December 2012 | North Central College

Eric Knox '09

Eric Knox is a program director through AmeriCorps Volunteer In Service To America (VISTA) for Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation in Alaska where he assists with Fairbanks First Think Local. The buy local program is designed to advocate for a 10 percent shift in consumer expenditure from outside the Fairbanks North Star Borough to within the borough. He has worked to increase community knowledge of the importance of buying local by creating member booklets, community directories, newsletters, website development, special events and social media campaigns.

Tracie Morris '02

Tracie Morris, vice president of human resources for ComEd, was named a 2012 Company and Executive Woman Worth Watching by Diversity Journal. Morris was nominated by colleagues, peers and mentors for her initiative and achievements as a woman of diversity within her sphere of influence.

Kimberly Anderle-Abma '87

Kimberly Anderle-Abma is a sole practitioner of law, certified mediator and Guardian Ad Litem (GAL). After receiving her juris doctorate from the John Marshall Law School in 1991, she began her practice, which focuses on domestic relations. She has practiced law for 21 years and recently relocated to new offices in Joliet, IL.

Thomas Kauffman '71

Thomas Kauffman is a doctor of dental surgery in Atlanta. He has been involved in dental health care for 38 years. After graduating from North Central, he received his D.D.S. from Loyola University in Chicago. Kauffman completed his general practice residency in the U.S. Army Dental Corps and opened his own private dental practice in 1977.

Reid Barringer '10

Reid Barringer was promoted to financial center manager of the Fifth Third Bank in Geneva, IL.

Timm Bellazzini '07

Timm Bellazzini is an audit supervisor at Sikich LLP in Naperville. After graduating from North Central, he went on to earn a master’s degree in accounting from Northern Illinois University, then worked as a staff accountant at Grant Thornton in Chicago. Bellazzini played football throughout his four years at North Central and earned All-American honors during his senior year. He and his wife Kyle are expecting their first child in May.

Vincent Macciocchi M ’94

Vincent Macciocchi M ’94 was recently appointed chief operating officer of Wild Flavors, Inc. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Eastern Illinois University and an M.B.A. from North Central.

Richard Schmack '77

Richard Schmack was elected DeKalb County state’s attorney. He has been a practicing attorney for 31 years; 27 years were spent in Sycamore, IL, at his law office. Prior to opening his own law office, Schmack served as an assistant state’s attorney under DeKalb County state’s attorney Philip L. DiMarzio. After graduating from North Central, he received a juris doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Law School. He resides in Sycamore with his wife Jackie.

Anna Wirtz '11

Anna Wirtz is secretary for North Central’s academic support services and Office of Academic Opportunities.

Ruth Kesselring Royal '61

Ruth Kesselring Royal published a compilation of letters she and fellow alumna Beryl A. Brinkman ’62, who passed away in 2007, exchanged while involved in the Peace Corps. Royal’s book, titled “Never Gonna Cease My Wanderin’: Letters Between Friends,” (Peace Corps Writers, 2012) gives insight into the Peace Corps when it first began, the Philippines in the 1960s and the developing friendship between the two women. The two met while attending North Central. They began exchanging letters while Royal was in the Philippines, continuing this tradition throughout the 1960s.