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Class Notes
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CLASS NOTES
Compiled by Ashley Ball, DeShaun Harris and Alyson Waldrop
1935-1939
John Flynt Jr. (AB 36) of Griffin was honored posthumously on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives by U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, R-Ga. Flynt served as a Democratic U.S. representative for Georgias 3rd Congressional District for 24 years.
1940-1944
Caroline Burson Thrasher (BSHE 40), Georgia Alphas first initiate and chapter president, recently visited the UGA Pi Beta Phi sorority chapter. Fred Belcher (AB 42, JD 47) and wife Suzanne Smith Belcher (ABJ 47) of Nashville, Tenn., joyfully celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Oct. 5.
1945-1949
Bonnie Bennett Valliant (AB 45) of Richardson, Texas, volunteers at Richardson Regional Medical Center, where she has helped for more than 20 years.
1950-1954
Jean Butts Jones (ABJ 52) of Richmond, Va., is a retired news reporter for the Atlanta Journal and volunteers at a local childrens hospital. She and her husband have five grown children. Joy Wilkes Wingfield (M 53) of Athens and husband Terry Wingfield (BBA 51), chair of the Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, have two sons, Terry Wingfield (BBA 75) and Chip Wingfield (BBA 92). Joy is on the boards of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia and the Athens Symphony.
1955-1959
Sally Shapard Hill (BSHE 57) of Tampa, Fla., was recently honored as the 2007 Sustainer of the Year by the Junior League of Tampa. William L. Tietjen (BS 58) of Plains, professor emeritus of biology, was named interim vice president of academic affairs and dean of faculty at Georgia Southwestern State University. Beverly Darsey Ragsdale (AB 59) of Dunwoody is retired. She and her husband Paul have four grown children: Mike (AB 84), Lynda, Jan and Chuck (BBA 96).
1960-1064
Johnny C. Fowler (BBA 60) of Athens has been appointed to the board of directors of the Jackson EMC Foundation, a body that awards grants to worthwhile, charitable purposes. Sarah Youngblood Hines (BSEd 61) of Statesboro is a retired educator and mother of three adult daughters. She is a member of DAR, Statesboro Service League and a Phi Mu alumnae chapter. Spurgeon Richardson (BSEd 63) of Atlanta is president and CEO of the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau. J. Alvin Wilbanks (BSEd 64, MEd 68) of Lawrenceville has been the superintendent of Gwinnett County Public Schools since 1996 and has worked in education for more than 44 years.
1965-1969
William L. Kleinpeter (BBA 66) joined International Properties & Investments after a 30-year career in SBA lending in the banking industry. Clyde E. Lester (BSF 66, MS 68) of Augusta was profiled in an Augusta Magazine article on why he loves to garden. Paul Broun Jr. (BS 67) of Athens is the new Congressional Representative of Georgias 10th district. Robert Emory Stephenson (BSPh 67, MS 69) retired from Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah on Oct. 5 after 36 years of service. Gerald M. Edenfield (AB 68) of Statesboro, president of the State Bar of Georgia, was profiled in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. John Hallman III (BBA 68) of Atlanta is CEO of Chapman Hall Realtors, which has grown, since its creation in 2000, to the fourth largest independent real estate organization in Atlanta. After learning that he has Lou Gehrigs disease, Gerald Lawhorn (BBA 68) of Albany, founder of gas station chain PetroSouth, is selling his $21 million home and giving the profits to the Boy Scouts of America. Sandra Brown Yates (BSEd 68) joined Re/Max Town and Country at BridgeMill. She will assist with listings, selling and marketing of homes and commercial property in Cherokee, Fulton and metro Atlanta.
1970-1974
Carl Osler Bedingfield (BS 70) is the first recipient of the Physician of the Year Award at Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin. The distinction recognizes physicians who exhibit outstanding leadership to the hospital, medical staff and community. Stanford Grist (BSA 70, DVM 73) of Greenville, S.C., established the Pet Med Mobile, which travels through upstate South Carolina delivering discounted vaccinations to cats and dogs. Last year, Grist and his associates at Richland Creek Animal Clinic gave 47,000 rabies shots through both its office and the Pet Med Mobile. Derrell Parker (BFA 70) is the principal owner of Parker Scaggiari interior design studio in Las Vegas, Nev. Charles Gatlin (AB 71, MPA 73) of Marietta, deputy commissioner for tourism and marketing at the Georgia Department of Economic Development, had his career profiled in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. James Rusin (BBA 71) of Albany joined Safeguard Business Systems as a sales representative. J. David Chatham (BBA 72) of Alpharetta is the president and CEO of Chatham Holdings Corp. He has received numerous awards and recognitions for his involvement in land development. Lane Goolsby Dawkins (ABJ 72) of Jacksonville, Fla., is director of development at Riverside Day School and is president of the Pi Beta Phi alumnae group in Jacksonville. She and her husband Clint Dawkins (MA 72) have three grown children: De, Burn (MBA 04) and Morgan. Bill Griffin (BBA 72) of Pittsburgh, Pa., was elected to the UGA Foundation Board of Trustees. George Lee (BSA 72, MAEx 88) of Tifton works as a realtor and serves as a field representative for Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle. Lee devotes the bulk of his time to agriculture-related issues pertinent to South Georgia. Phillip R. Bellury (M 73) and an old friend, Randy Hasty, collaborated to create Georgia Flight: The History of Aviation in Georgia 1907-2007. The book is available with a $100 donation to the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame. David Garfinkel (AB 73, MPA 75) of Jacksonville, Fla., was appointed chair of the marital and family law board certification committee by the Florida Bar. Curtis Nelson (BLA 73) of Anderson, S.C., was hired as project manager at Manhattan Construction Co. Helen Short (BSHE 73) is a retired pilot who currently resides in Buford. Mary Lou Swift (BSHE 73) of Columbus was elected to the UGA Foundation Board of Trustees. Ken Thrasher (BBA 73, MAcc 74) of Atlanta serves on UGAs Terry College Alumni Board. Lynwood Hall (BSEd 74) of Moultrie created the backdrops for the 2007 National Garden Clubs convention. Stephen D. Lynch (AB 74) of Woodland Hills, Calif., president of Health Net of California, was interviewed in the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. Thomas S. Nail (BBA 74) is featured by the Phoenix Corporation of Georgia as one of the custom builders at The Manor Golf and Country Club. Joseph W. Watkins Sr. (AB 74, JD 77) of Atlanta, president of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, had his career profiled in the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
1975-1979
Bettina Bergh (BSA 75), known as The Bug Lady, has toured libraries and home-school groups, teaching kids about insects for the past 28 years. She teaches part-time at the kids college summer program at Augusta College. Patricia Warren Booker (BSEd 75, JD 79) of Augusta was on Gov. Perdues list of candidates to fill the judgeship for the Richmond County State Court. Nancy Bird Evans (BSEd 75) and husband Michael Evans (BSEd 76) rode the coastal highway and through Napa Valley and San Francisco on their Harley. They also raced twice in the Big Bend Open Road Race. Bob Williams (ABJ 75) of Marietta is president of Philips Arena and the venues in-house concert and entertainment promotions company. Pat O. Lanthier (BSEd 76) is principal of Bethlehem Elementary School. Matthew Simmons (BBA 76, JD 79) of Jonesboro, Clayton County Superior Court judge, was profiled in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Robert White (ABJ 76) of McDonough is the president and CEO of Venture Homes Inc., which has been ranked no. 1 in Atlanta for two years in a row by J.D. Power and Associates for customer satisfaction. Wayne Knight (M 77), famous for portraying Newman on NBCs Seinfeld, is getting back to his acting roots with roles in independent films, Broadway productions, and as a voice-over artist for animated features. For more information, see the New Georgia feature on p. 34. Susan Neugent (AB 77) of Atlanta, president and CEO of Fernbank Museum of Natural History, was profiled in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. David A. Cronic (BBA 78) of Lula was awarded the medical practice Executive of the Year Award from the Georgia Medical Group Management Association. He has been the chief financial officer and practice administrator at Toccoa Clinic since 2000. Beverly L. Sparks (BSA 78, MS 80) was named associate dean for extension in UGAs College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Mark Whitlock (BSEd 78, MEd 79) of Newnan was named a member of the Georgia Department of Educations new charter advisory committee, created to oversee the charter school educational model. Bill Young Jr. (BBA 78) of Atlanta was elected as chairman of the University of Georgia Foundation. Regina M. Downey (BSA 79, DVM 83) of South Hampton, N.H., owns and operates the Holistic Animal Healing Clinic, a veterinary practice that uses traditional and alternative medicines. Charles B. Gray (AB 79) of Atlanta is vice president of GV Financial Advisors and has recently become a shareholder of the firm. J. Randy Jackson (BSEd 79) is the human resources director for the West Point Kia Motors plant. Ken Jackson (BBA 79, MAcc 80) of Chattanooga, Tenn., chief financial officer and executive vice president of Dalton-based Shaw Industries, was elected treasurer of The University of Georgia Foundation. Pamela Sessions (BFA 79) of Cumming is president and co-owner of Hedgewood Properties Inc. She is the former president of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association and serves on numerous boards.
1980-1984
Michael Lacher (AB 80) is a sales associate with Prudential Blanton Properties. Buddy Lane (BFA 80) of Albany joined SunTrusts private wealth management team in South Georgia as a client advisor. Joyce May (BBA 80, MAcc 81) of Kathleen recently celebrated her speedy recovery from cancer by participating in NASCARs Dale Jarrett Racing Adventure held at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. Clint Hutchison (BBA 81) of Sherman Oaks, Calif., is relocating his film company, Red Five Entertainment, to Carroll County. David B. McGee (BSEd 81, MEd 85, EdS 92) of Winder is principal of Apalachee High School. Janet French McKnight (ABJ 81) and her husband, Will, reside in Augusta, where Janet is a full-time mom to their four children. David Nemeth (ABJ 81) is a co-host on the Tampa, Fla., based Daytime, which airs on WFLA Channel 8 at 10 a.m. on weekdays. Jackie Carson (BSEd 82, MEd 89, EdS 97) of Social Circle is principal of Colham Ferry Elementary School. Bruce Fine (BBA 82, MBA 90) of Asheville, N.C., was selected as vice president of sales and marketing for the Balsam Mountain Preserve community. Daniel Forsman (BBA 82) is president, CEO and owner of Prudential Georgia Realty. In 2007, Forsman was honored as Broker of the Year for all of Prudential Real Estate affiliates. Bill McElhaney (ABJ 82, MEd 93) of Atlanta, director of Inside CNN Atlanta Studio Tours, was profiled in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Roy Schwartzman (AB 82, MA 84), professor of communication studies at UNC Greensboro, wrote Fundamentals of Oral Communication, an undergraduate speech communication textbook. Emily Calhoun (BMus 83) of Savannah is an instructor of music at St. Andrews School. Perry L. Carter (AB 83, MA 86) was promoted to associate professor at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. Steve Chick (BBA 83) of Savannah was elected director of The Savannah Bank. Pamela Hall (BSEd 83) of Athens was promoted to the position of home health services executive director for Athens Regional Medical Center. Frank Hanna (BBA 83, JD 86) of Atlanta was awarded the 2007 William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership, which recognized him as one of Americas most effective living philanthropists who has shown exemplary leadership through charitable giving. Dan Hannon (BBA 83) is chief financial officer at Range Fuels Inc. in Broomfield, Colo. Paula Yeargin Mooney (BBA 83, MAcc 85) of Statesboro, president of the Georgia Society of CPAs, was profiled in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Kelley Cooper Cale (ABJ 84) of Savannah is director of corporate sales at River Street Sweets and is active in the Junior League of Savannah and at St. Pauls Lutheran Church. She and her husband Alan have two children. David G. Durham (BBA 84) of Greenwood Village, Colo., was appointed to executive vice president, treasurer and chief financial officer of StarTek Inc., a leading provider of high-value business process outsourcing to the communications industry. Rob Gibson (AB 81) is executive and artistic director of the Savannah Music Festival, which runs this year from March 20 through April 5. For more information, go to www.savannahmusicfestival.org. Mitchell V. McGhee (BSEd 84, EdD 01) of Covington is superintendent of Madison County Schools. Chandra W. Smith (BBA 84) was designated as a senior real estate specialist by the Senior Advantage Real Estate Council. Fran Stuber (AB 84) of Savannah, an agent with Celia Dunn Sothebys International Realty, was recognized for membership in the distinguished sales society of the Savannah Area Board of Realtors. Cheri Wranosky (BFA 84) had her artwork included in Best of American Sculpture. Her work can be seen at www.seebutcreations.com.
1985-1989
Greg Benson (ABJ 85, MFA 92) of Athens displayed a collection of his landscape paintings at the fine art gallery at Elements Art Supply in an exhibit titled Pipin Hot Pictures. Leah Mann (BSEd 85) and Dana Lupton (BBA 86) are co-founders of the teen performing company and leadership training program, Moving in the Spirit, which returned to Athens last summer as a stop on their tour (see GM 2007). Moving in the Spirit was designed to instill confidence, discipline and commitment to inner-city youngsters through dance. Lee Henson McKinney (BBA 85) of Peachtree City and her two sisters joined Prudential Georgia Realty as the Henson Team. Melinda Missy Bailey Morgan (BSEd 85) currently lives in Winder with her husband Paul and their three children. She is a self-employed speech language pathologist. Mike Viers (BBA 85) of Savannah was named president of First Chatham Bank. Darren DeVore (BBA 86) of Marietta was elected to the UGA Foundation Board of Trustees. Louis Lemmon (AB 86) of York, S.C., was named school pastor and principal of Lake Pointe Academy. Stephen McMillan (AB 86) of Savannah has been promoted to senior vice president of Wachovia Insurance Services Inc. Steve Smith (BSEd 86, MEd 91) of Atlanta, vice president of corporate responsibility for Turner Broadcasting System, gave the keynote address at the Black Faculty and Staff Organizations fifth annual Founders Award Scholarship Luncheon in September. Jack Williams (BS 86) of Cumming is the business director of Kairos Development Corp. He has overseen developments and transactions worth more than $300 million involving residential, office and retail properties since entering the Atlanta market in the mid-80s. Harry Chip Caray (ABJ 87) is married to the former Susan Eyerly and they have three children. He is in his third consecutive year of calling Braves baseball on TBS. Jimmy Gisi (BSEd 87) of Powder Springs is executive director of the private, nonprofit Georgia Recreation and Parks Association in Conyers. Todd McGhee (BSEd 87, MEd 93, EdD 98) of Watkinsville is principal of Jackson County Comprehensive High School. Kent Kip Plowman Jr. (BBA 87) of Sandy Springs is partner-in-charge of the Atlanta practice of CB&H, a top 30 certified public accounting and consulting firm. Laura Silvers Ross (ABJ 88) is a new real estate agent with The Landings Real Estate Company on Skidaway Island. Chandra Stevens (BBA 88) of New York participated in a Microsoft United Nations program in Uganda where she helped launch information centers in rural areas. Julie Cochran Clement (BBA 89) of Tampa, Fla., was promoted to vice president of sales operations for Gevity, a human resources outsourcing firm. Alan Kendrick (BSA 89) of Chatsworth was promoted to group vice president, community executive for Cohutta Banking Co., an organization with eight offices in Northwest Georgia and Chattanooga and $360 million in assets. Speri Starbuck Lowery (BSEd 89) of LaGrange was interviewed in the LaGrange Daily News about her favorite recipes and why she enjoys cooking. James A. Jim Manley III (BBA 89) of Macon was named president and CEO of SunTrust Bank in Middle Georgia. Natasha Dolynn Trethewey (AB 89) of Durham, N.C., read from her Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of poems, Native Guard, at a UGA Alumni Association and Franklin College of Arts and Sciences event hosted at the Atlanta Alumni Center in September. She also participated in a January reading in Athens hosted by the Georgia Review.
1990-1994
Michael Martin (BBA 90) of Marietta and his wife Julie Jaroch Martin (MA 97) welcomed their second son, Joseph Eugene, on March 18. Tammy Bingham Sandell (BSEd 90) of Canton is the new principal of Mountain Road Elementary School in southeast Cherokee County. Chris Shupe (AB 90) of Athens and Joni Mabe (BFA 81, MFA 83) of Cornelia are Elvis enthusiasts. Mabe, who wrote her thesis on Elvis for her masters degree, has created the ultimate collection of weird Elvis kitsch inside the 100-year-old Loudermilk Boarding House. Kimberly T. Callahan (BSEd 91), a counselor at Wacona Elementary School in Waycross, earned a doctorate in counseling psychology from Argosy University. Jeannie Carter (AB 91) of Athens is marketing representative for U.S. Senior Corp., a local affiliate of Genworth Financial and Genworth Life Insurance Co. Wayne Hartley (BBA 91) of Lyons was named to the board of Darby Bank and Trust Co. Eric Matistic (BSFCS 91, MAcc 93) of Newnan is senior vice president and chief financial officer of Newnan Coweta Bancshares Inc. Jon McGavin (BSFCS 91) of Alpharetta, general manager of the Ritz-Carlton in Buckhead, was profiled in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Michael Purvis (AB 91) of Fairfax, Va., accepted a position with BAE Systems in Washington, D.C., as a lead analyst after returning from Iraq. Overseas he spent six months with Navy Special Operations, earning a Bronze Star nomination. On Sept. 22, he married Jennifer A. OHern in Atlanta. Todd Trawick (BBA 91) recently accepted a position as senior director of Maserati Financial Services in Racine, Wis. He lives in Franklin, Wis., with his wife, Stephanie Bailey Trawick (BSEd 89, MEd 91), two children and a bulldog. Katie Coyne (BSEd 92, MEd 97, EdS 98) of Athens is principal of Oglethorpe County Primary School. Kevin Atwill (ABJ 93) of Flowery Branch has been named editor of the Forsyth County News. Ivy Brewer (AB 93) of Rome is the associate dean of college guidance at Darlington School. Michelle Jenkins (BBA 93) of Atlanta is president of the family-owned company Winmark Homes. Stephen W. Jennings (AB 93) of Alpharetta joined Wachovia Insurance Services as a commercial lines broker. Gerald Rakestraw (AB 93) of Conyers, vice president and general manager of Stone Mountain Park, had his career profiled in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Mark Spain (BBA 93) of Cumming has grossed over a billion dollars in residential real estate sales after 12 years, something fewer than one percent of realtors accomplish during their entire career. Spain is affiliated with the RE/MAX Greater Atlanta office. Michelle Purgason Thompson (BSW 93) of LaGrange was named director of the LaGrange Pregnancy Center, which is a pro-life organization that provides free pregnancy tests, abstinence classes in local schools and parent support programs.
1995-1999
Brian Cooksey (BBA 94) of Dalton was named a member of the Georgia Department of Educations new charter advisory committee, created to oversee the charter school educational model. Cecilia E. Russo (BSFCS 94) of Savannah is senior vice president of account services at Abshire Public Relations. Jamie Hernan (BBA 95) is an activist attorney for Hernan, Taylor and Lee, a law firm that is fighting a backlash against illegal immigration in Georgia. He currently resides in Canton with his wife and two children. Laurie N. Barron (BSEd 96) of Sharpsburg, principal of Smokey Road Middle School, was one of four middle school administrators in Georgia to receive the 2007 Mike Campbell Exemplary Leadership Award. Clay Cluster (BFA 96), an artist who recently moved to St. Simons Island, hopes to capture the beauty of the Golden Isles through his works, some of which were recently on display at Palm Coast Coffee on St. Simons Island. Cassandra Chriss Carpenter (BSFCS 97) and husband Chuck welcomed the birth of twin boys, Jake Strickland and Charles Christopher, on June 27. Emily Kleiber (AB 97) of Athens recently joined First American Bank and Trust Co. as a mortgage banker. Renee Napierala (ABJ 97) of Charleston, S.C., was recently promoted to media director at Rawle Murdy Associates. Alan Spearman (ABJ 97) is a photojournalist with The Commercial Appeal in Memphis and was recently inducted into the Scripps Howard Hall of Fame. Mary Paige Adams (ABJ 98, JD 02) was named to the board of directors of the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta. Geoffrey Braun (BBA 98, MBA 99) of Macon was promoted to assistant vice president of finance at Security Bank Corp. Alissa Carrier (AB 98, MA 03) of Athens is operations manager of Republic, a new hairstyling salon on the third floor of the Tasty World building. Beth R. Cleveland (BFA 98), business manager of Cleveland Tree Farms Inc. and chairwoman of the Peach County Board of Tourism, was profiled in the Macon Telegraph about the success of her husbands farm and her volunteer efforts in Peach County. Loucinda Dampier (BS 98) completed her general surgery residency at the University of Florida Health Science Center-Shands and enrolled in a cosmetic surgery fellowship with a leading plastic surgeon in Las Vegas, Nev. She is also building a cosmetic surgery center in Tennessee. Beth Dickey Gebhard (ABJ 98) of New York, N.Y., was promoted to executive director of publicity with Hyperion. Casey Kornek (BSFCS 98) of LaGrange was named director of the Early Learning Center at First United Methodist Church. John Kelly Mayfield (BS 98) received his medical doctorate degree from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta and is currently a candidate member of the American College of Surgeons and American Medical Association. He and his wife, Laurie, have two children and reside in Rome. Eric Daniel Metzgar (ABJ 98) of New York, N.Y., was interviewed in the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch about his documentary film The Chances of the World Changing about a New York writer who kept 1,200 turtles in his apartment, some of which were rescued and even extinct in the wild. Heather Hedrick Teilhet (ABJ 98) of Smyrna was promoted to director of public affairs and local government relations by Gov. Sonny Perdue. Joel Troisi (BBA 98) was recognized as a 2007 Power Broker by Risk and Insurance magazine. He is a senior vice president in the complex property unit at the Atlanta office of Hilb, Rogal and Hobbs Company. Kierstin Walton (ABJ 98) and husband David P. Walton Jr. (BBA 98) opened a Foxs Pizza Den franchise in the Village at Franklin Grove in Oconee County. Jessi Cushenberry (BSEd 99) of Ball Ground was featured in a Cherokee Tribune article about her skincare line, Emu Miracle, which she started three years ago after discovering the benefits of emu oil while doing post-graduate work in Australia. Amanda Dix Dyer (BS 99, MA 04, PhD 06) of Watkinsville joined Positive Outcomes, a psychological counseling service in Athens, as an independent licensed psychologist. Vera Sharon Edenfield (AB 99) of Statesboro joined the law firm Edenfield, Cox, Bruce and Classens P.C. Michael W. Johnson (AB 99) joined the law firm of Hall, Booth, Smith and Slover P.C. in Athens. John Tucker (BSA 99) of Athens was selected as the new annual giving coordinator for the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at UGA.
2000-2004
Brooke E. Abraham (AB 00) of Athens joined Trinity Accounting Group as a senior accountant. Clark Connell Jr. (BS 00) of Thomasville joined the medical staff of John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital and South Georgia Emergency Medicine Associates. Clinton Ivy (BBA 00) of Albany, vice president of Fleming Insurance Agency, was appointed chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgias young agents committee. Elizabeth Lester Johnson (BS 00) joined the Athens medical practice of Dr. Thomas N. Kias and Dr. Mary Bess Jarrard as a general internist. John Weston Peach Jr. (BSEd 00) of Nashville, Tenn., recently graduated with a masters of sport administration from Belmont University and became the compliance coordinator for Vanderbilt University Athletics. Robert Spruill (BS 00) of Moultrie opened his family medical practice in the new Kirk Clinic. He and his wife, Brooke, have two sons. Jacob Sullins (ABJ 00) of Atlanta is a temporary instructor of English at Georgia Highlands College. Amy Hurst Cowart (ABJ 01) is branch manager of the new Farmers and Merchants Bank LPO in Valdosta. Laura Liles (BSEd 01) of Charleston, S.C., is currently completing her orthopaedic surgery residency at the Medical University of South Carolina. Jermaine Phillips (BSEd 01) is the 20th highest paid athlete in Tampa Bay, Fla., with a salary of $1.89 million playing safety for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Megan Ramey (BSFCS 01) of Madison, Wis., is the creator and owner of MoCo Market, a new-age convenience store that aims to fill the needs of urban consumers. Stephanie Wilson (BSFCS 01) is the owner of Pink Lemonade, a preppy and hip boutique clothier in the Buckhead area of Atlanta. Mandy Young (AB 01), an employee of Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus, reunited with former Georgia football players at the Leonard Pope All-Star Weekend. Young was a member of The Georgia Girls during her time at UGA. Kelly Bringman (BBA 02) of Savannah joined Daley Real Estate as a sales associate. Michael Costanzo (BBA 02) launched Costanzos Pizza on Waters Avenue in Savannah, which offers 10 different styles of pizza. Lindsey McAdams (BSEd 02) of Atlanta is a senior production planner at Georgia Pacific and recently became engaged to Madison Williams (BBA 00), who works in commercial real estate. Blake Morris (BBA 02) of Buford joined The Lloyd Group Inc. as a retirement specialist. Christine Plott Redd (BBA 02) of Forsyth is sales and marketing director of American Tanning and Leather Company, which her great-grandfather began in 1923. Entrepreneur Michael Tavani (ABJ 02) of Atlanta recently launched Peachtree360.com. It offers event, cultural and entertainment listings in Atlanta on a single home page in order to capitalize on the growing presence of the Web and new media locally. Holly Thornton (BS 02, MS 05) of Athens was quoted in a September Macon Telegraph article about drought-stressed trees. Jennifer Tyson Flippen (AB 03, BBA 03) of Jefferson joined Trinity Accounting Group as a senior accountant. James Hopkins (BBA 03) of Jacksonville, Fla., was hired by Lanier Upshaw Inc. as a commercial risk management consultant. Anny Patten Kenney (BS 03) of Monroe recently married Seth Kenney (BSFCS 04) at the UGA Chapel and is currently a school counselor at Jefferson Elementary School while Seth works in sales. Clarence Clay Nalley IV (BBA 03) and his two brothers own SONS Auto Group. Jeffrey G. Reilley (BBA 03) of Hilton Head Island, S.C., joined Laurich and Wiseman P.A. as an attorney practicing residential and commercial real estate and business transactions. Elizabeth Snead Richards (BBA 03, JD 06) married Brett Richards on Oct. 6 in an oceanside ceremony on Hilton Head Island, S.C. They now reside in Marietta. Bradley David Stephens (ABJ 03) earned a juris doctor degree from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. He was sworn in at the Barrow County Courthouse by Superior Court Judge David Motes (AB 77, JD 80). David A. Titshaw (BBA 03), a commercial real property appraiser with Boswell Group in Athens, earned his certified general real property appraiser designation. Lyle Brackin (BSA 04) of Chatsworth is an agriculture teacher at Gladden Middle School. Patrick Johnson (BLA 04) of Charleston, S.C., is a registered landscape architect in South Carolina. He is a senior urban designer for DesignWorks. Paige Monette (BFA 04) of Alpharetta is the first female roadster driver in Georgia. Lucia Occelli (BFA 04) of Athens was added as a designer for JS Creative. Tom Rasmussen (BBA 04) of Concord, Calif., was recently promoted to team leader of claims for Progressive Insurance.
2005-
Dean Roy (BBA 05) of Atlanta is the founder of the Web startup Sharefam.com, a place where families connect through sharing photos, planning events and telling stories. Katherine Skinner (BSFCS 05) of Jacksonville, Fla., was hired by Rogers Towers PA as marketing coordinator. Tiffany Stanley (ABJ 05, AB 05) of Somerville, Mass., has been awarded the Williams Fund Entrance Fellowship to the masters of divinity program at Harvard Universitys Divinity School. The award is granted each year to entering masters of divinity students who demonstrate substantial promise for ministry. Eric Ward (BBA 05) of Thomasville was promoted to assistant banking officer at Commercial Bank. Jen Bennecke (AB 06) lives in Marietta with her husband, Paul, and was recently promoted to executive director of the Georgia Childrens Trust Fund Commission by Gov. Sonny Perdue and first lady Mary Perdue. Jaime Broadhead (ABJ 06) of Greenville, S.C., was hired as an account manager at LinningSmoak Public Relations. John David Fortson (BBA 06) of Macon joined Watson-Easom Associates as an appraiser. Sarah Howard (BFA 06) of Monroe has been named director of the Monroe Art Guild. Tyrus Cobb Lytton (BFA 06) and Anthony Wislar (MAEd 06) were the first artists to be selected
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