human resources in the home office of Wausau Insurance. He joined Wausau in their San Francisco office in 1973, advancing from claims adjuster to assistant vice president for the Customer Services Business Center. Judy Robertson (B.A., American Studies, ’71) was an inductee in the 1999 Glenn County Educator’s Hall of Fame for her 19 years of aiding and teaching at Lake School, a small school near Orland, California. She left the classroom in 1997 but continues to serve as coordinator of special programs. Robertson is married to Ron Brillhart. Randy Shell (B.S., Business Administration, ’71) has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer of Tehama Bank in Chico. Robert Borchard (B.A., Sociology, ’73) ran for supervisor in District 4 of Mariposa County, California, in the spring 2000 elections. He has been active in the California State Mining and Mineral Exhibit Association, Little League, John C. Fremont Hospital Foundation, Mariposa Chamber of Commerce, and the Economic Development Corporation. He can be reached through his Web site: www.sierratel.com/robborc. Linda Granell (B.A., Communications, ’74) is director of public relations at the University of Redlands in Southern California. She was a reporter before joining the public information staff at UC Irvine in 1980. She moved to Redlands in 1995. Her son, Jack, attends Syracuse University. Gail (Ibarreta) Sherman (B.A., Liberal Studies, ’74) is the first principal of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School in Sacramento, California. She had been principal of St. Robert School for seven years and a teacher for the Diocese 14 years prior to that. She lives with her husband, John, in Sacramento. They have two sons attending Jesuit High School. Larry Tosta (B.S., Agriculture, ’74) is the principal of Galt High School. He taught agriculture there for 19 years before becoming an administrator at the continuation high school in Galt, California. James F. Wells (B.S., Business Administration, ’74) is the corporate officer, senior vice presidentÐregional managing director of Acordia Inc. He has served on insurance advisory councils and currently chairs the Cystic Fibrosis Advisory Board. Denise Sloan (B.A., Art, ’75) is the executive director of Lake Tahoe’s film festival 2000. She coordinates community sponsors, fundraising, and events with the American Film Institute. She has been the entertainment editor of the Tahoe Daily Tribune for 13 years and serves as chair of the Lake Tahoe Special Events Coalition. Richard C. Farley (B.S., Agricultural Business, ’76) is vice president, business development officer of Bank of the West in Walnut Creek, California. He was vice president of commercial loans for North State National Bank in Chico before joining Butte Community Bank in Chico as agricultural loan officer. Scott D. Johnson (B.A., Physical Education Teaching, ’76) was an inductee in the 1999 Glenn County Educator’s Hall of Fame for his 11 years as teacher, coach, athletic director, and student activities director at Hamilton High School. Johnson is now a P.E. teacher and coach at his alma mater, Oroville High School. He and his wife, Janet, reside in Oroville with their three children. William D. Linebarger (M.A., Social Sciences, ’76) is the new principal at Colusa Alternative High School. He was a former principal of Los Molinos Elementary, 1994Ð99, and vice principal at Palermo Elementary, 1990Ð94, before taking on his new post in Colusa, California. Rowland Reeves (B.A., Political Science, ’76 ) is a high school business teacher at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California. He was a candidate for the mayor of Sacramento in the spring 2000 elections. He and his wife, Cindy, have two sons and live in Natomas. Riley Swift (M.A., Biology, ’77) is president of Wildlands Inc., based in Citrus Heights, California. Wildlands Inc. is one of the nation’s first entrepreneurial organizations to establish and manage large tracts of natural land for wildlife habitat design, restoration, and management. Their Web site is www.wildlandsinc.com.
Kathy Clark (B.A., Recreation Administration, ’78) has been running Paradise Books since February 1999. She entered the Navy when she was 18 and became a weather forecaster who briefed pilots, conducted security watches, and trained others in meteorology. In 1994, she got a job with the National Weather Service. After two years, she decided to move back to Northern California with her two daughters. Jeff Hahn (B.S., Agronomy, ’78) has been promoted to regional director of operations for Extended Stay America Inc. He joined Extended Stay America in 1997 as a district manager. His new area covers eight districts and 39 hotels in five western states. Dan Moffat (B.S., Financial Management, ’78) is founder of New Edge Networks on Columbia House Boulevard in Vancouver, Washington. He completed Canada’s Ironman Triathlon in August 1999. He and his wife, Jane, have three children. Doug Sheehy (B.S., Agriculture, ’78) teaches at Lassen Community College and High Desert State Prison. He participates in the “Artists in Schools” program for Lassen and Plumas Counties. Originally playing with brother David as the Sheehy Brother Band, he formed his own band, Go Dog Go, in Susanville, California. This spring he toured with the band Slow Hand as lead vocalist and guitarist. Dean Bush (B.A., Recreation Administration, ’79) is assistant
sales manager of Bien Padre in Eureka, California. He started in 1983
as a route driver and has been a supervisor for the past 10 years. Bush
promotes Bien Padre’s chip products from San Diego to Seattle.
Rosa Bettencourt (B.A., Social Work, ’80) was featured in the Oct. 17, 1999, Marysville Appeal-Democrat for her involvement at the Yuba City Racquet & Health Club. She has been employed in several professional career positions since her graduation and volunteers in physical disability-related activities. Bettencourt lives in Gridley, California. Dana Dillon (B.A., Liberal Studies, ’81) has been teaching at Weed Elementary School in Weed, California, since 1983. She is also the teacher’s union representative to the California Teacher’s Association and a CTA representative to the National Education Association. Together, she represents 19,000 California teachers to the national union organization. She also returned to Chico State this spring to earn a library credential. Denise Moran-Snider (B.A., Psychology, ’81) is the social services and training coordinator for Northern California Child Development Inc. in Red Bluff, California. She has been an adjunct professor at Chico State and Shasta College and is working toward a counseling credential. Christine Brose-Kerr (B.A., Music, ’83) began teaching through the Paradise Recreation and Park District about six years ago. She is now a voice teacher for Butte College at Paradise High School and also teaches private lessons. Lynn Kennedy (B.A. , Recreation Administration, ’85) has
been the recreation therapist at Paradise Health Care for the past four
years. After graduation, she received her certification as Sam Hausfather (M.A., Education, ’88) is assistant dean for graduate studies of Berry College’s Charter School of Education and Human Sciences. He joined the Berry faculty in 1991 after teaching in elementary schools in California, New York, Washington, and Oregon. He lives with his wife and two children on the Berry campus in Mount Berry, Georgia. Jeff Newman (B.S., Computer Science, ’88) is creator and owner of Drawing Hands Creations. He created a screensaver program that draws pictures. He and his wife have three children. They live in Fremont, California, and can be reached through their Web site: www.drawinghand.com. Victoria April Hindes (M.A., English, ’89) is the director of Student Support Services and interim director of grants and research at Shasta College in Redding, California. She recently completed her doctorate degree in International and Multicultural Education at the University of San Francisco. She and her husband, Edward, and daughters Erika and Elisa have lived in Mt. Shasta, California, since 1979. Troy Showers (B.A., Psychology, ’89) was featured in the
Jan. 7, 2000, Sacramento Bee in an article about Jerry Sham Footwear,
a Sacramento shoe store that Showers and his wife, Kristi, bought in 1997.
The store specializes in odd-size shoes.
Chris Dunn (B.A., Broadcasting, ’90) is the chief meteorologist at Channel 2 News in Salt Lake City, Utah. Rich Lyon (B.A., Physical Education, ’90) was hired in September 1999 as the supervisor of the Del Norte County Parks and Recreation Department. Prior to his new job of arranging activities for Crescent City, he was a teacher, coach, and activities director of an elder care center in Eureka. Paul Mabie (B.S., Dietetics and Food Administration, ’90) took second place for his brown ale at the 1999 California State Fair in Sacramento, California. Earlier that year, he took first place for his Belgian Strong Ale at the Silver Dollar Fair in Chico. He has been brewing beer for five years. Mabie is the assistant cook manager for Chico Unified School District. Erik Duncan (B.S., Business Administration, ’91) is the general manager at Payless Building Supply in Susanville, California. Curtis Rose (B.S., Business Administration, ’91 ) owns and operates a hot springs spa in Surprise Valley, outside Cedarville, California, along Highway 299. He and his wife, Kimberly, have improved and enlarged the suites, each with its own kitchen and private spa. They are also partners in Western Utilities Inc., an international tunneling company. David N. Buffington (B.A., Political Science, ’92) joined the law firm of Schander Harrison Segal & Lewis in their San Francisco office. His practice area is product liability, and business and employment litigation. David Pompa (B.S., Biological Sciences, ’92) recently finished residency training in internal medicine at UC San Diego and is receiving subspecialty training in gastroenterology. Lisa Rettig (B.S., Business Administration, ’92) is the manager of human resources for Central Contra Costa Transit Authority. Nasser Dean (B.A., Political Science, ’93) is the executive director of the USDA/Farm Service Agency in the Riverside-San Diego County Office. His wife is an attorney. They live in Palm Desert, California. Erin Brown-Espinoza (M.A., Construction Management, ’94) has been appointed to the Red Bluff City Planning Commission. Prior to this post, she served as a historic building renovation consultant for the State Theater and Kraft Library projects in Red Bluff, California. Theresa Lugger (M.A., Special Education,’94) received the 1999 Farm City Volunteer of the Year award from the Sunrise Rotary Club in Red Bluff, California. She teaches fitness and special education through Shasta College’s Disabled Student Program. Tracy Neal (B.S., Business, ’94) and wife Shelly Derbyshire (B.A., Child Development, ’94) started the Internet business Announcit Wed-Sites, which specializes in customized wedding Web sites for engaged and newly married couples (at www.Wed-Site.com). After working for Coors Brewing Company and Intel Corporation, Tracy has returned to school to complete his M.B.A. Shelly works at two Internet companies, Powerschool.com and ea consulting in Folsom, California. Kyle Wiley Pickett (M.A., Choral Conducting, ’94) is the musical director and conductor of the Chico Symphony Orchestra. Previously he was conductor and musical director of the Redding Symphony Orchestra. Last year, he was a guest conductor of the Juneau Symphony in Alaska while employed as the music director/conductor and vocal coach for the Rogue Music Theater in Grants Pass, Oregon. In 1998, he married Alice Wiley. She is interested in drama and received a fellowship to Actors Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco in 1999. Heather Simmons (B.A., Liberal Studies, ’94) earned her teaching credential in 1997. She teaches second grade in Davis, California. Dawn Wilcox (B.A., Journalism, ’94) received the 1999 Outstanding Young Public Relations Professional of the Year award from the Public Relations Society of America. She is the general manager of the Los Angeles office of public relations firm Deen+Black. Lisa Rossi (B.A., Journalism, ’95) is managing the media relations for Macy’s West, a division of Federated Stores. Before becoming the public relations manager in their San Francisco Union Square office, she worked at Wells Fargo Corporate Communications, also in San Francisco. Robert Pompa (B.S., Microbiology, ’96) will receive his M.D. from Ohio State University in June 2001. He plans to pursue internal medicine. Joseph M. Sanchez (B.S., Physical Science, ’96) is a communications officer and operations officer for the Navy’s Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (Light) 43. While based in San Diego, he commented on his squadron, which deploys helicopters aboard Navy warships: “I enjoy performing missions and real-world operations that have a direct reflection on our nation’s security and well-being.” Wendy Cotton (B.S., Agriculture, ’97) took the challenge of the agility test in her quest to be a firefighter in Salinas, California. She worked in a veterinary hospital before her present jobs as a construction worker and on-call firefighter. Jason Meath (B.S., Health Science, ’97) joined the Stockton office of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter as a financial adviser. He lives in Stockton and is involved in the Multicultural Men’s Leadership Council. Michelle Thomas Miller (B.A., Liberal Studies, ’97) is promotions manager for Red Bull Energy Drink. Rich Miller (B.S., Business Management, ’95) is front-end manager at Food-4-Less. They married in February 1998 and live in Citrus Heights, California. Kurt Wilkins (B.A., History, ’97) is teaching history and coaching junior varsity basketball at Corning Union High School. He and his wife, Veronica, live in Chico. Brialln Keert (B.S., Business Administration, ’98) is a software consultant for HSO Business Solutions, operating from his home office in Modesto, California. He specializes in production and inventory management and enjoys the travel that goes along with his job. Richard R. Martin (B.A., History, ’98) was ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons in the Anglican Province of Christ the King on Dec. 18, 1999. Currently, Deacon Martin serves the St. Augustine parish in Chico and the Church of the Holy Family parish in Arcata, California. Tina Martin (B.S., Agricultural Science, ’98) was one of eight new teachers at Corning Union High School for fall 1999. She is teaching three agricultural science and two exploratory career classes, along with being the FFA adviser. Originally from Portland, Oregon, she previously taught in Biggs and Grass Valley. Kelly Rumsey (B.S., Mathematics, ’98) is a math teacher at Corning Union High School. She is engaged to Matthew Jardin of Chico. Autumn (Villarreal) Long-McGie (B.A., Psychology, ’99) is
a probation and parole officer for the State of Missouri Department of
Corrections. Her husband is completing his doctorate at Washington University.
They reside in St. Louis, Missouri.
We’d like to hear from you! Drop us a line at Publications; California
State University, Chico; Chico, CA 95929-0040. Or e-mail us at publications@csuchico.edu.
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