The Nominations Are In!
In honor of Wilmington University’s 50th anniversary, the Alumni Association is excited to announce the names of those alumni nominated for its Distinguished Alumni Award.
Congratulations to the following alums, and thanks to family members, friends and colleagues who nominated them.
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Paul Bechly
First Vice President at Morgan Stanley
Class of [Semester, Year]
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Victoria Arnold
Nurse and officer of the Delaware Air National Guard. Served the children of Saudi Arabia in the fall of 2016 as a nurse in a pediatric hospital.
Class of Spring 2015
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Luddie Austin
Retired Trenton Police Detective Sergeant and mentor for at-risk male youth in his community.
Class of Fall 2016
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Jeffrey Benson
CEO, Benson Development Group, LLC. Honored with a Delaware House of Representatives tribute.
Class of Spring 2015
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Skye Boris
Para-educator, John S. Charlton Program. Head varsity softball coach for Caesar Rodney High School.
Class of Spring 2016
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Paul Bechly
First Vice President at Morgan Stanley
Class of [Semester, Year]
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LeFeisha Cannon
Assistant Vice President, Delaware State University. Member of the Delaware ACE Women’s Network.
Class of Fall 2009
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Dr. Mary Chen
Assistant Director of Business Services, Delaware Technical and Community College. Vice President of the WilmU Alumni Association.
Class of Spring 2003, Spring 2006, Fall 2009
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Jeffrey Chin
Staff Sergeant, United States Air Force. Awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service.
Class of Spring 2013
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April Clark
Program Director of Allied Health, Miller Motte College. Shows dedication to her students while encouraging them to follow their dreams.
Class of Summer 2016, Fall 2017
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Dr. Heather Collins
Senior Director of Pupil Personnel Services, Christina School District. Continues to strive for school improvement and community involvement.
Class of Spring 2005, Summer 2007
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Margarita David
Clinical professor. Created a pharmacology bootcamp for graduating nursing students.
Class of Spring 2016
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Nic DeCaire
President, Fusion Racing. Founder, Friend of Fusion Foundation. Co-founder of Preston’s Playground.
Class of Spring 2005
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Robert DeMasi
Founder and president of the Muscle Movement Foundation (MMF). Travels the country as a motivational speaker to deliver the MMF message.
Class of Fall 2017
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Felicia Dorman
Owner, Dayspring Consulting Group. Started the Aspiring Professionals College and Career Exploration Program, Inc.
Class of Summer 2009, Spring 2012
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John Elasic
Vice chairman, Stepping Stones Federal Credit Union. Awarded the 2017 Barclays Citizenship Award and Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council 2017 Award for his contributions.
Class of Fall 2013
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Geneva Fonda Espinosa
CEO, Geneva Fonda Global. Contributing writer to Huffington Post, Thrive Global, Today Media, Inc.. Reading and Financial Literacy Advocate for and Educator of children and adults; and Business Coach. Received the “Women in Business” Award from Delaware Today and the “Her Story, Our History” Award from the Women’s Business Center with special recognition from U.S. Senator Tom Carper.
Class of Spring 2004, Fall 2005, Summer 2017
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Jeffrey Benson
Managing Partner with Prominent Insurance. He currently serves on the Seaford School District Board of Education, advisory board of Make-A-Wish Delaware, is a member of the Delaware Vision Coalition Leadership Team, Governor Appointed Delaware Board of Cosmetology & Barbering Member, Leadership Delaware and Congressional Black Caucus Institute Fellow and is an active body within his local community.
Class of [Semester, Year]
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Kim Habbert
Founder, First State Volleyball Club. Technical Advisor, Premier Volleyball club of Delaware. Department Chair of Student service and School Counselor, Christiana High school. Head Volleyball Coach, Wilmington University. Serves on the Head Coaches Committee for the CACC.
Class of Spring 2000
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Sherri Hageman
Guardianship Advocacy Director, Office of the Public Guardian
Class of Spring 2005, Fall 2007
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Debbie Harrington
Board of Trustees and chair of the Student Success Committee, Delaware State University. Chairs Delaware State Council and State Use Law Commission and the Vocational Rehabilitation Advisory Council for persons with visual impairments.
Class of Fall 2015
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Kaitlin Hearn
Intelligence analyst with the Delaware Information and Analysis Center. Volunteer volleyball coach.
Class of Spring 2012, Spring 2015
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Rob DeMasi
President Muscle Movement Foundation & Director of Admissions St Marks’s HS
Class of [Semester, Year]
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Andre Henry
Project Controls Analyst, Exelon. Founder of Dream Again.
Class of Spring 2016
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Dr. Adriene Hobdy
Director of Leadership Development and Talent Management, Montgomery County Community College. Member of Next Generation Leadership Academy.
Class of Summer 2014
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Andrew Hull
Paralegal.
Class of Fall 2013
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Dr. Frank Ingraham
Published author, volunteer mediator for the Delaware Center for Justice, and President of the WilmU Alumni Association.
Class of Spring 1994, Spring 1996, Spring 2017
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David Irizarry
Deputy Director of Philadelphia’s Office of Violence Prevention. Board member to Aldersgate Youth Services Bureau.
Class of Fall 2014
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Tiffani Brooke
Family support worker at Children and Families First. Her goal is to partner with parents to create a healthy and safe environment to prepare young children for school.
Class of Spring 2017
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Aaron Gravatt
Yeoman Second Class Petty Officer, US Coast Guard
Class of Fall 2014
Criminal Justice, Bachelor of Science
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Samuel Killeen
President and owner, H and H Disposal Services. Helped pilot & institute single stream recycling programs within several municipalities in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Class of Fall 2013
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Justin King
Senior probation officer, Delaware Probation and Parole. Honored through the Governor’s Task Force.
Class of Fall 2007
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Robert Lingenfelter
Driver education teacher, safety specialist at Delaware Military Academy, and staff photographer for U.S. Senator Tom Carper in Delaware for 27 years.
Class of Spring 1995, Fall 2000
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Givvel Marrero
CEO, Promotion Zone. Appointed to the Delaware Hispanic Commission by Governor Jack Markell.
Class of Spring 2003
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Gregory McCallum
Department chair and special education teacher, William Penn High School.
Class of Fall 2008
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LeAnn Myers
Director of Quality Improvement at Westside Family Healthcare
Class of Spring 2017
Leadership, Master of Science in Nursing
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Nathaniel McQueen
Superintendent, Delaware State Police. Graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy.
Class of Spring 1996
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Louisa Phillips
Retired as senior director of operations for the cardiovascular service line at Bayhealth Medical Center
Class of Spring 1988
Business, Master of Science
Class of Summer 2001
Business Administration, MBA
Class of Fall 2013
Leadership, Master of Science in Nursing
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Larider Ruffin
Chairman & Founder at Ruffin Associates Healthy Housecalls
Class of Spring 2016
Nursing Practice, Doctor of Nursing Practice
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Dr. Gwyn Parris-Atwell
Jefferson Health Nurse Practitioner. Medical Group Commander, Delaware Air National Guard. Served in Iraq and Afghanistan as an Air Force Nurse. Fellow in the Academy of Emergency Nursing.
Class of Spring 1994, Spring 1998
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Dr. Keith Pettiford
Executive Director, JP Morgan Chase. Honored with the Community Service Award from Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Class of Fall 2004, Fall 2011
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Joseph Pro
President Pennsylvania Machine Works, Former WilmU Alumni President and Past President of the PVF Roundtable Houston, TX.
Class of Spring 1998
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Charmaine Quarles
Housing program supervisor, Delaware HIV Consortium. Children’s author of Kayden the Dog.
Class of Summer 2010, Fall 2013
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Sara Rissolo
Founder and president of the board, Realslow Recovery, LLC. Adjunct clinical faculty at Chesapeake College.
Class of Spring 2015, Fall 2016
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Daniel Salfas
Sergeant, Delaware State Police. Retired military veteran, holds numerous military awards.
Class of Spring 2014
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Rachel Woodlee
Registered Nurse in US Air Force
Class of Summer 2018
Leadership, Master of Science in Nursing
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Hollie Seaton
Senior Manager of Engagement and Inclusion, Perdue Farms, Inc., Vice Chair of the Board (and Community Service Community Chair” of the Recovery Resource Center in Salisbury, Maryland.
Class of Summer 2009, Spring 2014, Spring 2016
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Andrea Singleton
Founder/board treasurer, Proud Professionals Network. Biochemist at Siemens Healthineers.
Class of Spring 2017
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Courtney Stewart
Deputy Secretary of the Delaware Department of State. Her dedication to the state of Delaware and the betterment of its citizens can most recently be seen in her spearheading an initiative to include social workers in Delaware libraries throughout the state.
Class of Fall 2012
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Andrea Sweeny
Nurse manager, Christiana Care. National conference presenter on “New Nurse Support Group.”
Class of Spring 2016
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Felicia Taiwo
Residential program specialist, Elwyn. Results Delaware advocate.
Class of Spring 2014
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Melissa Zebley
Superintendent of Delaware State Police
Class of Fall 2002
Administration of Justice, Master of Science
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Rebecca Tankersley (Harnois)
Program director of Lion’s Heart in Irvine, California. Founder and chair of Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Orange County.
Class of Fall 2009
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Lindsey Valachovic
Probation officer, State of New Jersey. Supervising high-risk clients, ensuring compliance with their treatment and drug abstinence, as well as helping them gain employment or schooling.
Class of Spring 2013
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Carriann VanDzura
Adjunct, Wilmington University. Spent 12 years as head teacher and IEP coordinator at an alternative school.
Class of Fall 2006, Fall 2009
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Henry Wagner
Educational leadership consultant to Wicomico County Public Schools. Served as superintendent of Dorchester County Public Schools.
Class of Fall 2011
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Adrienne Walstrum
Associate Director, Global Trial Optimization at Merck Research Laboratories.
Class of Summer 2014, Fall 2016
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Jeanetta Warren
Director of Community Stabilization Programs, Catholic Charities. Received the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People President’s Service Award.
Class of Spring 2011
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Rosemary Watras
Academic advisor, Wilmington University. Dedicated to inspiring students in pursuing their dream of higher education for over 25 years.
Class of Spring 1995, Spring 1998
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Dr. Lemar White
Program Manager, Google LLC. President of DC Black MBA Association. 2019 Recipient, Leader of Tomorrow Torch Award from UNCF. Adjunct Instructor, Wilmington University.
Class of Fall 2015, Spring 2018
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Kathleen Williamson
Chair of the Wilson School of Nursing, and the John and Nevils Wilson Distinguished Professor of Nursing at Midwestern State University. Continuously attempts to secure grant funding for her research interests. Class of Spring 1992, Spring 2000
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Jeffrey Winslow
Marketing and communications manager, Mohawk Electrical Systems. Developed a partnership between Delaware Technical and Community College and Mohawk Electrical Systems to create an internship program.
Class of Spring 2016
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Paul Woodland
Deputy Chief of Police, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Helped New Castle County Police set up a Delaware Veterans Response Team for veterans in crisis.
Class of Fall 2013, Fall 2014
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Ronald Wuest
Owner and head instructor at Delaware Self-Defense Academy. Ron strives to support the communities where his schools are and promotes self-defense for all throughout the state of Delaware.
Class of Summer 2002, Spring 2003
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LeAndre A. Yarrell
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, Collins Aerospace Ret. Army Sergeant, Serves as Mentor in Rising Leader Program, Sits on Disability & Inclusion Council for Mission Systems Business Unit within Collins Aerospace, Serial Volunteer (Travis May Foundation, NSBE, Operation Homefront, Light the Night), Fostered relationship between Collins Aerospace & Loudoun County School for the Gifted to provide Cybersecurity mentorship to Middle and High School Students.
Class of Fall 2015
