Wheaton College Alumni Magazine Winter 2013 | Page 36
alumni association
meet your new
Board members
Wheaton College
Alumni Association Board of Directors
Joelle Meyer Herskind ’91 invests much of
her time working with Jericho Road Ministries in
Buffalo, NY, where she helps develop and market
programs, guide volunteers, plan events, and
write grants to support programming for refugee
and low-income families. Joelle and her husband,
Mark ’89, have four children.
David McDowell ’68 is the senior pastor at
Community Fellowship Church in West Chicago,
formerly pastoring a church for 25 years and
serving as an assistant chaplain with the
U.S. Military Academy at West Point for another
5 years. Dave and his wife, Gloria Farneth
McDowell ’70, have five children.
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Donna Peterson Nielsen ’93 works part-time as
a family physician at Lawndale Christian Health
Center in Chicago and directs a one-month
internship program for pre-med and medical
students. She is also employed part-time with
Wheaton College’s Student Health Services. She
received her M.D. from the University of Illinois
and is married to Brad Nielsen.
The Alumni Association Board
of Directors consists of 18 alumni
representing every decade back
through the 1960s. Directors are
selected by the existing Board
through a formal nomination process.
All alumni are invited to submit
nominations for open positions by
sending a completed form to the
Nominating Committee. Forms can be
found under “Alumni Association” at
alumni.wheaton.edu.
Susannah Schwarcz ’00 is the director of fund
development at By The Hand Club For Kids,
an after-school program with an emphasis on
academics and a commitment to nurturing the
whole child—mind, body and soul. Susannah
received her MBA from North Park University
and was founder and president of Messianic
Fellowship at Wheaton.
Hythem Shadid ’79 is a physician and
orthopedic surgeon with Genesis Orthopedics &
Sports Medicine and is former president of the
DuPage County Medical Society. Hythem received
his M.D. from the University of Illinois. He is a
member of the Middle East Engagement Council
at Willow Creek Community Church. He and his
wife, Beth, have four children.
Renae Schauer Smith ’91 obtained her
secondary teaching certification from Wheaton in
1995 and was employed as a G.E.D. instructor for
at-risk youth before starting a family. Currently,
she provides part-time college/post-high school
guidance counseling at Paradise Valley Christian
Preparatory in her home state of Arizona. Renae
and her husband, Andrew ’91, have four children.
Barbara Ruesche Scotchmer Winter ’60 lives in
Pasadena, California. She serves as a missionary on
the staff of Frontier Mission Fellowship. Barb worked
for 30 years with the Hazelwood School District in
Missouri. Her first husband, A. George Scotchmer
’44, DD ’62, and second husband, Dr. Ralph Winter,
are deceased. Five of her grandchildren have
attended or are currently attending Wheaton.