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1978
- Ray Costa is the owner of Costa Communications, a major marketing and PR firm that represets Emmy, Oscar, Grammy and Tony Award-winning artists. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
1983
- Jim Barrett's EDGE CREATIVE headed into its fifth year in 2008 while helping NBC/Universal produce the multi-platform marketing campaign for the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Over the course of 10 months, Team EDGE produced close to 200 national, affiliate, viral and on-demand pieces that introduced viewers to the athletes and built anticipation for the games. Jim and his wife Stella will celebrate their own 5th anniversary in February; and are staying plenty busy with their three little ones: Kendra, Karson and Annika.
- Jeff Reagan is a prosthodontist at World Wide Plaza Dental Associates in New York City. Dr. Reagan received his Certificate in prosthodontics from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Manhattan and is a current member of the American College of Prosthodontists. In his spare time, Jeff enjoys making music with the West Village Chorale, going to movies and plays and spending time with friends.
1984
- Scott Davis and wife Patti have been making some exciting career changes. Scott is now an account executive with San Diego Postal, a company that specializes in document handling and mail room equipment. Patti is currently the Nurse Manager in Women and Infant Services for UC San Diego Hospital. She received her Master's in Nursing Administration in May and is keeping her fingers crossed for a promotion to Director in the next few years.
- Though the high temperature in October was 100 degrees, Kevin Holladay and his wife Pamela are enjoying their life in Phoenix, AZ. Kevin is working in Sales Management and Pamela is a registered nurse. Their son Cameron (9) has shown interest in the arts and, moreover, the performance accomplishments of his "old man."
1985
- Dan McCleary returned to Germantown and founded the local Tennessee Shakespeare Company. The company's debut performance, As You Like It, premiered in October. They received overwhelming success and Dan looks forward to several productions next season.
- Chris Parnell returned to the cast of "Saturday Night Live" in their special Election coverage. He received great praise for his appearances as Jim Lehrer, Tom Brokow and Bob Schieffer in several sketches in late October. He also just made his 3rd episode of "30 Rock" as Dr. Spaceman and had a part in a film called Paper Man that stars Jeff Daniels, Lisa Kudrow and Ryan Reynolds. In March, he completed a film called Labor Pains playing Lindsay Lohan's mean boss. Chris is still doing the voice of the Narrator and various other characters on the PBS animated children's series "Wordgirl".
- Shari Wells McCastlain currently lives in Orlando, FL with her husband and three children Matthew (15), Corey (13) and Shelby (10) where she has started back on her career path as an actress. Her two youngest are eager to follow in their mother's footsteps- they have appeared in several commercials already!
1987
- Kimberly Heimert is Managing Director and Counsel at GE Energy Financial Services in Stamford, CT. But, more importantly, she is the blissfully happy mommy to her adorable, precocious and fabulous 2-year old daughter, Ragan, with her husband, Peter. They all live in New York and travel to Vermont regularly for horseback riding and skiing.... Well, Peter and Ragan ski -- Kimberly makes sure the hot toddies and hot chocolate are ready when they come in from the cold.
- David Hershey continues to enjoy his duties as VP of Creative Services for the CBS TV stations in Dallas-Fort Worth. He received his 14th Emmy award this past year. In 2008, he also formed his own production company called 'Hershey Creative.' His company was selected from many other firms to do year-round creative and annual campaigns for such iconic shows as Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! Website is coming soon! During their stint in California, one of the Hershey's came back a movie star! Their 1977 Trans Am 'Bandit' is currently starring with Jeremy Piven in 'The Goods' which was released nationally in August of 09. David and Lori celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary in April of 09 and have been in awe how fast Hannah and DJ have grown! Hannah is entering 4th grade in 2009 and DJ starts first grade.
1988
- Brent Hufnagel is the director of technical operations and senior editor/compositor at Interface Media Company. He lives in Washington, DC.
- Paul Todd returned to TSYS, a credit card processing company, as the company's Executive Vice President. If that wasn't already a test of his strength, he completed an Ironman triathalon last year, which included a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and 26 mile run. His wife Hayley and four children are relieved to report that the triathlon didn't kill him.
1989
- Tonya Coffield Myers is living happily in Birmingham with her husband and 5-month- old daughter. She has a great career as a nurse and is tickled to hear of the astounding accomplishments of her fellow alumni.
1991
- Greg Budzak has moved to the Windy City after several years in Atlanta. He is currently Midwest Regional Vice President for Ann Taylor Loft and has been with the company for almost five years.
- Missi Pyle can boast (of course) about many exciting happenings in the past year, including the ringing of the opening bell at the NYSE in October, and the showcase of her diverse musical talents with the debut of her band, "Smith and Pyle" in February. Most recently, Missi landed the lead role in the Broadway revival of Boeing Boeing.
1992
- Jeremy Padawer was featured on the CBS 2 News for his work with JAKKS Pacific, Inc., a multi-brand company that, since 1995, has been designing, developing, producing and marketing toys, leisure products and writing instruments for children and adults around the world.
- Chris Ridenhour's name will be featured, for the first time EVER, in the opening credits of the film Tennessee. The film will run in L.A. for a week before its wide-release in late January.
- Laurel Ripley Meyer is back in Atlanta writing and producing behind the scenes for original productions on TNT, TBS and TCM. She has joined forces with PPP alumni David Bryant, Jon Hayes, Chris McKinley and Martin Cutler on recent projects.
1994
- Jeff Capps and his wife Amber welcomed their first child last month. Adelaide Jayne Capps was born on November 29th to the proud new parents.
- Mollie Parnell is engaged to her boyfriend of over 2 years, George, a promotions editor for CNBC. Though they have not yet set a date, she is very excited to share the news with the PPP.
1995
- Andrew Bryan's streak of exciting news has still not come to a halt. In January, he begins work in Chicago on the First National Tour of Mary Poppins as the production's Musical Director/Conductor. This past year, Andrew served as Musical Director for the new Broadway-bound musical, The Gershwins' An American in Paris. In 2007, he conducted the US Tour and NY production of Edward Scissorhands.
- Josh Rodman and his wife Ashley have settled into their new home of Sterling, VA where Josh began his job with the Discovery Channel in June.
1996
- Anna Godwin Graves continues to do acting for many television projects. She also keeps busy doing voice over work and has completed projects with VH1, Universal Pictures, Imagination Games and GSN Radio.
- Kevin Graves has been involved in several projects over the past year. He finished a pilot for the program, "Gadget's Electric Garage," which premiered in April on TLC. In addition, he shot "UFO Hunters" for the History Channel.
- Elizabeth Ridenhour and Byron Parker joined hands in marriage on May 10th of this year. Congratulations, and we wish you the best!
- Brent Walters and wife Brooke Smythe (Class of 1997) welcomed the birth of their daughter, Mikaela Eve Walters, in Murfreesboro, TN on June 9th. She is currently cutting her first two teeth and is more than happy to let everyone around her know exactly how that makes her feel. Brent is currently working as a graphics designer for Channel 5, Nashville's CBS affiliate. Brooke is still a chef working in the Nashville area.
1997
- Chris McKinley finished producing his first feature film, Murder Loves Killers Too, which will be released on DVD across the U.S. and overseas through Sony Pictures in the summer of 2009.
1998
- Jeff Curbo graduated in May with an MBA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He recently relocated to Boston and is a consultant for the corporate finance department of the State Street Corporation. Additionally, Jeff is studying ballet with the Boston Ballet and occasionally gets the opportunity to row on the Charles River.
- Travis Harper continues to move forward with ESPN. He and bride-to-be Anne Marie Crumby (Class of 2001) are living in Bristol, CT. They will be married on April 18, 2009, becoming yet another PPP match made in heaven!
- Tyrel McMahan has kept himself busy producing "Business Poland" for CNBC. The program is a weekly 15-minute show about the economy and business of Poland. It airs on CNBC Europe and CNBC USA.
1999
- Jorge Castilla moved to New York City in October and is having a blast. He is a proud member of the Jane Austen Society of North America and will be working on the book and lyrics for a new musical called Jane Austin in Manhattan. In addition, Jorge has been nominated for an important Mexican theater award for his directing work on a show called Instructions for a Funeral. Felicidades, Jorge!
2000
- Alex Jarman is still busy in NYC as a producer for Charlex, a CG animation and design company that creates commercials and movie trailers.
2001
- Anne Marie Crumby is pleased to announce her engagement to Travis Harper (Class of 1998). On a professional level, Anne Marie accepted a position at NBC 30 in Hartford, CT in June. She and Travis are living in Bristol, CT.
- Michelle Hayes and David Uhlfelder joined hands in marriage on October 25th of this year. Michelle plans to accompany her husband to South Walton, FL where she will continue working with Edelman.
- Ashley Mitchell is now Ashley Mitchell Veneman! She and her husband Justin were married on October 25th and have returned to Memphis.
2002
- Michael Albonetti plans to move out to the Big Apple to pursue his career in film. He hopes to be working with Postworks when he arrives.
- Nick Towery is working for Apple in the Big Apple, but most recently produced a segment for the Huffington Post called "The Fix"- a weekly webcast that talks about budding trends in design and fashion.
2003
- Sean Grigsby currently resides in Little Rock, AR where he is happily married to his wife, Whitney. He currently works as Operations Leader for a local bank. When Sean is not involved in local theater, he is writing self-help articles for numerous online magazines.
- Mikey Simmons is overseas protecting our country in Iraq.
2004
- Waheed AlQawasmi, local director and producer, won a Midsouth Regional Emmy Award in January of this year for his work on the television show "St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway" with fellow alumnus Nathan Babian.
- Sera Babakus returned home this September after nearly six months abroad. She completed an internship at United Housing upon her arrival in Memphis and will begin her graduate studies in Political Science at the University of Memphis in the spring. Since Hillary didn't do it, Sera plans to become the first female president of the United States.
- Adam Winfrey just toured the country as a merchandiser for musicians Common and N.E.R.D. Word.
2005
- Nathan Babian won a Midsouth Regional Emmy Award in January of this year for his editing work on the television show "St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway" with fellow alumnus Waheed AlQawasmi.
2007
- Shari Drury spent the past summer working as a freelance writer for the Commercial Appeal.
- Patrick Warren is illuminating the stage at Ole Miss as one of the university's three lighting directors/designers. Congratulations, Patrick!
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