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Matt Flanigan ’90 became CEO and executive director of Flower City Habitat for Humanity in Rochester, New York, in December. Before joining the staΩ at Flower City, Matt spent eight years with the American Cancer Society, the last four as regional vice president of the Eastern Division in Rochester, and eight years as executive director of Camp Stella Maris in Livonia, New York. Matt and his wife, Charmagne, have two daughters, Aubrey and Teagan, and they live in Livonia. Jack Lowe ’93 has written a poetry chapbook, Cold Case Cowboys (Middle Island Press). Rebecca Mulholland ’96 is working on an advanced degree in educational leadership: special education administration at Grand Valley State University. 2000s Judy (Pike) Locher ’02 graduated from DePaul University in June 2013 with a master’s degree in school counseling. She now works as a counselor at Palatine High School. Dave Ensslin ’03 received the Entrepreneurship in Music Business Award on November 7 from Elmhurst Professor Tim Hays. The award is funded by the Coleman Foundation account, for which Hays is Distinguished Chair. Dave is lead guitarist for the band Sixteen Candles and owner/operator of the Double D booking agency, and was a student of Hays and music instructor Steve Suvada at Elmhurst. Tom Herion ’04 has been appointed assistant principal at Bryan Middle School in Elmhurst. Tess Golcher ’04, ’07 and Daniel Kosow ’05, ’07 are engaged to be married. Ricardo Lamas ’05, a mixed-martial arts fighter, competed in the UFC Featherweight Championship on Super Bowl weekend. Marsha Sumner ’05 has been named manager of spiritual care at the University of Chicago
Medicine, where she is responsible for leading the team of chaplains, supervising other spiritual care staΩ and helping to integrate pastoral care into all aspects of patient care and interdisciplinary training. Marsha, acting minister at St. Mark UCC in Chicago Heights, previously served as staΩ chaplain at the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital and provided spiritual care and counseling at Harbor Light Hospice in Merrillville and at Advocate Christ Hospital and Hope Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn. She earned a master of divinity degree from the Chicago Theological Seminary and a B.A. in theology and religion from Elmhurst College. Karrie Pece ’06 gave a presentation to the Elmhurst College Human Resource Association about Disabilities and Diversity in the Workplace. She works for AutonomyWorks, a company dedicated to creating job opportunities for individuals with autism and other disabilities in the Chicagoland area and beyond. George Andrikokus ’07 recently won the Barbara Buehlman Young Conductor Award. Given by the Illinois Grade School Music Association to one grade-school music teacher each year, the award recognizes music directors with five to 10 years of teaching experience whose students consistently excel. George teaches fifth grade at three schools in Bensenville: Tioga, W.A. Johnson and Blackhawk. Previously he taught in Addison for six years, where his jazz band received perfect scores in state competitions. Annie (Matich) Horn ’07 graduated from Chamberlain College of Nursing in 2012 with a master's degree in nursing. She works as an admissions liaison for the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Her husband, Dave Horn ’07, is a product planner at Motorola. He earned an MBA in general management from Keller Graduate School in December 2013. Erin Joyce ’07 graduated first in her class in May 2013 from the University of New Mexico School of Law, where she served on the editorial board of the New Mexico Law Review and
published an article on a topic relevant to medical malpractice law. Brett Eldredge ’08 was nominated for the New Artist of the Year award by both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association. He scored his first No. 1 hit this summer with “Don’t Ya.” Chris Kudyba ’09 appeared on an episode of Wheel of Fortune in October. Matt McDonald ’09 was hired in January for a customer service position at PartnerLogistics. Jason Bonnert MCIS ’10 has worked in information technology since 2001. In December he launched two businesses: a consulting company and a firm devoted to software solutions. Brian Firek ’10 is working as a senior tra≈c quality analyst at HERE, a Nokia company. Lyndsie Long ’10 teaches physical education and health at Downers Grove South High School. She also coaches the girls’ varsity basketball team. Jessica Perham ’10 completed her master’s degree in library and information science at Dominican University. She works as a librarian at a public library in the Chicago suburbs. Carly Notorangelo ’10 graduated from Chicago Theological Seminary with a master of arts in religious leadership. She is now pursuing a master of sacred theology at Chicago Theological Seminary. Steven Bauer ’11 is the new area controller at Advanced Disposal, an integrated environmental services company. Bauer will be responsible for all financial aspects of Chicago North, Northbrook and Evanston, including monthly and annual financial statements, analysis, budgeting, account and financial and capital planning. Genesis Jelkes ’11 is a team leader at City Year Chicago, an AmeriCorps program that helps atrisk students stay in school.