Class Agents: Karen Delgehausen, Gigi
Dobosenski, Brad Peterson, Alicia 98 Wait Sutphen Schimke E-mail: 1998classagent@gustavus.edu Brian C. Carlson, Minnetonka, is a project office project manager at Medco ■ Stacy Gans Goltz, Bloomington, is employed in the Bloomington ISD ■ Lisa Hinds Jemtrud, Savage, is director of outreach and industry services at Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota ■ Nathan M. Plumb, Madison, WI, graduated from the executive MBA program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison ■ Shawn M. Reid, Minneapolis, is the head boys high school hockey coach for the Minneapolis Novas ■ Kirk L. Thoreson, Denver, CO, is a selfemployed psychologist ■ Jamie T. Voss, Minneapolis, is a lead accountant at Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters Service. Class Agent: position open
1999classagent@gustavus.edu 99 E-mail: Melissa Miller Dols, Rogers, is employed at Celleration ■ Jonathan J. Hennen, Alexandria, received a master’s in technology
integration in education in January ■ Corey R. Robideau, Victoria, owns Centerpoint Construction and Millwork ■ Erin M. Schadt, Shoreline, WA, received honorable mention-Communicator of the Year from the Association of Women in Communications, Seattle Chapter ■ Stephanie DeFrance Schmidt, St. Paul, is employed at Phalen Lake Elementary ■ Matthew E. Sundberg, Roseville, is employed at Naviant Group ■ Kirsten Bland Walters, Eagan, is a research education and compliance specialist at Capella University ■ Rebecca Richter Zoet, Adel, IA, owns Zoet Consulting. Class Agents: Corey Bartlett, Bonnie
Dahlke, Meghan Krause 00 E-mail: 2000classagent@gustavus.edu Jason K. Biederman, Stillwater, is employed at Boston Scientific ■ Sara Christensen Blair, Aberdeen, SD, is an assistant professor at Northern State University ■ Emily E. BrandCleary, Helena, MT, is employed at CR Anderson Middle School ■ Erica L. Coady, Santa Monica, CA, is employed at Mincep Epilepsy Care ■ Dan C. Duncan, Savage, is a
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Josephson awarded Fulbright Scholar grant
Jyl Josephson ’82, Jersey City, NJ, an associate professor of political science and women’s and gender studies at Rutgers University, has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar and is teaching the politics of sexuality at the Centre for Women’s and Gender Research at the University of Iceland in Reykjavík from January through May 2011. Josephson joins 1,200 U.S. experts traveling abroad this academic year through the Fulbright Scholars program, the flagship academic exchange program of the U.S. government. The Fulbright grants are administered through the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, a division of the Institute of International Education. Josephson holds a master of public administration degree from the University of Baltimore, MD, and a doctoral degree in government and politics from the University of Maryland, College Park.
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Partners in firm named to Mankato Business Hall of Fame
The Mankato accounting firm of Adbo, Eick & Meyers was named to the 2010 Greater Mankato Business Hall of Fame. Gustavus graduates Erik Leagjeld ’92 and Andy Berg ’94 are partners in the firm, both joining the firm in 1994. The hall of fame honors outstanding organizations that have been in business in the Greater Mankato region for 10 or more years. Criteria for selection include contribution to the betterment of the quality of life through the creation of quality jobs and development opportunities for employees; demonstration of personal and business ethical qualities, including dedication to family, community, Chamber activities, the environment, and private enterprise; and demonstration of qualities of entrepreneurship by assuming the risk of organizing, developing, and managing a successful Erik Leagjeld ’92 Andy Berg ’ 94 business.
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managing director at Aon Benfield ■ Jill Redebaugh Harvey, Savage, is a sales process manager at Forte Partners ■ Tony C. Hurst, Washington, DC, is the school librarian at Beauvoir National Cathedral Elementary School ■ Joleen Caron Jessen, San Francisco, CA, teaches drama and English ■ Cameron R. Kelly, Stillwater, is an attorney at Cameron Kelly Law, LLC ■ Carrie Schmit Lueck, Apple Valley, is an RN at Abbott Northwestern Hospital ■ Jay L. Pettis, Minneapolis, owns Pettis Chiropractic ■ Caroline Rettmann Stutsman, Sartell, is an audit manager at Kern, DeWenter, Viere, Ltd.
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Class Agent: Hal DeLaRosby, Lana Elsenpeter Matzek E-mail: 2001classagent@gustavus.edu Amy Karban Ackert, Apple Valley, is employed at Children’s Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota ■ Liz Ackert, Seattle, WA, is a Ph.D. student in sociology at the University of Washington ■ Joe Ackert, Apple Valley, is a help desk analyst at Children’s Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota ■ Beth McAlister Allen, St. Anthony, is lead RN coordinator at Guild International ■ Tim Andeen, New York, NY, is a research scientist at Columbia University ■ Jill Deuel Anderson, Big Lake, is a health and physical education teacher in the St. Michael-Albertville ISD 885 ■ Amanda Saveland Armstrong, Minneapolis, is employed at DaVita, Inc. ■ Chris Ashbach, Arden Hills, is studying for a master’s degree in organizational leadership at Bethel University ■ Jacob Audette, St. Paul, is a surveillance analyst at U.S. Bank ■ Adam R. Beers, Springfield, is a dentist at Springfield Medical Center ■ Joel E. Beyer, Westminster, CO, is a loan officer at Chase Bank ■ Tammy J. Bishop, Lake Havasu, AZ, is a music teacher in the Lake Havasu Unified School District #1 ■ Sara L. Brown, Somerville, MA, is director of design at MIT Theater Arts ■ Rachel Perry Cafferty, Farmington, teaches sixth grade in the West St. Paul ISD #197 ■ Sheri Thonstad Cleaveland, Hood River, OR, is an associate attorney at Aaron & Associates ■ Arja Peterson Cody, Lino Lakes, is employed at the Anoka-Hennepin ISD #11 ■ Devin R. Colvin, Minneapolis, is a planner and survey coordinator for the State of MN, DEED ■ Theresa Borak Cordova, Fort Collins, CO, is the donor service coordinator at Community Foundation of Northern Colorado and teaches ballet at Canyon Concert Ballet ■ Erin M. Dana, Seattle, WA, is director of instructional services at the University of Washington ■ Steven A. Davis, Minneapolis, is a business process consultant at Wells Fargo and Company ■ Hal DeLaRosby, Tacoma, WA, works in the academic advising office at Pacific Lutheran University ■ LaDawn Tyrrell Delgado, Spring, TX, is a maternal-child clinic educator at Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center ■ Chris Deschneau, Chaska, is manager of national account contract compliance for G&K Services ■ Jennifer Plath Dierkhising, Blaine, is a home mortgage consultant at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage ■ Michelle M. Dillavou, Highlands Ranch, CO, is a media planner/buyer at Thayer Media ■ Meg Dimpfel, Seattle, WA, is an occupational therapist at Veteran’s Administratiion Medical Center ■ Amy Dolin-