JAY MCDONALD ’79 of Ripon, Wis., received the Wisconsin Market Leadership Award for Alliance Laundry Systems LLC. He is the vice president of sales for Alliance. BETH NEMECEK ’79 of Neenah, Wis., is now the CEO/executive director of Bella Medical Clinic in Oshkosh, Wis. The not-forprofit pregnancy resource center provides information regarding pregnancy, fetal development and related issues with medical pregnancy testing and life-affirming ultrasounds. “I am enjoying this new stage of my life,” Beth writes. MICHAEL ZAHN ’79 of Merrill, Wis., is an account manager for HCI Chemtec Inc. in Wausau, Wis. He has 10 grandchildren.
The 1980s MICHAEL ALLAN ’82 of Encinitas, Calif., has
returned to the United States after seven years in London. He now is chief financial officer of Zodiac Pool System. ROBERT L. BRANDFASS ’83
of Peoria, Ill., has been appointed senior vice president of legal services for OSF Healthcare System, a not-for-profit $1.8 billion Catholic healthcare system comprising eight hospitals and 14,000 employees. SHELLEY ANDERSON BYRNES ’84 of Scotts-
dale, Ariz., is an independent massage therapist with her own practice, and also the director of Children’s and Family Ministries at Episcopal Church of the Nativity in Scottsdale. JOYCE WATRY DIECK ’84 of West Bend, Wis.,
reports that her company, Networkers Funding, was named to the Metro Milwaukee Future 50. Her daughter, Katie, is a senior at Ripon College. ERIC LUSTY ’84 of Grafton, Wis., retired from
the Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Department in December and was hired as a patrol officer with the Thiensville Police Department in February. LON MICHELS ’84 of Cathedral City, Calif., had artwork included in the 25th Anniversary Exhibition at the Tory Folliard Gallery in Milwaukee, Wis. DAVE SHOGREN ’84 of Maplewood, Mo., chief operating officer of American Food Exporters, received the 2013 Global Pioneer Award from the St. Louis Regional International Partnership. He has worked for 25 years in the food industry in marketing, sales, operations and finance. American Food Exporters operates in St. Louis, Mo., Cleveland, Ohio, and Shanghai, China.
BILL QUISTORF ’80 of Everett, Wash., right, is chief pilot for the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Department and a search and rescue helicopter pilot working with Everett Mountain Rescue. He recently met Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest in 1963. Whittaker told Quistorf a couple of his own helicopter rescue adventures. JEFF SZYMCZAK ’84 of Aurora, Ill., is the principal at the Mooseheart K-12 school, which will celebrate its 100th year in July. STACY HEINRICH SHUDA ’85 of Faribault,
Minn., and her husband, Mike, vacationed at the Adventura Spa Palace on Riviera Maya in Mexico, and in Breezy Point in northern Minnesota. They also were involved in Arcadia, Wis., high school wrestling at the state and national levels. She also is involved in a hobby sending and receiving postcards worldwide via the website www. postcrossing.com. SCOTT STRAZZANTE ’86 of Yorkville, Ill.,
the company’s engineering organizations and overseeing new product development.
The 1990s SUSAN FRIKKEN ’90 of Madison, Wis., graduated in May 2013 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a doctor of physical therapy degree. She graduated with MINHWAN KIM ’08 of Kenosha, Wis. Her practice, Yahara Therapy, now will expand to merge physical therapy with massage therapy to provide wholeperson care. She also plans to become employed with a hospital system or clinic in the area.
photographed renowned Chicago photographer John H. White for the April 2012 issue of New Photographer magazine, of the National Press Photographers Association. His detailing of the assignment and photos can be viewed at http:// goo.gl/rMliZ
MAURA ROBINSON ’90 of Stevens Point, Wis., owns a Home Instead Senior Care office.
BARBARA BLAHNIK ’88 of Seymour, Wis., is the
LORI KOMETER BASALDU ’91 of Gilbert, Ariz.,
regional operations coordinator with Green Stone Farm Credit Services. ANDY METCALF ’88 of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.,
has been named president of Riverview Health Care Foundation, which contributes grants to community nonprofit healthcare and social service organizations. He is the owner of Metcalf Lumber and coaches youth basketball. OUSSAMA EL-HILALI ’89 of
Maple Grove, Minn., has joined Carbonite Inc. as senior vice president of engineering. Carbonite is a leading provider of online backup solutions for consumers and small- and medium-sized businesses. Oussama is building and managing
DAVE TROY ’90 of Wethersfield, Conn., is the investor center account executive at Fidelity Investments.
has been a mental health and chemical dependency therapist for 10 years. She and her husband, Pete, have 14-month-old twins, Harper Karly and Robinson Matthew Basaldu. AMIE DOUGHTY ’92 of Oneonta, N.Y., has published her second book, “Throw the Book Away: Reading Versus Experience in Children’s Fantasy” (McFarland). It explores the role of books, reading and writing in children’s fantasy books and film from Harry Potter to Inkheart to Percy Jackson. PATIENCE GILMAN HEENAN ’92 of Birmingham, Ala., is the pastry chef of Danberry at Inverness Retirement Community.
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