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Scott Chilman brings over 30 years of power generation experience as a mechanical and marine engineer in the U. S. Navy and industry to his position as director of power plant technology.
During his years of active duty in the Navy, he was a division officer on a destroyer, an engineering instructor at the Surface Warfare Officer Course, a chief engineer on a frigate, and a plant examiner conducting engineering assessments on ships in the Pacific Theater for the Propulsion Examining Board.
As a merchant marine officer cadet, he spent time on a liquid natural gas carrier working for Energy Transportation Corp. and ashore with Atlantic Richfield Corp., and as a senior staff systems engineer on numerous engineering projects for Lockheed Martin.
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While in the Navy Reserves, he was assigned to several Naval Coordination and Guidance of Shipping units and the Joint Task Force as director of training for seven detachments.
In 2011, he retired with 23 good years of service as a commander in the U. S. Navy with two Commendation Medals and an Achievement Medal.
As a civilian, he was a senior staff systems engineer at Lockheed Martin in Valley Forge, Pa., and worked on numerous government contracts.
He began at Williamson in March 2017 as an adjunct hydraulics instructor teaching senior machinists.
Chilman said,“ Being at Williamson is a wonderful opportunity and I feel honored to be here. A few years ago, the son of my wife’ s friend studied masonry at
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Williamson. I brought him to freshman orientation and move-in day and fell in love with the school. I had no idea that God would lead me back.”
He grew up in the small town of Quincy, Calif., and in high school played football, basketball, and baseball.
He earned a bachelor of science degree in marine engineering technology at California Maritime Academy, a master’ s degree in mechanical engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School, and studied at the U. S. Naval War College.
He and Beth, his wife of 33 years, live in Glenside, Pa., and will soon live on campus. They have three children, Scott, Christopher, and Jessica.
He enjoys time with family, church activities, and playing and watching sports.
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Olivia Martinez Registrar
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Olivia Martinez, comes to Williamson as the registrar with a wealth of experience and education.
She began her career working for the state of Wisconsin’ s Department of Education’ s drug free school program for grades k-12.
She then worked at several colleges doing diversity awareness training and was an academic adviser at Temple University. She gained registrar experience as associate director of records and registration at Community College of Philadelphia and as registrar at DeVry
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University.
She came to Williamson because she liked the school’ s mission.“ I worked for several for-profit schools and wanted to work at a nonprofit school. I like that Williamson is doing something good for its students without a profit motive. It’ s very refreshing.”
Martinez grew up in Bay City, Mich., and graduated from Handy High School.
She earned a bachelor of arts degree in history with a concentration in Latin America and the United States, at Mich-
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igan State University.
She then earned a master’ s degree in Latin American history with a concentration in race relations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
She then worked two years toward a Ph. D. at the University of California- Davis in Mexican-American Chicano history.
Martinez lives in Ardmore and has a son, Diego, daughter, Fiona, and Papillon dog, Carmel.
She enjoys hiking, baking, and reading historical fiction and the classics.
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David Day brings experience as a teacher, supervisor, and manager of large and small landscaping projects to his position as director of horticulture, landscaping and turf management.
Day said,“ Several years ago, I wrote down the things I was looking for in an ideal job. I wrote that I wanted to work at a place that had a noble mission where I could make a positive impact in people’ s lives. When I learned of this position at Williamson, I realized that it was a good match for me. Sometimes it seems as if there is a divine hand in one’ s life that makes sure you end up doing what you were meant to do.
“ I had mentors along the way who helped me and I hope to be able to mentor
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the students and help them become successful. What is most important in life are family, friends, and coworkers.”
Day began his career as caretaker of an estate in Great Barrington, Maine, and then worked as a residential construction foreman for Comar, Inc., in Ambler, Pa., as a landscape construction foreman for Heyser Landscaping, Inc., in Norristown, Pa., and as a supervisor for the Brickman Group, Ltd., in Cranbury Branch, N. J.
He then became a landscape construction foreman for Scott’ s Landscaping, Inc. in State College, Pa. In this position, he managed numerous complex landscape projects for Penn State University, including the H. O. Smith
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Botanical Gardens, Curtin Road Transit Center, Student Health Center, Smeal College of Business, Pollock Road Improvements, and Breazeale Nuclear Research Facility.
He most recently was head groundskeeper at the Frederick Living Continuing Care Retirement Community in Frederick, Pa.
Day taught multiple horticulture courses as an assistant instructor, teaching assistant, and lab assistant at Penn State University.
He earned a bachelor of science degree and a master of science degree in horticulture at Penn State.
He grew up in Fox Chase in the Northeast of Philadelphia.
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