David Sayen, CLA 77, SBM 91, was appointed regional administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Region IX in San Francisco.

Dennis Coleman (1990) writes, "History Magazine has published my first article, "The History of Flashlights," in the April/May addition."

William Poindexter (1991) was recently promoted to Senior Accountant from Staff Accountant at ADP, Inc. located in Owings Mills, MD.

William Poindexter (1991) was recently promoted to Manager-Accounting from Senior Accountant at ADP, Inc. located in Atlanta, GA. "ADP, with $8.5 billion in revenues and approximately 590,000 clients worldwide, is one of the largest providers of a broad range of premier, mission-critical, cost-effective transaction processing and information-based business."

Gloria (Garvin) Rubin (1972) writes, "I am a Professional School Counselor in Fairfax County, Virginia and First Vice President of the Fairfax County Federation of Teachers, AFT Local #2401.

Orlando Haddad, MUS '02, is a core member of the Brazilian musical group Minas, which celebrated its 25th anniversary of living in Philadelphia. After a sold-out anniversary kickoff concert at World Cafe Live last spring, Minas continues the celebration with the release of a new CD, Bossa Nova Day. The album draws from Brazilian traditions of samba, bossa nova, bai�o and choro, as well as American traditions of jazz, blues and folk. Bossa Nova Day is the seventh recording project by Minas.

Lori Fontanes (1983) writes, "I ran for governor of California in the 2003 special recall election-- and lost. Since what I really do is make movies, I turned the extraordinary and wacked out experience into a documentary feature called "The Day Arnold Schwarzenegger Kicked My A**". The film sneak previews this month on the Cinequest Film Festival website. Check out the trailers at www.abnerz.com/arnold. "

Heather Durkin-Thomas (1999) recently accepted an Associate position at Creedon and Feliciani, PC located in Norristown, PA. Her practice is concentrated in Insurance Defense. Heather recently was employed at Nationwide Insurance as Master Claims Representative.

Heather (Durkin) Thomas (1999) received a Juris Doctor from Widener University School of Law on December 31, 2003. "After her wedding in March 2004 to Bryan Thomas, Heather started to prepare for the PA Bar Exam which she completed in July 2004. She is anxiously waiting her results!"

Amy Schwartz Abbey (HPERD, 1987) has recently been asked to speak at the "Lighting My Darkness" Bereavement Conference sponsored by the Diocese of Rockville Centre, NY. She has also started to serve as a volunteer for the First Candle/SIDS Alliance."