Tech Topics - Winter 2007 - (Page 33) Burdell&Friends ognizes mastery of an international standard for information security and a common body of knowledge. Coleburn is a senior systems engineer at Scientific Research Corp. Bonnie Heck Ferri, PhD EE 88, a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech, has received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Education Society’s 2007 Hewlett-Packard/Harriet B. Rigas Award. The award recognizes faculty women who have made significant contributions to electrical/computer engineering education. Jaymie Sexton Forrest, Mgt 89, and her husband, Karl, announce the birth of a son, Hudson Dean, on Aug. 17. He joins brother Cole, 5, at the family’s home in Atlanta. Forrest is a marketing strategy consultant. David M. Foster, MgtSci 82, of Falls Church, Va., married Sharon W. Miller on Sept. 1. Foster is an independent consultant. Brad Greene, Mgt 88, is vice president of business development with the GSM Association, a London-based global trade association representing more than 700 mobile phone operators across 218 countries. Greene previously served as executive director of corporate development for BellSouth. He and his wife, Colette, live in Atlanta with their daughter, Madeline, 5. Thomas Greer, EE 87, of Centreville, Va., has been promoted to director of engineering services with the Spectrum Management Division of LCC International, which provides consulting, design, deployment, maintenance and training services to the global wireless community. Lynda B. Herrig, ME 84, MS ME 85, has rejoined the multidiscipline consulting and engineering firm Newcomb & Boyd as a mechanical engineer. Herrig previously taught science at the Paideia School. L. Williams Holbrook, IM 80, has joined the Philadelphia business consultants and accountants TEAM Buzz’s Dog-day Afternoon T he demands of their jobs don’t allow Courtney, above, and James Dixon, right, enough time for pets. But the couple spent a Sunday afternoon enjoying some canine camaraderie thanks to TEAM Buzz. The Dixons, who both received management degrees in 2003, founded the Columbus, Ohio, Georgia Tech Club in January. The club conducted its first TEAM Buzz project Oct. 14 at the Franklin County Dog Shelter, where alumni volunteers gathered newspapers for dog cages and walked and played fetch with their new best friends. The Columbus group was just one of many clubs participating in TEAM Buzz projects this fall. The Birmingham, Ala., club helped build a Habitat for Humanity house. The Southern Co. Georgia Tech Club hosted a Halloween party for the Center for the Visually Impaired. Alumni in Washington, D.C., filled care packages for troops overseas. TEAM Buzz was launched by a group of Institute students as a way to lend a helping hand to the Atlanta community, but Georgia Tech alumni clubs have turned the day of community service into a national event. Now in its 11th year, TEAM Buzz Day is observed by about 40 alumni clubs across the country. “It’s a great way to give back to the community and represent Georgia Tech at the same time, all while having fun,” said James Dixon, who serves as president of the Columbus club. “It is also a great way to meet other Tech graduates all the way up here in Ohio. We have 250 alumni in central Ohio alone.” team of SolomonEdwards Group LLC as a business development manager. Holbrook previously served as a business development manager for A Respected Colleague Inc. Chuck Musciano, ICS 82, has been promoted to vice president and chief information officer for Martin Marietta Materials, a $2 billion supplier of construction aggregates head- quartered in Raleigh, N.C. He and his wife, Cynthia Sanders Musciano, IE 82, live in Cary, N.C., with their two children. Dale Oliver, EE 81, was promoted to vice president of transmission operations and planning with Progress Energy Florida in St. Petersburg in March. Oliver is responsible for the system and resource planning, engineering, construction, mainTECHTOPICS tenance and operations of the company’s transmission system. Valerie Montgomery Rice, Chem 83, is the new senior vice president for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn. She has served as chair and professor of Meharry’s department of obstetrics and gynecology and executive director of the college’s Center for Women’s Health since 2003. Meharry is the nation’s largest private, independent historically black institution dedicated solely to educating health science professionals. Patty Uceda Schmitt, Mgt 88, and David Schmitt, EE 87, announce the birth of a son, Andrew Dominic, on Aug. 4. Andrew joins brothers Ryan, Ethan and Justin at the fami33 | WINTER 2007
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