1980s

Gail (Sylling) McGlothlin ’81, Laurel; Lonnye Finneman, Pharm.D. ’00, Billings; and Alan Staszcuk ’80, Billings, visited Christ’s Gift Academy in Mbita, Kenya. The non-boarding private primary school is mostly composed of orphans who live with a responsible family member and attend daily school. The team of 13 completed medical and dental exams for each of the children, participated in classroom and P.E. activities, and constructed roof structures to cover and protect the new water tanks for the school.

Three Griz alumni stand in front of sign outside Kenyan orphanage

Sue Consolo-Murphy M.S. ’83, Moose, WY, is retiring after 41 years of government service and a career as the chief of science and resource management at Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway. Some of her accomplishments include collaborating to help restore native vegetation; manage grizzly bears, bison and elk; remove two dams to restore native fish passage; complete a strategic Historic Properties Management Plan; and build the Grand Teton archives.

In nearly 20 years at Yellowstone, she contributed to grizzly bear recovery and wolf restoration and experienced the 1988 wildfires. She also worked on the Wasatch National Forest, Rocky Mountain and Badlands national parks, Muir Woods National Monument, Appalachian National Scenic Trail and Grand Canyon National Park. A member of the second graduating class of the National Park Service’s National Resource Specialist Training Program, she was the 2013 recipient of the NPS Director’s Award for Excellence in Natural Resource Management. She is a member of the Association of National Park Rangers and the George Wright Society.


Sue Consolo-Murphy


Terry Roper ’89, Moose, WY, retired after 31 years with NPS and as the fee and revenue business manager of Grant Teton National Park. Roper began her career in 1988 at the Moran Entrance Station in Grand Teton. She transferred to Yosemite National Park in 1996 and assisted with a variety of jobs when the Yosemite Valley flooded, including work in campgrounds, entrance stations, headquarters, interpretation and budget. After the El Portal Entrance “resurfaced,” she became the supervisory visitor-use assistant. 

In 1997, she returned to Grand Teton as a supervisory visitor-use assistant, adding duties in both critical incident stress management and wildland fire. She has spent the past six years on Type 2 Great Basin wildland fire teams in various capacities within the finance section. 

 


 Terry Roper


Bachchi Samahon-Oumar ’89, M.B.A. ’92, M.Acct. ’93, Boise, ID, became the first financial controller for Volkswagen and Audi of Boise. He is a founder of Treasure Valley CFO Forum, a nonprofit representing accounting and finance professionals throughout the Treasure Valley.