Class Notes
1996
Matthew Marckmann is vice president/financial advisor at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. In March he was named one of Des Moines’ 40 Under 40. In the community, he serves as chairman of the board of the Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity ReStore. He also serves on the Polk County Conservation Advisory Board and is active in its nonprofit arm, the Great Outdoors Fund. He and his wife, Wendy Harlow (’97) Marckmann, live in West Des Moines, Iowa, and have one daughter, Zoe.
1997
Brent Hansen is director of tenant research at Xceligent Inc. Previously, he spent seven years as the research services manager of Colliers International’s Kansas City office. He also held several leadership positions at Midland Loan Services in Overland Park, Kan. Lea Ann Vetter Tamerius and her husband, Andrew, announce the birth of Katharine June
on July 22, 2011. This is the family’s third child. Lea Ann is the retail capability team leader at Procter and Gamble, and Andrew is self-employed. They live in Cincinnati. Shawndra Hicks Umbarger earned a master’s in professional counseling from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. She is director of operations for Another Level Youth & Family Services LLC, a private mental health provider in Virginia Beach, Va. She owns Behavioral Consultants of Hampton Roads LLC, which provides consultation and professional development services to public, private and nonprofit mental health and human services agencies. Her son, Anthony, is 7.
1998
Grant Kimberley and his wife, Natalie, announce the birth of Austin Grant on May 31, 2011. Grant’s family hosted Chinese Vice President Xi at their family farm during Xi’s visit to Iowa in February. In March, Grant met with the vice president in China
during a trade mission with the Iowa Soybean Association and Iowa’s Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds. Tondeé Lutterman (masters ’99) is a partner at BKD CPAs & Advisors in Kansas City. She is the leader of the not-for-profit and government team in the Kansas City office and provides audit and consulting services to charitable organizations, foundations, religious organizations and health care providers. She received the Women-toWatch Emerging Leaders Award in 2008 from the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants. Colin and Joni Jones (’99) McDonough live in Cedar Falls, Iowa, with their children, Dalton, 5, and Graham, 1. Colin is the sports information director at the University of Northern Iowa, and Joni is a copy editor at The Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier.
2000
Danica Baxter Ballard and her husband, Sam, announce the birth of Jessa Rose and Duncan
Carder on Feb. 2. They join Braxton, 3. Danica is a kindergarten teacher in the Kearney School District, and Sam is an insurance adjuster at Superior Chevrolet. They live in Smithville. Angela Maasen is a physical education teacher at Harmony Middle School in the Blue Valley School District. She received the November Excellence in Education award. She also serves on the leadership and crisis team, is the Fellowship of Christian Athletes sponsor, head volleyball and girls’ basketball coach at Harmony and assistant softball coach at Blue Valley Northwest. Tom Zeilstra is a sales representative at Mycogen Seeds. He previously spent 10 years as an agricultural education instructor and FFA advisor.
2001
Carrie Cleland Fishner and her husband, Jason, welcomed Joshua Robert to their family last September. He joins Jillian. Carrie is an adjunct reference librarian at SUNY Delhi and will complete a master’s in
library science in August from SUNY Buffalo. Wes (master’s ’03) and Amy Coy Simmons announce the birth of Coy David on Dec. 16, 2011. He joins Andrea, 5, and Jason, 3. Wes is the area director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas. Amy is a homemaker. They live in St. Joseph. Derek Williams has been appointed by the Missouri governor to the Missouri State Foster Care and Adoption Board for a term ending May 31, 2014. He teaches English at Cameron High School and is a foster parent for two children.
2002
Elizabeth Engle Capek is assistant vice president/ accounting for Cornerstone Bank in York, Neb. She started with Cornerstone Bank in 2005 in the Operations Department and has been with the Comptroller’s Office since 2006. She and her husband, Justin, have two sons and live near Ohiowa, Neb.
Mass communication majors, where are you? The following alumni who were involved in Northwest’s mass communication department are considered “lost” because the University does not have a current physical mailing address for them. If you recognize individuals on the list, please provide Northwest with their contact information (i.e. address, phone number, email address, married name) or ask them to email alumni@nwmissouri.edu or call 660.562.1248. Denise Ackley ’86 Sandra Andes ’98 Edmundo Barrera ’84 Amanda Benge ’01 Debra Benson ’01 Stacey Chandler ’82 Claude Chester ’11 Troy Clark ’93 Amy Collie ’97 Billy Cowan ’89 Rebecca Dailey ’98 Micaela Daley ’08 Matthew Daniel ’07 Angela Eastman ’91 Indira Edwards ’97 Lindsey Ellsworth ’04
Jill Erickson ’91 Ryan Fouts ’01 Robert Freestone ’93 Stephanie Frey ’92 Sabine Grable ’91 Tina Grable ’88 Christopher Hagan ’93 Sarah Hanshaw ’05 Irving Hernandez ’06 Austin Howell ’02 Leslie Hubner ’08 Sarah Huffer ’01 Autumn Huston ’02 Joshua Hutson ’04 April Jackson ’89 Emily Jackson ’04
Venus Jewett ’89 Arlisa Johnson ’03 Nicole Hopper Judd ’96 David Kompelien ’99 Terry Kurtright ’76 Tana Leutung ’97 Sharon Low ’98 Kenneth Lucas ’92 Randall Lundgren ’84 Brian Major ’87 Kimberly Mansfield ’00 Kenneth McDonald ’87 Sarah McFarland ’02 Ashlee Mejia ’08 Joel Merritt ’05 Stacy Miller ’98
Marianne Miller ’00 Jessica Monahan ’07 Kindra Mooney ’88 Amy Morrison ’97 Christopher Mozga ’93 Samuel Muchiri ’07 Scott Phillips ’02 Joel Reeves ’93 Samuel Robinson ’08 Mike Rowland ’06 Brian Rudolph ’92 Brandon Russell ’91 Christopher Sams ’84 Mary Schafer ’06 Peter Schartel ’76 Kimberly Schenk ’89
Sandra Shaffer ’01 Lori Bentz Shupe ’86 Susan Sinclair ’97 Lisa Bell Smith ’99 Brian Smith ’98 Jordan Starr ’04 Kisha Stegall ’08 Brandy Stevens ’06 Mayumi Tanaka ’00 Jessica Tasler ’04 Robert Thomas ’98 Trisha Thompson ’02 Jennifer Thornhill ’97 Thomas Thrall ’06 Shane Whitaker ’94 Andrew Young ’97
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