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JEAN WINCEK, CSJ, ’62, EdD was elected to St. Catherine University’s Board of Trustees in October 2019. Making her return to the Board, Wincek has been a recurring member since 1983 and was liaison to the St. Paul Province Leadership Team of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet from 2009 through 2017. She formerly served as vice chair of the St. Kate’s Board of Trustees. She served on several CSJ Congregational and Province committees, and is currently a member of the CSJ Ministries Foundation Board. JEAN WINCEK, CSJ, ’62, EdD EUDENE LUPINO ’67 published Trouble the Water: A Young Woman on the Edge of Living and Dying under the pseudonym Idina Santino. 1974 MARY DEE HACKER ’74 received the 2019 Health Care Leader Award from the American Academy of Nursing. She is chief nursing officer emerita at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and serves as the executive advisor to CHLA’s Institute for Nursing and Interprofessional Research. MARY DEE HACKER ’74 facebook.com/katiealumni

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1976 MARILYN GORHAM ’76 and her friends from the class of 1976 gathered to celebrate their birthdays together. They have celebrated milestones and

birthdays together for years.

FROM LEFT: RUTH KRUSEMARK CLASEMAN ’76, PAM RENTERIA-RUHLAND ’76, SHARON SCHMID PHELPS ’76, AND MARY VRABEL ’76

1979 SARA BRANDON ’79 began as the finance director at the Winona Community Foundation in May 2019. She previously worked as a VP at Merchants Bank Trust.

NANCY ZAWORSKI ’79 is the finance director and interim city administrator of the City of Kasson, and she has been appointed to serve as a member of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) Global Board of Directors for a twoyear term through June 30, 2021.

1983 LINDA HEUER ’83, owner and president of 121 Benefits, was a panelist at alumni event Katies Connect: Entre the Katie Way on the topic of entrepreneurship in October 2019.

JULIA A. LAMM ’83, PhD, wrote God’s Kinde Love, which was published in July 2019. She was St. Catherine University’s 2018 Sister Mona Riley Endowed Chair in the Humanities Alumna Visiting Scholar and presented a lecture on Julian of Norwich, the topic of her book.

1984 SUE WOLLAN FAN ’84, founder of MANGO Connects, was a panelist at alumni event Katies Connect: Entre the Katie Way on the topic of entrepreneurship in October 2019. 1996 AMY DEFLORIN CHRISTENSEN ’96, RN, BSN, PHN, was promoted to vice president of clinical services at UCare, an independent communitybased health plan in Minnesota.

AMY DEFLORIN CHRISTENSEN ’96, RN, BSN, PHN

1998 SARAH MCELLISTREM ’98 is the current president of the Ramsey County Bar Association. She is an attorney with Collins, Buckley, Sauntry & Haugh, PLLP.

2001 NANCY JP ANDERSON ’01, MAT’17 had papers published in a book entitled The Lasting Significance of Etty Hillesum’s Writings, published by the Amsterdam University Press.

2004 ANGIE HOWE BASKIN ’04 recently started as the customer support supervisor for First National Bank and Trust in Beloit, Wisconsin. She also joined the board for the Humane Society of Southern Wisconsin. 2005 ANNE ROACH ANDRUS ’05, the founder and owner of Honey & Rye Bakehouse, was a panelist at alumni event Katies Connect: Entre the Katie Way on the topic of entrepreneurship in October 2019. Andrus opened a second location, Graze Provisions and Libations, in September 2019.

2008 CARMEANN FOSTER ’08, MSW’12 was the winter 2019 commencement speaker at St. Catherine University. She is a social worker and the founder and executive director of Rebound, Inc. in Minneapolis.

CARMEANN FOSTER ’08, MSW’12

AMY HORWATH ’08 married Neil Clark at Our Lady of Victory Chapel on May 11, 2019. They are spending their first year as a married couple living in Japan.

MARGARET JAMES MEEHAN MLIS’08 married Ryan Meehan on October 19, 2019.

PHOTO/KELLY POVO ’09

ALUMNAE, FACULTY, AND FRIENDS TRAVELED THROUGH ENGLAND IN SEPTEMBER 2019 WITH THE ALUMNI RELATIONS TRAVELING SCHOLARS PROGRAM. ONE STOP ON THEIR TRIP WAS AT WHITBY ABBEY, THE NAMESAKE FOR WHITBY HALL ON CAMPUS.

2010 RACHEL TOENJES ZANDER ’10 joined the Davis Brown Law Firm as a special counsel in the Business Division based in Des Moines, Iowa. Previously she spent four years with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Chicago. She graduated with high distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law. Prior to working for the EPA, Zander clerked for the chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Iowa Second Judicial District.

RACHEL TOENJES ZANDER ’10 YANSHUO ZHANG ’10, PhD, who earned her PhD at Stanford in East Asian Languages and Culture, published an article on Chinese urban visual culture. The phenomenon described in this article happened in her hometown, Chengdu, China, and it reflects the changes in urban spaces and cultures in China. She is currently an instructor at Stanford University.

2011 ASHLEY GILMER AUBIN ’11 married Joseph Aubin on October 6, 2018 in Chicago.

KAITLYN MCMULLEN MCCULLOCH ’11, ’19 married Thomas McCulloch on October 5, 2019.

2012 SARAH CLEDWYN MAT’12 is employed with Sacred Ground Center for Spirituality as the director of inquiry and discernment. She will be presenting at the Spiritual Directors International conference in April 2020. KATHERINE (KAT) CURTIS ’12 was featured on aol.com’s In the Know: Profiles for her success with online comedy through TikTok, a social media platform for short videos. She was quoted saying, “That’s what all of us want: To know that we’re doing something positive that isn’t hurting anyone. And I feel like I’m getting to do that, and it’s really cool.”

ANNA MARIE KLAAS BAKER FISCHER ’12 married Garrett Scott Fischer on October 12, 2019.

2014 ASHLEY STRUSZ POHLENZ ’14, MPH’19 married Anika Pohlenz ’14 on August 10, 2019 at Eko Backen in Scandia, Minnesota. They met at St. Catherine University during their sophomore year while resident advisors.

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KRISTINA POSS ROTH ’14 married Michael Roth on September 7, 2019. KRISTINA POSS ROTH ’14 PHOTO/SOPHIA VOGT PHOTOGRAPHY 2015 MELISSA BERRYMAN GONIA MPAS’15 married Ben Gonia on September 14, 2019. JACQUELINE ROBERTSON STOFFEL MAED’15 won the MNSHAPE George Hanson Award, meant to honor and recognize outstanding services and contributions given by an elementary, secondary, higher education, or other professional worker in developmental adapted physical education profession as exemplified by George Hanson. Jennifer Koehn ’89 enjoys volunteering with Katie2Katie, a team of alumnae who share with classmates the importance of giving back to support students at St. Kate’s. “I enjoy connecting with other alumni, and asking for their participation instead of a dollar amount. It’s very easy to participate in, and I can connect with alumni when my schedule allows, without pressure.” To learn more about Katie2Katie,

visit stkate.edu/k2kteam.

2016 CHRIS P. RODGERS MAT’16 is working to complete certification through the National Association of Catholic Chaplains. He was recently working as a chaplain at J.A. Wedum Hospice Home (Allina) with the dying and their families. He says it was “such an honor and Unheard Voices. The project is an

privilege to do spiritual care work with the dying.”

JENNA THOMPSON SCHULTE ’16 married Jason Schulte on September 28, 2019.

2018 BRIANA CLARK MBA’18 recently purchased Holbrook & Associates, an advertising and marketing communications agency based in St. Paul. First established in 1984, Holbrook & Associates is a business-to-business agency serving science, technology, and healthcare clients. Clark serves as principal with partner Mary Dellenbach, and business development, and creative strategy. AUBREY SMITH DOTTE ’18 married Richard Dotte on July 13, 2019.

TAYLOR MILLIKAN WALSH MPAS’18 married Thomas Walsh on September 21, 2019.

2019 ANDREA DUARTE-ALONSO ’19 was interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio for her Phillips Scholarshipsponsored project Stories from holds responsibility for operations,

online collection of interviews, telling the story of immigrants and their children from her hometown of Worthington, Minnesota.

MONICA LOPEZ-GARRY ’19 accepted a position immediately following graduation at Avivo, a nonprofit organization in Minneapolis. She will be continuing her education to obtain a master’s in clinical social work.

LEE MOLDESTAD MAT’19 is currently pursuing his MBA at St. Catherine University.