Kinesiology: Where are they now?
Following is a sampling of alumni, used by permission, who majored in physical education or kinesiology at Cornell.
Robert Funston ’55 is the badminton
coach at Naperville North High
School, Naperville, Ill.
Winifred Oswald Tillmann ’55 is a swimming
instructor at Roseville Area
Schools, Roseville, Minn.
James Wallace ’68, Mount Vernon,
Iowa, is an assistant football coach
at Cornell College.
Joseph Campanelli ’69, Iowa City, Iowa,
is vice president of finance at A. W.
Welt Ambrisco, Inc.
Jean Ernst Porter ’69 is a transition
specialist for special education students
at Shawnee Mission School,
Shawnee Mission, Kan.
Jean Bishop Pritchard ’69, Plymouth,
Minn., is a coach at Central
Middle School.
Craig Nixon ’70, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is the
owner-operator of Nixon Mowing.
Alex Costas ’73, Jacksonville, Fla., is
a business and organization effectiveness
consultant.
G. Todd Ririe ’73 is an environmental consultant
for BP in Chino Hills, Calif.
David Turnball ’73, West Des Moines,
Iowa, is Central/Western area director
for Christian Athletes.
Theodore Van Dorn Jr. ’73 is senior vice
president of corporate benefits, Dynastar
Benefits Group, Naperville, Ill.
Randall Kuhlman ’74 is CEO, Fort Dodge
(Iowa) Community Foundation.
Robert Schnack ’75, Sacramento, Calif., is
an attorney with Jackson Lewis LLP.
Dennis Goettsch ’76, Austin, Minn., is
vice president of marketing food
services for Hormel Foods Corp.
William Thomsen ’76, Mount Vernon,
Iowa, is a teacher and coach at
Mount Vernon Middle School.
David Welter ’76, Cedar Falls, Iowa, is an
administrator at Cedar Falls High
School—and Atlantic Braves scout.
Patrick Casey ’77 is a senior sales consultant
for Novartis Pharmaceuticals. He
lives in Marion, Iowa.
Michael Lawler ’77, Iowa City, Iowa, is senior
athletic trainer/associate director, for the
University of Iowa Athletics Department.
Mark Wilden ’78, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is
a teacher and golf coach for Cedar
Rapids Community Schools.
Richard Allen ’79 is founder and president
of informedathlete.com. He lives in
Broken Arrow, Okla.
Mark Becker ’79, Oklahoma City, is a hydrologist
with U.S. Geological Survey.
Mark Dunlap ’79 is a grant writer for
Truman Medical Center Charitable
Foundation, Kansas City, Mo.
C. Scott Ririe ’79 is the owner of Energy
Services Company, St. Louis.
Aaron Van Dyke ’79 is a biology and
physical science teacher at North Scott
High School in Eldridge, Iowa.
Susan Tillmann Duijndam ’80 is the
Aquatic Coordinator for Roseville
Area School, Roseville, Minn.
Zachary Driscoll ’82, Phoenix, is a corporate
recruiter for Oracle Corporation.
William Keyser ’82, Newman, Ga., is
portfolio director for CB Richard Ellis,
Inc., Global Corp. Services.
Randy Steward ’82 is the head wrestling
coach and assistant professor of
physical education at Loras College,
Dubuque, Iowa.
Scott Mahmens ’83, Marion, Iowa, is associate
principal and athletic director
at Linn-Mar High School.
Donald Dicus ’85, Mount Vernon, Iowa, is an
assistant football coach at Cornell College.
John Murnan III ’85 is a teacher and coach at
Etowah High School, Woodstock, Ga.
Jeff Brickley ’86 is a fitness/wellness
coordinator at Somerset Community
College, Somerset, Ky.
Wayne Cook Jr. ’86, Toledo, Iowa, is a
manager for Pamida Stores.
Gordon Smith ’86, Greene, Iowa, is a
teacher and coach at North Butler
High School.
Patrick Dolphin ’87 is area service manager for
Verizon Business in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Charles Sorensen ’87, Davenport, Iowa,
is senior vice president at American
Bank & Trust Company.
Gus Pasquale ’88, West Palm Beach, Fla.,
is executive vice president of Element
Funding.
Richard Poorman ’88, Boca Raton, Fla.,
is assistant principal of Don Estridge
High Tech Middle School.
Denise Redmond Smith ’88, Imperial, Neb.,
is head softball coach at Chase County
High School.
Rick Willis ’88, Waverly, Iowa, is head
football coach and athletic director at
Wartburg College.
Martha Huizenga ’89, Washington, D.C., is
a partner at DC Access LLC.
Shari Larsen Kuehl ’89, Lena, Ill., is a
teacher and coach at Lena Winslow
Elementary School.
Matthew Andersen ’90, Independence,
Iowa, is a fire engineer with Waterloo
Fire Rescue.
Brent Brase ’90 is women’s basketball
coach at Cornell College.
Lisa Brooks ’90, Pewaukee, Wis., is global
manager of ergonomics and safety
programs for General Electric.
Mark Norton ’90, Stanwood, Iowa, is a family
advocate and head girls basketball
coach at North Cedar High School.
Michael Hilmer ’91 is a teacher and coach
at North Linn High School in Troy
Mills, Iowa.
Robert Minick IV ’91, Des Moines, Iowa,
is assistant athletic/activities director
and a teacher at Hoover High School.
Philip Pfeifer ’92 is director of fitness and
performance at AthletiCo Rehabilitation
Fitness, Oak Brook, Ill.
Chris Oberbroeckling ’93, Marion, Iowa, is
an insurance agent with Farm Financial
Services, and a baseball umpire.
Jason Turley ’93 is dean of admissions at
Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio.
David Cosgrove ’94 is director of parks,
recreation, and cultural events for
Lyons, Colo.
Carl Small ’95 is a high school counselor
and coach at Camanche Community
School District, Camanche, Iowa.
Kenneth Corum ’96 is a teacher and head
volleyball coach at Oak Park High
School, Kansas City, Mo.
Daniel Felton ’96 is a fundraising coordinator
for the Muscular Dystrophy
Association in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Steven Huegel ’96 is a secondary education
teacher at Maquoketa Valley Community
Schools, Delhi, Iowa.
Andrew Kaul ’96 is a senior sales representative
for Sepracor Pharmaceuticals in
Marlbough, Mass.
Daniel Kluth ’96 is a senior project manager
for Aspect Software in Westford, Mass.
Andrew Reed ’96, Iwakuni, Japan, is a
logistics officer in the U.S. Marines.
Sean Thomas ’96 is an EMT at John C.
Lincoln Hospital in Phoenix.
Kirsten Anderson Drews ’97 is a teacher in
Dublin, Calif.
Scott Rucker ’97, Treynor, Iowa, is a teacher
and coach at Treynor High School.
Dianne King Vogel ’97 is a physical therapist
at Rehab Care in Cedar Rapids.
Matthew Casebolt ’98, Marion, Iowa, is
health and physical education teacher
and a coach at Linn-Mar Schools.
Kelly Davis Norton ’98 is the residency
coordinator at the University of Iowa
Hospitals in Iowa City, Iowa.
Kurt Ronnfeldt ’98 is athletic director for
Mount Vernon High School in Mount
Vernon, Iowa.
Natalie Burns Hazen ’99 is an attorney at
Ballew Covalt in Lincoln, Neb.
Darius Alexander ’01, Dallas, is a senior
loan specialist, government titles, for
Bank of America Home Loans.
Joshua Davis ’01 is a teacher and coach at
Camanche (Iowa) High School and
Ashford University in Clinton, Iowa.
Lisa Haas ’01, Denver, is a senior sales specialist
at Obeyond Communication.
Matthew Holter ’01 is senior exhibit designer
for Exsel Exhibits in Niles, Ill.
Adam Kaufman ’01, Iowa City, Iowa, is
the head golf pro at Finkbine Golf
Course.
Holly Newton Kepros ’01 is an exercise
specialist at Mercy Hospital in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa.
Kevin Wagner ’01 is an associate at Faegre
& Benson in Minneapolis.
Jennifer Henson Wilson ’01 is an executive
account manager for Heartland Tanning
in Lee’s Summit, Mo.
Megan Dabroski Abbott ’02 is a physical
education teacher at Linn-Mar Community
Schools in Marion, Iowa.
Nicholas Boeset ’02 is a physical education
teacher at Maquoketa Valley High
School in Delhi, Iowa.
Jordan Kloppel ’02 is going through the
Adams County Sheriff’s Academy in
Adams County, Colo.
Dawn Zaruba McCormick ’02 is a health
and fitness coordinator at Mercy Fitness
Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Daniel McHugh ’02, Chicago, works at
AthletiCo in athletic rehabilitation,
fitness, and performance.
Lindsey Mesner ’02, Defiance, Ohio, is
assistant volleyball coach at Defiance
College.
Matthew Moeller ’02, Abilene, Texas, is
a physical education teacher and the
football and track coach at North
DeSota Middle School.
Cara Becker Dix ’03, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
teaches first grade in the Cedar Rapids
School District.
Nathan Sels ’03, Oakbrook, Ill., is the
facility manager and doctor of physical
therapy at AthletiCo.
Nathan Eichmeyer ’04 is the operations
manager at Gander Mountain in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Phillip Erickson ’04, Princeton, Ill., owns
Twin Oaks Landscaping Company.
Andrew Fox ’04 is assistant basketball coach
at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C.
Sara Wille ’04 is a registered nurse at Mercy
Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
Adam Hadenfeldt ’05 is head baseball coach
at Cornell College.
Kyle Koeppen ’05 is activities and athletic
director for Springville Community
Schools in Springville, Iowa.
Cody McBroom ’05 is a second lieutenant
in the U.S. Army, stationed at Fort
Benning, Ga.
Amber Tomlin McLeod ’05 is a wellness
specialist at Grinnell Regional Medical
Center in Grinnell, Iowa.
Thea Hoyer Moeller ’05, Abilene, Texas,
is unit manager for Altria Sales and
Distribution.
A.J. Varner ’05, Westminster, Colo., is a
physical education instructor at Crown
Pointe Academy.
Ashley Feltes Reirich ’06, Rockford, Ill.,
is exercise physiologist and personal
trainer at OSF St. Anthony’s Medical
Center.
Amy Carlson ’07 is a graduate student in
occupational therapy at St. Ambrose
University, Davenport, Iowa.
Thomas Cronk ’07, Iowa City, Iowa, is a
physical education instructor for Iowa
City Community Schools.
Emily Decker ’07, Ames, Iowa, is the program
coordinator for Family Health
Project.
Natalie King ’07 is a teacher’s assistant
at Academy North High School in
Palatine, Ill.
Zachary Zousel ’07, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
is a business account executive for
Verizon Wireless.
Hope Coffin ’08 is a graduate student in
occupational therapy at St. Ambrose
University in Davenport, Iowa.
Steven Kreinbrink ’08, Granger, Ind., works
at Schmucker Middle School in the
special education department.
Sara Bleeker ’09, Iowa City, Iowa, is a
teacher and coach for Iowa City Community
Schools.
Thomas Cody ’09, Roberts, Wis., is a personal
trainer at Snap Fitness.
Rachelle Hawkins ’09 is a physical therapy
PhD student at Regis University in
Denver.
Amanda Jepson ’09 is a research assistant at
Des Moines University.
