Tara Abbas Staker ’00 is a field liaison manager for ING Financial Partners in Des Moines. Tara resides in Johnston with her husband, Damon. Shawn Ausborn ’01 works at Wells Fargo in West Des Moines and resides in Polk City. Sarah Bidney ’01 of Urbandale was named the 2010 Iowa PGA Teacher of the Year. She is the first female recipient in the history of the award. Jennifer Bellon Couchman ’01 is plant controller at DairiConcepts, LP in Allerton. She resides in Humeston with her husband, Eric, and sons, Dalton (6) and Dillon (3). Janet Jacobsen Crum ’01 is the director of business services at AIB College of Business in Des Moines. She resides in West Des Moines with her husband, Randy. Pamela Rush Davis ’01 works at Wells Fargo and lives in West Des Moines with her husband, Bill. Melissa Gesing ’01 is the vice president for Scott County Republican Women and secretary for Scott County Republicans and lives in Davenport. In September 2009, Traci Eichhorst Holloway ’01 added an awesome husband and two awesome stepchildren, Logan and Laura, to her life when she married Samuel Holloway. The family resides in Saint Peters, Mo. Becky Lumbard Johnson ’01 graduated from the University of Iowa with an MBA and is an accountant for Gits Manufacturing Company in Creston. Becky and her husband, Brad, reside in Creston. Matthew Jones ’01 is a senior commercial underwriter for Nationwide Insurance and his wife, Kristin Egesdal Jones
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’01, is a senior market segment manager for Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. The couple resides in Waukee.
Tiffany Berkenes ’02 is the upward bound coordinator at Central College in Pella, where she resides.
Heidi Espenhover Mart ’01 and husband, Chris, reside in Waukee. Heidi is currently staying home to take care of their son, Brady.
Daniel Briggs ’02 is a high school science teacher and swim coach for Waukee Community Schools. Daniel and his wife, Tiffany Pettitt Briggs ’02, reside in Waukee.
Karen Rolwes Mathes ’01 is pursuing an Associate Degree in Nursing at Des Moine Area Community College. She is currently working as a patient care technician in the RN program for Mercy Medical Center. Karen resides in Polk City with her husband, Jason, and daughter, Norah. Jennifer Miller ’01 is a vice president of business banking for Citizens Bank NA in Lenexa, Kan., and resides in Lee’s Summit, Mo. Heather O’Hara ’01 works for the State of Kansas in the Legislative Research Department as a principal analyst. She and her husband, Sean Tomb, live in Lawrence, Kan. Lisa Cowling Pecina ’01 resides in Urbandale with her husband, Mike, and daughters, Mari (5) and Baylor (3). Matthew Price ’01 and Jennifer Young Price ’01 reside in Indianola with their daughters, Hannah and Rebekah.
Rebecca Casey Carter ’02 is working as a physical therapist and director of rehabilitation for ONR, Inc. in Knoxville. She and her husband, Brian, live in Albia with their son, Casey. Anthony Coppola ’02 finished his residency at Broadlawns Hospital in Des Moines and joined the Gundersen Lutheran Clinic in Decorah as a family practice physician. He resides in Decorah with his wife, Kelly Davis Coppola ’99, and sons, Davis and Bennett. Brianne Trease Fitzgerald ’02 is working as the executive director of the United Way of Mahaska County. She and her family are moving from Muscatine to Oskaloosa. Annie Brogden Halsband ’02 is a second grade teacher at Clarke Community Elementary in Osceola, where she resides with her husband, Jason. Matthew Hemphill ’02 is now a partner in the law firm Bergkamp & Hemphill, P.C.
Stephanie Peiffer Hoopes ’02 resides in Grinnell with her husband, Andy Hoopes ’02, and their two sons, Jack (5) and Aaden (3). Karen Hursh ’02 resides in Omaha, Neb., with her husband, Warren, and children, Rylee, Anthony, Isabelle and Sonia. Kate Pagel Jeffryes ’02 works for A Child’s World in West Des Moines as a pre-kindergarten teacher. Kate and her husband, Joe, reside in Waukee. Michelle Archibald Kopp ’02 is the director of financial planning and analysis at Aviva in West Des Moines. Kyle Lehman ’02 is a project director for Trilliant Inc. in Redwood City, Calif. He resides in Jacksonville, Fla., with his wife, Christa. Alaina Hinman Ortiz ’02 is director of content management for PSL Group America in New York. She and her husband, German, reside in Iowa City. Ryan Schmitz ’02 is a software engineer for IBM in New York. Ryan and wife, Allison Smith ’03, reside in Des Moines. Scott Shoger ’02 is an adjunct professor at Saint Louis University and is working on his doctorate in patristics there. Michelle Wentworth Shoger ’02 is an assistant pastor at
Kylie Towers ’01 is an archivist and curator for Kappa Kappa Gamma in Columbus, Ohio. Kara Van Nordstrand ’01 is working for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as a campaign manager and resides in West Des Moines. Jason Badger ’02 works for Chartered Financial Services, Ltd in West Des Moines. Jason resides in Norwalk with his wife, Tara, and their two-yearold daughter, Emily. Barbara Sobotka Baumgardner ’02 and her husband, Mark, live in Cambridge with their two daughters, Brooklyn (6) and Brenna (3).
Study abroad? While you were at Simpson, did you study abroad? Then we’d love to have you send us a picture for our next issue! In April, The Simpson magazine will look at how the study abroad programs have grown over the years and we want to feature photos of your Simpson study abroad experience. Please send scanned photos to leslie.held@ simpson.edu or mail them to Leslie Held, Director of Alumni Relations, 701 N. C Street, Indianola, IA 50125. Deadline is March 5, 2012. Please provide as much information as possible for each photo including names of people featured (as many as possible), where it was taken, and who led the trip. We look forward to sharing your study abroad memories!