Class notes

1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

PRYOR GIBSON ’ 79 joined NC Governor Roy Cooper’s Office as a senior legislative advisor.

MAURICE SMITH ’ 79 retired from Local Government Federal Credit Union after leading the organization since 1999.

SUSAN CRISPELL ’ 03 released The Holloway Girls. Her next book, The Broken Hearts Club, will be released in June 2023.

DAVID HOWARD ’87 was named director of Brunswick County’s health services department.

KEVIN FAULKER ’ 88 , a Clocktower Society member, had his novel The Sixth Traveler published.

NORA MARTIN ’ 89 retired after teaching sixth grade language arts and social studies for more than 32 years for Stokes and Yadkin counties.

TYSON EMERY ’ 03 AND LINDSAY BARBOUR ’17 , two of the Wilmingtonbased Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage’s top producing agents and leaders of the Aspyre Realty Group, will lead Coldwell Banker’s expansion in Charlotte, NC.

MARSHA QUINTANILLA ’ 04 was named the WITN Teacher of the Week. She is in her 13th year teaching Spanish 1 and Spanish 2 at North Duplin JuniorSenior High School in Mount Olive, NC.

RUSS FRAZIER ’ 05 was named athletic director of Leesville Road High School in Raleigh. He previously served as the boys basketball coach since 2012.

COREY MITCHELL ’ 93 , a Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre Education winner, launched the Theater Gap Initiative in 2021. The nonprofit college-prep program is for high school graduates with aspirations of pursuing a degree in fine arts.

CECILIA HOLDEN ’ 95 , president and CEO of myFutureNC, was the keynote speaker for UNC Pembroke’s winter undergraduate ceremony. She is a UNCW Society and Clocktower Society member.

NEAL RICHARDSON ’ 96 was appointed executive director of admissions at The University of Baltimore.

KIRK ANGEL ’ 97 , New Hanover High School boys basketball coach, captured his 300th career win on Jan. 3.

LAUREN ’06, ’10M, ’18ED.D. and MICHAEL ’18M FRANKLIN welcomed their first child, Wallis Ann Franklin, in December. Lauren is a UNCW Society and Clocktower Society member, and Michael is a Clocktower Society member.

Wallis Ann Franklin

EVAN FOLDS ’ 01 was reelected to the New Hanover County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors.

CHAD WILLIAMS ’ 02 joined The Capstone Group, a Wilmington-based real estate agency.

AMBER GROGAN HACKER ’ 06 was promoted to chief operating officer at Interfaith America, a national nonprofit that equips and connects leaders and institutions to unlock the potential of America’s religious diversity.

MARC MURPHY ’ 07M is president and CEO of the Boys and Girls Homes of North Carolina in Lake Waccamaw.

LAURA PRESS ’ 08 joined impact.com, a global partnership management platform, as head of affiliate and partnerships education. She helps create engaging content for the Partnerships Experience Academy, an education center designed to inspire and empower productive partnerships.

AUBREY GRANT ’ 09 published Women, Power, and Rape Culture: The Politics and Policy of Underrepresentation in Sept. 2022.

LACEE JACOBS ’ 09 was named principal of Mount Pleasant High School (NC).

2010s

CHRISTINA HALEY ’ 10 is president of Wilmington Downtown, iNC.

JAMES MARSHALL ’10 was appointed by NC Governor Roy Cooper to serve as District Court Judge in District 29B, serving Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties.

MICHAEL ONUFER ’ 10 was appointed by NC Governor Roy Cooper to serve as District Court Judge in District 11, serving Johnston, Harnett and Lee counties.

TIFFANY ALBRIGHT ’ 11 , a writer, producer, director and founder of Lunar Kitchen Films, founded and directed the Triad’s Queer Fear Film Festival. The event was held in Oct. 2022 and showcased 19 films.

KERRI ALLEN ’ 11, ’ 13M continues to protect the shores by running the Southeast Regional Office of the North Carolina Coastal Federation, the coast’s largest environmental advocacy organization.

MARQUITA MCCULLEY ’ 11 , director of the Bam, Books and Brotherhood Foundation, helped Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo take a group of high school students from Greensboro to Miami through his foundation.