Alumni
Where they are now?
Dear Alumni,
Please feel free to update your information, send a photo or keep in touch by emailing us at rpcf@grad.arizona.edu.
Dec 2007 Graduates
Chad Anderson, MPA, Public Administration and Policy
Teresa Bommarito, MS, Planning
Amanda Plourde Schweickert, MS, Civil Engineering
Peace Corps Service, Ghana, 2000-2002
Tohono O'Othom Planning and Bob Vint Associates Restoration
Engineers Without Borders Chapter Past President
EWB Water Filtration Project in Ghana
Structural Engineer II, BERGER/ABAM Engineering, Federal Way, WA
Aug 2007 Graduates
Debra Pinkney, MS Family and Consumer Sciences
Public Health, MPH
PC Service, Niger
Health Educator, Campus Health Service, UA Health Services
May 2007 Graduates
Carrie Abdella, MPH
Public Health, Maternal and Child Health
PC Service, Nepal, 2002-2004; Crisis Corps, Sri Lanka, 2006
AIDS/HIV related internship for Carol Galper
Phoenix
Mance Buttram, MA
Latin American Studies
Internships - Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, Residence Hall Asst. La Aldea
PC Service - St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 2003-2005
PhD student, Sociology and Anthropolgy, Florida International University
Mikel Chertudi, MBA
Eller Management
Internship - Catholic Relief Services, Mexico Program
PC Service - Moldova, 2002-2004
Partner GreenSun Energy Solutions LLC, Tucson
Ailton Coleman, MPH 
Ailton Coleman
Public Health, Public Policy
Internships - Hall Director, UA;
Cooperative Extension, Campadres Project
PC Service - Republic of Kiribati, 2001-2004
Juliana Pugmire Evans, MPH
Epidemiology
Internship - UMC Cardiac Rehabilitation
PC Service - Zambia, 2002-2004
Ph.D. Program in Public Health, 2007
Bryna Koch, MPH
Public Health, Public Policy
Internship - Mobile Health Program with Family & Community Medicine and Nuerology
PC Service - Panama, 2002-2004
Lisa Labita, MPH
Lisa Labita (l) & Carrie Abdella (r): Nepal RPCVsPublic Health
Internship - Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona
PC Service - Nepal, 2004 & Moldova, 2004
Thailand Planned Parenthood Project, summer 2006
Senegal public health project, summer 2007
Pima County Public Health Department
Terence Marsh, MPH
Terry MarshPublic Health, Community Health
Internship - Tucson Community Food Bank and
Carondelet Holy Cross Hospital, Nogales, AmeriCorps Member, 2007
PC Service - Guatemala, 2001-2003
Public Health Project with RAND Corp, Los Angeles, CA
Benjamin McDonald, MBA
Ben McDonaldEntrepreneurship
Internship - Graduate College Peace Corps Week Director,
Senior Housing Internship
PC Service - Gabon, 2000-2002, Guatemala, 2003-2005
Tucson Entrepreneur for Senior Housing
Amy L. Myers, MEd
Language, Reading and Culture
Internship - House of Neighborly Service, Tucson Unified School District, Sunnyside Unified School District, AmeriCorps Member, 2007
PC Service - Guyana, 2001-2003, and Nicaragua, 2003-2004
ESL Teacher, Fort Collins, CO, Fall 2007.
Erin Peacock, MPH
Public Health, Health Education & Behavioral Sciences
Internship - Environmental & Community Health with Dr. Renger
PC Service - Tanzania, 2002-2004
Assistant Program Director, Planning & Evaluation, UA Community Environmental Policy
Clarissa Herget Phillips, MPH
Clarissa PhillipsPublic Health, Maternal & Child/International
Internship - Pima Prevention Partnership, Technical Services
PC Service - Nepal, 2003-2004
Pima Prevention Partnership, Tucson
Heidi Reukauf, MPH
Heidi ReukaufPublic Health, Health Education and Behavioral Sciences
Internship - The Office of Border Health
PC Service - Nicaragua, 2001-2003
Andrew Schwarz, MS
Urban and Regional Planning
Fellows Internships - Water Resources Center and Pima County Regional Flood Control District
PC Service - Dominican Republic, 1999-2001
California Department of Water Resources, Water Resources Engineer, Sacramento, CA
Jeffrey Sinanian, MPH
Jeff SinanianPublic Health, Family & Child Health
Internship - Pima Prevention Partnership
PC Service - Armenia, 2000-2002, East Timor, 2002-2003
Employer - Pima Prevention Partnership, Technical Services
David H. Smith, MEd
Education - Teach for Tucson
Internship - Gridley Middle School
PC Service - Ecuador, 2001-2004
Co-founder of Ecomadera
Teacher in Tucson
Jessica Surdam, MPH
Jessica SurdamPublic Health, Maternal Child Health
Internship - Tucson Birthing Center
PC Service - Honduras, 2003-2005
Program Manager, UA Community Environmental Policy
Rob Wilson, MA
Rob WilsonSchool of Information Resources and Library Science
Internship - City of Scottsdale Parks & Recreation
PC Service - Poland, 1999-2001
Jay Young, MS
Urban and Regional Planning/International/Borderlands Planning
Internship - Humane Borders, First Christian Church
PC Service - Honduras, 2001-2003
Working with BESST Trends, Tucson
Dec. 2006 Graduates
Annie Wallace Appointed Executive Director of Rincon Institute
Graduating Fellow Annie Wallace has been appointed Executive Director of the Rincon Institute. She completed her Master's of Science in Environmental and Healthy City Planning at the University of Arizona in December 2006. Annie attended graduate school full-time and worked as an Environmental Planner/Fellow with SAGE Landscape Architecture and Environmental for her Peace Corps Fellow internship. Prior to working at SAGE she coordinated the social marketing Campaign "Protection Connection" for Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona's Education Department. Annie was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nepal.
The Rincon Institute works to protect the natural resources of Saguaro National Park East and the surrounding lands in southeastern Arizona. The Institute works to integrate community and conservation through environmental education, private and public land conservation, and scientific assessment the land, water, and wildlife of the Rincon, Vail, and Tanque Verde valleys. (December 2006)
Ashleigh Smith
MA Language, Reading and Culture
PC Service - Guatemala
Internship - House of Neighborly Service
Teacher in Florida
May 2006 Graduates
Amy Oggel
MPH Health Education
Arizona Health Provider Resource Program (AHPR), Office of Rural Health
UA Rural Health Office at Mariposa Community Health Center in Nogales
Peace Corps Service - Honduras
Real Life. Real Talk Coordinator, Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona
Director of Social Marketing, Planned Parenthood of Arizona (Sept. 07)
Jim Hazen
MPH Public Health
Peace Corps service Brickaville, Madagascar
Crisis Corps Guinea - as a food aid monitor at refugee camps in Guinea
Internship - Community Food Bank Food Security Program
Catholic Relief Services - Democratic Republic of the Congo
Erika Green
MS Planning
Peace Corps service - Bolivia
Internship - Pima County and Drachman Institute
Planner, Community Planning Office, Arizona Department of Commerce
Jason Cole
MPA Public Administration & Policy/Joint Degree in Latin American Studies
Dec. 2005 Graduates
John McElligott
MPH Public Health
PC Service – Madagascar, East Africa, and Cote d’Ivoire, West Africa, in health and nutrition. Internship – Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation (SAAF) with Arizona AIDS Policy Alliance
Education and Quality Improvement Manager, Arizona Department of Health Services, Office of Women's and Children's Health/Newborn Screening/Phoenix
May 2005 Graduates
Kristen Bellamy Butler
Kristen BellamyMPH Environmental and Occupational Health
PC Service - Cote d'Ivoire
Internship UA Risk Management and Steward Observatory
Industrial Hygienist at Georgia Tech Research Institute for
an OSHA consultation program
Jennifer Dederich
MS Planning
Peace Corps service - La Victoria, Dominican Republic
Internship City of South Tucson Planning Department
Senior Planner Pima County Development Services, Tucson, AZ
James Feldmann
MS Planning
PC Service – Honduras – Environmental forestry work
Internship – US Geological Survey, Sonoran Desert Field Station
Environmental Planner/Tucson
Environmental Planner, SWCA Environmental Consultants, Corvalis, Oregon
Katherine Glaser
MPH Public Health
MD Student (2007)
Heidi Hammes
MS Planning
Internships: Coordinator for Refugee Services at Jewish Family and Children's Services
Drachman Institute/City of South Tucson
Peace Corps Service - Mali
Field Program Manager, Gaza, Palestine, JumpStart International
Mark Holden
MS Planning
Wildlife Biologist, Sahuaro National Park
Environmental Planner Pima County, AZ
Amy Ihrke
MPA Public Administration and Policy
Peace Corps Service - Sredets, Bulgaria
Peace Corps Internship - ASYLUM Program of Southern Arizona (APSA)
Manager, State Bar of Arizona/Southern Regional Office/Tucson
Ushma Mehta
MPH Public Health
Peace Corps Service - Nepal
Ph.D. Student Nutrition, University of North Carolina
Katherine Pasternak
Eller School MBA/Joint Program in International Development at Thunderbird
Peace Corps Service Zambia
Operations Manager, TechnoServe/Ghana
Jeffrey Silverman
MPH Public Health
Internship Humane Borders
2006 - Refugee Camp Manager, Catholic Relief Services, Darfur (see article "In the News")
2007-08 - Public Health Consultant for Community Housing Fund in Jogjakarta, Indonesia where an earthquake has devastated a number of villages in 2006. CHF is constructing and rehabilitating water hand pumps and wells in 5 villages, assisting over 6000 households. Jeff assists with community mobilization and capacity building for long-term sustainability.
Shawna Tuttle
MPA Public Administration and Policy
Internship - City of South Tucson, Management Analyst
Director of Development, Chicago Uptown Ministry
2004 Graduates
Stan Bolle
MPA Public Administration and Policy
AriSewna Sewing Cooperative Marketing Plan
Benchmarking Team Leader, Pima County Department of Transportation
Kirk Jorgensen
MBA Eller College/Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management
Peace Corps Service Guatemala
President and Founder, PagoPorClicMexico.com, Mexico
Debra Pinkney
MPH Public Health
M.S. in Family and Consumer Science
Peace Corps Service - Niger
Internship United Health, Carondele
Health Educator for UA Health Center
Trail Guide for Canyon Ranch
Ari Posner
MS Planning and a HUD CDWS Fellow
Internships Southwest Fair Housing
PhD student Hydrology and Water Resources
Samantha Sabo
Sam SaboMPH Public Health
Internship: U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission and Border Health Office
Rural Health Office - STEPS to a Healthy Arizona
Tom Spangler
MS Planning
Peace Corps Service - Vanuatu
Internship: National Park Service
Associate, Tango (Technical Assistance to N.G.O.'s), Tucson, AZ
Dan Steed
MPA Public Administration and Policy
Peace Corps Service - Turkmenistan
Senior Associate, Moody's Investor's Services
Public Finance Department, San Francisco Regional Office
2003 Graduates
Rob Zuccaro
MS Planning
Planner II, City of Greenwood Village, Colorado
Lisa Westerbeck
Lisa Westerbeck in PolandMPA, Public Administration
Peace Corps Service - Elblag, Poland
Internship - Pima County Environmental Services
Planner City of Santa Fe, NM to 2006
Trail & Bikeway Planner for Association of Central Oklahoma Governments
Relocated to Tucson, AZ (2008)
Ethan Stapp
MS Planning
Program Manager, HOME Investments Partnership Program, Montana Department of Commerce
Suzanna R. Randall, AICP
MS Planning
Internship - Pima County Community Services and Environmental Research Lab
Associate Planner, CH Planning, Philadelphia
Environmental Planner, Philadelphia Water Department, Philadelphia, PA
Monica Mueller
MPA Public Administration and Policy
Internship - Immigration Law Clinic
Catholic Relief Services Central America and Eastern Europe working on human trafficking issues, 2004-6
Consultant, Tucson AZ 2007
Executive Director of Tucson Women's Commission, 2007
Fernando Moyle
MS Planning
Unite for Sight, Buduburam Refugee Camp, Ghana (2005)
Church World Service/OPE Accra/Ghana
Relocated to Washington, D.C. (2008)
Larry Hofreiter
MS Planning, A.I.C.P.
Peace Corps Service - Turkmenistan
Internship - City of South Tucson Planning
Planner, San Diego County Department of Planning and Land Use
John Hays Jr.
MS Natural Resources/Range Management Planning
ACF Fellow
Internship: Sif Oidak District of the Tohono O'odham Nation
Research Scientist College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, UA
2002 Graduates
Judy Marcouiller
Judy Marcouiller in Camaroon
MPA Public Administration and Policy
Internship - Peace Corps Fellows Program/Graduate College
Peace Corps Service - Liberia, Botswana
U.S. State Department: Yaounde, Cameroon; Nicosia, Cyprus (current), Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (August 07)
Ryan Raleigh
MS Planning
Operations Specialist, HUD Office of Field Policy and Management, Minneapolis, MN
Katherine Kohler Raleigh
MPH
Doctoral student in environmental and occupational epidemiology at the University of Minnesota, School of Public Health.
Andrew Dane
MS Planning
Internship - City of South Tucson Planning Department
Community Resource Development Agent, Cooperative Extension,
Barron & Chippewa Counties, Wisconsin
Community Based Water System Development in Cochabamba, Bolivia
