appointed a clinical psychologist on the faculty
of the department of psychiatry at the college.
Paula J. Sims (’ 99 MBA) of Chapel Hill
has been named senior vice president for
power operations with Progress Energy. Sims
will have direct responsibility for fossil-fueled
power plants in the Carolinas and Florida, as
well as regulated fuels and the regulated
wholesale function.
■ family additions
Amy Costantini Cook (’ 99 ABJM) and
Stephen Hunter Cook of Danville,Va.; a son,
Benjamin Hunter Cook, on April 23, 2007.
Leigh Nicole Fry (’ 99 AB, ’01 BSN) and Dr.
Jeremy Randall Fry (’ 99 AB, ’03 DDS) of
Olathe, Kan.; a daughter, Lily Suzanne Fry, on
Feb. 2, 2007. Ha Vo Green (’ 99 BSBIO)
and Patrick D. Green of Durham; a son,
Andrew Minh Green, on May 20, 2006.
Joshua Forrest Pescud Long (’ 99 JD) and
Boyd Anthony Long (’ 98 AB) of Roanoke,
Va.; a daughter, Heath Patterson Long, on May
1, 2007. Leslie Stephenson Miller (’ 99
ABJM) and Tyler Frederick Miller of Denver,
Colo.; a son, Oliver William Miller, on Feb. 12,
2007. Stephanie Dyer Reese (’ 99 AB) and
Robert Fuller Reese (’ 99 AB) of Concord; a
daughter, Lauren Elizabeth Reese, on Dec. 12,
2006. Sandra Bernard Retzlaff (’ 99 AB)
and Bradley Wayne Retzlaff (’01 BSBA, ’02
MAC) of Marietta, Ga.; a son, Wyatt
Beechmond Retzlaff, on May 13, 2007.
Marsha Hankins Thrasher (’ 99 AB) and
Andrew Drayton Thrasher (’ 99 AB) of
Charlotte; a son, William Hankins Thrasher, on
May 11, 2007.
’00 Petty Officer 3rd Class Gregory Lamont Harris (’00 AB)
of Jacksonville, Fla., a hospital
corpsman with the Navy in the centralized
credentialing and privileging department, has
been selected as the Junior Sailor of the Quarter for January-March. David Andrew
Meola (’00 BSBA) of Vancouver, Canada, has
received a master’s degree in European studies
from the University of British Columbia.
Meola continues his study in the doctoral program in history at the university. Tracee
Robin Murrell (’00 AB) of Shelby has been
named wellness director at the Dover Foundation YMCA. Sabrina Joy Pagano (’00 AB)
of Los Angeles has received a PhD in psychology from the University of California-Los
Angeles. Pagano has been appointed a faculty
fellow in the department of psychology at
UCLA for the 2007-08 academic year.
■ marriages
Lindley O’Neal Banner (’00 BSN, ’04
MSN) and Jeffrey Walker Webb of
Charlottesville,Va. Jennifer Niccole James
(’00 MHA) and Kenneth Patrick Terry of
Baltimore. Dr. Leigh Jessica Marcus (’00
BSBIO) and John Arthur Karasek of New
Haven, Conn. Marcus has begun a pediatric
hematology/oncology fellowship at Johns
Hopkins University and the National Institutes
of Health. Matthew Edward Marko (’00
AB) and Stephanie Mulligan of Durham.
■ family additions
Camille Graham Adoma (’00 AB) and Osei
J. Adoma II of Highland, N. Y.; a son, Cameron
Kijani Adoma, on May 14, 2007. Elizabeth
Johnson Phillips (’00 AB) and C. Sloan
Phillips of Richmond,Va.; a son, Henry
Marshall Phillips, on April 25, 2007. Brian
Richard Reichow (’00 ABED) and Terrell
Entwistle Reichow (’ 93 AB) of Nashville,
Tenn.; a son, Kenan Carl Reichow, on March
25, 2007.
’01 Rye M. Barcott (’01 AB) of
Cambridge, Mass., has been
awarded a Reynolds Foundation
Fellowship as he pursues a joint master’s
degree in business administration and public
administration at the Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard University. Barcott,
who founded the nonprofit organization Carolina for Kibera, now based at the UNC Center for Global Initiatives, gave the 2007 commencement address at the UNC School of
Public Health. Shannon Eileen Duke
(’01 BSBIO) of Raleigh has been working as
primary research assistant in the Breen Lab at
the N.C. State University College of Veterinary Medicine, where she was part of a team
working on the sequencing project for the
first marsupial genome, published in Nature in
May. Duke’s current research focuses on cytogenetic changes in central nervous system
tumor populations, primarily in meningiomas
and gliomas. M. Brandon Howard (’01
AB) of Gaithersburg, Md., is the new co-leader for the Washington, D.C., Black Alumni
Carolina Club. Jennifer May Jenkins
(’01 AB) of the Seattle area has received a
master of divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary. Paul Wayland Joyner
(’01 BSBIO) of Manchester, Conn., has
received a medical degree from the University
of South Alabama College of Medicine.
Joyner has begun a general surgery residency
with the University of Connecticut Health
Center. Lindsay Kim (’01 BSBIO) of
Brookline, Mass., has received a medical degree
from the Emory University School of Medicine. Kim has started her residency in internal
medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center in Boston. Lindsey Wells Peery
(’01 AB) of Richmond,Va., has received a dual
master of divinity and master’s degree in
Christian education from Union Theological
Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian
Education.
■ marriages
Michele Anne Aldridge (’01 AB) and
Benjamin John DeFoe of Raleigh. Lisa
Marie Alligood (’01 AB) and Timothy Ryan
McSwiney of Raleigh. John Michael
Folliard (’01 AB) and Heather Brooke
Thomas (’02 BSBIO) of Chapel Hill.
Karin Judith Lastowski (’01 BSPH) and
Michael James Sandlin of Raleigh.
■ family additions
Andrea Liles McDowell (’01 AB) and Dr.
Philip Gene “Chip” McDowell Jr. (’ 98
BSBIO) of Knoxville, Tenn.; twin sons, Philip
Jackson McDowell and Carson Sanders
McDowell, on Sept. 26, 2006.
Lynne Kerschensteiner Privette (’01
BSPH) and Casey Owen Privette (’01 AB)
of Durham; a son, Ethan Tyler Privette, on
May 31, 2007. Bradley Wayne Retzlaff
(’01 BSBA, ’02 MAC) and Sandra Bernard
Retzlaff (’ 99 AB) of Marietta, Ga.; a son,
Wyatt Beechmond Retzlaff, on May 13,
2007. Latoia Johnson Valentine (’01 AB)
and Brian Andrew Valentine Sr. of Roxboro; a
son, Brian Andrew Valentine Jr., on Feb. 14,
2007.
SAVE THE DATE, NOV. 2-3
Class of ’02
Homecoming 2007, 5th Reunion
alumni.unc.edu/homecoming
’02 Lauren Amanda Austin (’02
AB) of Matthews has received a
master’s degree in French history
from UNC-Charlotte. Austin has begun study
for her doctorate in history at the University
of Georgia. David Alexander Beyer (’02
AB) of Orlando, Fla., has joined the Litchford
& Christopher Professional Association as a
member of the litigations practice, with a
focus on civil litigation and appeals. Cdr.
Laura Marie Dickey (’02 JD) of Wilmington assumed command of the Coast Guard
cutter Dependable in Cape May, N.J., in June.
The 210-foot vessel carries out law enforcement and search-and-rescue duties along the
Atlantic Coast and in the Caribbean. Dickey
received a Coast Guard Commendation
Medal upon completion of her prior duties as
executive officer of the cutter Dallas, home-ported in Charleston, S.C. Isabel Ruth
Geffner (’02 MSW) of Chapel Hill, a director with the UNC Student Coalition for
Action in Literacy Education, has received a
