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Norma Sheffield Braden (BSHE ’53, Home Economics) and her husband Biddy Hill Braden recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. The Bradens met while students at the University of Georgia and were married May 20, 1955. They have three children and six grandchildren. Braden has retired twice, from the teaching profession and as a retail executive from Davison’s in Atlanta. .

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Joy Thomas Elder (BSHE ’68, Home Economics Education; MEd ’77, Home Economics Education) is the financial manager of family-owned commercial property in Watkinsville and a community volunteer. She serves on the Athens Regional Medical Center Foundation’s Annual Gifts Committee and was named the 2005 J.W. Fanning Humanitarian of the Year.

Patricia Marie Fandt (BSHE ’68, Home Economics and Journalism) is professor emerita at the University of Washington’s Milgard School of Business in Tacoma where she served as dean for 11 years. Among her accomplishments as dean was establishing a $20 million endowment for the business school. She now works as a consultant and trainer.

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Susanne Yarbrough Draeger (BSHE ’72, Home Economics and Art) is a retired interior designer living in Arlington, Va. For much of her career she was president and interior designer for Nova International in Washington, D.C., which provided international customers interior design services ranging from the conceptual design to final installation of furniture. She is currently writing her memoirs, focusing on her travels to 15 former Soviet bloc countries.

Patricia Koester-Smith (BSHE ’78, Home Economics Education) is senior training manager for the home appliances and consumer electronics group for Sharp Electronics Corporation.

Ann Calhoun Massey (BSHE ’72, General Home Economics) is a Realtor representative with Atlanta Gas Light Resources.

Nancy Ables Summers (BSHE ’79, Home Economics and Interior Design) has recently moved from Texas to North Carolina. Her son, Ryan, is a junior at UGA while a second son, Mark, is a freshman at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

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James “Josh” Fox Borden, Jr. (BSHE ’83, Housing; MS ’85, Housing, Home Management and Consumer Economics) has served as a contracting officer with the Georgia Department of Human Resources for the past 16 years. He also is owner of Borden Design Group, an Atlanta based wedding planner.

Amy Taylor Cunningham (BSHE ’89, Consumer Economics and Home Management) of Alpharetta is a territory manager for Miele, Inc.

Quentin Tally Lawson Jr. (BSHE ’88, Dietetics and Institution Management) is a dietitian consultant in Griffin.

Robert Franklin MacKinnon (PhD ’84, Child and Family Development) is an analyst for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System in Charlotte, N.C.

Pam Goldstein Sanchez (BSHE ’84, Consumer Economics and Home Management) has been awarded the highest certification in her industry, Certified Master Kitchen and Bath Designer by the National Kitchen and Bath Association. She also is an allied member of the American Society of Interior Design.

Brenda Nash Sanders (BSHE ’83, Home Economics Education) is a special education teacher for the Cobb County School District.

Greg Frank Sanders (PhD ’83, Child and Family Development) is a professor and associate dean in the College of Human Development and Education at North Dakota State University.

Tammy Jackson Tyre (BSHE ’86, Home Economics Education) is a pre-kindergarten teacher for the Glynn County Board of Education in family and children education services.

Rosemary Casey Wander (PhD ’84, Foods and Nutrition) is associate provost for research and public/private sector partnerships at the University of North Carolina- Greensboro

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Ashley Anne Atwood (BSFCS ’94, Child and Family Development) married William Taylor Bickerstaff on May 14, 2005. She is director of the Learning Circle Montessori Elementary School in Bozeman, Mont. 

Ronald Scott Batson (BSFCS ’94, Home Economics Education) teaches an exploratory course on family and consumer sciences at Cedar Grove Middle School in Decatur.

Kenyatta Bailey Clarke (BSFCS ’96, Child and Family Development) is a kindergarten teacher in DeKalb County.  Her husband, Lee A. Clarke (BSFCS ’96, Consumer Economics) has worked with BellSouth in Norcross as a testing technician since 1997.

Kijuana Phoshunda Freeman (BSFCS ’96, Child and Family Development) married Dwayne Hendrick Crawford on April 2, 2005.  The couple lives in Bethlehem.

Marcus Antonio Hunter (BSFCS ’98, Consumer Economics) is a financial adviser for H&R Block in Duluth.

Wendy Fowler Jones (BSFCS ’96, Consumer Journalism) is a public relations coordinator with the University of Georgia Public Affairs Office. She earned her master’s degree in higher education administration from the University of Alabama in ???? She and her husband David live in Athens with their daughter, Madelyn, who is 21 months old.

Wendy Wolfenbarger Kraby (BSFCS ’96, Consumer Journalism) graduated from Georgia State University’s College of Law in June 2005. 

Susan Peoples Singletary (BSHE ’90, Home Economics and Journalism) is president of Peoples, a fashion boutique she began in 1994 in Buckhead. Singletary was recently featured in Atlanta Woman.

Courtney Marit Snyder (BSFCS ’96, Consumer Economics) was a cast member of the spring 2006 season of the “Survivor” television series. 

Mittie Dianne Johnson Tate (BSFCS ’96, Consumer Economics) is an assistant manager for UGA food services.

Michael Peter Vallone (BSFCS ’97, Consumer Economics) works with WATC television station in Atlanta as an assistant producer for Atlanta Live.

Matthew Bruce White (BSFCS ’97, Consumer Economics) is a mortgage lender for Guaranty Mortgage Services. He and his wife Christina live in Gainesville.

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Kathleen Elisabeth Altman (BSFCS ’03, Child and Family Development) is a pre-kindergarten teacher at Carrington Academy in Gainesville.

Blair “Kristen” Bradberry (BSFCS ’02, Child and Family Development) is a master’s student in education policy and management at Harvard University. She is scheduled to earn her degree in May.

Seth Daniel Caldwell (BSFCS ’05, Housing) is a leasing consultant for Julian LeCraw and Company in Atlanta. 

Huantian Cao (PhD ’00, Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors) is an assistant professor in the department of design, housing and merchandising at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. Two student teams under his direction recently received grants of $10,000 each from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “People, Prosperity and the Planet” competition.

Brandon Thomas Carley (BSFCS ’04, Consumer Economics) is a sales representative for the on-premise division of United Distributors in Smyrna.

Lauren Rankin Chandler (BSFCS ’04, Fashion Merchandising) is a sales executive in Atlanta for Okabashi Brands, a therapeutic footwear company.

Meredith Meyer Clinton (BSFCS ’02, Fashion Merchandising) is an advertising and marketing assistant for Gucci in New York.

Melody Brooke Collins (BSFCS ’03, Fashion Merchandising) married Robert Adam Willis on July 9, 2005.  She is pursuing a master of education degree in counseling at Augusta State University.

Justin Tyler Combs (BSFCS ’05, Consumer Economics) is an assistant property manager for the Hampton Hill apartment community in Dunwoody.

Scott Bradley Costner (BSFCS ’03, Consumer Economics) is an associate sales consultant in Atlanta with Synthes CranioMaxillofacial, a facial trauma supplies company.

Jeanna Ellis (MS ’04, Foods and Nutrition) was the cover story of the fall issue of Georgia Pharmacist Quarterly. In the article, she explained how her master’s research focusing on nutrition education programs for older adults helped her determine that a career in pharmacy would be a good fit. She plans to become a nutrition-support pharmacist in a hospital, working with doctors and dietitians in developing nutrition programs for patients.

Margaret Anna Forsberg (BSFCS ’03, Fashion Merchandising) married Scott David Guetter on Aug. 27, 2005. The couple lives in Colbert.

Rachel Moore Hagues (BSFCS ’05, Child and Family Development) is pursuing a master of social work degree at UGA.

Lauren McClendon Hanes (BSFCS ’03, Consumer Economics) is an underwriter for AIG Aviation in Atlanta.   

Matthew Michael Higgins (BSFCS ’03, Consumer Economics) is a business strategies analyst with Lanier Worldwide in Atlanta.

Cassie Aaron Hobby (BSFCS ’05, Fashion Merchandising) is an assistant negotiator with PHDUS, a media buyer for television commercial air time in Atlanta.

Marietta Gelola Jelks (MS ’05, Housing and Consumer Economics) is an associate account manager for Empower Media Marketing in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Julie Margaret Johnson (BSFCS ’05, Furnishings and Interiors) is an assistant project manager with Centex Construction in Atlanta.

Lane Kemmerick Jordan (BSFCS ’01, Consumer Journalism) is a human resources payroll specialist for DHL Smart and Global Mail in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Mary Jane Kendall (BSFCS ’05, Consumer Economics) is a sales counselor for KB Homes in Dallas.

Emily Sara Lavinsky (BSFCS ’04, Fashion Merchandising) is a product manager for IZOD children’s clothes in New York.

Kristin Julie Lipton (BSFCS ’00, Furnishings and Interiors) is an interior designer for Kristin Hoots Interiors in Fort Valley.

Allison Lane Little (BSFCS ’04, Consumer Economics) is an on-site sales agent for Northstar Residential Properties in Reflections, a small community near Buford.

Jared Robert Marsden (BSFCS ’04, Housing) has opened an Athens-based franchise of the BrickKicker, a national home inspection company headquartered in Naperville, Ill.

Alaina Clark McCullough (BSFCS ’01, Family and Consumer Sciences Education) and her husband Sean are the parents of a son, William Clark McCullough. They live in Quincy, Mass.

Kelly Nicole McEntire (BSFCS ’04, Consumer Economics) is an agent for Georgia Farm Bureau Insurance Services and Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company in Marietta.

Lauren Theresa McGee (BSFCS ’05, Consumer Journalism) is an assistant buyer for womens athletics and canvas footwear at Payless Shoe Source in Lawrence, Kan.

Trinity Shane Mealor (BSFCS ’04, Housing) is in transportation sales with C.H. Robinson Worldwide in Atlanta.

Jenna Elizabeth Milburn (BSFCS ’01, Child and Family Development) married Charles Douglas Teachey on March 5, 2005.  She teaches at the Heiskell School in Atlanta.

Terilyn Dru Morrell (BSFCS ’05, Dietetics) is a nutritionist for Primary Health Care in Albany.

Carolyn Ann Morse (BSFCS ’05, Consumer Economics) is an employee recruiter in Atlanta for the Lane Company, a property management and real estate company.

Garrett Wilson Murphy (BSFCS ’04, Consumer Economics) is a financial planning consultant associate with Smith Barney, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., in Savannah.

Stephanie Lynn Nelson (BSFCS ’04, Furnishings and Interiors) is working for DMD Design Group, a model home builder in Suwanee.

Justin Everett Niefer (BSFCS ’05, Consumer Economics) is part-owner of All Sports Armour, a patented material for children’s T-shirts and vests designed to help prevent impact sports injuries, which can result in arrhythmia. He is also director of baseball operations for All Sports Training, both operations are located in Watkinsville.

Mary Ellen Nessmith (BSFCS ’00, Housing) is an elder care specialist for Brown Richards and Associates in Atlanta.

Philip Henry Nix (BSFCS ’05, Consumer Economics) is a regional sales manager for the Andersen Company, a manufacturer of carpet and logo mats in Dalton.

Jeffrey David Ogletree (BSFCS ’01, Consumer Economics) is director of patient business services at Athens Regional Medical Center.

Eugene Anthony Rice, Jr. (BSFCS ’05, Consumer Economics) works with Southeast Property Advisors, a commercial real estate brokerage in Atlanta.

Brent Sapp (BSFCS ’00, Dietetics) is enrolled in the physician assistant program at Emory University Medical College in Atlanta.

Stephanie Louise Satterwhite (BSFCS ’05, Consumer Economics) works in operations at the First Madison Bank and Trust in Athens.

Hongqing Shen (PhD ’05, Textile Sciences) earned his doctorate degree in August 2005.  His dissertation is titled, “Repellent Finish and Layering Order Studies of Surgical Face Masks.”  His major professor was Karen Leonas.

Kishia Michelle Shooks (BSFCS ’00, Fashion Merchandising) is an associate manager of The Gap store at Lenox Square mall in Atlanta.

Ashley Gail Sigmund (BSFCS ’05, Dietetics) married Daniel Jeremy Drummond on June 18, 2005.  She has accepted an internship in dietetics at Loyola University in Chicago.

Phillip Michael Taylor (BSFCS ’05, Consumer Economics) is a sales associate for Ferguson Enterprises in Atlanta. 

D. Michelle Thomas (BSFCS ’01, Consumer Economics) is a sales representative for the North Florida District of United Parcel Service. She was recently appointed to serve on the Coastal Workforce Investment Board in Savannah.

Micah Barry Thompson (BSFCS ’04, Housing) is the co-owner of two Cold Stone Creamery stores in Atlanta.

Emily Jayne Tomayko (BSFCS ’05, Dietetics) is a predoctoral fellow at the University of Illinois.

Julia Scott Yawn (BSFCS ’05, Child and Family Development) is a teacher for the Lowndes County School District.