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alumni newsAlumni Boardof Directors:From left: Dr. JohnHollingsworth,’63;Dr. Terry Dixon, ’68,secretary; Bill Lyttle,’75;Susan Rice Bradley,’98,president-elect; PaulSteeley,’49; MelanieMackey Evans,’87-’90;Amy Stroud,’04; KathyByrd, class of ’83-’87;Dave Bergman,’89,director, Alumni Services;and David, Rhodes,’80,past-president. Notpictured: Richard Prewitt,’80, president; Mary Doyle Johnson,’48, member emerita; Maureen “Cookie” Henson,’74; Tom Broyles,’80;Brittney House,’09, president Young Alumni Association; Dick Koeniger,’67, member emeritus; Jeffrey W. Davis,’80; Mike Parsley,’89;Allen Robbins,’90; Jonathan Childers,’00; Duane Floro,’79; Shannon Evans Harrington,’00; Jimmy Huddleston,’87; and Terry Stigall,’75.Six new boardmembers joined the Alumni Board at Homecoming; five whose termexpires in 2013 and one who will fill an unexpired term, expiring in 2012.Amy Stroud, ’04, is currently the community liaison and salesassociate for the Center for Rural Development in Somerset. Sheserved as a field representative and district director for former GovernorErnie Fletcher and as the director of Planning/Special Projects in theGovernor’s office. A member of Young Chamber Professionals of LakeCumberland, Young Professionals of East Kentucky and the Board ofDirectors of Girls Scouts of Kentucky Wilderness Road Council, sheis a Fellow of UK’s Kentucky Entrepreneurial Coaches Institute andis a Certified Entrepreneurial Coach.Kathy West Byrd, ’87, Title Examiner at Cumberland Valley TitleCompany, London, KY. She is a member of the Tri-Co RepublicanWomen's Club, Friends of the Library and a former WilliamsburgCity Council Member. She is also involved with the Whitley CountyHistorical Society. Married to Eddie D. Byrd, ’70, for 27 years, shehas four children: Adam Sharp (wife Jennifer), Jon Sharp, TeresaAbbott, ’09 (husband Mike Abbott, BA,’97, MA’02) and CarrieByrd (research librarian at Cumberlands). She has four grandchildren:Avril and Skeet Sharp and Lillie and Grace-Ann Abbott.Tom Broyles, ’80, employed with Bayer Healthcare since 1984and currently serves as the team leader who manages the company’sKroger business nationwide. Broyles, who enjoys spending timewith family and friends, traveling and attending athletic events, is34 • CumberlandToday • Winter 2011married to Rhonda Hodges Broyles, ’83. She is the freshman coachand assistant varsity basketball coach at Conner High School andalso works for The Cross-mark Co., managing brand positioning atKroger. They live in Morristown, Tenn., and are the parents of threesons: Derek, Cody and Jeremy.Dr. Duane Floro, ’79, has served as senior pastor at a number ofmulti-staff churches and currently serves as the ministry evangelismstrategist of the Ohio Baptist Convention in Columbus, Ohio. Flororeceived a Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern BaptistTheological Seminary in 1983 and a Doctor of Ministry degree fromGolden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in 2007. He and his wifeDeana Henson Floro are the parents of four children and grandparentof one granddaughter.Terry Stigall, ’75, served as Cumberlands’ head baseball coach from1983 until 2001, and was named Coach of the Year three times.He led his team to five KIAC championships, with six second-placepositions; saw 82 players named to All-Conference honors andhad ten players sign professional contracts. Stigall is a member ofthe Health, Movement and Leisure Studies Department faculty atCumberlands, and he resides in Williamsburg with his wife Carol.Stigall is the father of two children, Adam and Alicia.