Linda Bartlett Hobgood’s skills of communication have enabled her to enjoy a successful career that has included vast experiences in politics. She is currently an instructor and director of The Speech Center at the University of Richmond in Virginia. She supervises individual and group practice for oral presentations and also teaches classes, including Theory and Pedagogy. She has made many presentations on public speaking and served as a campaign manager, political consultant and speechwriter for several political candidates. Linda was graduated from the University of Virginia in 1975 with a B.A., with distinction, in history. In 1976 she earned an M.A. in speech communication. During the Nixon administration, she was a White House intern and Staff Assistant to the Office of the First Lady.
GREGG R. ALBERS
Gregg Albers excelled as a student and athlete at Chagrin Falls High School. Today, he is a highly accomplished physician in Lynchburg, Virginia. He is the founder of Light Medical, Inc., a group of medical professionals providing care to the entire family. Dr. Albers is also the Medical Director of Pathways, a drug and alcohol treatment program in Lynchburg. He has written four books and authored numerous articles and reviews. Named to Who’s Who in Health Care/ Medicine in 1998, he can be heard on Health Journal, a weekly radio program aired on more than 700 stations.
CHRISTOPHER R. SHERMAN
A 1974 graduate of Purdue University, Chris was graduated from Harvard Business School in 1979. Currently, he is Chief Operating Officer for Inter-Con Security Systems, an 18,000 employee, privately held international security company in Pasadena, California. He is responsible for worldwide operations, including strategic planning and profit and loss of the company. From 1995 to 1998, he was president of Pacific Enterprises International, a Fortune 500 energy services company which included one of our country’s largest gas distribution companies, Southern California Gas. From 1990 to 1994, he was president of Pacific Energy, a $170 million business. During his tenure at Chagrin Falls High School, Chris honed his competitive instincts in football, wrestling and track.
WALTER H. ETTINGER, JR.
Walt Ettinger’s climb to the top of the medical profession is replete with accomplishments. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1978, he has taught at Wake Forest University School of Medicine since 1985. He has more than 100 of his articles and reviews published. His three books include “Fitness After 50: It’s Never too Late to Start,” published in 1996. Twice he has been listed in “The Best Doctors in America” (Geriatric Medicine), in 1994 and 1996. In 1993, he received the Henry Christian Memorial Award for outstanding abstract in aging research. Currently, Dr. Ettinger is Director at the J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
MARGARET S. TERPENNING
Margaret Terpenning’s love of learning was surpassed only by her love of people. Remembered for her warm heart as well as her unbridled determination, she was graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Denison University in 1973. She earned her medical degree from the University of Michigan in 1978, where she also completed a fellowship in the Division of Geriatric Medicine. From 1982 until 1984, she studied infectious diseases through another fellowship at UCLA and the Wadsworth VA Medical Center in Los Angeles. Dr. Terpenning has lectured across the United States on various aspects of medical care for the elderly. Her studies of infectious diseases in the elderly have been published in the leading medical journals. In 1984, she was appointed Assistant Clinical Professor of Geriatrics and Internal Medicine at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Since 1988, she has been Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She also serves as Clinical Director, Geriatric Research Education at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and as Assistant Research Scientist at the Institute of Gerontology. In 1991, she was elected to the American College of Physicians Fellows Program.