Virginia Tech Magazine
Alumni Association News
Spring 2009

Holtzman Alumni Center
Virginia Tech Alumni Chapter contacts


IN-STATE

Alleghany Highlands : Randy Rose, vpi83@aol.com
Amherst-Nelson :
Sonya Lepper Westervelt, slwestervelt@gmail.com
Augusta : Kurt Sprenger, ksprenger231@aol.com
Black Diamond : Greg Carter, gcarter@wvva.com
Blue Ridge : Volunteers needed

Central Virginia : Duke Grant, grantle@vt.edu
Charlottesville : Rob Alley, roballey@roywheeler.com
Commonwealth : Rodney Cole, mcole@hovac.com
Danville : James Shelhorse, james.shelhorse@gmail.com
Eastern Shore : Worth Saunders, aes3ptocs@yahoo.com
Emporia/Roanoke Rapids : Barry Grizzard, hokie3@hughes.net
Fauquier : Rick Mountjoy, rick.mountjoy@camberleyhomes.com
Franklin County/Smith Mtn. Lake : Susan Dudley, Susan@susandudleyhomes.com
Fredericksburg Area : Mark Steele, mark@thetitleprofessionals.com
Gloucester/Matthews : Louis Serio, seriol@inna.net
Prince William : Whitney Wright, whitney@pwhokies.com
Halifax : Carlyle R. Wimbish Jr., mrtech@pure.net
Loudoun County : Keith Seekford, loudounhokie@hotmail.com
Massanutten : Terry J. Weaver, tweaver@lee-and-assoc.com
National Capital Region : Marvin J. Boyd, president@ncrhokies.org
New River Valley : J.S. Brown, jsbrownpe@yahoo.com
Patrick Henry : Phillip Davis, davis_fordinsurance@comcast.net
Peanut : Alan Duke, alan.duke@ferguson.com
Peninsula : Stephen Stewart, sestewart@gmail.com
Piedmont (Culpeper Area) : Harrison "Andrew" Moody, piedmonthokies@gmail.com
Richmond : Rick Curry, president@richmondhokies.org
Roanoke Valley : Matt Spencer, elspence@mindspring.com
Rockbridge : Lynn Jones, lingon@embarqmail.com
Shenandoah : Bruce Wilson, bruce.wilson@cpm-wilsons.com
Southside : Frank R. Turner, frank_r_turner@hotmail.com
Southwest Virginia : Jill Kinser Lawson, akinser@vt.edu
Tideneck : Cliff Mullin, cmullin@potomacsupply.com
Tidewater : Cristina Howell, crissyvt03@gmail.com
Tri-Cities : F.W. Abernathy Jr., wanddean@aol.com
Williamsburg : Jim Smith, smith-je@msn.com
Wythe-Bland : Elizabeth Roberts Ballard, elrober1@vt.edu

OUT-OF-STATE

ALABAMA
Birmingham : Jeff Graveline, jgraveli@uab.edu
Central Alabama : Rod Turochy, rturochy@vt.edu
North Alabama : Mark Zesinger, mzesinger@vt.edu

ALASKA
James K. Brooks, jkbrooks85@gmail.com

ARIZONA
Phoenix : Dusty Thompson, dustythompson@gmail.com

ARKANSAS
Volunteers needed

CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles : James Naylor, lahokies@gmail.com
Orange County : Steve Blazier, chapterpresident@ochokies.com
Palm Springs : Suellen Evavold, suelar1011@aol.com
Sacramento : Todd Maroldo, toddmaroldo@hotmail.com
San Diego : Vickie Burke, burke_vickie@bah.com
San Francisco : Brian Slingerland, brianslingerland@gmail.com

COLORADO
Aspen : Jeffrey Orsulak, jorsulak@yahoo.com
Colorado Springs : Russell Bolish, rjbolish@yahoo.com
Denver : Debbie Barackman-Flippo, dbarackman@indemand.com
Connecticut : Jeff DeGroot, jdegrvpi@aol.com

DELAWARE
First State : Alan Potts, Alan.C.Potts@usa.dupont.com

FLORIDA
Central Florida : Damon Abruzere, damon@vt.edu
Gainesville : Volunteers needed
Jacksonville : David Finch, dmfinch1995@yahoo.com
Northwest FL/Mobile, AL : Col. George Ross III, ross3family@msn.com
South Florida : Eric McClellan, rericmc79@yahoo.com
Southwest Florida : Duncan Ennis, dennis@cmicapitalgroup.com
Tallahassee : Jim Pennington, kquail@gmail.com
Tampa Bay : Craig Cahill, ccahillus@yahoo.com

GEORGIA
Athens : Matthew Winston, ugahokie@excite.com
Atlanta : Roberta Mitchum, hokiegirl30308@yahoo.com
Central Savannah River Area : Patty Weatherman, pweather@vt.edu
Savannah : Robert Candelieri, vt_soprano@yahoo.com

HAWAII
Hawaii : Diane Fields Manzini, dianemarievt@yahoo.com

ILLINOIS
Chicago : Joseph Riccio, chicagohokie@yahoo.com

INDIANA
Indianapolis : Melissa Stuart, mlstuart@iupui.edu

IOWA
Iowa : Kelley Drowne O'Conner, kelleyoconnor@mchsi.com

KANSAS
Kansas City : Dennis R. O'Roark, denny.o@sbcglobal.net
Wichita : Erin Wilcke Nott, erinnott08@gmail.com

KENTUCKY
Kentuckiana : Rob Robertson, rob.robertson@ge.com
Lexington : Lori Drumheller, ldrum4vt@bellsouth.net

LOUISIANA
New Orleans/Baton Rouge : Greg Deatrick, cajun_hokie@hotmail.com

MARYLAND
Annapolis : Bruce Bain, vthokie1978@comcast.net
Baltimore : Andrea Piscano, gramrbarbi@yahoo.com
Southern Maryland : Volunteers needed
Western Maryland : Sam Draper, drapersmeadow@comcast.net

MASSACHUSETTS
New England : Peter Darby, pete@hokie.com

MICHIGAN
Southeastern Michigan : Carl Sofia, crsofia@aol.com

MINNESOTA
Minnesota : Mark Gingrich, mark.gingrich@rxhub.net

MISSISSIPPI
Jackson : Tom Hunter, hunter-allee@comcast.net
Starkville : Volunteers needed

MISSOURI
St. Louis : Christina Kimerle, vtalumnistl@gmail.com

NEBRASKA
Omaha : Gary Obermeyer, obiesplace@cox.net

NEVADA
Las Vegas : Scott Sturgill, b1bsturg@aol.com
Reno : Lora Chiehowsky, lorachiehowsky@hotmail.com

NEW JERSEY
New Jersey : Mark Maloney, mark.maloney@compass-usa.com

NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque : Karen Kline, karenkline01@comcast.net

NEW YORK
New York Capital District : Amanda Melillo, amelillo@vt.edu
New York City : Steve Hole, steve.hole@gmail.com
Rochester/Buffalo : Erin Smith, esmith@woodsoviatt.com
Syracuse : Diedra Johnson Harkenrider, dh@momentummedia.com

NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville : Mark Tokay, ashevillehokies@gmail.com
Charlotte : John Mattox, jmmattox@bellsouth.net
Coastal Carolina : Channing King, carolina.hokies@yahoo.com
Crystal Coast : Shari Malone, sharidg1@earthlink.net
Hickory : Marshall Hiatt, nhiatt@charter.net
Nags Head : Don Davis, donandcaroldavis@charter.net
NC Triad : Tom Hughes, thughes@thharch.com
Pinehurst : Douglas Moore, dgmoore44@nc.rr.com
Research Triangle Park : Chelsey Stahr, chelsea@rtphokie.com

OHIO
Cincinnati : Stuart Newman, jsnewman@cincinnatihokies.com
Columbus : Brittany Voigt, bvoigt@vt.edu
Dayton : Debbie Bailey, bailey.d@sbcglobal.net
Northeast Ohio : David Rasmussen, drasmuss@vt.edu

OREGON
Portland : Christopher Luttkus, cluttkus@vt.edu

PENNSYLVANIA
Central Pennsylvania : Donald Bowman, drbvt70@aol.com
Eastern Pennsylvania : John Snead, sneadjw@airproducts.com
Philadelphia : Christine Grecus, philly.hokies@gmail.com
Pittsburgh : Katie LaForest, pittsburgh.hokies@gmail.com

SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston : Kara Franke, kfranke@vt.edu
Columbia : Christine Adair, colahokies@gmail.com
Grand Strand/Myrtle Beach : Jennifer Jenkins, jejenki4@vt.edu
Hilton Head Island : Christy Herman, christy.herman@yahoo.com
Palmetto : Dave Spracher, dsprache@gmail.com

TENNESSEE
Chattanooga : Pam McConnell, vthokie72@comcast.net
East Tennessee : Keith Parker, kparkerswm@aol.com
Knoxville : Jim Wright, justwright2@comcast.net
Memphis : Dave King, dave.king@att.com
Middle Tennessee : Phil Gill, vtwebman@comcast.net

TEXAS
Austin : Jacob Eisinger, jeisinge@vt.edu
Dallas/Ft. Worth : Tracey Dolehite, tdolehit@vt.edu
Houston : Mike Strickler, houhokie@peoplepc.com
Lubbock : Rebecca Daly Cofer, rebecca.daly@ttu.edu
San Antonio : Greg Wattis, gwattis@vt.edu

UTAH
Utah : Bruce Fritzges, fritzges@msn.com

WASHINGTON
Seattle : Eric Bowman, ebowman@deloitte.com

WEST VIRGINIA
Kanawha Valley : Melissa Stricker, wvhokie@verizon.net
Morgantown : Amy Robbins, amylmrobbins@comcast.net

WISCONSIN
Wisconsin : Todd Clegg, todd.clegg@ge.com

WYOMING
Greater Yellowstone Region : Ann Spencer, ann.spencer@vt.edu

INTERNATIONAL

AUSTRALIA : Cathlin Norris, cathlinell@aol.com
EGYPT : Mohamed Ibrahim Saleh, msaleh@vt.edu
HONG KONG : Jesse Ho, jesse_ho@hotmail.com
LONDON : Mitzi Franke, mitzi.frank@morganstanley.com
MALAYSIA : Edy Wan, wanedy@mas.po.my
PANAMA : Anabel Tatis, tatisana@pan.ops-oms.org
PARIS : Wilfried Duchez, wilfried-duchez@netcourrier.com
PHILIPPINES : Cora Villareal, cdvenetgazer@com.ph

IN THIS EDITION
. Commentary

. Alumni Association 2009 Tours

. Hokie Nation Network

. Reunions: A look back at an exciting season

. Upcoming 2009 alumni events

. Multicultural Alumni Programs

. The Alumni Association seeks your advice

. Celebrating alumni who exemplify Ut Prosim


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