Discovery Into Your Pregnancy. She left the corporate world in 2018 and founded Birth Story Media. She hosts the very popular Birth Story podcast, which consistently ranks in the Top 100 for Apple Podcasts. You can check out her book, podcast, audiobook, pregnancy resources and more at BirthStory.com.


Cathy Zook Mlinarcik ’00 and her husband JT Mlinarcik MBA ’00 with their four children (left to right) Jon, Dillon, Ryder and Halle in Raleigh, North Carolina, in August.


Ericka Michelle recently earned her North Carolina Certified Peer Support designation from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. She is also back in school, pursuing a graduate degree in health administration.


1997


Te class expresses sympathy to Fred Alexander on the death of his uncle, Mark Alexander, who passed away on March 26.


1998 Nancy McEneny Beard has served as a leader in the nonprofit sector in fund development for 25 years. She currently serves as president of the North Carolina Council of Charitable Gift Planners and president of the UCHS Foundation. Nancy has a private practice coaching women in the nonprofit sector and can be reached at nancybeardcoachingllc.com.


Scott Trowbridge, J.D. joined the federal Children’s Bureau in 2019, where he leads national efforts to improve attorney and judicial practices in child welfare cases, as well as aspects of tribal child welfare services.


1999


Te class expresses sympathy to Beth Anderson LeGrone on the death of


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Cathy Zook Mlinarcik and her husband, JT Mlinarcik MBA ’00, celebrated their 20-year anniversary this past September 2! Teir daughter, Halle, started college this fall and their three sons, Jon, Ryder and Dillon, are starting 9th, 5th and 2nd grade. Tey’ve been in North Raleigh for 12 years and love it! JT is in- house counsel for a global nonprofit, and both he and Cathy are on the pastoral team of their church. Cathy homeschools their three wild boys.


2001 Shawn Bowers Buxton’s MFA ’04 poetry has recently been published (under the pen name, Anita Cantillo) in Azahares Literary Magazine and in Heidi Snyderburn Campbell’s latest book, Birth Story Pregnancy Guidebook + Journal , A 42-week Discovery Into Your Pregnancy. She continues teaching at Queens.


Heidi Snyderburn MBA ’06 is celebrating the launch of her first book, Birth Story Pregnancy Guidebook + Journal, A 42-week


her brother-in-law, Archie LeGrone, who passed away on August 8.


2000


Te class expresses sympathy to Margery Burris on the death of her father, Robert N. Burris, who passed away on July 30.


2003 Brendan Blowers is excited to have been accepted into Te Flow Research Collective’s “Zero to Dangerous” cohort. It is a research- backed, eight-week training program on the science of peak performance. You can learn more at Flowresearchcollective.com


2004 Sarah Hennessy-Hurtt thinks Dr. Waite would be proud. After twenty years, she has landed her first newspaper job. Sarah is very happy working for a family-owned group of papers and is glad to know a hyper- local paper is still relevant in 2020.


Te class expresses sympathy to Lacey Williams on the death of her mother-in-law, Polly Paddock ’70, who passed away on April 10. Polly was also the grandmother of Armando Cruz-Martinez ’16.


2005 Whitney Wurzel completed her first year as executive director of New Pioneers for a Sustainable Future, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing sustainability in rural Kentucky through education, demonstration and advocacy. A letter from Dr. Billy O. Wireman hangs in her office, encouraging her to act as a global citizen, live a noble life and engage in a productive career. She and Casey Hammett will celebrate their 10-year anniversary next spring, along with two-year-old daughter Susannah.


2006 Devin Baranowski has decided 2020 was not busy enough, so she is going back to school. She is pursuing her MBA at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tennessee, and she continues to volunteer for her local PBS station and as finance advisor for the local chapter of Alpha Delta Pi.


Amber Rigsby Freeman and her husband, David, welcomed their second son, Hudson Taylor Freeman, on December 19, 2019. Hudson is named after James Hudson Taylor, a British Christian missionary who lived in China. His older brother, Benton (3), is completely besotted with him. Te family resides in Atlanta.


Amanda Banks McGrath and Kyle McGrath ’07 are living the dream of balancing jobs, parenting and virtual schooling in this crazy time. Bennett is in third grade, and Chandler is in Pre-K. Tey are sending love to all of their equally exhausted classmates.


2008


Heidi Snyderburn’s ’01, MBA ’06 first book, Birth Story Pregnancy Guidebook + Journal, A 42- week Discovery Into Your Pregnancy, was published by SPARK Publications.


Amber McClain-Merrell has had several big changes recently— she finished her pediatric gastroenterology fellowship and stayed on as an attending at the University of Utah. In January, she and her husband, Jim, welcomed Eloise Madeline Merrell into the world and were able to return


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