Rob Blizard (Col ’86) is the chief development officer of the Washington Animal Rescue League in Washington, D.C. Mr. Blizard previously worked in corporate marketing positions at Marriott, MCI and other companies, and has more than a decade of nonprofit fundraising experience at the Humane Society of the United States and George Washington’s Mount Vernon. He has volunteered at different D.C.-area animal organizations since adopting two dogs from a local animal shelter in the mid-1990s. Mr. Blizard writes freelance articles on charitable fundraising and management for various publications serving the U.S. nonprofit industry—including Animal Sheltering magazine. The Washington Animal Rescue League is a rehabilitation and adoption center that is one of the largest animal shelters in the country.
Posted 09/30/2009
John Fleming (Col ’86 L/M) lives in Tampa, Fla., with his wife and two children and teaches creative writing at the University of South Florida. He has a new book coming out, Fearsome Creatures of Florida, with Pocol Press.
Posted 07/01/2009
Paul Grenert (Col ’86) published 20/30, a novel, in 2008. He has published two other books, Existential Exodus and Ashes of X-Girlfriends and Other Stories. He has published poetry and short stories in several magazines and anthologies, and has written screenplays. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, Manuela.
Posted 02/12/2009
Anne Hayes (Col ’86) published her first book, Sexless: How Feminism is Failing Women, a critique of modern feminism. The book offers insights into how feminism has departed dramatically from its roots and now pursues an ideology that actually works against the interests of many women, including women the original movement sought to help.
Posted 11/24/2009
"I spend my limited spare time “rasslin” with three young’uns. "
Michael Seese (Col ’86) published two books. Haunting Valley (co-authored with Bill Devol) is a compilation of ghost stories from Ohio’s Chagrin Valley area. Scrappy Information Security is a “plain English” road map for anyone who cares about the security and privacy of their online information and wants to know how to take steps to protect it. A third book, Scrappy Business Contingency Planning, will be published in late 2009. He resides in beautiful Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
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