CLASS NOTES
1957
Condolences to Mary Jane Borrows Myers on the passing of her husband, Charles, in November 2016.
1988
Kathy Mignini Walsh is the Director of Marketing for Fallston Group. In early March she received the ATHENA Leadership Award which is presented to an established leader who demonstrates excellence in business and assists women to achieve their absolute full leadership potential. Kathy has more than 25 years of experience in strategic marketing, branding, public relations, and marketing communications. Prior to Fallston Group, she owned JigSaw Marketing Solutions, named one of Baltimore’ s fastest-growing woman-owned businesses in 2013 and 2015, and she spent 10 years working in consumer products brand management in the toy industry.
1994
Jennifer Sutherland Lubinski has been accepted into and will attend the 2017 Kenyon Review Poetry Workshop at Kenyon College.
1995
Michael R. Caum, Esq.’ 95’ 97 is an attorney in southern York County and is running to be the Shrewsbury area’ s new district judge. He opened his general law practice right after graduating from Dickinson School of Law in 2001 and is admitted to practice before federal and state courts in Maryland and Pennsylvania. He focuses his practice in the areas of bankruptcy and litigation with an emphasis in family law and business and real estate litigation. Mike is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Maryland Bar Association, and Middle District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Bar Association.
2000
Kere Shearer’ 00’ 01 married Damien Dickerson on Sept. 16, 2016.
2002
John“ Jeb” Barber was recently appointed the new Boys Head Basketball Coach at Leonardtown High School. He brings more than 15 years of coaching experience to the position and was the junior varsity coach last season. Jeb was the assistant men’ s basketball coach at VJC / SU for six years. He was also the head men’ s and women’ s tennis coach, and an athletic administrator.
Tom Poe has joined MECU, Baltimore’ s Credit Union, as Vice President of Marketing. He will be responsible for leading the credit union’ s marketing and product development strategy with a focus on expanding its presence in the Baltimore market.
2004
Kathea Bolt Smith is the Assistant Dean for Enrollment, Academic Affairs and Students Services at the Merrick School of Business at the University of Baltimore. She is also in her seventh year as a supervisor in the Human Services Program at Stevenson.
2005
Rachel Saylor has published her second book, a young adult science fiction / fantasy novel entitled Through Painted Glass, available as a paperback and Kindle ebook.
2006
Karen Owings was recently named the top nursing leader for both MedStar Good
Milana Tomic’ 04 married Christian Thiede on Feb. 22, 2017 in a private ceremony at the Riu Creole Hotel in Le Mourne, Mauritius. The weekend before the wedding the couple went on safari in South Africa. They will host a post-nuptial garden party for family and friends at their Pikesville home in late summer. Milana is a registered nurse at Carroll Hospital and Passport Health, and Christian is an IT professional at the Social Security Administration.
Alumni panelists, Shervonne Cherry’ 05( left), Alphonso Mayo’ 14( center), and Shantell Roberts’ 08( right) shared words of wisdom with current students and employers during the Diversity Career Expo in March. Following the panel, students had the opportunity to discuss diversity and inclusion within the workplace as they networked with alumni and employers.
Samaritan and MedStar Union Memorial Hospitals, where she will oversee the integrated nursing program for both hospitals as Vice President of Patient Care Services and the Chief Nursing Officer. She started her nursing career at MedStar Union Memorial in 1986, and when Good Samaritan and Union Memorial integrated in 2015, Karen became the Assistant Vice President of Nursing Operations for both hospitals, responsible for uniting the nursing programs while overseeing seven departments.
Sarah Snyder is attending the University of Indianapolis studying for the Master of Arts degree with a major in English Language and Literature and an expected graduation date in 2019.
2008
In April, during the Johns Hopkins University Impact + Innovation Forum, Shantell Roberts
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