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Sean McCarthy ’03 married Danielle Young McCarthy on August 8. See photo, p. 54. John F. Witthohn ’03 is an engineer at Consulting Engineer Services in Sicklerville. He is married to Noelle. They have one child and are expecting ano<strong>the</strong>r. Kenneth Metts ’04 has launched Deal Neighbor, a company that offers a website (dealneighbor.com.) where users can search for products and services within <strong>the</strong> local community and know that <strong>the</strong> transaction will be safe and easy. They also will be able to search for local service providers that have had <strong>the</strong>ir identities verified and provide services in that area. Deborah Rebstock Travers ’04 and husband, Brian, have two daughters. Mike Van Hise ’04 is assistant general manager of <strong>the</strong> Boise, Idaho, Hawks, Class A affiliate of <strong>the</strong> Colorado Rockies. Theodore W. McKinney Jr. ’05 coaches bowling for <strong>the</strong> Collingswood School District and baseball at Rowan. Timothy Polese ’05 won a 2014 Technical Team Remote Sports Emmy for his work with NBC on <strong>the</strong> 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. He has worked freelance audio and video positions in broadcast television for clients such as MLB Network, HBO, NBC, QVC and CBS. He had previously won three Sports Emmys for his studio work with MLB network. Mat<strong>the</strong>w Schwarz ’05 and Samantha Orlan ’12 were engaged in April. Victoria Flack ’06 teaches in <strong>the</strong> Willingboro school district and was invited to speak at <strong>the</strong> NJEA convention for <strong>the</strong> second consecutive year. Aubrey Pool ’06 and her husband are <strong>the</strong> proud parents of Cassidy and Melody. See photo, p. 50. Dennis Emory ’07 married Alexandria Wierzbowski Emory on August 1. Brian Ruiz ’08, one of <strong>the</strong> first tenants in Rowan’s Technology Business Incubator in <strong>the</strong> Samuel H. Jones Innovation Center, with his company, Strategic Billing Enterprises, has merged SBE with ano<strong>the</strong>r organization to form TBD. The company offers billing services, software, 1 2 3 4 Again, alumni collect Emmys at Los Angeles and regional events Five Rowan alumni and a professor captured seven Emmy Awards in September. Besides <strong>the</strong> winners pictured here, Justin Krapf ’06 picked up regional Emmys, as did adjunct professor Mike O’Reilly. electronic transmittal systems, data backups, e-mail and calendar information systems. Ruiz, will continue as CEO of <strong>the</strong> new company, which serves approximately 300 health care providers in about 40 states. Ruiz spent <strong>the</strong> last few years building his business using Rowan students as part-time workers and interns and hiring Rowan graduates. SBE’s chief software architect was a part-time Rowan student intern and <strong>the</strong> director of billing is a Rowan alumnus Ruiz met at a College of Business networking activity. Ruiz credits Dan McFarland’s advanced database class as <strong>the</strong> catalyst 1. Adam Chazen ’08 (Game of Thrones) and Mel Brooks 2. Gena Krug ’99 (Comcast SportsNet) and Mat<strong>the</strong>w Hess 3. Steve Kwasnik ’93 (WHYY-TV) 4. Michael Yurchuk ’01 (The Voice) PR pros win recognition Communication & Creative Arts alumni collected trophies at <strong>the</strong> Philadelphia Chapter of <strong>the</strong> Public Relations Society of America 2015 Pepperpot and Achievement Awards. Rowan Magazine won first place and Mike Gross ’03, Greg Richter ’09 and John Kouten ’89 earned honors for <strong>the</strong>ir work and service. FRONT: Rosie Braude ’08, M’09; Darrah Foster ’12, Thuy Vo ’10, Karen Holloway M’14, Mike Gross ’03, Kimberly Ciesla ’11, Casey Shea ’16. BACK: Daniel Murphy M’97, Steve Pimpinella ’05, Lori Marshall M’92, Greg Richter ’09, M’10, Paula Be<strong>the</strong>a, Debbi Denton ’93 and Chris Lukach ’04. Winter 2016 | 53
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