ALUMNI PERSPECTIVE
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1996 Joseph Selbka joined Pluymert, MacDonald, Hargrove & Lee in suburban Chicago as an attorney. Keiko Sugisaka of Maslon in Minneapolis received the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s Women in Business Award for 2017.
1998 Saud Al-Muraished has joined King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as senior legal counsel. KAPSARC was founded as a nonprofit global institution for independent research into the economics of energy in order to contribute to societal well-being and prosperity. Nicole Johnson-Hoffman has been elected vice president of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef.
Jason Lien is a new member of the governance committee at Maslon in Minneapolis. His litigation practice focuses on representing clients from the construction, real estate, and financial services industries. Clara J. Ohr has joined East Coast Power & Gas in New York. She will be acting as general counsel for the energy service company.
the community for her pro bono work on a domestic abuse case. She was also the winner of the 2010 Greater Brandon (Fla.) Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award in the Minority and Women Business category.
2001 Katie Aune was appointed the development director at Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in Washington, D.C. In this role, she will lead fundraising efforts and help build relationships with foundation, corporate, and individual supporters.
Liwanag Ojala received the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s Women in Business Award for 2017. Ojala has been the CEO of CaringBridge, a global nonprofit social network, since 2016.
Joseph Ortiz, a partner at Best Best & Krieger in Riverside, Calif., has been appointed to the California Fair Employment and Housing Council.
Rinky Parwani was honored by the Florida 13th Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee for exceptional service to
John Boelter has rejoined Mayer Brown in New York as a partner in its corporate and securities practice.
2002
OCTOBER 14, 2017
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DAY OF SERVICE
More than 300 University of Minnesota alumni, students, and friends participated in the U of M Day of Service at sites in the Twin Cities and nationwide. The Law School was well represented with volunteers and organizers. The Law School hosted two sites in the Twin Cities: painting at Southern Minnesota Legal Services and a cleanup with the Mississippi Park Connection.
1 Jennifer Ciresi (’07), a Bay Area alumni ambassador, led the volunteers at St. Anthony’s Foundation in San Francisco. 2 Kenzie Gerber (’20), Kendra Fleming, Caleb Smith (faculty), Caroline Sell (’20), and Emily Thornton (’20) painting at Southern Minnesota Legal Services 3 Lauren Bergstrom (’13), middle, with UMN alumni in New York 4 1L students joined Professors John Matheson and Jessica Clarke for a fall cleanup at Coldwater Spring Park in Minneapolis.
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