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his lifetime, and how these roles feature
prominently in shaping the hearts and
minds of future generations.
Steve Mertz ’01
was featured as one of
the award recipients of the 2015 Top
Forty Under 40 published by Lehigh
Valley Business.
Lisa Mitchell ’01,
managing editor of
Berks-Mont Newspapers
and journalist
for the editorial department for Berks-
Mont, has become editor of The Hamburg
Area Item.
Rich Stump ’01
was featured as one of
the award recipients of the 2015 Top
Forty Under 40 published by Lehigh
Valley Business.
Marci (Lewine) Wolff ’01
opened Daub
and Line Art Instruction, a private art
lessons service based in her home. A
classically trained artist, Wolff offers
instruction primarily in drawing by
appointment for youth and adults.
Kristi Good ’03
is a visiting assistant
professor of theatre at Lycoming College.
Jeremy Melber ’03
was featured as one
of the award recipients of the 2015 Top
Forty Under 40 published by Lehigh
Valley Business.
Rebecca Murga ’03,
an army reserve
captain, is the first military service member
ever to be selected to participate in the
2015 AFI Conservatory Directing Workshop
for Women since the program’s inception
in 1974. The AFI program is extremely
competitive with only 10 women admitted
out of hundreds of applicants. Murga also
created “War Ink,” a short documentary
about combat veterans telling their stories
through their tattoos.
Donna (Comprelli) Reynolds ’03
has been
hired as the director of business develop-
ment at Lehigh Mining and Navigation,
the area’s premier advertising and public
relations agency.
Andre Reed ’05,
NFL hall-of-famer, had
the honor of having the Allentown street
right outside of his alma mater of Dieruff
High School renamed Andre Reed Way.
Irving Street Park across from Dieruff was
also renamed Andre Reed Park. Reed
was also inducted into the Boys & Girls
Clubs of America’s Alumni Hall of Fame,
and has accepted the Bill Walsh Coaching
Internship with the Buffalo Bills, which
is designed to give minority coaches the
opportunity to join an NFL coaching staff
for the duration of training camp and all
preseason games.
Matt Borrelli ’05
was promoted to director
of design services at Altitude Marketing.
Borrelli previously served as manager of
design services at the integrated marketing
agency, and has been with Altitude Mar-
keting since 2014.
Kristi Gage-Linderman ’05
is featured as
one of the award recipients of the 2015
Top Forty Under 40 published by Lehigh
Valley Business.
Christopher Wolfe ’05
presented a lecture
at Penn State Lehigh Valley entitled,
“Overview of Applied Physics Research at
the U.S. Army Research Laboratory,” for the
annual Faculty Invitational Lecture Series.
Kimberly Metz ’06
was hired as the publi-
cations coordinator for Phoebe Ministries
in Allentown, and is the editor-in-chief of
their quarterly magazine, The Messenger.
Elizabeth Acanfora-Harer ’07
was pro-
moted to the position of art director at
Lehigh Mining and Navigation (formerly
Spark Advertising Agency) in Bethlehem, Pa.
Andrew States ’07
opened as frontman
for Imagine Dragons with his music group,
CRUISR
, a Philly-based pop-rock band
which began as a States solo project in
early 2012. They have also opened on a
tour with British rockers,
The 1975.
Jonathan Van Dine ’07
opened on drums
for Imagine Dragons with his music group,
CRUISR,
a Philly-based pop-rock band. They
have also opened on a tour with British
rockers, The 1975.
Damian Goodman ’08
was appointed to
serve as the Parkland School District’s
elementary dean of students.
Douglas Kelly ’08
has joined Binswanger’s
King of Prussia office as vice president. In
this position, he will oversee commercial
real estate in suburban Philadelphia, focus-
ing on the Montgomery County market.
Mark J. Koenig ’08
was sworn in as a
Springfield Township police officer. He
spent the last three years as chief of staff
to state Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-153, and
was previously a legislative aide to Mont-
gomery County Commissioner Chair Josh
Shapiro when he was the state representa-
tive in Abington.
Ryan Oestreich ’08
was featured as one
of the award recipients of the 2015 Top
Forty Under 40 published by Lehigh Valley
Business.
Eileen Gurcsik-Pinkey ’09
was inducted
into the Tamaqua Area High School
Athletic Hall of Fame. Gurcsik-Pinkey was
a four-year letter winner in volleyball,
swimming and track and field for the
Lady Raiders.
Donald D. Langdon ’09,
financial advisor
at Northwestern Mutual, has qualified for
the National Association of Insurance and
Financial Advisors’ Rising Star Award,
which recognizes hard working and
dedicated association members with an
unwavering commitment to professional
excellence in the insurance and invest-
ment fields.
Andrea Much ’09
has been hired as
production manager and assistant account
manager with Reese Integration Marketing.
Christopher Wagner ’09
went to China to
teach American history at Nantong Middle
School, which has an enrollment of about
5,000 students.