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serves on the Finance Committee. They have two grown children, Rex and Megan.
1979
DONALD A. DECINQUE
(A.A. Business Administration ‘79)
DeCinque, of McDonough, Ga., was recognized earlier this year by the Atlanta Busi- ness Chronicle, as one of the area’s top 50 leaders in finance for 2010. DeCinque is the president and CEO of the Atlanta Postal Credit Union, be- ginning his career there in a teller. DeCinque also serves on the boards of Cooperative Services Inc., SWIRL, Credit Union Loan Source, Georgia Credit Union League and the National Council of
Postal Credit Unions.
1990
THOMAS A. GEORGE (B.B.A. Management ‘90)
George, of Cumming, Ga., is the di- rector of Human Resources for Em- ployment & Compensation at Georgia Perimeter College. His de-
partment was recognized with a Customer Service award earlier this year from the gover- nor’s office. GPC also rec- ognized his em-
ployment and compensation team with the Continuous Improvement and Values Award. George is a for- mer employee of Clayton State and received the Overall Distinguished Alumnus award in 2006 for his long- time service to the Alumni Association.
1993
MARGIE K. HUNTER (B.S. Nursing ‘93)
Hunter received the Outstanding Alumnus Award for the College of
Health at the Alumni Association’s 2010 Annual Dinner. Hunter is the director of Women’s and Infant Services at DeKalb Medical Center. She is responsible for administrative, clinical, fiscal, quality manage- ment and regulatory op- erations for the Women’s Services Divi- sion and supervises more than 250. She was the team leader for the de- sign, planning and construction of the state-of-the-art, free standing, $55 million, 163,000 square foot DeKalb Women’s and Surgical Cen- ter. Prior to working at DeKalb, she was the director of Women’s Serv- ices at Southern Regional Medical Center in Riverdale, Ga. She and
her husband, Bob, live in Atlanta.
1994
JENNIE (VANDIVER) JENNINGS (A.S. Psychology ‘94)
Jennings and her husband, Eric, live in Hanahan, S.C. She is an execu- tive assistant for Apogee Partners, LLC, in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
TAMI L. PETTY
(B.A. Music Performance ‘94)
Petty, of New York, N.Y., was awarded the inaugural Michel Sorel Charitable Organization’s Emerging Artist Award earlier this year. As the recipient of Sorel’s Emerging Artist
Award, soprano Petty made her Lin- coln Center debut with Voices of As- cension in Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle on Mar. 22. The per- formance in the Center's Alice Tully Hall drew great acclaim, as The New York Times praised her "powerful soprano" and Harry Rolnick from The Classical Music Network wrote, "such a beauty and purity of tone is so rare that I could only listen in ethereal
pleasure."
1995
NATALIE JEAN (GUNNIN) SIBLEY (B.A. Middle Grades Education ‘95)
Sibley, of Sharpsburg, Ga., was a fi- nalist for the 2010 Teacher of the Year in the Coweta County School
system. Sibley teaches fifth grade math and lan- guage at Willis Road El- ementary. She received a master’s in education from Graceland Univer- sity. She also has a spe- cialist degree in Brain-Based Learning
from Nova Southeastern University.
VIBHA SINGLA (B.B.A. Accounting ‘95)
Singla operates her own CPA firm in Forest Park and Hampton, Ga. She practices general accounting work, bookkeeping and tax returns, etc. The firm specializes in nonprofit or- ganizations and small businesses tax planning, organizational struc- ture and tax returns. She recently
had a ribbon- cutting for her new office in Hampton lo- cated at 3175 Highway 81 West. Singla is president- elect of the
Lake Spivey Rotary Club this year.
1981 as
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Clayton State’s Annual Alumni Dinner 2010 at the Fox Theatre.