Candice McDonald ’08, ’12 recently accepted a position at NASA and will be working at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in emergency management. Since graduating from Malone’s Organizational Leadership program she has been identified as an emerging leader in the fire service on a national level and has been published in multiple fire service magazines.  She is also working on her Ph.D. in Human Services with a specialty in Disaster, Crisis, & Intervention. You can visit her website at www.CandiceMcDonald.com.

Amber Bullen ’13 completed her Early Childhood Education degree in December. She is engaged to Will Keith ’13, the Information Technology Help Desk Specialist at Malone.  They plan to be married in May.

Bill Anderson ’74 is an Education Lead Consultant with the Allstate Insurance Company. He has taught and managed the education of sales professionals in the insurance industry including companies such as The Hartford and Wells Fargo for more than 25 years. Bill met his wife Kathy (Walker) at Malone. They are active members in the Stony Point Presbyterian Church in Richmond, VA and in an inner city outreach program called the Church Hill Activities and Tutoring (CHAT). Learn more about CHAT at https://www.facebook.com/CHATRichmond

Jennifer James Davies ’04 is a production assistant for The Velocity of Autumn on Broadway. She is studying at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Training Center and performs with a rotating cast in the improv comedy show Sunday Night Improv at the Stand Up NY Theatre in New York City. Jennifer continues to audition, write, and perform throughout NYC.

Mandi (Kurzen) Dudgeon ’01 has been made partner at Carlock, Copeland & Stair. She is a member of the South Carolina office’s commercial litigation team and handles a wide variety of litigation matters, focusing her practice on advising and representing attorneys, real estate agents, accountants, and other professionals. Mandi graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where she was a member of the South Carolina Law Review Editorial Board.

Mandi is active in the ABA Lawyers Professional Liability Section and President of the Charleston Lawyers Club. She previously served as co-chair of the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyer’s Division (YLD) Marketing and Publications Committee and editor of the YLD’s quarterly publication The SC Young Lawyer. Mandi is a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rated attorney and has been included in the South Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Stars list in 2012 and 2013 as one of the best young lawyers in professional negligence defense matters. Less than three percent of the lawyers in the state are named to the list.

Mandi and her husband, Dr. Wes Dudgeon ’02, a professor of Health and Human Performance at the College of Charleston, live in Charleston with their daughter Reese. They are active members at James Island Christian Church, and Wes is chairman of the James Island Christian School Board.