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Matthew Hanson, Clemson, is a
sports event statistical associate
with Walt Disney World—Disney
Sports Travel in Orlando.
Joy Doan, Colorado State, is a college
instructor with Westwood
College in Denver.
Thomas Gorzkowski, Connecticut,
is a director of financial
reporting with Memry Corporation
in Bethel, Conn.
Angela Battista, Dayton, is a vice
president/business banking product
manager with PNC Bank in Cherry
Hill, N.J.
Joseph Henke, Dayton, is a systems
and process assurance associate
with PricewaterhouseCoopers in
McLean,Va.
Krystle Fernandez, DePaul, is a
business and planning analyst with
The Boeing Company in Renton,
Wash.
Colleen Soto, Eastern Illinois, is a
job placement specialist with the
Moraine Valley Community College
in Palos Hills, Ill.
Senita Trent, Florida State, is a
vice president/closing manager with
Spectrum International Mortgage
Services, Inc. in Winter Park, Fla.
Ozge Koray, George Mason, is a
sales and marketing manager with
Troy Marble in Sterling,Va.
Terrie Aldridge, Georgia, is an
event planner with University of
Georgia in Athens.
Michael Dixon, Georgia, is a
contract specialist with the
Department of Defense in
Quantico,Va.
Candace Ford, Georgia Southern,
is an outreach specialist intern with
the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection in
Tallahassee.
Shenon Lewis, Georgia Southern,
is a co-owner/personal trainer with
Slim and Tone in Red Oak, Ga.
Tiffany Armstrong, Georgia
State, is a consultant with Strong
Supply in Kansas City, Mo.
Glenda Armstrong, Howard, is a
family advocate with the Coalition
to End Childhood Lead Poisoning/
East Baltimore Development, Inc. in
Baltimore.
Erika Tilley Johnson, Howard,is
president and owner of ETJ
Holdings, Inc. and her new company
Premium Travel (web hosting,
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Todd Graver Aids in Katrina Evacuation
The New Orleans area experienced some close calls in the years before Hurricane Katrina struck, giving many a
false sense of security in late August 2005. But Todd Graver, Nicholls State, was prepared. As human resources
manager for the New Orleans-based Freeport-McMoRan Services Company, Graver was in charge of the firm’s
evacuation and recovery from the massive storm.
Brother Graver said his company had a disaster recovery plan and two prior evacuations in 2004 and 2005
(hurricanes Dennis and Ivan respectively) gave them chances to improve on their plan before Hurricane Katrina hit.
Even with prior experience and preparation, he said the days following the hurricane were still a nightmare come
true. “The day after the hurricane hit, we met with company executives and sent out immediate emergency aid to all
employees in the affected area. In all, of our 180 employees, 14 had homes totaled, many others experienced damage
and only 38 were unaffected,” Todd said. For Todd, the hardest part of the ordeal was the lack of communications
in the first few days.
“Cell phones and land lines did not work and you could not find out what happened to family and friends. The
only communication that worked was text messaging from a cell phone,” he replied. Hurricane Katrina taught him
that, like any situation brothers may encounter in their job, there is always room for improvement and to follow your
plans because when things start to happen, it is too hard to think of everything. Todd said lessons learned in Deltasig
helped him through this ordeal. “I think the most important thing I learned was building relationships and gaining a
consensus. That is something you need to do in the business world every day, and it’s something we did in planning
and implementing events like our projects and fundraisers for hurricane relief,” he explained. His focus now is on
preparing for the 2006 hurricane season. ▲
technical consulting and translator/
interpreter services) in Las Vegas.
Michael Lynn, Illinois, is a principal
with ECD Consulting in
Chicago.
Kathleen Rowen, Indiana
Northwest, is a plant accounting
manager with Marshall Brass in
Marshall, Mich.
Charles Warnick, Indiana-
Purdue at Fort Wayne, is a product
manager with Thomson Medstat in
Franklin,Tenn.
Jeanne Boucher, Indiana-Purdue
at Indianapolis, is an operations
assistant/store manager with Bed
Bath & Beyond in Kokomo, Ind.
Sarah Hines, Indiana-Purdue at
Indianapolis, is a marketing specialist
with Perpetual Technologies in
Indianapolis.
Shawn Heyderhoff, Iowa State,
is a consultant with DeWolff Boberg
and Associates in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Brother Heyderhoff currently serves
Deltasig as East Central Regional
Vice President.
Craig Mathison, Iowa State, is a
tax accountant with Ubernosky,
Passmore and Majeres, LLP in
Houston.