Lindenwood Magazine - Fall 2021

30 FALL 2021 EDITION THE LINDENWOOD 31 FALL 2021 EDITION THE LINDENWOOD 2000s 1960s 1980s 1990s THE ALUMNI COMMUNITY THE ALUMNI COMMUNITY NEWS AND NOTES 1960s Ann Fieber Hays ‘66 visited classmate Kay Fischer Lippert ‘66 and husband Tom at their new home in Fairview Heights, Ill. in June. 1980s Dianne Isbell ‘81 was selected as the 2021 featured milliner at the Kentucky Derby Museum gift shop. Her hats are for sale at all major events for the year! Diane is a local Metro-St. Louis resident, a national award- winning hat designer, and 2019–20 in-resident designer at the Saint Louis Fashion Fund. Cynthia Schipper Zvanut Hovey ‘82 and her husband gave up their corporate lives and moved to the Caribbean to operate a bar on an island, which then morphed into a yacht captain and chef team. They published a book called “There’s a Yacht More to Life.” Ruby Hemedat ‘89 retired from Boeing Aircraft. She also owned The Village Clothing Store in Clayton for the past 15 years. 1990s Finley Engineering Group added Marsha Jungels ‘93 to its growing team as the new business development manager in May. Marsha has over 20 years’ experience establishing the processes and systems necessary to lay the groundwork for marketing, business development, and sales success. 2000s Jen McDowell ‘02 started a consulting business, (re)connect consulting, LLC, which specializes in culture transformation, leadership development, and team strengthening. She teaches leaders and teams the skills to strengthen their interpersonal dynamics and navigate organizational change more effectively. Captain Jason Crady ‘03 was recently promoted to the rank of Battalion Chief at the Robertson Fire Protection District in St. Louis County. He is now the shift commander for the B crew. Jason, along with his wife who is a doctor of pharmacy, and her father, were awarded two medical marijuana dispensary licenses and have opened their first dispensary. Crystal Marshall ‘05, ‘20 accepted a position and works as a campus recruiter at Disney. Stan Andrisse ‘06, ‘08 is one of the academics and activists that help formerly incarcerated people enter careers in the STEM field. He came to Homecoming where he met with students, faculty/staff, signed copies of his book, and served as the Grand Marshall in the Homecoming parade. Gholdy Muhammad ‘06 has been invited to speak at the third annual Black Male Educators STL Symposium in February 2022. Emily Rademan ‘07 is a licensed psychologist at Peak Mind Consulting in Colorado Springs. Adrián Vazquez Lazara ‘09 is a member of the European Parliament for the European Union based in Brussels, Belgium. He is the chair of the Legal Affairs Committee and Chief of Cabinet, as part of the Delegation of European citizens from Spain. Kelly McCarthy Beyrer ‘09 was recently named the first director of performing arts at Iona College! This newly created position builds on Iona’s strategic vision of expanding opportunities to “Learn Outside the Lines”. Kim Hawk ‘09 became the new chief operating officer for the Northwest R-1 School District in July 2021. 2010s Linda Asomaning ‘11 is the founder of Tickles, a corporate brand of organic products for the Ghanaian market developed and marketed exclusively by Asomaning. She sources oils, packaging and ingredients from the USA, China and Europe. Currently her product line of organic plantain chips is sold in exclusive high-end retailers in several cities in Ghana and received FDA-Ghana certification in January of 2021. Tyler Knight ‘12 was named assistant principal of Camdenton Middle School in August. Dave Tanzyus ‘12 was appointed as the community development administrator in Madison County, Ill. Stacey Noble-Loveland ‘12 rejoined Senior Services Plus as the Director of Operations in Alton, Ill. Tavi Costa ‘13 is a partner and portfolio manager at Crescat Capital and has been with the firm since 2013. His research has been featured in financial publications such as Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, CCN, Financial Post, The Globe and Mail, Real Vision, Reuters. Christopher Thurmond ‘13, ‘16 is the TRIO/SSS academic advisor at Illinois State University. Filip Jönsson ’14 won the national championship in Sweden for football, the first time in the clubs 32-year history. He was also awarded the Linebacker of the year in the Swedish Super Series for 2021 and will represented Team Sweden in the European Championship in England this past summer. Benjamin DeClue ‘15 was elected president of the Missouri City/County Management Association in May 2021. Daniela Tablante ‘15 formed her own company in Florida, Daniela Tablante Communications LLC. She also represented Spain in Miss Europe 2020. Derissa Davis ’15 is a fourth-grade teacher who pursued her community’s vision of turning an abandoned lot into a vegetable garden for the Washington Park neighborhood, called the Tiny Children’s Garden. Takahiro Uchida ‘17 was hired as assistant athletic trainer for the Atlanta Hawks. Prior to joining the Hawks, Uchida spent two seasons as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (2018–20) and one season as a graduate assistant at Stanford University. Steven Ingram ‘18 serves as senior director of workforce development for Better Family Life, Inc., a small community serving not for profit located in St. Louis. Hannah Finchamp ‘18 placed 36th in the World Champions for cycling in August. Mike Maynard ‘18 opened his own clothing line business for men.