BRYAN GERRETSEN ’03 and AMY GABRIEL GERRETSEN ’04 of Fond du Lac, Wis., have a daughter, Piper Lee Gerretsen, born Nov. 22, 2011. APRIL MARLEWSKI-HUDZINSKI ’03 of Windsor, Wis., owns Ski’s Saloon in Sun Prairie and The Big Blue Boogie Machine based in Oxford. AMANDA LUTTENBRGER RIESENBERG ’03 of De Pere, Wis., is a fitness specialist at Oneida Family Fitness Center in Green Bay. ELIZABETH ZIRK ’03 of Berkeley, Calif., writes: “Traveling to Thailand for the second time feels amazing. Even with the flooding, the Thai people are warm and resilient. It’s a beautiful country.” SARA MATZDORF DASSOW ’04 of Racine, Wis., is a program manager with BMO Harris Bank, part of the BMO Financial Group. Her position is specifically within the recruitment strategy, operations, recruitment and intake division. AMANDA VAN STIPPEN LATHROP ’04 and her husband, Scott, of Green Bay, Wis., have a son, Trevon Scott Lathrop, born Oct. 4, 2009. Amanda is a human resources generalist with the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin. LAUREN MARSHALL ’04 of Middleton, Wis., is a physician assistant in the Hospitalist Department at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison. KRISTEN MC CULLOUGH ’04 of Chicago, Ill., is a therapist at Children’s Home + Aid in Chicago. JASON NUTTALL ’04 and KATHERINE “KATIE” MEAD ’11 were married May 28, 2011. They live in Mauston, Wis. Jason is a licensed athletic trainer and Katie is a public relations assistant, both at Miles Bluff Medical Center. KATHERINE PETERSEN ’04 of Fitchburg, Wis., married Luke Kingree, July 16, 2011. They were married by former President David Joyce in Green Lake, and the reception was held in Ripon. PAULA RICHARDSON ’04 of Oshkosh, Wis., married Benjamin Tompkins, April 2, 2011. Paula teaches kindergarten and first grade in the Wautoma School District and graduated in 2011 with a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. MICHAEL TIMM ’04 of Cudahy, Wis., wrote and directed “Who Killed the Ghost of Christmas Past?”, presented in December at Alchemist Theatre. The interactive murder mystery featured a ramshackle excircus troupe who revise Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” with unintended hilarity. JUANITA BAATZ GUTBROD ’05 and her husband, Shane, of Milwaukee, Wis., visited 12 national parks in 10 states within 16 days last summer. They went from South Dakota to New Mexico.
MICHAEL HATFIELD ’05 and TERI SOLARZ HARFIELD ’05 of Montgomery, Ill., have a daughter, Alexa Grace “Lexi” Hatfield, born April 2, 2011. DAN HOFFMAN ’05 and MAEGAN COX ’06 of Pecatonica, Ill., were married June 28, 2008. They have a daughter, Hailey Ann Hoffman, born May 13. 2010. Maegen is pursuing a master’s degree in reading and literacy from Benedictine University in Lisle, Ill., and will graduate in the spring of 2012. Dan works in law enforcement. PAUL NEUBERGER ’05 of Menomonee Falls, Wis., who has been a major gifts officer for Ripon College, now is vice president for Advancement at Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wis. Paul married Tanya Gurgul, June 25, 2011. AMANDA ZAHN PRZYBYL ’05 and her husband, Eric, of Ripon, Wis., have a son, Edward James Przybyl, born Oct. 30, 2011. STEPHANIE CHACHARON ’06 of Seattle, Wash., graduated in December 2011 from Utah State University with a master’s degree in English, with an emphasis in technical writing. She is a marketing communication specialist for Ubermind Inc. NEKIA MENA GOYERT ’06 and KEVIN GOYERT ’07 of Milwaukee, Wis., have a son, Kenneth Hasan Goyert, born Sept. 1, 2011. JASON NEVINS ’06 and ALLISON FINSETH ’07 of Monona, Wis., were married Jan. 8, 2011, at Ripon College. Allison works for Half Price Books in Madison, Wis. Jason is completing his master’s degree in anthropology through New Mexico State University. WILLIAM E. ABBS ’07 of Philadelphia, Pa., works for the City of Philadelphia, performing legislative and municipal law work for City Councilman Frank Rizzo. He plans to transition to a private law firm. MIKE BOHN ’07 of Williams Bay, Wis., graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2010 and now is an associate with Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek in Milwaukee. SAMANTHA FASBENDER ’07 and Seth Lee of Billings, Mont., were married Sept. 3, 2011. ROBERT FAULDS ’07 and STEPHANIE SOMMER ’08 of Cottage Grove, Wis., were married Sept. 10, 2011. Stephanie is an operations manager for the Walgreens distribution center in Windsor, Wis. ANDREA FURDEK ’07 and JON LARSEN ’09 of Sun Prairie, Wis., were married June 25, 2011. Andrea attended Marquette University School of Dentistry and graduated with honors in the spring of 2011. She now is practicing dentistry at Barrette Dental in Beaver Dam, Wis. Jon is a sales manager at TotalMed Staffing and recently opened a branch in Madison.
JASON JAHN ’07 and HANNAH EMANUEL ’09 of Milwaukee were married July 22, 2011. Jason is a software developer at Signicast Corp., and Hannah is a third-year law student at Marquette University Law School. PATRICK KERSTEIN ’07 of Madison, Wis., is a graduate student in the neuroscience training program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. REBECCA MALINOWSKI ’07 of Oak Park, Ill., is a reference librarian at the Oak Park Public Library. ERIC MILLER ’07 and MELISSA MAURER ’08 of South Saint Paul, Minn., were married Sept. 17, 2011. The maid of honor was TIFFANY PALM ’08, and the best man was KENNETH LEIVISKA ’08. Eric is employed in management with Hertz. Melissa works in research and new product development with Illume. DOUGLAS NEHM ’07 of Washington D.C., graduated from George Washington University in 2011 with a juris doctorate and master’s of business administration degree. He works for Piedmont Fund Services, a hedge fund administrator in Virginia. ROSS OBERSCHLAKE ’07 of Chicago graduated from dental school at Marquette University in May 2011 and now works as a dentist in downtown Chicago. He married Maggie Seweryniak, Aug. 20, 2011. KAREN HANADEL ’08 of Gilbert, Ariz., graduated with a doctorate in physical therapy in May 2011 from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. She now practices in Gilbert, Ariz. LEAH HOVER-PREISS ’08 and her husband, Zach Preiss, of Wisconsin Dells, Wis., have a son, Aiden Anton Preiss, born Dec. 5, 2011. MEGAN KRUEGER ’08 of Mount Calvary, Wis., married David Ketter, March 5, 2011. Megan is studying for her master’s degree in social work at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/UW-Green Bay. JOHN MC GUIRE ’08 and JORDAN LANDER ’09 Naperville, Ill., were married Nov. 11, 2011, in La Crosse, Wis. At the beginning of 2012, they will move to Georgia to commence John’s four-year military commitment as a first lieutenant in the Armor division. Jordan will keep her job in marketing at Medix Staffing Solutions and will work remotely while John is in the military (thanks to the generosity of her CEO/boss, ANDREW LIMOURIS ’94). LESLIE MERRILL REINKE ’08 of Sun Prairie, Wis., teaches preschool in a 4K classroom in Madison with the Dane County Parent Council-Head Start. KARA WAGNER ’08 of West Bend, Wis., married Corey Petzold, June 17, 2011. The best man was Sam Schroeder, Ripon’s soccer coach. Kara teaches biology, chemistry and anatomy at West Bend West High School.
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