2014-2015
LAKESIDE/ ST. NICHOLAS ALUMNI BOARD OFFICERS Tim Panos ’85
President
Kjell Oswald ’92 is co-
founder and vice president of Cadence Child & Adolescent Therapy, a mental-health clinic in Kirkland that offers a wide range of training and therapy for parents and their children; and of Cadence Online, a company focused on developing online training resources related to substance abuse. Previously he served as director of development for Seattle Children’s. A UW graduate with a bachelor’s degree in history, Oswald has served on the governing boards of Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center and the SAMA Foundation (Science and Management of Addictions), and he was a member of the University of Washington Rowing Stewards Board. He was a Division 1 men’s rowing coach for Oregon State University (PAC-10 Coach of the Year in 2004) and coached the Lakeside girls crew team from 1995-1999. He lives in Seattle with his wife, Kelly, and two children, Annika and Björn, and enjoys painting, gardening, carpentry, skiing, and traveling. Trevor Parris ’97 spent a decade in sunny Los Angeles after attending Claremont McKenna College before deciding to return to Seattle. He now leads the corporate development function at Saltchuk Resources, overseeing its acquisition activities, forming new lines of business, entering new markets, and coordinating business activity across the Saltchuk family of companies. Previously he was a private equity investor at Freeman Spogli and an investment banker at Merrill Lynch. Parris lives in Ballard with his wife, Brittany, and enjoys staying active and outdoors whenever possible (biking, hiking, boating, etc.). He likes to visit Brittany’s family in Chelan for some sunshine whenever Seattle has gray skies for too long.
Dan Shih ’90 is a partner at
Susman Godfrey law firm focusing primarily on complex commercial litigation, including representation of plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts across the country in cases involving patents, contracts, class actions, and other disputes. His prior work experience includes business strategy and operations consulting at The Boston Consulting Group and leveraged buyout deals at Bain Capital. Shih received a bachelor’s in computer science from Princeton University, a master’s in economics from Stanford University, and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. He serves on the boards of API Chaya (anti-domestic violence) and QLaw: The GLBT Bar Association of Washington. Shih lives in Seattle with his husband and three daughters. He enjoys musical theater, bicycling, paddleboarding, and boating.
Crystal Ondo ’99
President Elect
Claudia Hung ’89
Mission and Governance Chair Blake Barrett ’02
Activities Chair
Donald Van Dyke ’02
Connections Chair Kelly Poort
Alumni Office Liaison M em b ers Shael Anderson ’90 Bruce Bailey ’59
(Lifetime Honorary Member)
Meredith Dorrance ’87 Chris Fitzgerald ’89 Kathy Jobs Gerke ’81 Christine Gilbert ’07
Brandon Vaughan ’06
practices public relations as a senior account executive at Edelman for Xbox One. He received his bachelor’s in public relations and advertising from the Dodge School of Film at Chapman University. He has fond memories of his experiences at Lakeside, including most notably the rigor of academic excellence and value of friendship, both of which he continues to extol today. Vaughan lives in Seattle and enjoys competitive swimming (carried over from his tenure as captain of the Lions swim team), hip-hop dance, and mentorship of local publicrelations students. ■
John Hammarlund ’79 Deanna Hobson ’93 Meghan Mullarkey Kiefer ’98 Chris Loeffler ’00 Alexa Helsell McIntyre ’98 Alexander Oki ’08 Kjell Oswald ’92 Trevor Parris ’97 Hana Rubin ’93 Dan Shih ’90 Brandon Vaughan ’06 Lauren Deal Yelish ’99
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