FALL 2011 - Lake Erie College

Class NOTES
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ROBIN NICHOLS, a certified public accountant, was
named chief financial officer of Coshocton Hospital in May
2011. Previously, she was chief financial officer and vice
president of finance of Eagle Hospital Physician, LLC, a
company that employs more than 250 full- and part-time
physicians with operations in 10 states. Prior to joining
this Georgia-based firm, she worked as the CFO and vice
president of finance for Major Hospital in Shelbyville, Ind.
and CFO for Greene Health Partners in Xenia, Ohio.
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EVELYN PFOUTZ
returned to campus to
attend the Margaret
Freeman clinic
co-sponsored by the
Northern Ohio Dressage
Association and Lake
Erie College Equine
Studies Department.
Pfoutz owns Cool
Breeze Dressage in
Westminster, Maryland. She was excited to see all the
changes that have occurred at the George M. Humphrey
Equestrian Center since her graduation, including the new
classrooms, refurbished barns and new turn-out paddocks.
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LORI ATWOOD competed with her horse, Davey, in Ocala,
Fla. for a chance to make the finals for a new reality show on
HRTV that is produced by the American Competitive Trail
Horse Association. Atwood and Davey made the top 100
riders and horses from competitions held across the country
and will appear on the show, “America’s Favorite Trail
Horse,” which is running for 13 episodes beginning
Sept. 13, 2011.
DONA FILIPS first worked in the animal health field and,
after graduation, became an environmental consultant.
She is now studying nursing and pursuing the art of styling
hair. She is a retail sales consultant for Cosmoprof Beauty
Systems in Lakewood, Ohio, and a master colorist/stylist
for a salon in Cleveland. During her beauty career she has
worked for such prestigious companies as Ann Taylor, Stern
Fragrances and Estee Lauder, all of New York.
CHRISTINE (DeCRANE) MAGDA was recently promoted
to the IT Systems Education Department at the Cleveland
Clinic as an instructional designer.
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CHANTAL LADIAS, MBA, graduated
with a Ph.D. in International Business
Management from ISM International
School of Management in Paris, France.
She now lives in Dublin, Ireland, with
her three children, Alicia, Mathieux and
Alexander, and lectures in international
marketing at Dublin Business School.
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MAGAN (PLANTS) CORBETT and her husband, Joshua,
announce the birth of their son, Ethan
James Corbett, on May 10, 2011.
Magan is a marketing coordinator
for Cardinal Community Credit
Union and Joshua an engineer for
Core-Tech, Inc. in Mentor, Ohio; they
live in Madison, Ohio.
KRISTEN (DAVIS) SWOPE is riding
school director for Equest Farm in
New Orleans, La. She also coaches the Tulane University
Equestrian Team; one of her students made it to Intercollegiate
Horse Show Association (IHSA) Nationals and finished
12th in competition.
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MELISSA ROSE NYE and Brad Adkins announce the birth
of their daughter, Azrael Victoria Nye Adkins, on June 12,
2011. Azrael joins half brother, Devon
Weaks Adkins. Melissa is working as an
administrative assistant at Heidelberg
University in Tiffin, Ohio.
M THERESE WEREB was appointed by
the Ohio Department of Mental Health
as a member of the Ashtabula County
Mental Health and Recovery Services
Board. Her term will run from July 1,
2010 through June 30, 2014.
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