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Volunteer Corps Alumni
WESTMORELAND VOLUNTEER CORPS MEMBERS
FROM 1985 to 2008
1985-86
Prof.Wendy Urban, (husband Russell Mead and 2 children) worked at Luther Place Bethesda Day Shelter, She teaches
history at Bard College in NY. Nan Cormier (husband Christopher
Connelly and 3 children) served at the Center of Concern. She is
Vice Chancellor for University Advancement at U.Mass. in Boston,
focusing on marketing and communications “to tell the tale of
our tremendous mission of educational access. Nearly 60% of our
undergraduates are the first in their families to go to college.”
Rev. Ann Lutterman-Aguilar) (husband German Aguilar) was at the
Office for Church and Society of the UCC. She is Director and
professor at the Global Education Center in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Rev.
Janet MacLean, worked at Samaritan Ministry. She is a Chaplain Educator and Pediatric Chaplain for
Advocate Hope Children's Hospital in Oak Lawn, IL and is also
a candidate training to run Clinical Pastoral Education for
seminaries and chaplains-in-training. She and her son Samora, age
13, live in Forest Park, IL. She also does work for Amnesty
International , facilitating international meetings, and sings in a
community chorus. Rev. Janice Morikawa Ogoshi (husband Rick and
son) was at Bread for the City. She is a UCC minister in the Hawaii
Kai church in Honolulu.
1986-87
Amy Hausknect Reed worked at the Arms
Control Agency. She served as a WVC Board member before moving to
Gresham, Oregon, where she is a Director of Human Resourcers. Diana
Schryver, was at FLOC Foster Home Program. She is a social worker.
Mike Moe (wife Diana and 3 children) worked at Bread for the World. He died in a whale boat accident in
1995. There is an article about him in the October, 2006 “Outside”
Journal. Karen Lee (husband Jim Brown and 3 sons) was at the St. John's Development Center.
She is Director of SEEC, supporting people with developmental
disabilities in Silver Spring, MD.She has been at SEEC for 19 years, They had a large 20th anniversary
celebration, and honored Congressman Van Hollen for his work with them. David Leitzke worked
at Anchor Mental Health Assoc. He now works for the Minneapolis Blood Bank.
1987-88
Rev.
Mark Abernethy (wife Christine and 3
children, ages 14, 11, and 8)) worked at Samaritan Ministry. He is
celebrating his 10th year as Senior minister of Wapping Community
Church (UCC) in South Windsor, CT.and is Moderator for the Conn.
Conference. Nancy Light (husband Chris Fichtel) was at OCIS. She works for the Nature
Conservancy in Rockland, ME. Prof. Martha Mensendiek was at the Calvary
Women's Shelter. She is a Professor of Social Work at Doshisha
University in Kyoto, Japan. Rebecca Morton Veccione and husband
John and 2 children live in Falls Church, VA and she is presently a
stay-at-home mom. Rev. Tina Squire, was at IONA house working with the
elderly. She is now Acting UCC minister at Tombstone, Ariz.. She
and husband David Paige and 2 children live in Sierra Vista,
Arizona.
1988-89
Ann Dinwiddie (husband John Penn) worked
at Sasha Bruce Youthworks. She died of a brain tumor in 1991.
Thom Blonski (wife Caroline) was at IONA House services for the elderly. We have not located him.
Alicia Hooker (Analisa Madron) was at Calvary Women's Shelter.
Denise Rozell worked at OCIS. She is an attorney for Easter Seals in Washington, DC. Rev.Tim
Lewis Winslea was at St. John's Development Center. He and his wife Elizabeth and their son live in
Portland, Or, where he is a pastor.
1989-90
Melissa
Conrad (husband Wyatt Harris) served at Sasha Bruce Youthworks. We have not located her.
Leslee Eddy was at Calvary Women's Shelter. We have not located her. Rev.
Kristin Fishbaugh (husband M. Looney) worked
at Interfaith Impact. She serves at an Episcopal church in Buffalo,
NY. Rev. Melanie Green was at Caracen. She and her husband,
Anil Oomen, (WVC, 1990-91) and their three children live in Eugene,OR. where she is associate pastor at
the First Congregational UCC. Anne Jowaisas was at St. John's
Development Center. The last we heard from her she was doing child
care in Richmond, VA.
1990-91
Jim Mook Bridgman, served at
Interfaith Impact He and his wife, Carrie Mook and son live in Springfield, VA and he
works at the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, Peace Action.
Susie Bruce worked at IONA House. We have not located her. Anil Oomen
worked at Community Family Life Services. He (wife Melanie Green
and 2 children) teaches in an charter elementary school in Eugene,
OR. Rev. Heather DeVoe Miner (husband David and daughter Rachel)
worked at Montgomery County Community Ministry Friends in Action program. She is the Associate
UCC pastor at the Community Church, Congregational in Corona Del Mar,
CA. Craig Sottolano worked at Bethany Day Shelter. We have not located him.
1991-92
Carin Bringelson worked at Sasha Bruce. She and her partner have 1 daughter. She is working for
TeachingBooks.net in Madison, WI. Amy Kehret was at Interfaith
Conference. She and her husband Stephen Cassiday live in California. We have not heard from her.
Cindy Quanbeck Goke worked at St. John's Development Center. She and her husband
Brian Goke (also WVC 1991-92), who worked at Samaritan Ministry) were missionaries in Thailand, and then were working in
Minnesota. We have not heard from them. Cheryl Pace Mackian worked at
Foundry Housing. She and her husband and daughter were living in
Willis, VA. We have not heard from her.
1992-93
Meg Bryant Knarr worked at Community Life Services. She and her husband
and 3 children live in Parkton MD. Jennifer Carroll Endo was
at Samaritan Ministry. She and her husband Eric and 2 sons live in Arlington, VA, where she is Director
of Arlington Housing Corp. Anne Holliister Mennengs served at Bread
for the City, Zacchaeus. She and husband James live in Chicago,
where she is a psychiatric social worker at the South Central
Community Agency. Heather Torrence Mattson served at St. John's
Community Services. She and husband Chris and son Maxwell are in
Billings Montana. Heather is a Grants administrator at the MSU
Billings. She is also a freelance writer.
Dr. Elizabeth Weaver was at Columbia Road Health
Services. She and husband Chuck Anderson and daughter Claire live in
Falls Church, Virginia. where she is a family practice physician in
Fairfax.
1993-94
Melinda Bogardus, worked at Columbia Road
Health Services She works as a nurse practitioner in a public health
department in the town of Lenoir, where she gets to use her Spanish
skills frequently. She lives in Blowing Rock, NC, near Appalachian
State U, where her partner Tim is an Assist. Professor of
Nutrition.. Dr. Stephen Lee served
at AIDS National Interfaith Network. He is a doctor and public
health official in San Diego, where he lives with his wife Ivey and
daughter. Scott Phillips worked
at the D.C. Service Corps. He and his wife Marcie are members of
Westmoreland UCC, and he has served on the WVC Board. He is now with
USAEP Operations. Kim Thornburg
was at Sasha Bruce. She and husband Faud Raja and 2 children live in
Falls Church, VA. She has been the development director for D.C.
Heads Up program. Elena Wiens Paine served at Samaritan Ministry. She
and husband Reggie and daughter live in Miami, FL.
1994-95
Mathew Cyr, who worked at Interfaith Impact
for Justice, and the AIDS Interfaith Network, lives in Southborough,
MA. He now works at his family's business near Boston. Kristin
Dunn Thomason was at Montgomery County Community Ministry. She lives in Falls Church, VA. Dr.
Lisa Mills Dwelle served at Pregnancy Aid Center. She and her husband Dr. Todd Dwelle and their
2 sons live in Pebble Beach, CA, where she is a family practice
physician. Ali Neal worked at Samaritan Ministry. She lives in Arlington, VA. Liza
Schwartz was at Community Family Life Services. We have not located her.
1995-96
Kristin Arbutiski served at Zacchaeus Free
Medical Clinic. She is a social worker. Brian
Bilko worked at Bread for the City. We have not located him. Shaan
Hamilton was at Sasha Bruce. He and his wife Laura Waxman and child live in St. Paul, MN, and he is
working on a new light rail transit in the Twin Cities.. Laura
Harms Rozales was at Calvary Women's Services. She and husband Erik and children, Marcela, 4, and Jason,
have moved to Indianapolis, where she is Associate Director of the
Indianapolis Peace Institute, a non-profit operating an off-campus
study program in peacebuilfding. They continue connections with
Honduras by visiting and supporting a domestic violence shelter
there. Jennifer Carroll Endo works at the Arlington Housing Corp in Virginia.
1996-97
Tony Banout was at Samaritan Ministry.
He has worked in Central America, and on related issues. He and his
wife Julie Kult recently moved to Chicago. Alicia
O'Donnell, who worked for the
Virginia Council of Churches Refugee Resettlement Program, is Manager
of External Relations for the Internnational Republican Institute/
Ann Rader Hayes was at Columbia Road Health Services. She and her husband Edgar and
2 children live in NY. She works for Youth Ministries for Peace and
Justice in the Bronx, and has started a Freedom Farm for young
people. Alicia Wilson, served at Bread for the City. She is Director of La Clinica Pueblo
in D
1997-98
Kristi Medley worked at Samaritan Ministry.
She is a teacher at the Christian Family Montessori School in Mt.
Ranier, MD. Dr, Amanda Hornbuckle Humiston was at Zacchaeus Free
Medical Clinic. She and husband Kevin and baby girl live in Kansas
City, MO. She is in private ob/gyn practice. Rev.
Lori Smallwood McKinley served at SOME Housing. She and husband Bryan and daughter are in Ohio, where
she is a UCC minister. Sean Yu worked at Columbia Road Health Services. He is Program Coordinator
for Tobacco Control Initiatives in the MD Health and Hygiene Department in Baltimore.
1998-99
Karen Clontz Cunningham (husband John) served at Bread for the City. She
is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and is taking time off to be
with 14-month-old Sean in Alexandria . Kim Iden worked at Caracen. She is an
attorney. Rachel Hackenberg Jolango, who
was at Sasha Bruce, entered Princeton Seminary in 2004. Rev.
Sara Olson Dean served at Capitol Hill Group Ministry. She and her husband Alex and two children live
in Phoenix, AZ, where she is taking time off from the Methodist
ministry to be a mother.. Dr. Daisy Wynn was at Pregnancy Aid Center.
She and her husband Sean Barney (who was injured in Iraq in the
summer of 2006) live in Philadelphia, where she is has finished her
residency in family practice medicine, specializing in geriatrics,
and was voted the best resident. She has a one-year fellowship. Her
husband Sean is getting a degree in law and public administration.
1999-2000
Samantha Ruckert served at SOME's Jeremiah House. She was in Florence, MA. Deanna
Eberle Allen (husband Kenneth) who worked at Bread for the City, is a social worker in
Oakland, California working as an MSW in a Buckelew Programs doing
groups/case management/independent living skills with adults in
supportive housing. Betsy Jordan Bell was at Zacchaeus Free Medical
Clinis. She and her husband were stationed in Japan. Dena
Springer (husband David Novick), worked at Pregnancy Aid Center. She
is a pediatrician in Manhattan. She was married Sept. 2, 2007.
Elizabeth Sceinfeldt Davenny served at Sasha Bruce. She was married in January and is now an attorney in
Boston.
2000-2001
Pam Homiak was at Pregnancy Aid Center.
She has a Masters in Public Health from the U of MD, and graduated
from Johns Hopkins in theirr BSN program at Johns Hopkins. She is
now an RN on the Labor and Delivery unit at Georgetown Hospital. and
lives in Takoma Park. She has the opportunity to use her Medical
Spanish as well. Karen Straub Cowie,
who worked at Bread for the City, has a little boy, and is a
clinical manager at Collaborative Health Partners in Powell, OH.
Lauren Baker Askew,
(husband Chuck) served at Sasha Bruce, She is taking time to be at
home with son Charliie, 3, and 17-month-old Norah while her husband
serves and she is also involved) as Campus Minister in Myrtle Beach,
SC, Nelson Bransil
was at Zaccaeus Free Medical Cliniic, He was recently married, and is
now in his third year of Pediatric Residency in Loma Linnda, CA.
2001-2002
Dr. Karla Fredrick was at Bread for the
City. She studied at Washington Medical School in St. Louis. Dr.
Megan Husingh worked at Pregnancy Aid Center and
attended Illinois Medical School.
Eliabeth Hartnett, who worked for AIM, Action
in Montgomery, is a social worker. Beth
Stefanchik served at the Montgomery
County Mobile Medical Center and studied homeopathic medicine in NY.
Alberto Valladares, who
served at Bethesda Cares, is a consultant for Bearing Point in
Arlington, VA.
2002-2003
Hannah Giffin Brown worked at Bread for the
City. She was ordained in Nov. 2007, and is associate pastor at the
Mayflower UCC in Minneapolis as a part of the Lilly Pastoral
Residency Program. She was married in August. Rebecca
Harviston, who served at Bethesda Cares, works at the Oregon Food Bank in Portland. Abby
Lenhart served at Bread for the City Free Clinic. She is
an intern in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins. Erin
McKay was at Montgomery Mobil Medical Center/ She is studying osteopathic medicine in Long Island.
Beth Rogers-Witte, who served at AIM, Action in Montgomeryis completing her work for Masters
degrees in International Development and Public Health at George
Washington University and is working in international development
NGS's in the area..
2003-2004
Jill Rauh served at Caracen and Center
for Concern. She is in graduate school in International Affairs at
George Washington University. She was working in an Education for
Justice Project for the Center for Concern. Andrea
Reischel, who worked at Emmaus Service for the Aging, is a social worker in Janesville, WI. Carolyn
Emigh was at Samaritan Ministry. She is presently in Sofia, Bulgaria, on a Fulbright Fellowship,
teaching English and learning Bulgarian. She is writing about her
adventures on her blog: http://karolinkabulgaria.wordpress.com. She
is pleased that her sister Charlotte
is a voluntteer in our WVC this year. Chris Winterbottom worked at Pregnancy Aid
Center. Kim Jones was at Sasha Bruce. She works at the Church of our Savior Good Shepherd
Ministry After School Program in Washington.
2004-2005
Molly Sundheimer was at Pregnancy Aid
Center. She is at Indiana University
School of Medicine, interested in women's health thanks to her
experiences at Pregnancy Aid Center. She lives in Indianapolis with
her husband Ross, whom she married in July,2006. Anne
Brouwer was at the Montgomery Mobile
Medical Center. She received her BSN degree from Georgetown U. in
Dec. 2007 and will work as an RN in the Emergency Dept. of the
Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA. Reese
Abbene served at the DC Rape Crisis
Center. She graduated with a Masters in Education from Loyola
Marymount University, where she lived in a convent in South Central
Los Angeles. She is is now teaching American Literature and English
at a Catholic girls'Immaculate Heart High School in Hollywood.
She is also pursuing a doctorate of educational leadership for social
justice at IMU. She lives in Culver City, CA. Logan
Fitzpatrick was at Bread for the
City. She finished a Masters in Environment
and Natural Resources/International Studies at the University of
Wyoming, and returned to China, living at present in Kumming, but
planning to return to Xinjiang, where she studied the adaptation of
the Muslim Turkic minority youth to living in the Chinese state.
Samantha Gallos worked with teen
mothers at Sasha Bruce. She is now with the Americorps-Vista program
at Dickinson College serving as a
liaison between the Office of the Provost and their Student Life
Office, coordinating service-learning courses for the professors.
She advises a group of 8 first-year students in a non-credit seminar
entitled "Leadership for Social Justice", and accompanied
them on a service project at a school in Jamaica in January.
2005-2006
Marissa Gunn served at Bread for the City.
She is a law student at Howard University. Lauren
Hare was at DC Rape Crisis Center. She is still working for The Patrons
Program, fundraising for Catholic inner-city elementary schools in
the Bronx.She is lookikng forward to getting her MBA in non-profit
management in a few years. She and Katelyn recently had a reunion in
New Haven. Katelyn Macrae worked for Bethany Women's Center in N Street Village. She is
attending Yale Divinity School. Laura Sauder was at Bethesda Cares, and is
now in her last year studying for a Masters in Divinity in Toronto.
She is co-chairing the local planning committee for the Canadian
Theological Students' Conference, an ecumenical conference
exploring the issues of Mission and Power in the Canadian context.
to be held in Toronto in Februrary. Valentine
Woods Breitbarth was at Bread for the City and continues there as the
Volunteer and Resource Officer in the Development Department, and
hopes to complete her Master of Public Health degree in Global Health
at the George Washington University. She was married October 13,
2007, and she and her husband recently purchased their first home.
2006-2007
Julia Clark served at Samaritan Ministry.
She is now a case worker for them. Rachel
Cloud was at DC Rape Crisis Center. She was working in Columbia on a Christian Peacemaker Team and has
returned home. She is now working at a Washington, DC. non-profit
organization helping women survivors of domestic violence find safe
housing Johanna Heilman served at SOME (So Others Might Eat She is now working at the
National Alliance for Hispanic Health (the Alliance) in Washington,
as a Health Promotion Advisor and for Su Familia, a national family
health helpline, as well as the National Hispanic Prenatal Helpline.
They provude free and confidential health information in Spanish and
English, and refer callers to low-cost health clinics in their
communities. She also trainied for her third consecutive Marine
Corps Marathon in October, 08. Joni
Podshun was at SOME. She has stayed
on there as an Advocacy Associate. Claire
Kelleher-Smith worked at Bread for
the City. She now works at the Southern Arizona Mental Health
Corporation in Tucson, where she is the coordinator for the team that
assesses Arizona Child Protective Services and is presently on their
Urgent Response Team. She also plays in the Southern Arizona
Symphony Orchestra.
2007-2008
Samantha
Brewer serves at N St. Village. Alanna Copenhaver
is at Samaritan Ministry, John Forrester Douglas works at Bethesda
Cares, Alexis Herman is at D.C. Rape Crisis Center, and Cadie
Keefer works at Bread for the City.
Last updated Sunday, March 22, 2009.
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Bethesda, MD 20816
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