1978
Jerry Shoo is a business and community leader in Athens, Ala., and recently joined the United Way of Athens Limestone County board of directors. He has more than 30 years of experience in manufacturing management and finance and is a certified public accountant.

1979
Daniel Dressman was named the new executive director of the Home Builders Association of Greater Cincinnati. With extensive experience of more than 25 years as a trade association executive, Dressman stood out for the position and began his new role as executive director in May 2009. Mark Cohen has been appointed chief operating officer for Pioneer Newspapers, Inc. Cohen, who has more than 25 years of experience in newspapers, most recently was vice president of advertising for Gatehouse Media in New England. Cohen previously served as director of sales and marketing for Morris Newspapers and was a vice president at Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. He graduated with a degree in mass communications.

1981
Jim Young is the new executive director of the Colorado Dental Association, an organization committed to supporting organized dentistry in Colorado, serving more than 3,000 members statewide. The Colorado Dental Association represents more than 82 percent of all Colorado licensed dentists. Young comes to the dental association from Ducks Unlimited, the nation’s largest wetlands and waterfowl conservation organization. Since 1991, he has provided leadership to fundraising, volunteer and membership programs. Most recently, Young served as group manager of Grassroots Fundraising and Volunteer Leadership at Ducks Unlimited’s national headquarters in Memphis, Tenn.

1991
Denise Barone has recently signed her fourth book contract for a romance novel titled Judge Not as well as a young adult novel that is to be released in August 2009 titled, House of Wacks. Barone has also released erotica novels in recent years such as, Fantasy Daze, in October 2007 and Rose Red and Black Bear. Thomas S. Bailey has been named principal of Charles T. Young Elementary School in the Three Rivers Local School District (located just west of Cincinnati). Bailey spent nine years as a band director, six years as principal of St. John’s School in Cincinnati and three years starting a development office in Three Rivers before assuming the duties of principal of C.T. Young. Bailey lives in Cincinnati with his wife, Mary (’92), and six children: Jessie, Matt, Jake, Adam, Grace and Kate.

1995
Kathy Brown, E.A., a Warsaw businesswoman, met with Rep. Geoff Davis and staff as well as members of the staff of Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) May 6, 2009, in Washington to discuss the need to minimize the complexity of the tax code and for legislation that would require all professional tax preparers to be federally licensed. Brown, who prepares taxes in the Warsaw area, holds the enrolled agent (E.A.) designation, an IRS-administered license that allows the licensee to represent taxpayers who are under audit or owe back taxes, in addition to handling tax planning and preparation.

1996
Ryan Greis was an extra in George Clooney’s upcoming movie Up in the Air, filmed in St. Louis, Mo. He stood only 10 feet away from Clooney for three hours; however, he did not talk to Clooney to mention NKU. Greis is an art director who graduated with a major in graphic design and currently resides in St. Louis. Ryan Stewart Shadle is working on his M.A. at NKU in the integrative studies program and currently works for Cincinnati State as a writing instructor.

1997
Robin R. Cozone Pelfrey is a registered nurse and works in telemetry. After graduating from NKU with an anthropology degree, she attended Eastern Kentucky University, where she received a Bachelor of Science in nursing. Tammy S. Meade (Chase) married Chris Ensslin June 2, 2009, in Playa Mujures, Mexico. The couple will reside in Lexington, Ky. She is an attorney at the law firm of Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney, PLL C, in Lexington, where she practices employment law defense. He is employed by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government as an internal auditor.

1998
Rick Trump, history, was recently promoted to director of operations, finance and student services for the University of Phoenix, Augusta, Ga., campus. Trump joined University of Phoenix as an academic counselor at the Cincinnati campus in May 2004. A year and half later he was promoted to academic counseling manager at the Richmond, Va., campus. In September 2006, Trump moved to Augusta as associate director of operations and student services when the campus opened.

2000
Stephanie Durbin, CPA, was promoted to assistant team leader of the tax practice of the construction/real estate client service team at Barnes, Dennig and Company, Ltd. They are the fifth largest accounting firm in Cincinnati.

2001
Liliana Bramasco has recently left her field of expertise, criminal justice, and entered the insurance and financial industry as a financial representative at Lifetime Financial Growth LLC in Cincinnati.

2003
Cassandra Marie Childers Haney had her first baby in 2007, William (Liam) Connor Haney.

LPK (Libby Perszyk Kathman), the largest independent brand design agency in the world, has promoted Maura Schilling to human resource manager. As an HR manager, Schilling is responsible for managing employee development and training initiatives along with developing HR policy and practices. She resides in Cold Spring, Ky.

2004
Taunya Jack was sworn in as Campbell County Circuit Court Clerk January 13, 2009, by Chief Circuit Judge Julie Reinhardt Ward and Circuit Judge Fred A. Stine V. She is responsible for all circuit and district court filings, obtaining jurors, the law library and issuing driver’s licenses.

2005
Joseph B. Oost graduated from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary May 2, 2009, with a Master of Arts in Christian ministries.

Josh Blair and his girlfriend, Jamie Lemery, along with the couple’s twoyear- old son, Ian, welcomed their twin daughters into the world January 24, 2009. Cara Michelle Blair was born at 9:49 a.m. and weighed 5 lbs. 13 oz. Lillian Elise Blair was born at 10:27 a.m. and weighed a whopping 7 lbs. 5 oz.

2006
Rodger D. Biddle II is a financial services associate with Prudential Financial. He is married to Leslee Biddle, a cosmetologist, and they have a son, Gaven Russell Biddle, who was born January 18, 2008. Biddle is working on building his business into a successful and positive future for himself and his family.

2008
Vickie Grey Kennedy was recently hailed an expert sales consultant for Mary Kay, Inc. She joined Mary Kay because she had been impressed by their products for many years. She considers being able to work with women one on one and help them see their true beauty and raise their self-esteem to be the most rewarding aspect of her work. She holds an M.B.A. and a Bachelor of Science in marketing and business management from NKU as well as a master’s degree in pastoral counseling from The Athenaeum of Ohio.

Tye Mortensen, ’04, ’08, and Kristi Britton, ’05, were married December 27, 2008, in the brand new NKU Student Union. The Mortensen-Britton wedding was the first wedding and reception to be held on campus in the new ballroom. Numerous NKU faculty, staff, alumni and students were in attendance for the big event. Tye and Kristi are currently living in Sacramento, Calif. Tye is now working as the assistant director of admissions and student services for the University of California, Davis, and Kristi is enjoying her appointment at the Northern California Business Developer for Great American Insurance.

Steven Travis Mayo (Chase) and Tabatha Boekhout Mayo were married October 31, 2008, at The Norman Chapel in Cincinnati. The couple resides in Newport, Ky., where Travis is beginning his career as a lawyer and Tabatha is completing her master’s degree in forensic anthropology.