Recent Alumni Updates
Heather Frambach, 2009
Heather is currently an urban agriculture planner at the City of Austin, Texas, the Community Outreach Manager for a small East Austin farmers market, and an organizing fellow with Real Food Challenge, a national campaign that organizers for more local and sustainable food on college campuses. She completed her master’s degree in Community & Regional Planning at the University of Texas at Austin in 2012.
Rashad Thomas, 2006
Rashad Thomas c/o 2006 and Imelda Fernandez c/o 2005 had their first child together. A baby girl by the name of Amira Thomas-Fernandaz.
Beckie Menten, 2007
Beckie Menten works at the California Energy Commission as an Energy Efficiency Specialist. She is currently working on programs to increase the energy performance of residential and commercial properties, including finding financing mechanisms for homeowners.
Rashad Korah Thomas, 2006
I am the project manager (country director) for Uganda Village Project. A non-profit orgainzation decited to improving the quality of life for citizens in the villages that make up the Iganga District. We have programs in well construction, nets, fistula repair, among others.
Elaine Hogan, 2007
After serving as a Health Volunteer for the Peace Corps in Honduras, I am back in Arcata. I work for Northcoast Children’s Services as a Bilingual Family Service Specialist serving high-needs families with children enrolled in Head Start.
Elizabeth Fehr, 2011
I just got a job working with The Fund for the Public Interest.
Kyle C. Knopp, 2005
Kyle Knopp (2005) works as a Senior Analyst for budget policy and intergovernmental relations in the Executive Office of the County of Mendocino. Received his Masters in Public Administration in 2009 at SSU.
Rebecca (Beckie) Menten, 2007
Working with the High Performance Building Standards group at the California Energy Commission on reducing energy in existing buildings.
Kristin Peters, 2003
I am living in San Antonio, TX with my husband and fellow HSU grad, Gil Peters.
1980’s
Alison Anderson (1981) is Chief Counsel for the California State Senate Public Safety Committee.
Richard Baroway (1980) is an attorney with Farleigh Wada Witt in Portland, Oregon. He earned his J.D. from Willamette University.
Allan C. Bee (1982) is currently the Director of Admissions at CSU, Chico. He graduated with a double major in Spanish and political science; he also received an MPA in 1995 from CSU, Chico.
Michael J. Boyajian (1982) is an attorney at the Five Cities Law Center, Grover Beach, CA. He earned his J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law.
Tanya Cantrell (1983) is a Disability Program Manager for the US Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
Gary Costello (1981) has been a consultant for the World Bank, headquartered in Washington, D.C. He earned an M.A. in Public Administration from Harvard.
Karen Dziurzynski Cox (1983) is a history teacher and chair of the Department of History and Social Studies at Atrisco Heritage Academy High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has published a chapter on the Atrisco land grant in an anthology of New Mexico history and she was recently one of 58 winners nationwide of a James Madison Fellowship to study for a dual history and law degree at St. John’s College in Santa Fe. Earlier, Karen served as a graduate intern at the United Nations.
Elaine Enos (1983) is Executive Director of Public Events at Stanford University.
John Furlong (1989) is a Senior Project Manager at South Coast Environmental Consulting. He provides regulatory guidance, compliance management, permitting, air dispersion modeling, and health risk assessment services to a variety of industries.
Leah Green (1983) is the founder and director of The Compassionate Listening Project which teach skills for peace building and reconciliation in families, communities, on the job, and in the world. The Project began in 1990 as Mid-East Citizen Diplomacy. She has a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Washington.
Robert T. Johnson (1989) is Executive Vice President and Senior Claims Counsel for Balboa Insurance Group. He reports that “while my job does not directly involve political issues, my education does come in handy for explaining government processes including the development of statutory law, the operation of regulatory agencies, and the function of the courts.” He earned a J.D. from California Western School of Law in 1991.
Todd Keogh (1989) teaches world history at Chowchilla High School in the Central Valley.
Peter La Vallee (1982) was Mayor of Eureka from 2002-2006.
David Masover (1988) is a self-employed sales force development consultant, based in Hungary.
Mark Murray (1987) is Executive Director of Californians Against Waste. He has helped draft many of California’s solid waste and recycling laws.
Michael Sagehorn (1983) teaches social studies in an urban charter school in Oakland, California after service as a US Marine Corps officer and corporate management in two large transportation companies. He completed his teaching credential and recently earned his master’s degree in education at CSU East Bay.
Eddie Scher (1981) is the founder and owner of Soy Vay Enterprises, maker of Kosher Chinese sauces.
Sean Smith (1987) teaches seventh grade history and eighth grade Spanish at Crescent Elk Middle School in Crescent City, CA.
J. David Smock (1987) is Assistant Head of School for Academic Affairs at the Jewish Community High School of the Bay in San Francisco. He earned an M.A. in Political Science, New School for Social Research.
Eric Stahl (1984) reports that, “immediately following my graduation I completed an MBA while working with computer systems in the Space Shuttle Launch Control Center and in the Air Force Flight Test Center mission control for the first B2 Stealth bomber flight tests. I’m currently in a senior engineering position with Hewlett Packard. I’m proud that HSU is my alma mater!”
Shelley Sullivan Schroeter (1988) is a paralegal with Genworth Financial.
Allison Travis-Bee (1985) taught college composition for eight years and now works for the Associated Students at CSU, Chico. She earned a master’s in English from CSU, Chico in 1996.
Suzanne Van Velkinburgh Bost (1987) retired in 2008 from the California Department of Finance. She oversaw the development and administration of budgets on behalf of five governors. Sue began working with the department after participating in the Governor’s Executive Fellows Program upon her graduation from Humboldt. While living in Humboldt County, Sue was a deputy sheriff for 12 years.
