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and is responsible for developing
and maintaining new and existing
commercial relationships throughout
National Penn’s southern region,
which consists of Philadelphia, Chester
and Delaware counties and parts of
Montgomery County.
melissa (smith) reitmeyer ’86,
chief
financial officer of the Mayer Pollock
Steel Corporation (MPSC), was hon-
ored by the National Association of
Professional Women as a 2015 Profes-
sional Woman of the Year. For more
than 20 years, Reitmeyer has played
an instrumental role in the ongoing
success of MPSC, a family-owned
company founded in 1888. Reitmeyer
began her career at MPSC as an as-
sistant controller.
Jennifer (Hansen) rolli ’86,
an author
and illustrator, published her first chil-
dren’s book,
“Just One More,”
in May
2014. She is also working on a second
children’s book,
“The Story of Claudia
and the Moth.”
Gregory Gottschall ’87
was promoted
from the rank of sergeant to captain
of the Bethlehem Township Police
Department.
dorothy (thompson) Perez ’87
re-
ceived the Women Contributing to the
Arts award from the Lebanon County
Women’s Commission’s Hall of Fame.
An active member of the Community
Arts Council since 1996, Perez served
on the executive board of the council
for eight years and helped create
many art projects around the county.
Judith Williams ’87
was hired to serve
as an assistant professor in the
Department of Nursing at Marywood
University. Before joining Marywood,
Williams worked as the lead faculty
member and coordinator for the prac-
tical nursing program at Northampton
Community College.
marieke deWaard m’88
had her solo
exhibition,
“Distinctive Angles,”
dis-
played at the University of California,
Davis Craft Center Gallery. Working
from her own photographs and often
incorporating found objects, her ar-
chitectural-oriented work reflects the
building style of the country in which
michael Grossman ’85
returned to
Kutztown University to share his
success as senior vice president for
television operations for World Wres-
tling Entertainment, Inc. During his
time at WWE, Grossman helped with
such projects as putting on a wrestling
match in Baghdad, Iraq for troops
shortly after the 2003 U.S. invasion,
and the short-lived XFL in 2000.
richard Kline ’85,
the owner and
head golf professional at Sittler Golf
Center, was inducted into the Lehigh
Valley Golf Hall of Fame. During Kline’s
19-year tenure at Sittler Golf Center,
Maxatawny Township, Pa., he has
expanded the center’s programs and
merchandise offerings, earned two
Philadelphia Section PGA Merchan-
diser of the Year awards for public
facilities in 2005 and 2011 and won the
2013 PGA National Merchandiser of
the Year award for public facilities.
Jeffrey Brusko ’86
has been promoted
to senior vice president of National
Penn Bancshares Inc. Brusko has 27
years of financial service experience
CLASS
notes
Kutztown University graduates
come together at Community
Behavioral Health, Philadelphia,
translating great educations into
successful careers.
Left to right:
catherine torhan ’81,
chief finan-
cial officer,
robert covington ’92,
clinical care manager, and
sabrina
nansteel-Bunt ’98, m’02,
co-director network improvement
& accountability collaborative.