ALUMNI UPDATE Joe Ruskey earned a Juris Doctor degree and graduated cum laude from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in May 2020. Joe will begin his legal career in September 2020 as a corporate restructuring associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Kelli Sloan is pursuing a master’s degree in social work at the University of Pennsylvania, with an anticipated graduation date of May 2021.
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Molly (Ehlert) Lamb ’03
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in the Chicagoland area. Patrick, a shareholder with law firm Vedder Price, previously served as a Public Interest Law Initiative Fellow at CVLS in 2005.
organization’s first executive director to have played in IJGA events growing up. Matt joined the IJGA full-time in 2011 — he served an internship in 2010 — and has previously served as a tournament manager, manager of communications and events, director of communications and events, and senior director of programming.
overall, second in Illinois, and first overall among transportation and logistics companies.
2006 Ryan Smith was promoted to chief technology officer at Grabango, a leading checkout-free technology service provider for grocers and convenience stores founded by Will Glaser. Ryan, who previously worked for Amgen and Sight Machine, was named vice president of product and engineering for Grabango last year.
2009 Aaron Gierhart successfully defended his dissertation, focused on digital pedagogy of elementary teachers, to earn an Ed.D. Aaron graduated from Illinois State University in May 2020. He accepted a job as an assistant professor of elementary education at Columbus State University, in Columbus, Georgia, beginning in August 2020.
2012 Will Jenkins is the co-founder and vice president of strategic partnerships for MoLo Solutions, a transportation and logistics company based in Chicago. MoLo was recognized by Forbes in March 2020 on its list of “America’s Best Startup Employers.” MoLo ranked 63rd
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Amy DeBoer earned a master’s of education in curriculum and instruction at Olivet Nazarene University in May 2020. Amy is a third grade teacher at Kerkstra Elementary School in Oak Forest, Illinois.
Meaghan Mormann earned an M.D. from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in May 2020 and began her residency in pediatrics at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago in June 2020. During her time at MSU, Meaghan held leadership positions in the American Medical Association, American Medical Student Association, and Latino and Native American Medical Association. She volunteered with a pharmacy assistance program and provided translation services at a primary care clinic. Her work with underserved patient populations directed her to MSU’s Leadership in Medicine for the Underserved certificate program, where she worked closely with Flint (Mich.) Pediatric Public Health Initiative in the wake of the Flint water
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Meaghan Mormann ’16
2015 Alexandra Bidner earned a master’s of education in curriculum and instruction from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2019. She began a new position as a math interventionist in Round Lake (Ill.) Area Schools Community Unit District 116 in August 2019.
2010 Matt Wennmaker was named executive director of the Illinois Junior Golf Association in February 2020. Matt previously served as the IJGA’s associate executive director. An All-American golfer at Illinois Wesleyan, he is the
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