NSU Horizons Spring 2016

24 NSU HORIZONS ABRAHAM S. FISCHLER COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Susan Russell , M.S. (’84), is the executive director of the T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® National Center, which helps states address the education, compensation, and retention of their early care and education workforce. Her work has included developing successful national initiatives; building effective policies and systems to improve access to quality early childhood programs for all children; and researching the workforce, the early care and education system, and access issues for children in low-income families. She has served on numerous state and national boards and committees, and has garnered numerous awards and honors. COLLEGE OF ARTS, HUMANITIES, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Sherika Hornes , M.S. (’14), is pursuing a career in civil service in the field of national security. Hornes began her career while a second-year graduate student at NSU. In the spring of 2014, she was selected as a Pathways Intern by the U.S. Department of State Office of Foreign Missions in San Francisco. In 2014 and 2015, she was a semifinalist for the federal government’s Presidential Management Fellows Program. COLLEGE OF DENTAL MEDICINE Timothy Case , D.M.D. (’01), is founder and owner of Case Dental Care, PLLC, a private dental practice in Tennessee, and Equilab, LLC, which provides asset equity training to health care professionals. Case served in the U.S. Army Dental Corps at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. On active duty, he served as acting company commander and as a member of the Dental Forensics Team. Case entered the U.S. Public Health Service, National Health Service Corps, and initiated a dental program for a federally qualified health center in Georgia. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING Dawn M. Beyer , Ph.D. (’14), is a Lock- heed Martin Fellow in Colorado, where she works in information systems and global services. Beyer provides guidance, direction, leadership, training, and mentoring to engineers supporting multiple efforts across the United States. Beyer spent 12 years on active duty with the U.S. Air Force, followed by various assignments as an intelligence officer with the U.S. Air Force Reserves. Recently, she served as an intelligence officer for the 302nd Operations Group/Intelligence at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE SCIENCES William Kohlhepp , D.H.Sc. , PA-C (’07), is the dean of the School of Health Sciences at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, where he also serves as a tenured professor of physician assistant studies and as a member of the Center for Excellence Board and Deans Council. Currently, he serves as secretary and treasurer for the Physician Assistant Education Association Board of Directors. In 2005, he testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, regarding an act designed to improve access to workers’ compensation for injured federal workers. COLLEGE OF NURSING Jorge Montequin , B.S.N. (’12), is a critical care registered nurse in the U.S. Air Force. He is responsible for assessing patients’ clinical conditions, maintaining ventilators, and preparing patients for surgery, among other duties. He serves as a patient and family advocate by updating patients and families about the plan of care, caring for patients per their wishes, and educating patients and families about daily changes in their health and care. Monte- quin also works in end-of-life care, supporting patients and families in the transition to hospice facilities. COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY Andrew S. Morgenstern , O.D. (’99), is an expert in optometry at Booz Allen Hamilton, a management consulting firm headquar- tered in Tysons Corner, Virginia. Working at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, Morgen- stern helps to fulfill the mission of the Joint U.S. Department of Defense Veterans Affairs Vision Center of Excellence, which is to address vision care needs for veterans. Morgenstern is president-elect of the Maryland Optometric Association and president-elect of the Optometric Council on Refractive Technology. COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE Mayrene Hernandez , D.O. (’01), is the market medical director at United Healthcare in Florida. Hernandez’s responsibilities include working with large employer groups in reviewing population health trends. Hernandez is president of the Broward County Osteopathic Medical