Sam '82 and Linda-Lee Troiani '83 Niedbala ... - Asoundstrategy

Fall 2006
Appreciation Award from SUNY
Cortland College. Jami currently
serves as the director of the Cortland
YWCA Child Care Program.
Kathleen J. Harrington ’88 lived
and worked in Iraq for 4 months as
a private contractor for the Facilities
and Transportation Sector of PCO
(Program and Contracting Office),
a part of the Iraqi Reconstruction
Program and the U.S. Department
of Defense. Their mission for the
Health Program was to lower the
infant mortality rate of Iraq by improving
the medical facilities across
the country. When she arrived, it
was 67 percent, and when she left it
was 53 percent. They brought much
needed medical equipment into the
hospitals around the country. She’s
back home in Colorado working on
a Reach-Back Program with the U.S.
and Iraq Coalition. Her photo was
taken in a tower overlooking one of
Sadaam Hussein’s Palaces.
Renee Ethier Massoud
’89 was a
recipient of the
Tribute to Women
in Industry award
at the YMCA of Bergen
County, N.J.’s
32 nd annual TWIN
awards dinner. Renee is a director in
the ethics and compliance group at
KPMG LLP, handling issues related
to data privacy. She is also director
of the board of SLA, an international
association of more than 2,000
information professionals. She is
the co-author of Special Libraries and
Information Centers: An Introductory
Text (4 th edition), used in graduate
programs.
James L. Pokrivsak Jr., CAA, ’89,
M’95 has been the director of athletics
in the Easton Area School District
since 2003. Previously, he taught
in Pleasant Valley School District
and coached football. He lives in
Nazareth with his wife, Monica, and
three children.
1990s
James Scifers ’90, associate professor
and director of the athletic training
education program, received the
2006 Western Carolina University
Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching
Award winner given annually to the
university’s top professor.
Kathleen Flood Eufemio ’91 is the
recipient of an outstanding graduate
award in nursing from the University
of Scranton.
Nadeen Edwards M ’92 released
her debut album,“Just in Time.” She
lives in Stroudsburg with her husband,
Derek, and two daughters, and
teaches math at Stroudsburg Junior
High School.
Dennis Dougherty ’93 is an elementary
autism teacher in the Brandywine
School District in Wilmington,
Del., where he lives with his wife,
Carol, and daughter.
John Jenz M ’93 is associate athletic
director at the University of Wisconsin.
John had served, among
other positions, as assistant athletic
director for business operations since
2003. John began his administrative
career at ESU where he supervised
ticket operations and event staffing
while earning his master’s degree.
Steven Lambert ’93 joined the
New York University Tisch Center
for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports
Management in 999 and is associ-
“Who’s Doing What”
ate director, Industry Relations. He
directs the NYU International Hospitality
Industry Investment Conference
of ,500 attendees annually,
and is pursuing his M.A. in higher
education administration at NYU.
He is pictured here during a trip
to Dubrovnik, Croatia, and its surrounding
islands last summer.
Claudine Lombardo ’93 recently
earned her st Degree Black Belt with
Tiger Schulmann’s Karate. She has
been training in martial arts for nearly
four years and passed the multiple
tests needed the first time, which
only a handful of students are able
to do. She plans to join their Junior
Instructor program, where she will be
certified to teach.
Cory C. Reed ’93 has been named
marketing director for DIRT North-
East in Weedsport, N.Y. He worked at
this office from 995 to 2004 before
spending the past season at Orange
County Fair (N.Y.) Speedway as competition
director.
Lynn Kauffman Sands ’93 enjoyed
a fun vacation at Disney World in
Florida with fellow ESU alumni and
family. Backrow, L-R; Lynn Kauffman
Sands ’93, Victoria Sands,
Henry Sands ’93, Dave Purdy ’93,
and Dana Beukenkamp Purdy ’93.
Front, L-R: Zach Sands, Evan and
Ayden Purdy.
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