1985

James Rice has been chosen as Patrick Henry Writing Fellow for the school year at State University of New York, Plattsburg. James is a professor of history  at SUNY Plattsburg, and his written work includes the 2012 book, “Tales from a Revolution: Bacon’s Rebellion and the Transformation of Early America.”

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Bill C. Berger has been appointed to the Denver Fisher House Foundation board of directors. The foundation provides a “home away from home” for veterans and military families to be close to loved ones during hospitalization for illness, disease, or injury. Bill is providing strategic direction for the organization and will assist in fundraising, with a focus on the $3 million capital campaign underway to build a new home for the group and the veterans and families it serves.

1986

Carolyn Davis Goodwin has been appointed poet laureate for San Mateo County, Calif.  She is a senior adjunct professor in the MFA Writing/BA Writing & Literature Programs at the California College of the Arts, San Francisco. She published a poetry collection in 2013.

Dean Winters is an actor living in New York City who has appeared in numerous films and TV series including “Oz” and “30 Rock.” His newest role is teaching life skills and inspiring NYC’s high school dropouts in “Dream School,” a SundanceTV non-fiction series that began its second season Oct. 1.

Dianne Kaplan Bucco has been elected town clerk in Wenham, Mass. She received her master’s degree from Tufts University and taught languages in a public high school and fitness classes in area clubs. She has three children, all of whom will be in college this year.

1987

Patty Spear Clark is the president of the Second Wind Fund Inc., a Lakewood, Colo., nonprofit working to decrease the incidence of suicide in children and youth by removing the financial and social barriers to treatment. Since its inception in 2002, the SWF has provided free therapy to more than 3,000 children in Colorado. Patty enjoys her day job in the Special Liability Group of Travelers Insurance, where she is happy to work with Tim Mills ’87 and Brett Carpenter ’87.

1988

Todd Breyfogle was featured in an article about the Aspen Institute in the July-August issue of The University of Chicago Magazine. Todd studied classics, history, and politics at CC, and his daughter, Sarah Elisabeth Breyfogle ’17 is a CC student. Todd is director of seminars at the Aspen Institute in Colorado.

1989

John Kantner has been appointed vice president for research and dean of the graduate school at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla. As John has designed programs for research and graduate education, he’s realizing how much he’s been influenced by his CC anthropology degree.

1991

David Thrower is a municipal judge for the town of Superior, Colo. When not on the bench, David continues to practice law at the Boulder firm of Dietze and Davis, P.C., where he works with Joel Maguire ’74 and Michelle Wemple ’88.

1992

Malia Davis is one of 20 nurses from across the country selected in July for a national nurse fellowship program. Malia, director of nursing services and clinical team development at Clinica Family Health Services in Lafayette, Colo., was named a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow. The group will participate in a three-year leadership development program.

Kyle Samuel has been named managing director for the Metro Washington, D.C., and Virginia offices of Wells Fargo Insurance, part of Wells Fargo & Co. Kyle leads business development, client service, and sales, and cross-sells for the company’s insurance operations across the regions. He is based
in Washington, D.C.

1994

Meg Stoltzfus has been recognized for designing a vending machine for breastfeeding mothers. The machine, believed to be the first of its kind, was installed in May at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. It is stocked with breast pump accessories, storage bottles, breast pads, and nipple cream, along with other supplies for nursing mothers. Meg, who worked directly with a manufacturer to design the machine, is Lifespan Services manager for the Office of Work, Life, and Engagement at Hopkins.

Mandy Hales Chardoul has been promoted to senior associate at Plante Moran, one of the nation’s largest certified public accounting and business advisory firms. Mandy works in the firm’s office in Grand Rapids, Mich., where she specializes in estate and tax planning, family-owned business planning, and charitable planning for high-net-worth individuals and families. She joined Plante Moran in 2005, and has her master’s of science degree in tax from Grand Valley State University. Mandy is president of the West Michigan Estate Planning Council, co-chair of the Grand Rapids Community Foundation professional advisory committee, and a member of the Stepping Stones Montessori School Board.  She lives in Rockford, Mich., with her husband, Christian, and their children, Caroline and CW.

1996

Toby Gannett, who owns BCR Management, a consulting company in Colorado Springs, is the first Colorado resident ever selected for the Aspen Institute’s prestigious First Movers Fellowship. Toby plans to use his 12-week experience to learn how to foster local innovation and entrepreneurship by using public-private partnerships in large land acquisitions.

1998

Jeremiah Brophy is sales manager for Barbizon Lighting Co., leading the company’s Mid-Atlantic products and expendables sales operations. Jeremiah has worked professionally in the audio/visual and theater industries for more than 20 years. Most recently, he was the production manager and fringe coordinator at Live Arts in Charlottesville, Va., and was responsible for the technical logistics of more than 50 theatrical productions at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is working out of Barbizon’s offices in Alexandria, Va.

Tara Hogan Hart received her nursing degree in the state of Massachusetts. She is a registered nurse with Emerald Physicians on Cape Cod, Mass.