Class Notes
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March 2024
Duane Chism, ’65 and his wife, May (Campbell), ’64, have been married almost 60 years. They will celebrate their anniversary in December
2024. Duane “Butch” retired from the United States Airforce in 1991 after 25 years
at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX. He retired again in 2017 after 15 years as a credentialed
Federal Investigator conducting National-level background security investigations
for 3-letter agencies in Washington. May retired from Defense Language Institute as
an English Instructor after 15 years in 2003. She served overseas in both Taiwan and
Slovenia, as well as at the home campus, Lackland AFB. The couple has three children,
twelve grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Pictured are 10 of their 12 grandchildren.
James Forkum, PhD, ’69 and his wife, Sharon (Rehling), ’64, will celebrate their 56th wedding anniversary in August 2024. Jim is also celebrating his 54th year in the general field of education, coaching, and athletics administration while Sherry celebrates her 51st year as an educator from elementary school through graduate school.
Steve Quinnelly, ’69, passed away in October 2023. After graduating from CBC, Steve was called as a youth minister. He also served as school teacher and principal in both private and public schools for over 22 years. He was then called to pastor Mannford Christian Fellowship church in 1993, where he served for the past 30 years until his death in October 2023. He loved God, his family, and baseball. His wife, Connie, remarks, “I am most grateful for our preparation years at CBC, for the many lasting friendships from there, and for the blessing of the past 55 years of serving our Savior together.
Darwin Reynolds, ’70, passed away on October 9, 2023 after losing his battle with pancreatic cancer. Read more about Darwin’s life here.
Wanda Scruggs, ’03, recently published a children’s book entitled “What in the World?” It is for children
ages 3 to 7 years of age and it highlights the unique things kids may not know about
in the world and encourages them to just enjoy being who they are - beautifully created
by God. It is available on Amazon.
Asusena (Herrera) Soren, ’12, was recently promoted to Deputy City Manager with the City of San Bernardino.
Andreana (Banuelos) Battaglia, ’13/’15, and her husband, Joseph Battaglia welcomed a son, Jaxson John Battaglia born in
2023. Jaxson joins sister, Brooke Sophia (3yrs).
Consuelo Lopez, ’16, just completed her first year as Riverside County Department of Public Social Services'
Public Information Officer. She leads the department's award-wining communication
team. Her team recently won their first Public Relations Society of America Inland
Empire Chapter Polaris Award and a National Association of Counties Achievement Award.
Shannon Richardson, ’18, recently accepted the position of Director of Learning and Development at the California University of Science and Medicine. She has been with the organization for the past five years.
Beau Wright ’19, works as an Inventory Lead at GEODIS Logistics. Because of the help of professor Lilly Szeto, Beau was able to develop his Chinese language skills and apply them into real life job opportunities and translate Chinese for Apple executive working with high tech machinery.
Laura Farley, ’20, is completing her second year teaching at a title one school site. She has recently been been promoted to the ELD (English Language Development) Coordinator for Clement Middle School in Redlands, CA.
Isabel (Abril) Acosta, ’22, married Zack Acosta, ’22. Isabel works as an Account Executive at Worldwide Express.
Sophie Botello, ’22, is an ER nurse at Temecula Valley Hospital.
Alondra Espinoza, ’22, welcomed a baby girl, Elizabeth Rose, in August of 2023. Alondra works as a Early
Childhood Developmental Specialist and is in the process of opening her own daycare.
Jazmin Gonzalez, ’23, was accepted into Loma Linda University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program, Class of 2027.
Timothy Summers, ’23, married Zoe Grammer, ’23, in July 2023 after graduating from CBU last spring.
February 2024
Dewight “Ike” Riddle, ’77, retired after many years of pastoral work due to health issue stemming from working on fighter jets while serving in the Air Force many years prior to becoming a Christian. Ike previously pastored at First Baptist of Norco. He then felt led to plant a new church, Olive Branch Community Church, in Corona in 1988. During his seventeen years at Olive Branch, he was blessed to go on many mission trips, including twice to Uganda, once each to the Philippines, Macao, China, Mexico and South America. He also went to Israel three times, two of which he led tours there. Ike now lives in Texas with his wife and many of his family also reside there.
Tom Hixson, ’78, recently retired from Gateway Seminary. He spent 40+ years (20 years in higher education
and 21 years as President of the Northwest Baptist Foundation) working for Southern
Baptists in the field of business and finance. He and his wife, Becky (Tillman) Hixson, ’77, have relocated to Prescott, Arizona.
Aaron Dishno, Ed.D., ’02, is the patented inventor of 3D internet browsing. (USA Patent #9,940,404). Aaron
is the CEO and founder of HTTP3D Inc. – WalktheWeb.
Sandra (Bennett) Hughes, ’05, and her husband, Anthony, welcomed their fifth baby, Isabella Michelle Hughes. Baby
Isabella was born November 16, 2023.
Kylee (Magby) Jones, ’12, was promoted to the position of Clinical Director at Indigenous Circle of Wellness at the start of February 2024.
Anna (Megli) Barkman, ’14, and her husband Timothy Barkman welcomed daughter Opal Louise on January 18, 2024 in Lawton Oklahoma. (Photo Credit - Frozen Photography)
Meghan (Iteen) Anderson, ’15, and her husband, Curtis Anderson, ’18, recently welcomed their second daughter.
Christian Valdivia, ’19, was called home to God on January 29, 2024. Christian had dedicated eight years of his life to serving as a classroom teacher and administrator for Highland Academy in Beaumont, CA. He leaves behind a wife and young daughter. Please lift up his loved ones in prayer as they mourn this tragic loss.
Mauro Moreno, ’22, relocated to Oregon and works for a nonprofit that employs and supports people with disabilities. Mauro also married in December 2023 to Michelle Corona.
January 2024
Bryant Sinkler, ’79, traveled from the East Coast to enjoy A CBU Christmas concert. He then traveled to
Beverly Hills for the city’s Centennial Celebration. As a former resident, Bryant
was happy to be able to be there to celebrate this momentous occasion.
Mark Wilson, ’84, graduated in December 2023 with a Ph.D. in Applied Theology – emphasis in Ecclesiology
– from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO. Mark has been privileged
to serve as Lead Pastor of Sierra Baptist Church of Visalia, CA, for 30 years and
is also a NAMB endorsed healthcare chaplain with Kaweah Health Medical Center in Visalia.
Mark and his wife Valerie (Overstreet, ’86) have been married for 38 years and have four adult children (all CBU alums) and five
grandchildren (future Lancers).
Keith Bacon, ’17, was recently named Vice President of Administrative Services for San Bernardino Valley College. Prior to this, Keith spent three years working as an executive in the K-12 public school system.
Analy (Garcia) Jarboe, ’18, was recently promoted to Senior Planning Specialist at Southern California Edison.
Anthony Lozano, ’17, is the Assistant Cross Country and Track & Field Coach at Cal State East Bay in Hayward,
California.
Joey Aszterbaum, ’22, and his wife, Keisha Campbell, have recently launched their real estate business,
First Team Real Estate. They are also a part of an exciting new church plant in Oceanside
called St. Brigid's. After a long hiatus from performing live music in front of strangers,
Joey has begun playing local open mic nights in Oceanside.
Colin Mueller, ’22, is an elementary band teacher for Rancho Christian School. The number of students
in band has doubled since he first started working at the school, and he was able
to start a brand new strings class this year. Colin is so thankful for this amazing
opportunity God has given to him.
Gabriela Estrada Toro, ’23, and her husband, David, celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in Costa Rica in December 2023. She works as an administrative
assistant for Moreno Valley College. Gabriela notes that when she was obtaining her
bachelors, “Going back to school with a fulltime job, two children, and a household
to run is not easy, but CBU was there for me and made it possible to juggle it all.”
She was recently accepted to the Organizational Leadership Master's program at CBU.