Class Notes

Marylynn Fiscus, B.A., human services, works with children who have special needs and worked as a social worker for DSHS Children’s Administration. She has two adult children, a son who is a mechanic at Boeing, and a daughter who is a Western alum and a nurse at Skagit Valley Hospital.

Abram Bergstrom, B.A., German and linguistics (interdisciplinary design), became an intellectual property specialist at Reed Smith, a global law firm based in Pittsburgh.

Alison Vega, B.A., speech-language pathology and audiology, has a doctorate in audiology from Utah State University and recently opened her clinic, Complete Hearing and Balance, in Chehalis.

Patrick Green, B.A., history, is an educational technology consultant and recently became the interim women’s basketball coach at Wenatchee Valley College.

Ryan Looper, B.S. and ’99, M.S. chemistry, is a professor and the Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Chair in organic and bioorganic chemistry at the University of Utah’s Huntsman Cancer Institute.

Erin Sheckler, B.A., journalism – public relations, became head of national commercial services for Stewart, a global real estate services company.

Tyrean Martinson, BAE, secondary ed, is a writer and teacher. Her latest book is “Nexus,” the second in the Rayatana Series, a science fiction series for teens.

Mare Sullivan, elementary education certificate, is an adjunct faculty member at Seattle Pacific University, where she works with science teachers-in-training. She is also a curriculum author and workshop facilitator for the POGIL Project, a science education pedagogy (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning), which recently honored her with the POGIL Impact Award.

Fred Poyner IV, B.A., art history, recently completed two books: “Pacific Fishermen, Inc.: 150 Years of Norwegian Heritage Shipbuilding,” published by Classic Day Books of Seattle, explores Ballard’s oldest continually working shipyard. “One Family, Two Continents: The Story of the Swasands and Aleutian Spray Fisheries, Inc.,” from Legacy Isle Publishing of Honolulu, is about three generations of a Norwegian-American family and the fishing company they forged together.

Erin Gunter, B.A., sociology, was elected to the Ferndale city council in 2019.

John Boyd, M.Ed., secondary ed., became superintendent of Evergreen Public Schools in Vancouver, after serving for a year in the role as interim superintendent.

Terrence Osier, B.S., geology, is vice president of exploration for Strathmore Plus Uranium Corporation in Wyoming. He was recently named to the board of directors of F3 Uranium Corp.

David Lyon, B.S. chemistry, is a senior fellow for Global R & D at Lonza in Bend, Oregon.

Cathy Lamet, B.A., business administration, recently spoke at the Lakewood History Museum about her book, “Titanic Remembrance.”

Marty Schafer, B.A., urban and regional planning, is a consultant/ coach with FranklinCovey Education and the former president of the Clover Park School Board.

Gregory Hansen, B.A., business administration, became the chief credit officer at Numerica Credit Union in Spokane.

The Rev. Joyce Parry-Moore, B.Mus. performance, recently became parish priest of the Anglican Parish of St. Aidan and St. Bartholomew in Gibsons, B.C. Previously, she was the rector at St. James Episcopal Church in Kent.

Lake Union Publishing recently released “A Dangerous Education,” the latest by Megan Chance, B.A., broadcast communications. It’s a historical fiction novel set in 1950s Cold War Seattle, where a modern new teacher at a school for troubled girls challenges the narrow curriculum meant to tame restless young minds. Megan has written more than 20 novels, including “A Splendid Ruin,” “Bone River,” and “An Inconvenient Wife.”

Annie Davis, B.A., human services, sold her business, Annie’s Nannies Inc., in 2021 at age 81. She was also president of the Association of Premier Nanny Agencies for 10 years. Now retired, she plans to continue traveling the world with her husband.

Becky Bruhn, B.A., economics, started a video production business and joined the board of the Northwest Film Forum in Seattle.