Alumni News
2002 SARAH (ROOT)
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College in Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
BENGTSON is senior pediatric physical therapist for the Witwer Children’s Therapy Center at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Her work was featured in a news story “Kids with Disabilities Get a Kick out of Aquatics” (http://lczine.com/ SarahBengtson), on KCRG-TV in March.
MATTHEW CHADWICK is chief technology officer for Scrimmage in Minneapolis. KATIE (BRUNNER) ELLINGSON is library service associate at the Brown County Library in Green Bay, Wis.
GREG BLOCK is a private banker for U.S. Bank Wealth Management in Milwaukee.
MARK HADDINGER is an admissions counselor for Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa. CHARLIE LEONARD was featured in the article “Wayzata Theater Company Helps Young Actors Reach for the Stars,” which appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, for his work as founder and executive director and artistic director of the Blue Water Theatre Company. Since the theatre began in 2007, it has offered four main stage–type musicals a year, plus a handful of smaller productions, including a student-directed show. The theatre company caters mainly to students in grades 6 to 12 and has served more than 400 young aspiring actors and actresses. CHINGWELL MUTOMBU is development director at Digital Divide Data in San Francisco. KYM (WAKELAND) PARODO is partner relations consultant at Zywave in Milwaukee, a software solutions company for insurance brokers.
TIFFANY (SELLNER) ECKBERG is business process consultant, merchandising for Target Corporation in Minneapolis.
In February 2015, 12 Luther grads and their families met for a fun weekend in Des Moines, Iowa. Adults, left to right: STEPHANIE (BECKER) VELDMAN ’03, KELLY WOODS BIRKENHOLZ ’03, JULIE (ARTHUR) WIGLE ’02, ZACH WIGLE ’04, JOSH JEVNE ’04, GREG JENEARY ’03, JASON GRIMM ’04, MATT BIRKENHOLZ ’03, NATE VELDMAN ’03, ANNE (ELLINGHUYSEN) JENEARY ’04, JENNY (LAURSEN) JEVNE ’04, and HEIDI (BERG) GRIMM ’04 JASON RICHARD is accounting professor and CPA at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio.
HILARY (TESLOW) GANSEN is senior pricing consultant for OptumInsight in Eden Prairie, Minn.
MISSY (JOHNSON) SERWE earned a doctor of nursing practice degree from Concordia University Wisconsin. She is on the nursing program faculty at Madison Area Technical College in Reedsburg, Wis.
LAURA (CAULUM) GRATTON is a family physician and the medical director at Mosaic Medical Clinic in Prineville, Ore. She also serves as the public health officer of Crook County.
TIM STATON and his wife, Ryann, started the Cargo Bike Shop in Madison, Wis. They specialize in commuting bikes, work bikes, and cargo bikes.
PAUL HOYEM was featured in the article “Financial Planners Help Take the Mystery out of Saving, Investing” that appeared in the business section of the Chicago Tribune in November 2014. He is a financial planner for Thrivent Financial in Downers Grove, Ill.
2001 JEFF CURRY is a staffer
for Wisconsin State Representative Travis Tranel, District 49 in Madison.
HOLLY MOREHEAD works in accounting at Target Corporation in Minneapolis. KOFI ODOOM of St. Petersburg, Fla., is group chief financial officer for QUALMS Group Limited.
Father-son team of JEFF BISHOP ’98, TIM BISHOP ’02, and BOB BISHOP ’69 invaded St. Olaf College territory Sept. 6, 2014, each completing the 100-mile bike ride that was part of the annual Jesse James Days celebration in Northfield, Minn.
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GREG FOSHEIM earned a juris doctorate from Georgia State University College of Law and an MPH degree in epidemiology from Emory University. He is an associate attorney and a member of the litigation practice group at McKenna Long and Aldridge LLP in Atlanta.
TY ESTER is director at JMP Securities in Minneapolis. BARRETT GIPP is a partner at Anderson, Wilmarth, Van Der Maaten, Belay and Fretheim in Decorah, and he serves as assistant Winneshiek County attorney. MOLLY GOODWIN is the production stage manager for the national tour of Sister Act by Troika Entertainment of Gaithersburg, Md. NATHAN GUESS was named managing director, forage solutions, at Vermeer Corporation in Pella, Iowa. JON HEEREN teaches mathematics and coaches football and wrestling at Farmington (Minn.) High School. SARAH (CLARK) HUFFMAN is associate general counsel for the Ohio Bureau of Worker’s Compensation in Columbus. KATIE KRAMER was the top female finisher of the Route 66 Marathon in Tulsa, Okla., in 2013 and placed second in 2014. It was her 71st marathon in the past 11 years, and she has won 16 of them. She is a chiropractic assistant with Tensegrity Chiropractic in Tulsa.
DANA SANDSTROM is senior manager, capacity building, in the Office of Business Strategy, Development, and Advocacy for Management Sciences for Health in Lusaka, Zambia. GENE TESDAHL is assistant professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville and director of development for Leave No Veteran Behind.
JOAN LINDEMAN is the illustrator of the book When God was a Little Girl, written by David Weiss, former Luther religion faculty member.