People in Business
Columbia Machine, 107 Grand Blvd., announced that Kevin Brown will succeed Richard Armstrong as president of the Concrete Products Division. Armstrong is retiring from the concrete products manufacturer after 18 years. Brown has been with Columbia Machine for 30 years, serving in a number of leadership positions. Columbia Machine is a fourth-generation, privately held business. Find out more at columbiamachine.com.
Local breast cancer support organization Pink Lemonade Project appointed three new board members. Dr. Cory Donovan, a breast cancer survivor, is a breast cancer surgeon at Legacy Medical Group. She graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School, completed a general surgery residency at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, then completed a breast surgical oncology fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Also joining the nonprofit is Polina Senchilo, a client relations representative at Chapelle’s Towing, who will act as a liaison between the company and Pink Lemonade Project clients. Born in Kazakhstan, Senchilo has close ties to Clark County’s Russian community. Senchilo serves on the organization’s Pink Glow committee and is a Red Coat Ambassador for the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce. Also joining is Adrienne San Nicolas, who “is one of a very few survivors currently involved with PLP who were pre-menopausal and in a child-rearing life stage when diagnosed” with cancer, according to a news release. San Nicolas serves on the organization’s mentor team and is employed by Summit Chiropractic and Massage. Learn more at pinklemonadeproject.org.
Clark College recently awarded 12 faculty members tenure. They include staff in departments of biology, business, English as a second language, geology, mathematics, music, nursing, phlebotomy, physical health and education, physics, and transitional studies. Tenure is awarded by the board of trustees based on “professional excellence and outstanding abilities in their disciplines.” Recommendations for tenure are based on a number of evaluations by peers, students, supervisors and by the tenure review committee. The tenure review committee then forwards its recommendations to the vice president of instruction, and finally the president presents a final recommendation to the board. The group will be honored at a college reception on April 22. The newly tenured professors include:
• Amy Castellano, of Vancouver, phlebotomy
• Cara Cocchiarella, of Portland, physical health and education
• Catherine “CeCe” Crosby, of Vancouver, biology
• Jacob Funk, of Vancouver, music
• Hannah Jackson, of Portland, mathematics
• Julie Lemmond, of Portland, business
• Xiunu “Sophie” Lin, of Portland, physics
• Meredith Lynch, of Vancouver, transitional studies English
• Sam May-Varas, of Lake Oswego, Ore., transitional studies English and mathematics
• Donivee Randall-Jones, of Vancouver, nursing
• Michelle Roth, of Vancouver, English as a second language
• Michelle Stoklosa, of Portland, geology.
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