CLASS NOTES
Troy Steensen has been promoted to marketing director and officer at Security National Bank in Sioux City, Iowa, and continues his oversight of the bank’s marketing and communications strategies. Prior to joining the bank in 2016, he spent eight years managing e-commerce platforms and large-scale projects in the printing industry. He also spent five years in multimedia advertising sales including digital, print and television platforms for local and national businesses.
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Andy Seeley ’94 has joined the Mountain West Conference intercollegiate athletic conference as associate commissioner of external communications. He is a 20-year veteran of administration at the intercollegiate level and had served most recently as associate director of athletics for strategic communications for the University of Central Florida since 2012. Julie Morrison Cassavaugh ’96, ’98 was promoted to executive vice president and manager of First Wealth Management in Hutchinson, Kansas. She joined the firm in 2013 and has more than 25 years of trust experience. Dr. Leslie Doyle ’97 was recently named the inaugural chief inclusion officer at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri. She had been employed at Fontbonne University in St. Louis since 2005 and began work as its director of service, diversity and social justice in 2008. Hayley Hanson ’97 was named by the Kansas City Business Journal among its 2018 Best of the Bar honorees. She has practiced law for 18 years and specializes in university compliance with Husch Blackwell LLP. She has handled highprofile internal investigations on college campuses throughout the country. Her work includes auditing universities’ Title IX sexual assault processes, and she partners with institutions to prevent and address challenges.
2000s
Scott Lance ’01 was promoted to lieutenant in the Missouri State Highway Patrol and designated assistant director of the Missouri Information Analysis Center, General Headquarters in Jefferson City. He began his career with the Missouri State Water Patrol in 2004. Jill Quast Hansen ’01 joined STATS, a worldwide leader in sports data and intelligence as its chief financial officer. Her previous work includes various operational and leadership roles at a variety of companies. Kat Vorkink Anstine ’02 was recognized recently by the International Association of Women as a
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Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems in the Directorate for Engineering. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri in physics, with an emphasis in biophysics, where he studied tissue engineering and model cell membranes using computer simulation and analytical modeling. DeWayne McIntyre ’10 began work in November as Hy-Vee store director in Worthington, Minnesota. Previously, he was an assistant director at stores in Maryville and Liberty, Missouri. Brandon Matulka ’12 was named executive director of the Lake County (Florida) Agency for Economic Property last year. He previously worked for Loyola University Chicago in budget management and Garmin International in business-to-business sales and account management.
2019-2020 Influencer. In November, with more than 15 years of experience in marketing and strategy, she founded Bound for Growth to help community organizations with strategy, marketing, culture and improving overall performance. Dr. Jennifer Keller-McDaniel ’03 is section chief for psychology at Truman Medical Center and a licensed clinical psychologist. She and her husband, Shawn, reside in Independence, Missouri, and have one child, Miriam. Bill Burns ’06 was promoted to director at the public finance law firm of Gilmore & Bell, P.C. Working at the firm’s office in Kansas City, Missouri, he represents issuers, underwriters and other parties to public finance transactions, with a focus on health care and higher education financings. Jennifer Miller ’07 was named superintendent of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources’ Hundley-Whaley Research Center in Albany, Missouri. She has worked for the center since 2014, beginning as a research specialist.
’01 Dawn Thelen Ream was recognized in November among the Midlands Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 for her work as director of communications, marketing, events and sales at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium. Ream has been in her current role for 12 years and previously worked at the Omaha Convention and Visitors Bureau as a national sales representative and conventions services manager.
Jason Peters ’08 recently joined JE Dunn Construction in Kansas City, Missouri, as senior compliance manager. He resides in Lathrop, Missouri, with his wife, Samantha Butler Peters ’05. Jared Verner ’08 has been promoted to director of communications at the University of ColoradoColorado Springs. He joined the university’s advancement staff in 2017 after five years as the institution’s associate and assistant director of athletics. Daniel Johnson ’09 began work last year as executive director of the Robidoux Row Museum and St. Joseph Historical Society in St. Joseph, Missouri. He resides in St. Joseph with his wife, Anna Clark Johnson ’10.
2010s
Dr. Matt McCune ’10 joined the National Science Foundation as a 2018-2019 AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow in the Division of
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’07 Sara Chamberlain was elected to partnership at Thompson Coburn LLP in St. Louis. She represents clients in a variety of environmental litigation, regulatory enforcement and transactional issues.