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Class Notes
1997 to 2014
1990s
Holly Kain, B.A. in
History, ’97,
was
a semifinalist for
the 2015 Arizona
Teacher of the Year.
Kain was named one of the state’s
top five teachers by the Arizona
Educational Council. She teaches
advanced placement courses in
human geography at Hamilton
High in Chandler.
Ronald Gaschler,
BBA inMarketing,
’99,
is associate
director of career
services at the
University of Arizona in Tucson.
Gaschler is involved in various
educational organizations and
is an executive board member
of the Escondido Education
COMPACT.
2000s
Gabe Cooper,
BBA in Business
Administration,
’02, and MBA
with an Emphasis
in Leadership, ’10,
is an
engineering manager of analysis
and testing at PING Golf. Cooper
also is an operations pastor for
Christ’s Church of the Valley in
Surprise, Ariz.
Jim Zieler, B.S.
in Public Safety
Administration,
’02,
recently
was appointed
to the Arizona Game and Fish
Commission and works at Salt
River Project. Zieler had a 20-
year career in law enforcement,
retiring as chief of the St. Johns
(Ariz.) Police Department, and
remains active in the community.
DavidMartin, M.Ed.
in Curriculum
and Instruction:
Technology, ’07,
joined Piedmont
Technical College in Greenwood,
S.C., as program director and
instructor of funeral service
education. Martin’s goal is for the
program to become the premier
training facility for funeral
directors in the Southeast.
Andrew
Wannemacher,
M.Ed. in Elementary
Education, ’08,
is superintendent
of the Aguila (Ariz.) Elementary
School District. Wannemacher
previously was the district’s
community learning center
grant director and a sixth-grade
teacher at Aguila Elementary.
Robert DeCou,
M.Ed. in Secondary
Education, ’09,
andMBA andM.S.
in Leadership,
’12,
is executive producer and
co-owner of the Los Angeles-
based startup, Lux Virtual, which
creates 3-D visuals to showcase
clients’ products, services and
technologies. DeCou’s goal is to
create a company culture based
on creativity and growth.
Robert Libberton,
MBAwith an
Emphasis in
Leadership, ’09,
is CEO of La Paz
Regional Hospital in Parker, Ariz.
Libberton has more than 20 years
of administrative experience and
most recently was administrator
of the Professional Services Group
at Yuma Regional Medical Center.
2010s
Martha Daniels,
M.A. in Teaching,
’10,
is a 2015 Rodel
Exemplary Teacher.
Daniels teaches
at Ruth Fisher Elementary in
Tonopah, Ariz., and spent the last
10 years as a middle school math
teacher. She helped develop the
district’s math curriculum.
Eric Griffin, M.S.
in Leadership
with an Emphasis
in Disaster
Preparedness and
Executive Fire Leadership, ’10,
is the new chief of Greenville
(N.C.) Fire-Rescue. Griffin,
an interim chief since 2013,
has more than 20 years of
experience in the fire service.
Susan Thompson,
B.A. in
Communications,
’10,
is an editor at
Global Awakening,
a Christian missions organization
based in Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Thompson co-authored “Healing
Energy: Whose Energy Is it?” and
“The Children’s Bread: Restoring
the Ministry of Deliverance to
the Church in the 21st Century”
with Global Awakening’s founder,
Dr. Randy Clark.
Rebecca Aguirre-
Guerra, B.S. in
Nursing, ’11,
is an
outpatient wound
care registered
nurse at Banner-University
Medical Center in Phoenix.
Aguirre-Guerra received the
Daisy Award, which honors
extraordinary nurses with great
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