Exponent. “A higher-ability student is able
to help a lower-ability student.... I think all
the students are encouraged by it.”
Francine Parker ‘88 (Southfield) is senior
vice president and chief operating officer
with Health Alliance Plan in Detroit, and
was featured in Crain’s Detroit Business as
one of the area’s top “women of influence.”
According to Crain’s, Francine serves on
the boards of the New Center Area Council,
Core City Neighborhoods, Central Detroit
Business Association, Michigan Neighborhood Partnerships, Alternatives for Girls,
and Business Volunteers for the Arts.
Debi Roberts ’88 (’92/MA) has been flying
high--literally--as principal of Madison
Elementary School in Adrian. After she and
the Madison elementary teachers adopted
“Jump into Reading” as the slogan for their
March reading promotion, Debi told the
500 students that if they read 2,000 books,
she would jump out of an airplane at 10,000
feet. And she did, on March 24, floating to
the ground with a tandem skydiving instructor. “I’m so proud of you,” she told the
Madison students once she was safely back
on earth. “One of the most important things
to remember is that you had a really hard
goal to meet, and you met that goal with a
lot of hard work.” The motivational theme
worked: The children had read 3,223 books,
well over the 2,000 goal, by jump day. This
is Debi’s first year at Madison; last year, as
elementary principal in Waldron, she spent
a day on the school roof in full scuba gear
(she’s an experienced diver) to promote student reading. The question arises: What’s
next?!
Amy Davis ‘88 is executive director of
Work Shirts Writing Center in Chicago, a
non-profit literary arts center. She also is
editor-in-chief of Fish Stories, a national
literary magazine which will release its
third annual issue in August.
Helen “Cassie” Chamberlain Veselovsky
‘88 is living “down under”: She moved to
Brisbane, Australia, and was married March
10, 1997 to Paul Veselovsky. She is looking
for a librarian position, having received a
master’s in library science from the University of Michigan in 1994.
Abigail Harju LaLonde ‘89 lives in St.
Ignace with her husband, Brett. Their first
child, daughter Rebecca Louise, was a year
old this spring.
Rebecca King Roehm ‘89 has been employed at the University of Michigan Department of Biology since graduation. As
an administrative assistant II, she maintains
departmental financial paperwork and ac-
counts, purchasing, travel/hosting, and payroll/employment. Rebecca married Charles
Roehm of Saline in December 1995 and
became a first-time Mom in January 1997
with the birth of son Adam Louell. Charles,
who works at UM-Biology as an instrument
maker II, also maintains a livestock and
agricultural farm with his father.
Todd ‘88 and Stacy Goodrich Miletti ‘90
are living in Royal Oak with their daughter,
Erica Tarryn, born in November.
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Reunion Reminder:
Class of 1992 -- 5th Reunion
October 24-26, 1997
Jack McGurk ’90 (’92/MA) works at the
Maurice Spear Campus in Adrian. Jack
and Renee Lerch McGurk ‘96 had a “very
Siena” wedding this past September, with
alumni attendants John Russo ’90, Steve
Hornyak ’90, Dave Bonino ’91, Mark
Bayliss ‘93 and Tony McGurk ‘94.
Brett Loomis ‘90 is a program manager f ܂