2009 Hope Ekwue
(BA, Broadcast Communication) is communications director at Strategic Government Resources in Keller and the public information officer for Keller’s Public Works Department. Noted: March 29, 2012
2008 Amanda Swofford
(BA, Interdisciplinary Studies) teaches and coaches at Chapa Middle School in the Hays Consolidated Independent School District in Kyle, Texas. She earned All-Southland Conference honors as a softball shortstop at UT Arlington. Noted: March 29, 2012
2008 Chad Johnson
(BS, Interdisciplinary Studies) owns Johnson Fabrication and is a partner with Johnson Crane Rental, both located in Ennis, Texas. Noted: March 29, 2012
2007 Susy Villegas de Chaverri
(PhD, Social Work) is an assistant professor in the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work at the University of Oklahoma. Noted: March 29, 2012
1986 Roger White
(BA, Journalism) writes a weekly humor column, OldSpouse, that appears in several community newspapers in and around Austin. Noted: March 29, 2012
1985 Otto Fritz
(BA, Spanish) is operations manager for Wind Energy Services Co. in Gainesville, Texas, a provider of composite repair and maintenance to wind farm operators. His responsibilities include training, safety, and logistical management of technician teams nationwide. He most recently worked at PSA/Hearn/ThyssenKrupp as operations manager. He is fluent in Spanish, German, English, and American Sign Language. Noted: March 29, 2012
1984 Curtis Winstead
(BS, Mathematics) is a colonel in the Air Force and commander of the International Security Assistance Force Camp in Kabul, Afghanistan. He was among those at the Pentagon when it was attacked Sept. 11, 2001; he was not injured. Noted: March 29, 2012
1983 Steve Yetts
(BS, Civil Engineering) is a senior vice president at Crescent Resources, LLC, a real estate development company based in Charlotte, N.C. He is responsible for all development and operational activities in the Texas region. Noted: March 29, 2012
1983 Marty Durbin
(’83 BBA, Accounting; ’86 MBA, Finance) was elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Denver-based Financial Planning Association. He is working on several private business ventures and recently chaired FPA’s Corporate Relations Advisory Council. He retired from First Command Financial Planning in 2010 after a 27-year career in which he held a variety of leadership roles, including chief financial officer, chief of staff, board member, and president/chief operating officer. Noted: March 29, 2012
1983 Troy DePuma
(BBA, Accounting) is chief financial officer for Unitech Composites and Structures, as well as Integrated Composites, a part of AGC Aerospace and Defense, a global supplier of technologies, systems, and services that support key commercial and military programs. The company is based in Oklahoma City. Noted: March 29, 2012
1982 Barry S. Read
(BS, Architecture) is program manager at Multatech, an architectural and engineering services firm based in Fort Worth. Noted: March 29, 2012
1982 Debbie Goulding
(BA, English) is an assistant principal at Morton Elementary School in Arlington. Noted: March 29, 2012
1981 Jim McMillen
(BM) is a freelance professional musician in Beverly Hills, Calif. Noted: March 29, 2012
1980 Victor M. Perez
(MBA, Business Administration) is chief financial officer for Glori Energy, an innovator in enhanced oil recovery based in Houston. He was chief financial officer for seven years at Allis-Chalmers Energy in Houston. Noted: March 29, 2012
1979 Michael Weinert
(BBA, Management) established the Michael G. Weinert Entrepreneurship Lecture Series Endowment at Lamar University. He was a decorated military officer with more than 30 years of service in the Army and Coast Guard and holds two graduate degrees from Lamar. Noted: March 29, 2012
2011 Hillary Williams
(BA, Communication Studies) is working toward a Master of Arts in Communication degree at UT Arlington. Noted: March 29, 2012
2011 Colcia Williams
(MEd) is an assistant principal at Morningside Middle School in Fort Worth. Noted: March 29, 2012
2011 Diana Tran
(BFA, Art) was selected a fellow for Code for America, a public service group that uses the power of the Web to help governments work better. She is pursuing an MFA in graphic design at the Savannah (Ga.) College of Art and Design. Noted: March 29, 2012
2011 Allyson Spurgeon
(MEd) is an assistant principal at Palmer Middle School in Palmer, Texas. Noted: March 29, 2012
2011 Jana Spillers
(MSN) is a neonatal nurse practitioner at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas and a clinical instructor in the UT Arlington College of Nursing. Noted: March 29, 2012
2011 Nivia Smith
(MEd) is principal at Bayview Elementary School in the West Contra Costa Unified School District in San Pablo, Calif. Noted: March 29, 2012
2007 Laura McCoy
(BA, Criminal Justice and Criminology) was sworn in as an attorney in Clarksville, Texas, in November after passing the bar exam in July. Noted: March 29, 2012
2007 Praveen Gulaka
(MS, Biomedical Engineering) is a senior engineer in the health and medical equipment/MRI division for Samsung Electronics in Suwon, South Korea. Noted: March 29, 2012
2006 Scott Siekielski
(’06 MBA, Accounting; ’07 MS, Real Estate) is chief operating officer for NexBank, a Dallas-based boutique bank specializing in private banking and complex commercial transactions. Previously, he was a senior vice president at Southwest Securities, FSB, in Dallas. Noted: March 29, 2012
2006 Ashley Purgason
(’06 BS, ’07 MS, Biology) was honored in October as a Distinguished Scholar at the Diamond Ball, a Mansfield Independent School District Education Foundation fund-raiser. Recognized for her work as a NASA researcher, she is a doctoral candidate at the UT Medical Branch at Galveston. Noted: March 29, 2012
2006 Jennifer Knack
(’06 MS, Psychology; ’09 PhD, General Experimental Psychology) is an assistant professor of psychology at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. Her research interests include the influence of social relationships and social pain on physical health, biological functioning, and self-regulatory reserve. She served as a graduate research assistant, laboratory manager, and tutor at UT Arlington. Noted: March 29, 2012
2005 Nikki Milavec
(BA, Art History) and Karen Hakimi founded the Milavec Hakimi Gallery, a contemporary art space in New York City. The gallery promotes emerging contemporary art while highlighting artists the owners consider “exceptional in a sea of complacency.” It is located on the ground floor of the newly constructed 51 Cooper Square, in the heart of Manhattan. Noted: March 29, 2012
2005 Ralph Holcomb
(MS, Health Care Administration) is chief information officer at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview, Texas. Previously, he was director of information services at the Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital in Dallas. Noted: March 29, 2012
2004 Andrew Beal Pumphrey III
(MEd) is CEO at MacKenzie Trail Resources, LLC, Renewable Energy Division. He also owns Panther City, LLC, an oil and gas investment firm in Dallas. He is a former teacher and coach in the Highland Park Independent School District. Noted: March 29, 2012
