Class Notes shares the achievements and milestones of alumni of Pennsylvania College of Technology and its predecessors, Williamsport Area Community College and Williamsport Technical Institute.

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  • Stephen Wozniak, 2015

    business administration

    Stephen is a contract specialist for the Department of Defense. The family welcomed a son, Brayden, in August. They reside in Watsontown.

  • Deanna

    Deanna (Cooper) Sherman, 1990

    business management

    Deanna is a customer service coordinator for Corning Inc. and is on a special project for a new plant opening in Pune, India. She has served on the Elkland Borough Council since 2018 and got engaged to be married in August 2021. She resides in Elkland.

  • David

    David Gordon, 1982

    food and hospitality management

    David is senior vice president of Original Traders Energy USA, a privately owned business operating in the U.S. and Canada in oil and gas. After almost 20 years in various sales and management positions at Shell Oil, he took on the senior vice president and owner-partner position with OTE, basing his U.S. operations in his "new hometown" of East Lansing, Mich. In photo, David enjoys being father of the bride for the first of potentially four times in September 2021 at the wedding of his oldest daughter.

  • Ashlyn

    Ashlyn (Hershberger) Benicewicz, 2011

    graphic communications management

    Ashlyn is a member service representative for the Navy Federal Credit Union's Fraud & Digital Branch. She married Jacob Benicewicz on Sept. 25, 2021. They reside in Martinsburg, W.V.

  • Kaitlyn

    Kaitlyn (Young) Clark, 2020

    health information management

    Kaitlyn is a health information management coordinator for Privia Health. She married her high school sweetheart, Grant Clark, on June 19, 2021. They reside in Grottoes, Va.

  • Kyle Pfueller, 2010

    information technology: network specialist

    Kyle is a lead test engineer for Nuix, which produces investigative analytics and intelligence software for extracting knowledge from unstructured data. He resides in Telford.

  • Frances (Sommerfeld) McMahon, 1994

    office administration - executive

    Frances is an administrative assistant in the Business Information Systems Department for Sinclair Community College. She resides in Waynesville, Ohio.

  • Brent Fraser, 1994

    aviation technology

    Brent is vice president of maintenance for Flightcraft, a division of Atlantic Aviation. Its core business is corporate jet maintenance in Portland, Ore., and Seattle. He resides in Castle Rock, Wash.

  • Joni Merrick, 1998

    technology management

    Joni retired from the City of Alexandria, Va. She was an occupational safety and health specialist, designing safety and health programs and training employees in the programs for the Department of Transportation and Environmental Services. The city's safety committee won the Best Safety Innovation Award in 2018 and 2019 from the Solid Waste Association of North America and department's safety programs were recognized as most improved by the American Public Works Association. She also received an associate degree in technology studies from Penn College in 1990 and a Master of Science in safety, security and emergency management from Eastern Kentucky University in 2010 and resides in Alexandria.

  • Sabrina Toplovich, 2019

    engineering design technology

    Sabrina Toplovich '19 and Joshua Maring '19, both grads of engineering design technology and members of the Archery team, got married May 15, 2021.

  • Piotr Kepinski-Kozaczek, 2011

    automotive technology management

    Piotr is an Audi Group parts lead for Audi of America. He resides in Reston, Va.

  • Brad VanValkenburg, 2006

    graphic communications management

    Brad is a senior sourcing category manager for marketing and print for The Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America. He manages the sourcing and procurement for marketing, advertising and print/mail functions for Guardian Life. In 2018, he received the CEO Award from Guardian for work on its corporate rebranding effort. In 2009, he received a master's in graphic communications management and technology from New York University. He has been married for 10 years and has three boys. They reside in Blairstown, N.J.

  • Ethan Arnett, 2021

    construction management

    Ethan is a field project engineer for Baker Concrete Construction. He resides in Laurel, Md.

  • Andrew Miller, 2004

    civil engineering technology

    Andrew started a new position in June 2021 as director of land development and engineering for Catalyst Commercial Development. He resides in Lancaster.

  • William Sheaffer, 1972

    electronics technology

    William retired after 32 years with Continental Automotive, where he developed embedded software for driver information systems, including semi-truck data loggers, bus controls and dashboard instrumentation software. "Courses at WACC in digital electronics, Boolean logic and FORTRAN programming motivated me to pursue a 42-year career in software engineering," he says. The first 10 years involved development of software tools for electronic circuit testing, followed by software development for phototypesetting machine text processing and control. He resides in McAlisterville.

  • Max Bower, 2016

    heavy construction equipment technology: operator emphasis

    Max has had an eventful two years: He married Caitlyn Chute in October 2019, moved to Chambersburg in spring 2020 and founded a residential remodeling business, Precision Enterprises LLC, in May 2020.

  • Cole Peters, 2008

    diesel technology

    Cole is a farmer on his family's Spruce Row Farms Inc.. Among his duties on the dairy farm, he maintains and repairs all vehicles. He resides in Meadville.

  • Abdulwahed Alnasr, 2016

    plastics and polymer engineering technology

    Abdulwahed is a quality control and mixers manager for Saudi Plastic Products Co., which produces PVC pipes. He was recognized by LyondellBasell for achieving 170,000 safe working hours as a site manager. He resides in Al Hasa, Saudi Arabia.

  • Mary Wagner, 2019

    health arts: practical nursing

    Mary is an LPN charge nurse for Nationwide Therapy Group. She reports: "I have worked agency since graduation which has given me a ton of experience with different situations! My salary has done nothing but increased with every agency! ... I had the opportunity to work with the Big Ten athletes at Penn State University and Coach Franklin when I was employed to perform COVID testing. What a great choice it was to choose Penn (College) for my education!" She resides in Mill Hall.

  • Kenneth Buchen, 1971

    tool design technology

    Kenneth is retired and resides in Grantsville, Md.

  • Sarah

    Sarah Nestor, 2016

    nursing

    Sarah is a clinician for UPMC. She resides in Lock Haven.

  • Patrick Gregory, 2017

    heating, ventilation and air conditioning technology

    Patrick is a refrigeration technician for REMCO Inc., providing service, repair and maintenance of supermarket, restaurant and commercial refrigeration systems. He's a multiple-time leak rate leader for refrigerant emissions. He resides in Berwick.

  • Britni Fennell, 2017

    manufacturing engineering technology

    Britni is a quality engineer for BAE Systems Inc. She is married and resides in York.

  • Scott

    Scott Miller, 2000

    construction management

    Scott is a chief estimator/senior project manager for Benner & White Construction, a commercial carpentry contractor in suburban Philadelphia. He also received an associate degree in building construction technology from the college. He is married and resides in Skippack. They have three children and five grandchildren, with a sixth on the way.

  • Dale Hurlburt, 1971

    mechanical drafting

    Dale retired from Case New Holland in 2011 and moved to Arizona. He worked for CNH for 36 years and retired as a designer II. He holds two patents and resides in Phoenix.

  • George Barrett, 1973

    forest technology

    George is retired and resides in Ewing Township, N.J.

  • Janis Hofer, 1969

    practical nursing

    Janis is retired and resides in Williamsport.

  • Michael Fallon, 1975

    construction carpentry

    Michael is the construction director for Habitat for Humanity of Bucks County. He resides in Perkiomenville.

  • Andrew Rhen, 2009

    construction management

    Andrew is assistant superintendent/construction layout for Wickersham Construction, specializing in industrial and water treatment projects in Pennsylvania and Maryland. He resides in Hummelstown.

  • Scott Madill, 2009

    heavy construction equipment technology: operator emphasis

    Scott is a vice president for Dal Dirt LLC, a heavy civil construction contractor. He resides in Waxahachie, Texas.

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