52 OregonStater.org CITY OF PORTLAND OUR COMMUNITY ALUMNI NEWS EDITED BY > SCHOLLE MCFARLAND KEITH WILSON, ’86 Keith Wilson took office this January as the first Oregon State alumnus to serve as mayor of Portland. He won in the city’s inaugural ranked-choice election and will lead under its new council-oriented form of government. Wilson, the owner and CEO of TITAN Freight Systems, a fossil-fuel-free trucking company, founded the nonprofit Shelter Portland and political action committee Breathe Easy Oregon. Association’s top 10 public works leaders of the year. Bill Rompa, MSB ’88, published the book Power Pro Man: An Allegory of a Lesser Known Vietnam Era Air Force Warrior, available from LifeRich Publishing. Learn more at bit.ly/ powerproman. Loretta Smith, ’87, was elected as a member of Portland City Council for District 1, and took office in January 2025. Shane Wall, ’88, partner at the venture capital firm Fusion Fund, was profiled in The Cross & Crescent magazine. A veteran of technology companies including HP and Intel, Wall co-founded the software imaging products compaGenesee Energy, was appointed to the Board of Directors of Federated Insurance Companies. Amy Hackett, ’83, retired as the longest-serving athletic director in University of Puget Sound’s history. Her 21 years there were part of a 40-year career in athletics administration. At OSU, Hackett majored in physical education and was a student representative on the athletics board, as well as a member of Delta Gamma where she made lasting friendships. Marie Marston, ’80, senior project manager at Davis Evans and Associates in Tustin, California, was named one of the American Public Works Medical Missions, was featured in the magazine Texas Monthly (see bit. ly/TM-Berkeley). The article explores her work with her husband to bring medical care to the isolated Tarahumara people of Mexico’s Chihuahua state. KC Cowan, ’79, signed a four-book deal with Dragonblade Publishing for a Regency Romance series. The first book will be published in 2026. Learn more at bit.ly/kc-cowan. Arthur Rathburn, M.S. ’72, Ph.D. ’80, published his ninth book, To a Better Place, a historic novel based on the life of an English couple who settled in Massachusetts in 1654. See fortdanebooks.com. 1980s Julia Brim Edwards, ’84, was elected to a four-year term beginning January 2025 as a Multnomah County commissioner representing District 3. Brim Edwards had served a partial term in the position since June 2023 after filling a seat left by a departing commissioner. Steven T. Clark, ’88, president and CEO of family-owned heating and fuel distribution company 1970s David C. Antonucci, M.S. ’74, published the book Geology of the Lake Tahoe Basin — History and Features with Fonthill Media. K.C. Bacon, ’74, published Poems, Prose, One Liners, and Cartoon, available on Amazon. Bacon is the author of two collections of poetry, two collections of aphorisms, a novella, a comic novel and a volume of short stories. In addition, six of his paintings are housed with the School of History, Philosophy and Religion. Learn more about his work at www. kcbacon.com. Suzanne Barchers, Ed.M. ’73, has 300 books in print, ranging from children’s books to teacher resources to two college textbooks. She chairs the educational advisory board for Lingokids, a literacy app used by millions of children around the world, and frequently appears on national television, speaking on educational and parenting issues. Learn more at suzannebarchers.com. Miriam (MacVicar) Berkeley, ’74, co-founder of the nonprofit Mexico
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