The Young Alumni Achievement Awards—previously known as the Young Alumni Ambassador Awards—was created to recognize recent IUP graduates identified as being outstanding in their fields.
All recent graduates of IUP (less than fifteen years) who have recorded notable accomplishments in their chosen profession are eligible for this award. Each year, one outstanding alumnus/a from each undergraduate college of IUP is chosen by to receive this award. The Young Alumni Achievers are invited to hold seminars, presentations, and panel discussions on topics related to their professions
The 2012 Young Alumni Achievement Awardees
Seated, from left, are Mary E. Weidner ’07, M’09; Jessica Bush Warman ’03; and Jennifer Franko Vasquez ’01. Standing, from left, are Michael Driscoll, IUP President; Scott Rhoades, M.S., R.N., M’06; Justin Polyblank ’09; and Bryan W. Moore, CFA ’07.
Mr. Bryan W. Moore, CFA 2007
Eberly College of Business and Information Technology
Senior Private Equity Officer
South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission
Mr. Justin Polyblank 2009
College of Fine Arts
Ceremonial Band Saxophonist
United States Army “Pershing’s Own” Ceremonial Band
Mr. Scott Rhoades, MS, RN, M'06
College of Health and Human Services
Coordinator, Prehospital Medicine and Aviation Medicine
Indiana Regional Medical Center
Dr. Jennifer Franko Vasquez 2001
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Associate Professor
University of Scranton
Mrs. Jessica Bush Warman 2003
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Young Adult Fiction Author
Ms. Mary E. Weidner 2007, M'09
College of Education and Educational Technology
Speech-Language Pathologist
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Past Recipients
Tessa (Polenik) Anodide ’03
Jolene Anticoli ’01
Marylee E. Arthur ’02
Stacie M. Buriok Batchelor ’92
Seema Batra ‘94
Melissa M. Bell-Lowden ’96
Maureen Walsh Bennett ’91
Douglas R. Bolster ’95
Jane McFarland Bourque ’49
Christine Brawdy ’91
Rebecca Brenner '98
Stephanie Britton '02
Amy L. George Brown ’89
Captain Christopher A. Brown ’94
Jessica (Kalivoda) Bruccoliere ’01
Dr. Penny Lee Burge ’69
Julie Hoffman Camp ’86
Laurie Cannady Ph.D. ’06
Marissa R. Carney ’00
Samuel N. Cheuvront ’94, M’96
Melanie Coleman ’86
Kenneth Collins ’97
Stephanie (Myers) Cooke ’96
Dr. Thomas D. Cramer ’73
Karen Kelly Deklinski ’79
Karen Baldauf Delaney ’89
Joanna M. (Ender) DiCiurcio ’02
Marcie J. Doperak ’94, M’99
Scott A. Dougherty ’93
Margaret Lambert Dudarchik ’68
Dr. Abid Ali Fakhri ’03
Georgeann L. Faulkner ’98, M’99
Dr. Ralph M. Feather, Jr. ’71, M’74
Andrea J. Ferrara ’88, M’90
Joseph S. Ferris ’73
Howie Z. Fitzgerald ’97
Kirk D. Fleming ’94
Jeffrey L. Frank ’96
Amy S. Wertz Frazier ’91
Sheri L. Goldstrohm, Ph.D. ’93
Joel Goodling '04
Amanda Gordon ’03
Bruce L. Graham ’79
Elizabeth I. Green ’95
Dr. Denise Whitson Gurer ’85
Lt. Donna M. Haase ’90
Cindy Haigh ’84
Scott A. Harshman ’92
Michael Brock Herr CA’97, ’02
Harry D. Holt ’93
J. Randy Hultman ’74
Chad Hurley ’99
Robert Hurley ’83
John A. Jaworski ’92
Christopher L. Johnston ’90
Kristin L. Stein Joseph ’95
Jamie Littlefield Kasper ’99
Epryl King ’01
Shannon Kitelinger ’00
Matthew H. Konetschni ’95, M’98
Joseph A. Kopko '04
David M. Kraemer ’94
Mark J. Krusec ’90, M’92
James C. Leda ’95
Leonard C. Lehman, Jr. ’67
Barbara J. Lovejoy ’75
Kevin Lyons ’02
Thomas S. Mach ’94
Deborah Wolf Malley ’95
David A. Mawhinney ’86
Colleen McElroy-Schultz ’86
Dr. John R. McKivigan ’71
Richard Miecznikowski ’67
Ryan A. Miller ’02
Melinda Nadeau Milos ’81
F. Gordon Murray ’81
Lance Neeper, ’01, M’07
Dr. Nancy Zebraskey Nelson ’57
Col. John R. Nesbitt ’61
Suzanne Mulholland Newsome ’86
Maureen K. O’Connor, Psy.D.’02l
Carrie Ortsey ’99, M’00
Darren K. Parr ’91, M’93
Alison L. Pate ’03, M’07
Lori Ratay Patten ’92
Douglas T. Patterson ’76
Jamie L. Perry ’98
Everett C. Pesci ’86, M’90
Domenic J.C. Pisano ’98
Rachelle L. Popelas-Raible ’01
Catharine Grubb Powers ’82
Timothy Pulte ’85
The Honorable Dave Reed ’00
Dr. John E. Repetski ’69
Erich P. Reuter ’97
Jason D. Rising ’96
John E. Ritter ’88
Rafael A. Rivera-Vigo ’99
Madelyn A. Ross ’71
April (Meredick) Rudat ’00
Matthew B. Ruddy ’00
Natalie C. Raeff Rugg ’99
Christine L. Ruth ’00
Jeffrey D. Salzman ’76
Robert J. Scherrer ’96, M’99
Anna Marie Schnur ’52
Mark Selinger ’07
Thomas J. Senn ’74
Lora Moran Shildt ’88
Pamela Sledge-Coley ’97
Dr. Eric D. Speakman ’87
Divonna Mohr Stebick ’95
Chrystina (Black) Steffy ’03
Brian M. Stoltz ’93
Wendy L. Metcalf Straatmann ’92
Daniel A. Tanweer ’97
Francine M. Tishman ’70
Dr. William Toscano, Jr. M’68
Daniel F. Toven ’91
Darron J. Trobetsky ’94
Paul E. Von Geis ’77
Dr. Maureen Janel Walls-McKay ’88, D’95
*George S. Walochik ’49
Dr. David H. Weaver ’60
Dean S.C. Williams ’64
Kimberly S. Young M’92, Ph.D. ’94
Sheila Wisnewski Young ’90
Renee Zettle-Sterling ’93
Dr. Christa Ziegler ’01
Dr. Elizabeth M. Zippi-Bida ’87
*deceased
