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1980s
Keith Boepple, B.A.
in Speech/Theatre,
’85,
has been
named Area 32
director for District
25 of Toastmasters International,
a nonprofit educational
organization that helps improve
the communication and public-
speaking skills of its members.
Boepple is in his fourth year of
teaching at Reed Middle School in
Duncanville, Texas.
2000s
Katja Schaper, BBA
in Accounting, ’01,
has been named a
principal at Lucas
Horsfall
Accountants and Advisors.
Schaper is also an audit manager
at the Los Angeles firm and has
more than 12 years of experience
in the profession.
Chris Raymond,
B.S. in Secondary
Education, ’04,
is
the head baseball
coach at Liberty
High School in Peoria, Ariz. It is
his first head coaching position.
He was an assistant baseball
coach for 13 years at Sunrise
Mountain High School in Peoria.
Robert Isbell, B.S.
in Public Safety
Administration, ’07,
and M.S. in
Executive Fire
Leadership, ’08, is the new fire
chief for the city of Round Rock,
Texas. Isbell has been in fire
service for more than 30 years, in
every position from firefighter to
chief. He previously was the fire
chief in Midland, Texas.
Nate Chandler,
M.S. in Leadership,
’09,
has joined
Barbeck
Communications in
Decatur, Ill., as a senior account
manager. Chandler has a history
of sales and customer service
experience, including eight years
in the medical device industry as
a territory manager and product
director.
Ken Jefferies, B.S.
in Public Safety
Administration,
’09,
has been hired
as the safety
engineer for Hexcel Corporation
in Casa Grande, Ariz. Jefferies will
be responsible for management
of the plant’s occupational safety.
Melissa Steffan,
MBAwith an
Emphasis in
Finance, ’09,
and
M.S. in Health Care
Administration, ’14, has been
hired as the vice president of
operations, focusing on strategic
and administrative services, for
ABQ Health Partners, a member
of the DaVita Medical Group in
Albuquerque, N.M. Steffan
previously was the administrator
for specialty care at Presbyterian
Healthcare Services in New
Mexico.
2010s
Eric Griffin, M.S. in
Leadership with an
Emphasis in
Disaster
Preparedness and Executive
Fire Leadership, ’10,
has been
appointed by the North Carolina
Department of Public Safety to
the Urban Search and Rescue
Technical Advisory Committee.
Griffin is the Greenville (N.C.)
Fire-Rescue chief and has worked
for the department since 1993.
Tracy Stachniak,
M.S. in Leadership
with an Emphasis in
Human Resource
Management, ’10,
has been promoted to director of
human resources and training
and development of Toyota
Material Handling, USA.
Stachniak has been with the
company since 2005 and
previously was the national
manager of human resources.
Tonya Bolden-Ball,
M.S. in Leadership,
’10,
is the owner of
Renewed
Perspectives in
Lafayette, La., a consulting firm
that specializes in leadership and
character development,