Alumni News
MAGGIE HIBBS is an associate attorney for the BrownWinick Law Firm in Des Moines, Iowa. KIRSTEN HOYME is a general dentist for HealthPartners in Sartell, Minn. EMILY IRONSIDE is a judicial law clerk to Hon. Lisa Curcio in the Chancery Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County in Chicago. GABBY MCNALLY earned an M.F.A. degree in film and video production from the University of Iowa. She also completed certification in gender, women’s, and sexuality studies. She is an assistant professor of digital cinema at the School of Art and Design at Northern Michigan University in Marquette. STEPHANIE (BORGEN) MEYER is an IT consultant for Solution Design Group in Golden Valley, Minn. JOHN NELSON is general manager for Trinity Logistics in St. Paul, Minn. STEVE ROSAS earned a master’s degree in literacy from St. Mary’s University. He is a reading interventionist for Columbia Heights (Minn.) Schools and was a Teacher of the Year nominee for 2014. CARRIE (HARRIS) SCHMITZ teaches English for the Albany (Minn.) Area Secondary School. BRITTANY SCHWEFEL earned a Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is senior research statistician for AbbVie in Abbott Park, Ill. ANTHONY SNITKER is operations manager for the Los Angeles Organ Company of Pasadena, Calif. EMILY (STINSON) STONEKING is a clinical registered nurse for Family Healthcare of Siouxland in Sioux City, Iowa. KRISTIN SWEDLUND is program assistant for Gathering Waters Conservancy in Madison, Wis. DANA (HARNEY) TESKE teaches high school Spanish for the Evansville (Wis.) School District. JAKE WADDLE is assistant baseball coach at Concordia University in Seward, Neb. CAMERON WEBB is iOS magician for Sqwiggle in Des Moines, Iowa.
BRENNAN (HARVEY) WILDER is executive director of BEAT: Bloomington (Minn.) Expressive Arts Training. She is also the choreographer for Syncopation show choir, which was invited to perform at Walt Disney World. KRISTIN YOUNGMEYER is sponsorship coordinator at Ohio Roller Girls and wellness coordinator at Children’s Hunger Alliance in Columbus, Ohio.
2010 TOM BLATTNER is
finance manager for International Rescue Committee in Wichita, Kan. ELIN ERICKSON works in technical services at Epic in Verona, Wis. MAKARA FAIRMAN is care senior associate at CIGNA Behavioral Health in Eden Prairie, Minn.
Four Luther friends sporting Norse Nation attire completed the Gary Bjorklund Half Marathon in Duluth, Minn., this summer. Left to right: KARI HOUGHTALING ’11, ALEX OLSON ’11, LIZ SMITH ’11, and ABBY HERMAN ’11. Their shirts were designed by RYAN KITCHEN ’11.
DOUG JUNIUS teaches for the Berwyn (Ill.) South District 100. ANDY KUST is an instructor in the Music Department at the University of Minnesota at Duluth. KIM LAMBERT earned a doctor of physical therapy degree from the Mayo School of Health Sciences. She is a physical therapist at University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis. JON LOBECK is catering manager for Crowne Plaza Hotel & Suites Minneapolis Airport. LISA (TORGERSON) PERTZ is sales and product planner for ShopHQ in Eden Prairie, Minn. LAUREN RAUCHWARTER is human resources service advisor for UnitedHealth Group in Minnetonka, Minn. TIFFANY (KRUSE) RAVE is sports and marketing director for Eastern Iowa Sports Facility and head softball coach for Monticello (Iowa) High School. BEN SCHORI earned a master of divinity degree from Luther Seminary. He is pastor at First Lutheran Church in Hibbing, Minn. BECKY (ECKERMAN) SUMMERFIELD is academic programs manager at the Cleveland (Ohio) Botanical Garden. ALYSSA TELANDER received a fullride scholarship to Northeastern Law School in Boston.
KRISTOPHER ULRICH is choral director at Oshkosh (Wis.) North High School and executive director of the Fox Valley choir newVoices. AARON ZANDER teaches fifth grade for the Verona (Wis.) Area School District.
2011 BRYAN CAYABYAB of
San Francisco earned a master’s degree in industrial organization psychology from Springfield College. EMILY ELLSON teaches first grade at Gage Elementary School in Rochester, Minn. JAMES FEINSTEIN is a research assistant for the U.S Senate in Washington, D.C. KARL GILBERTSON is associate scientist-chemical production at SurModics Inc. in Eden Prairie, Minn. ANDERS HANSON is a naturalist at Westwood Hills Nature Center in St. Louis Park, Minn. AMIE HELLER is outdoor and education reporter for the Charles City (Iowa) Press.
JENNA BERGESON ’10 recently traveled to New Zealand with her father and took along a copy of the Luther Alumni Magazine. This photo was taken from the premier astronomical Mount John University Observatory with Mount Cook, the tallest peak in New Zealand, and the Southern Alps in the background. Bergeson made the trip following a year of volunteer service with Young Adults in Global Mission through the ELCA. She says, “It made me think of Steve and Yarrow Pasche, my former cross country coaches, who used to make a trip to New Zealand for a J-term course. I certainly get these little reminders of Luther everywhere I go!”
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