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Chase Turner works as a Creative Strategist for the social media outlet Tumblr and recently participated in a panel at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. The discussion focused on marketing initiatives aimed at the Latino community, as well as a general U.S. audience.
’04 CLASS AGENTS Ashley Anton antonashley@gmail.com Andria Mann andria.m.cornell@gmail.com Tyler M. Olson tolson@smcpros.com Sarah M. Raisch sarah.m.raisch@gmail.com
s Alexander Cass married Ashley (Steffens) Cass at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in June 2015 and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah in August where Ashley is completing her PhD in materials chemistry. Alexander has enjoyed the move because he is able to ski and snowboard in between doing IT work for AAA and his continued study of galaxies in the IR spectrum as part of the Spitzer InfRared Intensive Transients Survey
(SPIRITS) and as a groundbased observer carrying out data collection and analysis atop Mt. Lemmon (Arizona). This is a continuation of the work that he did for his undergrad thesis in astrophysics at University of Minnesota; he now continues to work for UMN by completing this research in addition to his day job. Tyler Olson is very excited
to share that SMCpros, the company he founded, has more than doubled its revenue in 2015 and projects to more than double again in 2016. Tyler currently lives downtown Minneapolis and has traveled to Norway, Greece, Thailand, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic in the last 2 years.
s Natalie Beck was a contestant on the Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen in July 2015, making it to the finals of the competition. Natalie is the founder of Full Belly Nutrition, a service offering nutrition coaching, cooking lessons, wellness retreats and personal chef services. Natalie is a registered dietitian and personal chef, and lives in Palo Alto, California.
Liz Ullyot is approaching her
seventh year at Dunnavan & Co., Inc., a Minneapolisbased investment counsel firm, where she has been building her own clientele. Liz is active in the Twin Cities nonprofit community, serving on the Board of Directors for The LEAD Project, volunteering through the Junior League of Minneapolis, and helping relaunch a local Early College Awareness Program with the Harvard Club of Minnesota.
s Emily Sepler-King Grinberg married Maksim Grinberg in Minneapolis in September 2015. The pair were joined by over 50 SPA alumni/ae as well as tons of friends and family! Included in the photo is Coleen McDaniel, Callie Titcomb, Melley Turner, Hanna (Lamb) Lewine, and Sophie Rupp. Lenora Magee remembers
s In early 2015, 2008 classmates Sam Donaldson, Austin Lilly, and Matt Wolff created a Minnesota-focused sports blog. The group desired an outlet to celebrate Minnesota sports and air built-up grievances since they were spread across the country and didn’t have Minnesota fans around to lean on. The successful blog, FaMNation Sports (famnationsports. com), has had a great first year, seeing a growing audience and many SPA grads as main contributors. One highlight for the blog in 2016 was writing about the Spartans’ deep run into the state hockey tournament—an achievement the three never thought was possible in their lifetime—where the blog had an outpouring of support from players and parents.
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’05 CLASS AGENT John C. Adams adamsjackc@gmail.com Lindsay Giese lindsaygiese@gmail.com Nicole James nstennes@gmail.com Sarah K. Wald skwald@gmail.com
sitting in Service Learning Club in seventh grade and being inspired by Mrs. McGee’s passion for serving the community. To this day, she says this SPA experience has encouraged her to give back to her community. As a teacher in the Philadelphia area for the last six years, Lenora been passionate about educational equity. Recently, she collaborated with some other Philadelphia women of color educators to start the non-profit