’86 CLASS AGENTS John Patterson johnwilderpatterson@yahoo.com Renee Hilmanowski Ochaya theochayas@oh.rr.com
’88 CLASS AGENT Dan Deuel dhd823@comcast.net
Class of 1988
s Catherine McKenzie, Senior Broadcast Producer at CBS News/Interactive, celebrated with classmates at The Freehouse in Minneapolis after she was featured on a media experts panel at the SPA Alumni/ae Council Speaker Series in October. Joining her at Freehouse was Jennifer O’Brien ’88, Rick Epstein ’88, Dan Deuel ’88, Chris Cheney ’88, David Salchow ’88, Mercedes Henderson Clark ’88 and Dana Nelson ’88.
’97
s Maggie Moss and Michael Feldbaum were married on March 7, 2015 in a private ceremony in Palm Springs, California (above). The couple celebrated their wedding at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis on May 16, 2015 with family, friends, and SPA alumni/ae (below). s
s Susan Dickinson Kistner married Bret Kistner on April 10, 2015 in Snowmass, Colorado. There to celebrate with Susan and Bret were SPA classmates (pictured below) Sarah Bancroft-Howard ’86, Sarah Callahan Baker ’86, Jill Magnuson Romans ’86, Gretchen Lilyholm ’86, Christie Quigley Manning ’86, and Karen Earl Reis ’86.
s Erik Takeshita joined the Bush Foundation as its Community Creativity Portfolio Director in July 2015. Erik is overseeing the development and execution of the Foundation’s programming around arts-based community development efforts in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and 23 Native nations that share the same geography.
CLASS AGENTS
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Dena C. Larson denacitronlarson@gmail.com Jeff Jarosch jeff.jarosch@gmail.com
Kistner Wedding
Pictured above (Front Row): Charlie Dickinson ’99, Michael Feldbaum, Jenny (Swanson) Cameron ’97. (Middle row): TJ Moss ’06, Chris Hart ’99, Zach Pettus ’99, Vanessa (Denis) DeCourcy ’01, Charlie Knutson ’97, Maggie Moss Feldbaum ’97, Morgan Montgomery ’97, Zameer Baber ’97, Daniel Johnson ’97. (Back Row): Mike DeCourcy ’99.
Alumni/ae Council speaker series brings back media experts from the classes of ’79, ’85, ’86, and ’88. The October 2015 Alumni/ae Council Speaker Series featured a panel of media experts including Dave Kansas ’85, Executive Vice President at American Public Media Group, Catherine McKenzie ’88, Senior Broadcast Producer at CBS News/Interactive, and Andrea Scott ’79, Arts Editor at The New Yorker. The panel was moderated by Sasha Aslanian ’88, a producer and reporter at Minnesota Public Radio. For more on the event, see page 35. www. spa.e du
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