Payne, Foutz Join Augustana Advancement Team Jackie (Ohme) Payne has been named director of development.
Katie Knutson Foutz, class of 2000, has been named assistant director of annual giving and alumni relations.
Payne has more than 15 years of experience in higher education, executive relationship management and sales. She attended Augustana from 1993 to 1995 and earned her degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn.
In her new role, Foutz works closely with Alumni Relations and the Augustana Fund and specializes in working with young alumni.
Jackie Most recently, she served as an account executive Payne for Midcontinent Communications. She spent a decade with Wells Fargo Education Financial Services and also worked as an admission counselor for Concordia.
CLASS OF 2002 Becky (Jensen) Eldridge and husband, Tom, welcomed Reese Elizabeth on March 21, 2012.
Sculpture Park’s resident artist and writes the Franconia Blog. Jarret Brachman, former CIA Analyst, was featured in the June 5 broadcast of Public Radio International’s “The World.”
Kristin (Piel) Hill and her family have moved to Sheridan, Wyo. where Kristin does freelance editing and designs/sells custom invitations and announcements.
Ann (Puthoff) Gooley and husband, David, welcomed Aria Marie into their family on April 19, 2012. The family currently lives in Colorado Springs, Colo.
April Bobbie married David Willman June, 2 2012. They live near Mitchell, S.D. where she is a pediatrician with Avera Medical Group Pediatrics.
Laura (Neary) Flattem and husband, Eric, welcomed daughter Marielle Elise to their family on Dec. 23, 2010.
Jeff Oakland was featured in a recent Sioux Falls Woman magazine highlighting his use of vision therapy. He is an optometrist at Dakota Vision in Sioux Falls. Andrea (Meyer) Schmidt and husband Brian welcomed daughter Ella Margaret Jan. 10, 2012. CLASS OF 2001 Jillian Brown married Dave Klein Aug. 25, 2012. Nick Kloos is a sales executive at Barrett Moving and Storage in Minneapolis, Minn. Sarah Mismash was inducted into the Elk River High School Sports Hall of Fame. Charles O’Hara and Emily Winterton ‘00 welcomed their son Zachary Charles on Jan. 14, 2012. Rev. Megan Rohrer and Dr. Alisa Walz-Flannigan celebrate the birth of Graham Gilbert Flannigan Rohrer and welcome him into their family. Michelle (Scott) Van Wyhe has earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from South Dakota State University. Matt Weigel is a board certified orthopedic clinical specialist. Jeff Weller and wife, Mandy, welcomed son Jaxton Jeffrey on Oct. 31, 2011. CLASS OF 2000 Bridget Beck was the featured artist on www. local-artist-interviews.com. She is Franconia
Sarah Wayne is the assistant director of international admissions at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Ind. Emily Winterton and Charles O’Hara ’01 welcomed son Zachary Charles on Jan. 14, 2012.
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Prior to joining the College, she worked as a reporter and editor for Sun-Times Media in Chicago.
Jeremy Haugen and his wife, Sadie welcomed a little girl, Piper Ann on Aug. 25, 2012.
Analise Flinn married Jonathan Martin in Napa Valley, Calif. on April 15, 2012.
As a student at Augustana, Foutz served as editor for the Mirror, the student-run weekly newspaper.
CLASS OF 1999 Pam (Keegan) Gohl is the assistant athletic director for compliance/ senior women’s administrator at the University of Sioux Falls.
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Rebecca (Aden) Grev and husband Chad Grev ’96 welcomed a son, Jody Michael, on July 18, 2012. Rachel (Crowson) Kloos’s passion for environmental issues, especially water cleanliness and conservation, was recently highlighted in Poet’s Vital Magazine Online. Britt (Bjorge) Krizmanich and husband Michael Krizmanich welcomed Maja Bjorge, their 4th child, on Aug. 6, 2012. Sarah (Axvig) Nelson and husband Matt Nelson welcomed new son Charles Richard “Charlie” on May 11, 2012. CLASS OF 1998 Derek Allmendinger is a brewer with the Surly Brewing Company after obtaining his degree in brewing science in 2009. He lives in New Ulm, Minn. with his wife Carolyn. Brad Christopherson is a lead financial analyst with Value Consulting Group in Minneapolis, Minn. Dr. Thayne Munce, as the associate director of the National Institute for Athletic Health &
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Performance, has worked with Sanford Health to launch Sanford SCORE, an innovative new sports assessment for basketball players. Matt Wills is an assistant professor of health informatics at Indiana University East. He completed his doctorate from Dakota State University this past spring. CLASS OF 1997 Laura Eiesland is the executive assistant at Lutheran Outdoors of South Dakota. Brenda (Becker) Frevik is a school social worker at the Flandreau Indian School. Kristen (Thomas) Zeller and husband Kevin welcomed their second son, Owen Isaac, on Aug. 6, 2012. Kristen is on the surgery faculty of Wake Forest Medical School as a pediatric surgeon. CLASS OF 1996 Chad Grev and wife Rebecca (Aden) Grev ‘99 welcomed son Jody Michael on July 18, 2012. CLASS OF 1995 Eric Barlow and Gretchen Borgum ’94 welcomed Andrew Eric Jay Barlow to the world on Oct. 17, 2012. Karla Payne married Darren McCabe on Sept. 2, 2012. Lela Olson is the principal of Highland School in Crookston, Minn. Derald Wilcox, 61, died May 20, 2012, in Brandon, S.D. CLASS OF 1994 Gretchen Borgum and Eric Barlow ‘95 welcomed Andrew Eric Jay Barlow to the world on Oct. 17, 2012. Jennifer Gerrietts-Masters joined the Creative Co-op in Sioux Falls as a copywriter. Mike Jewett is the assistant basketball coach at South Dakota State University for the 201213 season. Brent Loken is a Ph.D student at Simon Fraser University. He co-founded NGO, Ethical Expeditions and recently rediscovered the extremely rare and thought-to-be extinct Miller’s grizzled langur monkey.
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