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Class Notes
Melissa Hall Adamson 99PH is now the Public Health Administrator for McHenry County Department of Health.
Rebecca Vander Meulen 03PH was recently named Executive Director of the J.C. Flowers Foundation.
Lori Northcraft Baxter 10A 10PH and David Baxter welcomed their second child, a son, Riley Ernest, on October 5, 2018, in their hometown of Roseburg, Oregon. In December, Lori and her family will return to Vientiane, Laos, where they have lived for the past two years working to expand the rights of people with disabilities with Humanity and Inclusion (Handicap International). You can follow their expat family adventures at awaygowe.com.
Congratulations to Jenny Albertini 04PH, Melissa Miller 04C 06PH, and Felicia Warren 99Ox 01C 08PH for being named to this year’s class of Emory 40 Under Forty! Way to go ladies!
DeAndra Morris 16PH was recently selected as an ASPPH Fellow and works in the Office of Communications in Washington, DC.
Wedding bells rang for Melina Imshaug Darby 17PH and husband, Matt Darby, in Adare, Ireland, on Friday, August 10, 2018.
Elizabeth Cobb 18PH accepted a position with the county health department in Austin, TX.
W. Ryan Diver 98C 02PH published a study as lead author on children and the long-term effects of second-hand smoke and was featured in The Washington Post.
Best wishes to Audrey Flak Pennington 10PH 16G and husband, Jeff Pennington 03Ox 05B, on the birth of their first daughter, Julia Quinn.
Congratulations to Daniel Hootman 08B 12PH and his wife, Elisabeth Hootman 10N, on the birth of their new baby boy, Christopher Andrew.
In Memoriam
Dr. Sandra L. Evans Goins, Col. (Ret.) 90N 90PH passed away on June 29, 2018. An Army officer from 1978-2006, Sandra served her country as a medical surgical nurse, community health nurse, chief of preventive medicine, nurse method analyst, and chief of community health service. She received the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal and the Army Superior Unit Award in recognition of her military work. In addition, she was a member of the Order of the Military Merit and a recipient of the distinguished Surgeon General’s 9A designator in community health nursing.
Upon her retirement from the military, Sandra taught, mentored and advised students at Fayetteville State University and North Carolina Central University. She remained an active member of the North Carolina Nurses Association, Chi Eta Phi Nursing Sorority and the Black Nurses Association.
Sandra was a graduate of Winston-Salem State University, Emory University and Charham University where she earned dual masters of science degrees in nursing and public health, and a doctorate of nursing practice degree respectively.