1988 Catherine (Cook) Hjelle, ’88, is a therapist with St. Sophie’s of North Dakota Psychiatric Clinic in Fargo. She has been a mental health provider for 25 years. Cheryl (Jorgenson) Rising, ’88, is a family nurse practitioner with Dakota Eye Institute in Bismarck, where she lives with her husband, Scott. Daniel Schwandt, ’88, is chief legal and governance officer with Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance. He and his wife, Cheryl, will soon make their home in Madison, Wis. 1989 John Carroll, ’89, has been named to head the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s School of Natural Resources. Carroll is internationally known for his research on gamebird management and conservation. He and his wife, Eileen (Sheehan), ’88, will be moving to Nebraska from Watkinsville, Ga. Kent Hanson, ’89, ’10, will take over as president of AnokaRamsey Community College and Anoka Technical College on July 1. The college group serves more than 16,000 students on campuses in Anoka, Cambridge and Coon Rapids, Minn. Loni (Loranger) Larson, ’89, ’94, is medical foster home program coordinator at the Fargo VA Health Care System. She lives in Fargo with her husband, Edward, ’84, ’06.
1990s Remember when, in
1999, nearly 98 percent of UND students said they were generally very satisfied (51%) or satisfied (47%) with UND?
1990 Shad Stastney, ’80, is chief executive officer and chairman of OPTIMIZERx Corp, a technology solutions company that offers pharmaceutical manufacturers direct to consumer and direct to physician channels for communication. 1991 Angie (Hovland) Freeman, ’91, is vice president of human resources with C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., one of the world’s largest logistics companies. She lives in Edina, Minn., with her husband, Russell, ’89. Maureen (McGuire) Jelinek, ’91, is executive vice president, director of operations for Gate City Bank in Fargo, where she lives with her husband, Douglas. Ted Nistler, ’91, is a second VP of Corporate Tax at Securian Financial Group in St. Paul, where he lives with his wife Deborah (Renner), ’91. 1992 Darcy (Ellingson) Lamoureux, ’92, is a realtor with Alliance Real Estate in Bismarck. She lives in Westhope, N.D, with her husband, Nathan, ..’94. 1993 Brian Bergantine, ’93, project manager at Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, has been recognized by the Minnesota American Water Works Association for eight years of service as a trustee. He lives in Fargo with his wife, Heather (Norsted), ’93. John Schumacher, ’93, ’06, has been named market president of the Greater Grand Forks market for American Federal Bank. He lives in Grand Forks with his wife, Kara.
1994 Mitch Dvorak, ’94, has been honored with the Young and Aspiring Association Professional award. Dvorak works for Bostrom Corporation in Chicago. Lisa Henry, ’94, ’00, has joined Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota as a medical director in the Health Network Innovation division. Eva (Spindler) Keiser, ’94, has been named to the board of the directors of the Minnesota Public Relations Society of America. She is a principal at the plural i, an integrated communications agency in the Twin Cities. She and her husband, Jack, live in Minneapolis. 1995 Tim Tibesar, ’95, is linebackers coach with the NFL’s Chicago Bears. He previously was the defensive coordinator for the CFL’s Montreal Alouettes. He and his wife, Jill (Manske), ’95, ’02, live in West Lafayette, Ind. 1996 Matt Cory, ’96, has been named editor of the Bemidji Pioneer. For the past 19 years, he has worked in various roles with the Grand Forks Herald. 1997 Jennifer (Soupir) Fremstad, ’97, is the principal of West Fargo High School. She lives in Moorhead with her husband, Joel, ’97.
Todd Olson, ’98, is a financial planning manager with Gate City Bank in Fargo. 1999 Dr. Elena Rodgers-Rieger, ’99, ’03, has joined the pathology department at Essentia Health in Fargo. She lives in Oxbow, N.D., with her husband, Daniel, ’97. Jonathan Sickler, ’99, is corporate general counsel for Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services in the firm’s Grand Forks office. He lives in Grand Forks with his wife, Alexandra.
2000s Remember when, in
2005, UND collaborated with Valley City State University on the nation’s first online Master of Science in Technology Education degree? 2000 Karen Jayne Greenwood, ’00, is director of publicity for SMACK! Media, a boutique relationship marketing agency. Greenwood lives in San Diego, Calif. Kyle Herda, ’00, has been promoted to Great Falls (Mont.) market president of First Interstate Bank. He and his wife, Nicole (Bell), ’01, ’02, ’05, live in Great Falls.
Dan Kimzey, ’97, ’02, is the principal of Hamilton (Mont.) High School. He lives in Hamilton with his wife Brooke (Morehouse), ’97, ’99.
Dr. Michael Horner, ’00, ’06, is a pediatric cardiologist at Sanford Children’s Clinic in Bismarck. He is married to Dr. Melissa (Teigen) Horner, ’02, ’06.
1998 Heidi (Bergloff) Berogan, ’98 is an internal audit manager with RDO Equipment in Fargo.
Nathan (Nate) Medhus, ’00, has been named business banker at American Federal in Fargo, where he lives.