Alumni News
1993 Kris Alwin Begay of
Bellevue, Wash., earned a Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Washington. She works at the University of Washington Autism Center.
Last March, several Luther graduates posed with a future Luther grad at the Association for Music in International Schools High School Honor Choir in Luxembourg. The choir is an opportunity for which talented high school men and women singers from international schools audition to perform in three separate choirs with world-class guest conductors. Pictured (left to right) are Luther Rauk ’98, athletic and activities director at the American International School of Muscat; Steven Nurre ’78, assistant head of school at Concordia International School Shanghai; Adrienne (Moyer) Gerst ’00, vocal music director at the American School of Dubai; Martha Jensen-Miller ’05, vocal music director at the American Community School of Abu Dhabi; and current Luther student Laura Bianchi ’20.
Kristin (Anderson) Ranum is a social worker at Columbia County CSP in Portage, Wis. Sven Schulte is a global delivery manager consulting for Intelligence AG in Bielefeld, Germany.
Wahneta Tonn Dimmer is a licensed massage therapist and president of Hands in Harmony Inc. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Tom Voute of Midlevels, Hong Kong, is an equity arbitrage at Algorithmic Trading Group Ltd. Bill Weiss teaches social studies and is head football coach at Chisago Lakes High School in Lindstrom, Minn. Doug Zars of Rochester, Minn., earned a certificate of advanced study from Winona State University.
1992 Eric Dodd of Rock Island, Ill., was inducted into the Thrivent Financial Hall of Fame at Thrivent’s annual conference in Nashville, Tenn.
Cindy Marlow McClenagan is vice president for academic affairs at Wayland Baptist University. Dean Rossow is team lead at Infor in St. Paul, Minn.
Dawn (Schlatter) Spies is interim pastor at Calvary Lutheran Church in Brookfield, Wis.
1996 Erik Berry of Two
Harbors, Minn., plays with the band Trampled by Turtles. The band played at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth, Minn., last summer and toured through Alaska, Colorado, Utah, and Washington. David Schifsky graduated from the FBI National Academy in June. Schifsky was chosen by his department to complete the 10-week course among 234 other graduates from 47 states, the District of Columbia, 21 countries, four military organizations, and eight federal civilian agencies. Those selected represent less than 1 percent of the country’s law enforcement officers. David works for the National Park Service at Point Reyes National Seashore in Calif.
Kristi (Lenning) Dean of Greensboro, N.C., is a network analyst for Guilford Metro 911. Zack Durlam is assistant professor of music and director of choral activities at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. His article “Glimpses of Handel in the Choral-Orchestral Psalms of Medelssohn” was published in the May issue of the Choral Journal.
1994 Drew Moorcroft is owner and director of ChiChi Wacha Corporation in Timnath, Colo. Anne (Potter) Walters was named senior fiduciary officer at Wells Fargo in Minneapolis.
Daniel Stout is a web software developer for UW Health in Madison, Wis. Jaime Schultz is associate professor of kinesiology at Penn State University in State College. She was a 2016 recipient of the George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching and recognized as one of the best teachers among Penn State’s faculty.
PHOTO BY SARAH STRANDBERG
Dean Southern is on the voice faculty and head of the voice and opera division at Cleveland (Ohio) Institute of Music.
Calif., and was recently honored as the 2016 Faithful Leader by the Northwest Arkansas Workers’ Justice Center for his support and empowerment of workers.
Kelli (Dunne) Winchester is the new owner of Margaret’s Boutique in Decorah. Longtime business owner Margaret Walter is selling her business to Winchester, who worked for Walter while attending Luther. Winchester asked Walter two years ago if she’d be interested in selling her the business. Walter said she would, as long as Winchester committed to two years of training and learning the ropes, including accompanying Walter on buying trips and working at store events. Winchester put in the time, commuting from Des Moines, and Walter is confident the new owner will “hit the ground running.” Winchester moved to Decorah last summer.
1995 Shannon (Miller) Duval is president and chief development officer of the National Catholic Health Initiatives Foundation in Denver.
Andrew Olson is global project manager for Mercury Marine/Brunswick Corporation in Oshkosh, Wis. Clint Schnekloth is pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fayetteville, Ark. He serves on the board of Augsburg Fortress, the publishing house of the ELCA. He also teaches as adjunct faculty at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena,
1997 Becky (Bixby) and
Marshall Anderson ’96 live in Mansfield, Texas. She is director of clinical services for Shady Shores Communities. He is the head athletic trainer at Grand Prairie High School. Jodi (Nelsen) Dettmann of Rochester, Minn., is assistant director of admissions for the Rochester campus of Augsburg College.
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