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'40s

Roy Cuneo ’48 was recognized as a 2019 Honoree for Distinguished Service to the Union by New York State United Teachers for his participation in the 1970 teacher strike and for serving as Secretary of TAL from 1973 until 1985, when he retired from teaching.

'60s

Richard Arculin ’69 was recently recognized by the Chesapeake Sports Club in Virginia and inducted into the club’s Legends of Honor.

John Batchelor ’69 retired his restaurant critique column for the Greensboro News and Record after over 20 years.

Linda Mercer ’69 and three Mary Hobbs friends, Patricia Davis Crenshaw ’69, Susan Hester ’71 and Brenda Smith ’71, visited New York City for a few days.

'70s

Tanya Feagins ’71 was installed as President of the Greensboro Airport Rotary Club.

Jay Terrell ’72, who taught at Southern Guilford High School for 30 years, is to have the new agricultural complex named after him.

World B. Free ’76 is one of 12 individuals selected for the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame.

'80s

Robert Linville ’80 was named to the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame.

Lisa Hayes ’80 has been named President of the Board of Directors for Executive Alliance, a statewide not-for-profit organization that promotes the advancement of women in professional and executive roles.

Darlene Joyner ’81 retired from her role as coach at Northwest Guilford after 33 years.

Robert Katz ’83 joined commercial real estate services company Avison Young as a Principal focusing on office tenant and buyer representation and advisory services in the Washington Metro area and across the U.S.

Jeffrey Schreiber ’88 joined FinanceIt, a Toronto-based financial technology firm, as their U.S. Director of Risk Management. He also qualified and competed with Team USA Triathlon in the 2019 age-group world championship in long distance swim and bike in Pontevedra, Spain.

Donna Newton ’89, Director of Workforce Initiatives at the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, received the Vision Award from Guilford Apprenticeship Partners.

'90s

David Hopkins ’91 was appointed CEO of the Urban League of Greater Hartford.

Elizabeth Voltz ’91 was named Chair of the Board of the North Carolina Triangle-area nonprofit housing development organization DHIC.

Heidi Waddell ’91, former Guilford tennis and basketball standout, was profiled by The Boston Globe. She is currently working as a teaching professional for the U.S. Tennis Association and was recently inducted into her high school athletics hall of fame.

Michael Waddell ’91 was named the Chief Operations Officer for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games, held in Orlando, Fla.

Jeffrey Albright ’94 has been named to the 2019 class for the Eastern Randolph High School Hall of Fame.

David Heggie ’98 will fill the role of Interim CEO/President of the YMCA of Greensboro during their search to identify a permanent CEO.

Lori Khamala ’99 has been named the Director of Partnerships for Code the Dream. Lori will be helping to develop new partnerships and expand programming.

Jon Bostock '99

Jon Bostock '99

In February of this year, Jon and a colleague founded Truman’s, a revolutionary cleaning supply provider based in Lexington, Ky. Truman’s has grown exponentially since the company’s introduction, and Jon leads the company as CEO. Prior to launch, more than 10,000 people signed up to become the first to experience a new, more sustainable way to clean. Today, the company has fans across the globe. Truman’s was recognized by Fast Company as part of its “World Changing Ideas” Awards program and has been featured on Digital Trends Live, Inhabit.com, Forbes.com and Better Homes and Gardens, among others. Most recently, Truman’s announced a significant investment partnership with consumer products giant Henkel, the maker of brands like Dial, Purex and Snuggle. Keep an eye out for Truman’s!

'00s

Anna Lena Phillips Bell ’00 was appointed the Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet for eastern North Carolina for 2019- 21 by the NC Poetry Society. ’00s

Jimmy Lamour ’00 graduated from California University of Pennsylvania with a Master's Degree in Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention.

Colin Berry ’01 has been named the new Executive Director of the Human Society of Washington County.

Molly Gochman ’01, an experiential artist, will create a 350-foot-long trail of red sand across a field at the SeattleTacoma International Airport. She hopes Red Sand Project: Border US-MX will inspire conversations about immigration and human trafficking.

Bradley George ’02 is a Reporter and Host at WUSF, a public radio station in Tampa, Fla.

Merritt Johnson ’02 has been selected for Women in IT Networking at The International Conference for High Performance Computing Networking, Storage, and Analysis to help build SCinet at SC Conference 2019. Merritt was selected for the wireless team.

Christina Repoley ’02 joined the Forum for Theological Exploration as its new Director of Strategic Partnerships for organizations serving young adults.

Erin Wamsley ’02, Furman University Assistant Professor of Psychology, received a grant from the National Science Foundation to research how daydreaming might work to form long-term memories.

Crystal Waitekus ’03 recently organized a Guilford alumni "Happy Hour" in Washington, DC. James Tatum '03, Peter Morscheck '00, Jenny Akman '01, Naz Urooj '03, James Norton '00 and Crystal met at Cantina Bambina in the new District Wharf area.

Kenneth Gamble ’04 was hired as the new Town Manager of Denton, N.C.

Robert Mallonee ’05 joins Alderson Broaddus University in West Virginia as the Battlers’ next Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach.

Evan Welkin ’07 and his wife, Federica, are excited to build an ecovillage and folk school this year on their eco-tourism farm and bed-and-breakfast in central Italy.

Emily Sullivan Burnett ’09 successfully defended her dissertation and earned her Ph.D in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Clemson University.

Shaina Machlus ’09 released her first book, La Palabra Más Sexy es Sí, a Spanish-language guide to consent.

'10s

Casey Blake ’10 has been honored by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists with first place in column writing among publications with 50,000 circulation or less for two of her 2018 opinion pieces.

Wendy Poteat ’10 joined nonprofit organization Say Yes Guilford as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Tonya Baldwin ’11 published her debut book of poetry, Freedom: A Southern Girl’s Truth.

Rebecca Sullivan ’11 and Suzanne Cole Sullivan were married on March 23 in Jackson, Miss. In attendance were Kieran Brackbill '12, Grace Sullivan '14, Chandler Zirkle '15 and Damian Romney '11.

Jack Haymore ’15, CPA, has been promoted to Audit Supervisor at Cannon & Company, LLP. He has been with Cannon since 2015. ’10s

Matt Reid ’16 has accepted the position of Director of the Greensboro Youth Jazz Ensemble.

Stephanie Sides ’17 and Mason Morrison ’19 are engaged. Mason asked Stephanie, his Guilford College sweetheart, to join him in marriage during a Fourth of July parade in Faith, N.C.

Maureen “Sunshine” Smith ’17 graduated from UNC Greensboro with her Master's in Applied Arts and Sciences.

Holly Kozak ’18 is attending Wake Forest University Law School.

Yasmain Rice ’18 has been promoted to Decedent Affairs Coordinator and has begun a Master's program at Wake Forest University Law School.

Mitchell Stumpo ’19 signed a free-agent contract with Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks and headed west to start his professional baseball career.

Rebecca Gibian '13

Rebecca Gibian '13

The RBG Way: The Secrets of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Success, Rebecca’s first book, was released in November. Offering wisdom from Justice Ginsburg based on comments she’s made on topics like women’s rights, overcoming hardship and creating lasting change, the book comes from a seasoned journalistic perspective. Rebecca is an international freelance journalist and author whose work focuses on issues affecting women and children, such as crises in education, reproductive rights and immigration. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post and ABC News, among others. In the book, the experiences of “RBG” are translated into life lessons we can all apply to our own lives. The RBG Way is available for purchase through Sky Horse Publishing.