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you?
1980s
LisaWarner,
B.S. in Business
Administration,
’87,
has been a sales
manager in the hotel and resort
industry since graduation and is
currently with Embassy Suites.
Warner’s parents met at GCU,
and Warner is a former GCU
cheerleader.
1990s
Evangeline Diaz,
B.S. in Elementary
Education, ’95,
is
co-founder and
education director
at Ni Hao Amigos Language
Immersion Preschool in
Avondale, Ariz. The preschool
nurtures young children by
developing their fluency in the
world’s most spoken languages
—Mandarin, Spanish and English.
Rev. Daniel P.
Richards, B.A. in
Creative Arts and
Worship, ’97,
was
hired as the rector
of Christ Church of the Ascension
in Paradise Valley, Ariz. Rev.
Richards returned to the Valley
after serving seven years as
rector of Grace Episcopal Church
and dean of the Grand Traverse
Deanery in Traverse City, Mich.
2000s
JosephM. Vindigni,
B.S. in Public
Safety
Administration,
’06,
is chief of the
Hendersonville (N.C.) Fire
Department. He served as deputy
chief before being named interim
fire chief in April 2015. Vindigni
has worked in the fire service
industry for more than 16 years.
Charlotte
Wheeless, M.Ed.
in Curriculum and
Instruction:
Technology, ’06,
has been promoted to chair of
the Williams Teacher Education
Program (WTEP) at Williams
Baptist College in Walnut Ridge,
Ark. She is pursuing an Ed.D. in
Organizational Leadership at
GCU.
Steve Prahcharov,
M.Ed. In
Educational
Administration,
’08,
is co-founder
and principal of Scottsdale
Country Day School. Prahcharov
started his teaching career in
England 16 years ago and has
served as principal for the last
seven years.
ZachWigle, M.Ed.
in Educational
Administration,
’08,
has been
named the 2016
Iowa Secondary Principal of the
Year by School Administrators of
Iowa. Wigle is principal of Keokuk
High School and previously was
an associate principal at Ottumwa
High School. He began his career
as an elementary physical
education teacher.
2010s
ThomGrosse, B.A.
in English
Literature, ’10,
is a
semiretired online
English professor to
students in China and the U.S.
After graduation, Grosse retired
fromwork in the U.S. as an
occupational therapist assistant
and moved to China, where he
has taught English at Sichuan
Police Academy and at Weifang
University of Science and
Technology in Shandong.
Jacki Gerchman,
MBAwith an
Emphasis in
Leadership, ’10,
recently joined the
SEPP Group in Binghamton, N.Y.
as deputy director and chief
operations officer. Her duties
include general administration,
public relations and project
management.
Candice Carroll,
B.S. in Nursing (RN
to BSN), ’10,
and
MBAwith an
Emphasis in
Leadership, ’12, is a 2015-16
inductee into the VIPWoman of
the Year Circle of the National
Association of Professional
Women. Carroll is chief nurse
