Class Notes

1970s

CATHERINE LANDIS ’74 was named to the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame.

1 MELISSA DAVIS GEHRIG ’76 will retire as Executive Director from Vision House at the end of January 2024 after 20 years. Located in the Seattle area, Vision House provides temporary housing and a program for families experiencing homelessness as they work to overcome trauma and barriers to long-term stability.

2 LYNDA MINKS HOOD ’76 was honored by the Erlanger Foundation with the Gordon Street Distinguished Community Leadership Award. This annual award is presented to community leaders who have championed the advancement of healthcare in the Chattanooga region, are committed to improving the health of people throughout our community, and are dedicated to the healing mission and values of Erlanger.

1980s

3 JILL EISCHEID SOLIS ’82 recently published her first children's book, Bunny Bart Needs a Heart, available on Amazon.

4 DR. NANCY VINCENT WATTS ’83 is in her 27th year as Director of Pharmacy Programs at Chattanooga State Community College. She serves as Chair of the Hiwassee River Blueway and on the GPS Alumnae Council.

1990s

MARGARET CLEARY DEAN ’93, Commanding Officer, Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron Ten, was in the Mission Operations Center and part of NASA’s DART team when the spacecraft successfully impacted the asteroid Dimorphos, completing the world’s first planetary defense test mission in September 2022.

DR. NAGA BHAVANI MEDURI ’94 opened her own dermatology practice, Modern Dermatology Atlanta, in Woodstock, Georgia.

2000s

5 SOPHIA VOYCHEHOVSKI PRATER ’02 was named to Georgia Tech’s “40 Under 40” list.

VIVIAN PARHAM ’03 recently moved back to Chattanooga from New York City and works as a Dermatology Nurse Practitioner.

6 KARLA CHAMBLESS WOODS ’03 competed in the 15th annual Dare to Dance event for the Kidney Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, winning first place for Top Performer and Dancer’s Choice Awards and raising nearly $30,000; the cast raised over $470,000, all of which helps local kidney patients. Woods, who co-owns Ooltewah Veterinary Hospital with her husband, Dr. Micah Woods (McCallie ’02), also received the Best of the Best Veterinarian award for the third straight year since opening in late 2019.

CAROLINE WALKER ’04 was recently hired by JPMorgan Chase Commercial Banking as an Executive Director and Relationship Executive for its Middle Market Banking and Specialized Industries business to help deliver financial solutions and strategic guidance to companies in Chattanooga. Walker currently serves on the boards of The Tivoli Foundation, Chambliss Center for Children, AVA, Friends of the Public Library, and The Bright School.

LAUREN HARVEY BARLEW ’05 is a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner who has been in practice for 10 years in Chattanooga. She recently opened her own practice, Lotus Center for Women, dedicated to women’s sexual health and wellness and teaches classes on Body Basics for Girls (puberty, hygiene, etc.) and Beyond the Basics for Girls (safe sex ed).

ELIZABETH “LIZ” KENNEDY LUCIA ’05 accepted a new role as Director of Integrated Media at Instacart, North America's leading online grocery delivery company, leading strategy and planning for all major paid marketing initiatives for the company.

ANNE BOATNER ’06 was recognized by The Tennessee Bar Association 2023 Public Service Awards as the Ashley Wiltshire Public Service Attorney of the Year.

DR. KRISTINA KYLE ’08 works as an Emergency Medicine Physician in Tacoma, Washington.

DR. JESSICA PHILLIPS STANFIELD '08 works at CHI Memorial in downtown Chattanooga as an Acute Care Physical Therapist.

KELLY WILSON CURRENS ’09 lives in Ventura, California, where she works as a Registered Nurse.

HEATHER PARMAN MILLER ’09 completed her MBA degree and was a two-time meritbased scholarship recipient. She also recently received a promotion to Director of Sales within the first six months with her new employer, Transport Enterprise Leasing.

MIRANDA KELLEY O'DELL ’09, a nurse at Children’s Hospital at Erlanger for eight years, started Family Nurse Practitioner school at Southern Adventist University in August 2021 and anticipates graduating this December.

LUCY HENSON OSETINSKY ’09 is a Sales Manager for Denimist, which is a recently launched brand under the R13 umbrella.

JOSIE RIX ’09 was recently named the Women's Associate Head Soccer Coach at the University of Florida.

2010s

7 RAEWYN DUVALL ’12, Research Associate II at The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, served as Commander of the Iris mission. Iris is a tiny, lightweight lunar rover built by CMU students, and the Iris mission is the first American lunar rover, the first studentdeveloped/university-built rover, the smallest, lightest rover, and the first lunar rover not made by a national space agency.

8 MEGHAN POWERS ’12 was promoted to Vice President at The Bliss Group. Powers was also named leader of a specialty practice group focusing on the workplace industry. In her role, Powers will build the Bliss Workplace Specialty Group and is responsible for clients who sit at the intersection of employee experience and the evolving workplace.

9 DR. UNSA SHAFI ARAIN ’12, a Chief Resident for Emergency Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, plans to do an EMS fellowship next year with aspirations to become a flight physician and practice emergency medicine in the air serving the people of Mississippi.

CAROL PORTERA PROVEAUX ’12 works as a Physical Therapist.

ABBY HORTON ’13 graduated in May 2020 from Richmont Graduate University with a masters of clinical mental counseling and will be a Licensed Professional Counselor. She works in downtown Chattanooga in private practice at Wise Mind Collective.

CHANDLER KEY ’13 started a new job as a Senior Manufacturing Quality Engineer at Roper Corporation, a subsidiary of GE Appliances.

SHELBY DOOLEY MULLINS ’13 started her own business in custom fine jewelry, Studio Mullins.

REBECCA ROSE ’13 co-founded a dog food company, A Bark Above Treats, featuring Zoomie Butters, 100% all-natural peanut butter made especially for dogs.

10 KAY CALDWELL WILSON ’13 accepted a new role as Corporate Controller of Atlanta-based Marketwake LLC.

NICKI BACKUS BOWLBY ’16 was promoted to an Operations Engineer at her company, ONEOK.

KATIE BROWN ’16 is the Social Media Content Coordinator at Lodge Cast Iron.

KAT CURTIS ’16 works at LINQ in K-12 Software Solutions Sales and serves as the Board of Directors Fundraising Committee Chair for FACES: The National Craniofacial Association.

ARABI SPEARS PHILIPS ’16 currently works at Saint Paul's Episcopal School in Mobile, Alabama, as a Second-Grade Teacher.

SOPHIE BECKNELL ’18 works as a Registration Coordinator with Maritz Global Events.

ELLEE JACKSON ’18 has been working on a case study of Chattanooga gun violence and with the goal of turning this research into meaningful policy initiatives that will help support disadvantaged communities and make the city safer.

HANNAH PRESCOTT ’18 is pursuing an MBA in business analytics at The University of Alabama.

ANNA SALISBURY ’18 graduated from Berry College in 2022 and accepted a full-time position as a Paid Media Specialist at The Johnson Group.

2020s

11 LINDSEY CAMPBELL ’20 was sworn in as Student Body Vice President at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The Student Government Association was one of the first organizations Lindsey joined her freshman year, and it has quickly shaped her college experience.