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Society (which PCC has an exhibit
through May 24), PCC staff, local leaders
and past employees celebrated the
alumni, who will be honored throughout
the spring.
Ken Berry is one of the 50
Diamond Alums and served as keynote
speaker. Berry worked at KGW radio
as a disc jockey in the 1960s while
taking classes at PCC’s then new
Sylvania Campus. He graduated from
University of Oregon’s Teacher Corps
Program and spent the majority of his
40-year educational career serving as a
reading specialist, teacher or principal
for such Portland Public Schools as
Adams, Benson, Cleveland, Jefferson
and Franklin high schools, in addition
to Clinton Street, Whitaker Elementary,
Meek, Irvington and Ockley Green
schools.
Even though Berry was being
thanked by PCC, Berry was much more
thankful to the college.
“I’m grateful to PCC,” he said.
“Thank you, PCC, for helping me and
thousands of students to acquire the
educational skills necessary to become
productive citizens in this world and
impacting my life forever.”
For more on the Diamond
Anniversary visit: http://opportunity.
pcc.edu/
2012 Diamond Alums:
Southeast Portland: Alesha Adamson
(Co-founder of Pronoia Health LLC),
Geof Garner (Program director of
Alternative Pathways at Multnomah
Education Service District), Shay James
(Principal at Franklin High School),
Kheoshi Taylor-Mayes (Case manager
for youth and families), Solomon
Trimble (Youth engagement specialist
with Native American Rehabilitation
Association of the NW), Christina Unga
(Executive Director of ChildRoots
Center for Young Children), Mara
Windstar (Founder of Paws to Freedom)
Milwaukie/Clackamas: Josette Beach
(PCC Dental Program Director and
coordinates service trips abroad for
dental hygiene students), Neil Clevenger
(Reach & Treat Paramedic at American
Medical Response), Jonathan Smith
(Retired deputy chief at Clackamas
County Fire), Olivia Yeung (Mentor
Program Coordinator at Marylhurst
University), Julie Parrish (Oregon State
Representative Tualatin/West Linn)
North Portland: Ken Berry (Retired
Portland Public Schools Administrator
and executive director of World Arts
Foundation, Inc.), Samuel Brooks
(Executive Director of Brooks Staffing),
Margaret Carter (Former state senator
and representative; deputy director at
Oregon Department of Human Services),
Heidi Durrow (Author of bestselling
novel “The Girl Who Fell from the
Sky”), Shaheed Haamid (Retried
licensed social worker and certified
alcohol & drug counselor), Kanaan
Kanaan (Middle East student advisor
and retention specialist at Portland
State), Jason Lim (Marketing manager
at The Asian Reporter and co-founder
of JustPortland), Sharon Maxwell-
Hendricks (Owner/CEO at Boanerges
Group LLC), Rebecca Skloot (Author of
“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”),
Connie Whipple (Drug, alcohol and
vocational rehabilitation counselor),
James Scot McDonald (retired nurse
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Beaverton: Prentice Davis (Senior
Manager at Gateway to College National
Network), Hadi Nouredine (Dentist and
president of Arab American Cultural
Center of Oregon).
Hillsboro: Andy Duyck (Chairman,
of the Washington County Board
of Commissioners),
Deanna Palm
(President of the Hillsboro Chamber
of Commerce and member of PCC
Board), Jeff Van Raden (Owner of
Columbia Industries and president of
PCC Foundation board), Isaac Elting-
McGuire (Building Inspector for City of
Hillsboro Building Department)
Vernonia:Tera Roberts (Family nurse
practitioner and public health nurse)
Northwest/South/Downtown
Portland: Michael Bartlett (Art
Director at The Maris Agency), Betty
Kendall (Retired automotive instructor;
founded Association for Women in
Automotive), Anh Le (Executive Legal
Assistant to the Dean at Lewis and Clark
Law School), Mark Noonan (Social
Media Manager at Elders in Action),
Tom Potter (Former mayor of Portland;
former chief of Portland Police Bureau),
Sally Brounstein (Nurse at Providence
Portland Medical Center; instructor for
CLIMB Health Professionals), Cau
Chung (Bond Accounting Manager at
PCC), Karen Gaffney (President/founder
of the Karen Gaffney Foundation), Linda
Gerber (Sylvania Campus President at
PCC), Brett Hall (Attorney at Wayne
Mackeson Law Office; coach of Sunset
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50th Anniversary:
In 50 years, Portland Community
College has educated more than 1.3
million people and this year is giving
back to the community in a big way to
say “Thank you” for its half century of
support. All year long, in honor of PCC’s
50th anniversary, the college has pledged
to donate 50,000 hours of service to the
community. PCC will partner with local
community service efforts throughout
the year to achieve its 50,000-hour
goal as well as showcase and celebrate
programs and individuals that symbolize
PCC’s spirit of opportunity.
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