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Want to post a pic of you or your new home, your new boyfriend, new car?
Here is the place. Central Valley Alumnae- Send me a picture and I'll put it here.

PSS continues:
At LTS 2005, CVAC won the Alumnae Philanthropy Award. We got honorable mention for the Chapter Progress Award.
At LTS Fall 03, the Central Valley Alumnae Chapter won the Alumnae Chapter Progress Award.
At the 2005 Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority International Conclave-LTS, Clarissa Loon was appointed by Sandy Grossman-Grand Archon and Josette George NPC Delegate, as the National Panhellenic Conference Delegate, 3rd Alternate. She serves on the NPC Educational Development Committee and the College Panhellenics Committee, as an Area Advisor for the Nebraska Colleges/Universities College Panhellenics. In addition, she serves as the Panhellenic Advisor for Regions 1, 2 and 3 for Phi Sigma Sigma. Recently, she has selected to serve on the NPC Extension Task Force Committee. Clarissa is employeed at CSU Stanislaus advising the fraternity and sorority community. In the past, she was advior for vision and panhellenic for both Gamma Iota (Worcester Polytechnic Insititute) and Zeta Rho (Fitchburg State University) chapters, VP of housing core for Gamma Iota and a member of the Panhellenic Collegiate Relations Committee.
Gina (Oddo) Matheney is the Key Advisor for Iota Gamma at CSU Domingus Hills, and was the PSS Division Collegeate President 30, Founding Advisor for Theta Upsilon, University of LaVerne Chapter and Founding Archon for Theta Mu, CSU Stanislaus.
Diana (Castro) Periera and Heather (Mitchel) Ishikawa have served as the Theta Mu Chapter Advisors. Diana (Castro) Pereira got a Chapter Key Advisor award for serving as an advisor for more than four years at LTS Fall 03.
Cynthia Collins and Sarah McLain have been Theta Mu Faculty Advisor at CSU Stanislaus.
Amy (Silverthorn) Allred is the Theta Mu Alumnae Association Liaison to National's, so make sure she has your current contact info. Amy (Silverthorn) Allred won an Award of Appreciation at LTS Fall 03.
Brannin (Dahlstrom) Dorsey won one of two Active Alumna Awards at LTS Fall 2003 and got honorable mention for the Active Alumna Award at LTS 2005. Brannin stepped down from her Grand Council position, so is no longer Mentoring Coordinator. But she has agreed to be President of the Central Valley Alumnae Chapter.
Genine Holguin is Panhellenic Advisor at CSU Stanislaus.
Holly Reece helped to start an alumnae chapter in Pheonix.

Continuing Education:
Anne Ward is a graduate student at the University of Nevada, Reno in the Social Work program
Karen (Felt) Sprague is working on her Master's of Education and Teaching Credential at the University of Phoenix for 2008
Brooke Oliver started the masters program at CSU, Stanislaus and is working toward a graduate degree in Instruction and Curriculum with an emphasis in Reading.
ColleenRose (Regan) Mastagniis is in Grad School.
Tiffany Stein is studying in Georgia to be a PE teacher.
Nyree Hester is taking classes online through the University of Phoenix for the business marketing major.
Jamie Sweeney is in the master's of education program at Stanislaus.
Suzann Priest is in the Executive MBA Program at Berkeley-Columbia. Will complete Dec-05
Kyndal Hays is in the Multiple Subject Credential/ Master's in Education Program at Azusa Pacific University in Southern California.
Naomi Espinola is working on her Masters Degree.
Donna Gonzales is going into the MBA Program at Stanford Fall 2002.
Jen Utley is attending Azusa Pacific University for a Doctorate Degree in Psychology (2007).
Danielle Munoz, Elena Gomez, Rachael Tomlins, and Sara Ray are in the credential program at C.S.U. Stanislaus.
Angelique Cordova is completing her credential as an intern through San Joaquin County.
Natalie Culver attends Hartnell Community College and is working on a Masters in Counselor Education.
Stacey (Anderson) Laituri is in the Masters Program for Psychology at C.S.U. Stanislaus. Mary Aghassi is enrolled at CSUStan for a CIS degree.

Graduate Degrees Earned:
Beckey Tynan finished her Multiple Subject Teaching Credential Feb-06
Genine Holguin & Cynthia Collins received their Masters in Education at CSU Stanislaus in the School Counseling program.
Holly Reece graduated from a Physician Assistant's program in Pheonix. Aug-05
Anna Eshoo received her Multiple Clear Credential from Stanislaus and an ROP Business Credential 6/05
Jen Utley earned a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Azusa Pacific University 7/04
Clarissa Lonn got her Masters in Public Administration from Clark University in Worcester, MA. 6/04
Tiffany (Bradley) Sill earned her BS in Business Admin with a concentration in Marketing from CSU Stanislaus 6/04.
Jennifer Sutton graduated from George Washington University Law School in D.C. 5/04.
Melanie (Campbell) Bishop graduated from Vermont Law School with her Juris Doctris (J.D. aka law degree) 5/04.
Danielle Emel received her CPA license 1/04
Johnette Ohman got her Creditial in 2003.
Donna Gonzales received her M.A. Education in 2001
Misty Perry received her MBA degree with an emphasis in Finance from California Lutheran University 8/00
Monica Enfield has a Masters of Arts in Arab Studies, with a concentration in economics and development from Georgetown University in D.C.
Heather (Mitchell) Ishikawa got her MBA through University of Phoenix
Kristen Spencer Zgonc earned her degree in Education/Psychology from Warner Pacific College (Oregon) 6/00.
Diana Castro got a Masters from MIIS
Steph Garibay got her Masters in Teaching in 1999.
Stephanie (Bracamonte) Vera got her masters degree in Counseling Psychology 1999.
How many got their teaching credential through Stan State? Kristen Spencer-Zgnoc, Nicolle Emel, Melissa Nicholas, Jamie Sweeney, Kristin Shelly, Cristy Barr, Michelle Porterfield, Brooke Oliver, and Elise Pingree did.

Career Corner
Teachers: Jennifer (Fridell) Molinar and Nahrain Nona are teaching. Stephanie Garibay teaches 3 & 4 year old autistic students, as well as a course at CSU Stanislaus. Brannin (Dahlstrom) Dorsey loves teaching Kindergarten in Fremont and has received tenure. Trisha (Dominguez) Canright is a Kindergarten Teacher in Patterson. Kelley (Johnson) Castro is a Kindergarten teacher in Turlock at Crane School. Tonya (Thies) McKelvey teaches elementary school for Sylvian in Modesto. Caren (Caudillo) Ross is an elementary school teacher. Natalie McDowell is a first grade teacher at Rio Altura Elementary in Riverbank. Angelique Cordova teaches 1st grade in Stockton. Isabel Lima is a first grade teacher. Lyndsay Harmon is a 2nd Grade teacher at Rio Altura Elementary School in Riverbank, CA. Kristin Hibbs is a second grade teacher. Christy (Pohlman) Seymour teaches 2nd grad in Lodi. Michelle Ramos teaches migrant education in Lodi to the Second/Third grade. Nicolle Emel teaches 3rd grade in Patterson. Kris (Mallory) Jaffuel and Ellen (Walters) Avellar teach 3rd grade. Heather Michel is a 3rd grade teacher in the Ceres Unified School District. Cristy Barr teaches 3rd grade in Patterson. Brooke Oliver is teaching 3rd grade at Walnut Elementary. Cindy (Pohlman) Overbo teaches 3rd grade in Lodi. Kristin (Spencer) Zgnoc teaches grades 4th grade in Manteca (She is a two time Disney Teacher of Year award receipient and former New Teacher of the Year). Katie Machado is a 4th grade teacher in Manteca. Anneliese (Hack) Rogers is a 5th Grade Teacher in the Ocean View School District in Huntington Beach. Johnette Ohman is a fifth grade teacher in Moraga. Michelle Porterfirld teaches fifth grade at Northmead in Patterson. Kyndal Hays is a 5th grade teacher at Adelanto School District. Kim (Gomes) Cordeiro is a 6th grade teacher at Our Lady of Miracles Catholic School. Christin Pursley teaches 6th grade students of Trailblazer writing, reading and science. Jamie (Sweeney) Garner is a 6th grade teacher for the Turlock Unified School District. Melissa Nicholas teaches 6th grade at Spratling Middle School in Keyes. Kerrie (Schaffer) Gelnn is an English teacher at Salida Middle School. Elise Pingree is a Special Education Teacher for Bryant Middle School. Sara Ray is student teaching junior high pre-algebra. Monica Reed teaches History at Manteca Unified. Anna Eshoo teaches at Turlock High School teaching Small Business Management and Office Procedures and Technology. Danielle Jensen is a Social Studies teacher at Riverbank High School. Krissy Spagnola is teaching English at Franklin High School in Stockton. Lesa Prine teaches English at Gustine High School and Merced Community College. Genine Holguin teaches a first year experience course. Clarissa Lonn is teaching the academic course in leadership studies in the College of Arts, Letters and Sciences at CSU Stanislau. Elena Gomez teaches at Shasta School, Manteca. Beckey Tynan is a subsitute teacher. Karen Felt Sprague is substitute teaching the for Manteca Unified School District. Laura (Williford) Merafuentes and husband are owners and teachers of Merfafuentes Tae Kwon Do Academy of Martial Arts. Sarah (Bullard) Marchy is a Special Education Teacher for Severly Handicaped Children in Merced.
Marketing: Kristi (Quinn) Abraham was a Trade Show Coordinator. Jill (Gardner) Gerue is a Marketing Coordinator. Amy (Silverthorn) Allred is a Sr. Marketing Coordinator for Qualcomm in San Jose. Mary Aghassi is a Circulation Assistant at the Turlock Journal. Gina (Oddo) Matheney works part time in the event planning / catering business, specializing in weddings
Social Work: Ana Fernandez is a Marriage Family Therapist in San Luis Obispo. Cynthia (Collins) Butler is a school counselor at Clarance Ruth Elementary School, Lompoc through the Family Service Agency. Christine Wagner works as a dog trainer. Chris (Gonzales) Evans is a Service Coordinator for persons with developmental disabilities. Cindy (Limones) Rulon worked in Social Work. Amber (Munden) Manko work at Aspira as a Therapeutic Behavior Aid/Support Counselor. Heidi Wolter is a counselor at a group home in Napa. Natalie Culver is an Independent Living Program Coordinator with a new program to prepare foster youth to leave the system. Monica Lopez works for Modesto city schools's BEST program, which finds and helps dropouts, teen parents, and low income kids get thier GED and get jobs. Stacey (Anderson) Laituri is a Mental health clinician. Nyree Hester works for Sierra Vista Children Center. Stephanie (Bracamonte) Vera is a licensed marriage & family therapist.
Medicine:Brianna Hood is a nurse at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto. Holly Reece is a Physician's Assistant practicing Internal Medicine in Mesa, AZ. Kelli Brooks does physical therapy at DMC (Doctors Hospital) in Modesto. Jennifer O'Brien works at Medco Health, a mail order pharmacy service. Lisa (Miller) Ippolito works as a pharmaceutical sales consultant. Kristi Quinn is a nurse. Anne Ward interns with a Social Worker. Erica Castro is a certified nursing assistant.
Full-time Moms: Gina (Oddo) Matheney stays at home full-time with sons, Chase and Ayden, and is active in mommy clubs. Kim (Beaver) Lott is a stay-at-home mom with son, Ty. Cindy (Limones) Rulon is able to be stay-at-home moms after establishing her career. Brett (Young) Bronken is lucky enough to stay at home with her two daughters, allowing her to volunteer in her daughter's class and shuttle her to many lessons and playdates. Petula (Jaquez) Rodriguez is a full-time mom of three beautiful daughters.
Criminal Justice/Law: After an FBI internship, Kyndal worked at a Juvenille Hall Facility for hard-core youth and as a Parole Officer. Nicole Hemenez is a Probation Officer in Solano County. Sarah Grant was a 911 dispatcher for the San Leandro Police Department. Michelle Morelli is a lawyer. Jennifer Sutton is a Case Analyst, Federal Judiciary in Washington, D.C. Melanie (Campbell) Bishop is an attorney at the Vermont Juvenile Defender's Office.
Finance: Misty (Perry) Key is Director, Internal Fiscal Services for Merced County Office of Education. Sandy (Hart) Cummings is a Financial Analyst at Heinz, Suzann Priest works at eTrade as a Lead Financial Analyst, and Danielle Emel is a Certified Public Accountant and Partner at her firm. Misty (Perry) Key was a Senior Financial Analyst for Kinkos Corporate. Sonal (Sisidiya) Punja is an Accounting Credit Manager in SF. Linda Santos is an Accounting Manager at BCS Inc. Laura (Williford) Merafuentes is an underwriter at Decision One Mortgage. Angela Alves is a staff accountant for Kemper CPA Group, LLP in Tracy, CA. Angela Trujillo is a Payroll, Benefit Specialist.
Business: Candace Walker is a recruiter at Digital Artist Management in Southern CA. Rachel (Loth) Williams is an HR Manager at G-3 Enterprises. Cynthia Collins is an Administrative Assistants at CSU Stanislaus, where Donna Gonzales is a CLRP Regional Coordinator. Genine Holguin is a Program Coordinator for the Faculty Mentor Program at CSU Stanislaus. Catherine Sadhu is a Transportation Logistics Sales Representative at CH Robinson Worldwide. Monica Enfield works as an analyst at an energy consulting firm in Washington, DC. Naomi Espinola is Assistant Consumer Relations Manager for E & J Gallo Winery. Melissa Romeo is at a private engineering company called "Ingels-Braun & Associates". Adrian Eshagh is consulting in Paris, France. Sarah Grant is a shipping specialist at Chipman. Heather (Massey) Gum is a Project Manager for Design Fabricators in Denver, managing the mill work for the Starbuck's locations in the airports. Lyndsay (Harmon) Stevens is a Licensed real estate coordinator. Sarah McLain works as an Escrow Assistant for Chicago Title. Diana (Castro) Pereira is a Financial and Business analyst for an R&D company. Heather (Mitchell) Ishikawa is the Western Region Consultant for CPP.
Sales: Kelly Powers works in Inside Sells for Citrix Online, Latin America, selling internet software. Lea (Herod) Thurman is in Business Sales at Dell Computers. Kadi Ingram works as a sales rep for a wine distribution company and Lisa (Miller) Ippolito works as a pharmaceutical sales consultant. Colleen (Regan) Mastagni is an activity coordinator at the Red Lion Hotel in Modesto. Kelly Powers works at Enterprise. Chaina Taylor is working at Abercrombie and Fitch. Nyree Hester works at Frito Lay part-time. Mary Aghassi works for the Clorox Company