Class Notes

Secondary education alumnus and Bristol Bay Borough School District superintendent Bill Hill, B.Ed. ’96, G.C.R.T. ’14, was named 2023 Alaska Superintendent of the Year during a banquet hosted by the Alaska Superintendents Association on Sep. 29. Hill is now in the running for the School Superintendents Association’s National Superintendent of the Year award. (Photo courtesy of Bill Hill)

In October 2022, history alumnus Harry Scarborough, B.A. ’96, joined benchmarking nonprofit APQC as executive director of legal affairs. In his role, Scarborough provides legal advice and collaborates with executive and leadership teams in the areas of contracting processes, legal matters and laws that impact business functionality, develops strategies that support compliance, data protection and privacy, and is responsible for the governance of contracting and compliance processes. (Photo courtesy of APQC)

Spokane International Airport announced in April 2022 that civil engineering alumna Lisa Corcoran, B.S. ’97, was promoted to director of planning and engineering. Corcoran most recently served as their director of planning and engineering since January 2021. (Photo courtesy of Lisa Corcoran)

In June 2022, business administration alumna Wendy Barnes, M.B.A. ’98, was appointed CEO of RxBenefits, the employee benefits industry’s first technology-enabled pharmacy benefits optimizer backed by private equity investors Advent International and Great Hill Partners. The appointment comes on the heels of the company experiencing significant growth, including a headcount of over 750 employees that serve over three million members and manage over $3 billion in annual pharmacy spend. (Photo courtesy of RxBenefits)

In April 2022, the Alaska Association of Secondary School Principals announced that educational leadership alumna and principal of Colony Middle School in Palmer Mary Fulp, B.Ed. ’98, M.Ed. ’04, P.G.C.T. ’07, was named Alaska Principal of the Year for 2022. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Council of School Administrators)

In April 2022, toward the end of her 14th year teaching at West Anchorage High School, education alumna Temperance Tinker Kays, M.A.T. ’07, was surprised with the title of this year’s Milken Educator Award, considered to be the Oscar of teaching. (Photo courtesy of Temperance Tinker Kays)

In August 2022, educational leadership alumnus William Schildbach P.G.C.T. ’09, G.C.R.T. ’09, was confirmed by the Scappoose School District school board as the new principal of Warren Elementary School in Warren, Oregon. Most recently, Schildbach served as principal of the Tikigaq School in the North Slope Borough School District. (Photo courtesy of Scappoose School District)

After earning his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University, mechanical engineering alumnus Peter Renner, B.S. ’18, is now contributing to 3D printing and corrosion research as a postdoctoral fellow at Sandia National Laboratories, one of three National Nuclear Security Administration research and development labs in the country. (Photo courtesy of Peter Renner)

Shortly after graduating from UAA, justice alumna Christina-May Castro, B.A. ’21, was hired by the State of Alaska as a court case manager in the Criminal Division. (Photo courtesy of Christina-May Castro)

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy appointed social work alumna Kim Kovol, M.S.W. ’22, as commissioner of the new Alaska Department of Family and Community Services, which began operations on July 1, 2022, after splitting the Alaska Department of Health and Human Services into two departments, the second being the Alaska Department of Health. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Health)