Carolina Alumni Review - March/April 2009

Thornton, a linebacker for the Titans, was the 2003 Man of the Year for the Indianapolis Colts and supports youth programs in Indiana as well as Tennessee and North Carolina. ■ marriages Robin Daniel Creel (’01 AB) and Bree Amanda Cockrell of Hickory. John Drew Elliot III (’01 AB, ’07 MA) and Angela Brown of Raleigh. Cassia Gerolimatos (’01 AB) and Jeffrey Howard Walden (’03 AB) of Charleston, W.Va. Jamie Elizabeth Hickman (’01 AB, ’02 MAT) and Ted Adam Kendall Wilson of Blowing Rock. Kerry Elizabeth Slatkoff (’01 ABJM) and Joseph Clay Ruggieri (’01 BSBA) of New York. ■ family additions Emily Kerley Conner (’01 BSBA) and Lee Conner (’ 97

AB, ’02 MBA, ’02 JD) of Burlington; a daughter, Caroline Jenna Conner, on Sept. 11, 2008. Matthew Brent Dees (’01 ABJM) and Becky Amar Dees (’00 AB) of Carrboro; a son, Aidan Tyler Dees, on Aug. 27, 2008. Matt Dees also has been named editor for Durham Magazine. He was editor of The Daily Tar Heel in 2000, when he also was an ex-officio member of the GAA Board of Directors. Andrew David Roberson (’01 BSCH) and Kira Ann Roberson (’02 AB, ’03 MAT) of Durham; a daughter, Lily Ann Roberson, on Oct. 10, 2008. Alicia Cockrell Ross (’01 AB) and Eric Bryant Ross (’ 99 AB) of Durham; a son, Bryant Davis Ross, on Oct. 4, 2008. ■ obituary Joseph Lee Mize Jr. (’01), 39, of Eden; Dec. 17, 2008. Mize worked at restaurants, was a black belt in karate,

was an advocate for handicap accessibility in public places and ministered to friends over the Internet.

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’02 Mary Stevens Casey (’02 MSRA) of Boulder, Colo., has received the Sam Walton Emerging Entrepreneur Award. Casey, a third-degree black belt in To-Shin Do, is the owner of Boulder Quest Center, where she is a senior instructor. Casey writes a monthly column for Women’s Magazine and maintains her own blog on boulderquest.com. Michelle R. Evans (’02 JD) of Upper Marlboro, Md., has been named assistant counsel in the office of the law revision counsel at the U.S. House. Francemise St. Pierre Kingsberry (’02 AB) of Youngsville has been named assistant principal at Royal Elementary School. Tykesha Symona Spivey (’02 ABJM) of Bowie, Md., has been named a writer/editor, policy development with the U.S. Capitol Police. Amanda Joy Visek (’02 AB) of Alexandria, Va., has been awarded the certified consultant designation by the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. Visek, an assistant professor in the department of exercise science at the George Washington University Medical Center, also is director of the Mental Training Center for Optimal Performance. Her research focuses on performance enhancement, aggression in sports, youth sport and exercise adherence interventions. ■ marriages Jennifer Helen Boykin (’02 BSBA, ’03 MAC) and Justin Jeremiah Orbock (’ 96 AB, ’ 97 MAC) of Charlotte. Maria Kristen Buss (’02 BSN) and Aron William Bowlin of Seattle. Erica Dawn Miller (’02 BSN) and Henry Lee Cook II of Huntersville. Karrie Lou Miller (’02 MS) and Brandon James Wood (’ 99 BSGEO, ’04 MS) of Australia. Jennifer Mayor Page (’02 AB) and James Paul “Jay” Weaver Jr. (’02 AB) of Clemmons. Marianna Margaret Pappas (’02 ABJM) and Micah Caleb Whitson of Somerville, Mass. Jennifer Stacey Wooten (’02 AB, ’05 JD, ’06 MPH) and R. Andrew Ierardi (’02 AB) of Chicago. ■ family additions Kira Ann Roberson (’02 AB, ’03 MAT) and Andrew David Roberson (’01 BSCH) of Durham; a daughter, Lily Ann Roberson, on Oct. 10, 2008. H. Gibson Tucker (’02 AB) and Caroline Fagg Tucker (’04) of Camden, S.C.; a daughter, Elizabeth Anderson Tucker, on Dec. 4, 2008.