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Ivan Graf, ’02, was promoted to director of managed services, a new position at NRG Technology Services in Bismarck. He resides in Mandan, N.D. Nicole (Ressler) Larson, ’02, is a marketing coordinator for the Minneapolis office of Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services Inc. She and her husband, Nathan, live in Minneapolis. Patrick Swanson, ’02, is director of UND men’s hockey operations. He has spent the past five years as UND’s equipment manager. His wife, Amy (DePaolo), ’05, is a social worker with Altru Health System. They reside in Grand Forks.
in the Twin Cities area. They live in Richfield, Minn. Jacob Nesvig, ’03, ’07, is a business banking officer at Starion Financial’s Mandan, N.D., location. He and his wife, Pamela (Job), ’01, ’05, live in Bismarck.
Shari Olson-Nikunen, ’04, is interim Anoka Technical College president. She and her husband, Rick, live in Thief River Falls, Minn.
She and her husband, Luke, ’05, live in Mandan, N.D. Katie Tyler, ’04, ’06, is the 4 -H youth development specialist for North Dakota State University Extension Service. She resides in Lansford, N.D. 2005
Janice (Kotlarz) Porter, ’03, is division manager for Innovis Health Park Rapids, Walker, and Menahga, Minn. She currently resides in Grand Forks. Amy (Tallackson) Suda, ’03, ’08, has joined Truyu Aesthetic Center as a nurse practitioner specializing in dermatology. She and her husband, John, reside in Grafton, N.D.
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Patrick Chaffee, ’03, is a certified public accountant and senior manager in the Fargo office of Eide Bailly. He and his wife, Erica, reside in Fargo.
Christopher Dehen, ’04, recently received his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Purdue University. He is employed as a research chemist at MED Institute in West Lafayette, Ind., where he resides.
Taryn (Marthaler) Krumwiede, ’03, and her husband, Ryan, founded a nonprofit called Ella’s Halo in memory of their daughter. Ella’s Halo provides comforts of home to Neonatal Intensive Care Units
community relations, management, and education. Michaels resides in Bismarck.
Shelle Michaels, ’04, is a professional education manager at Rasmussen College in Bismarck. She has more than 20 years of experience in
Brian Peterson, ’04, is a certified public accountant and manager at Eide Bailly’s Fargo office. He and his wife, Allyson, live in Fargo. Jason Senti, ’04, a poker pro who writes for bluefirepoker.com, made the final table for The World Series of Poker Main Event this November, guaranteeing him at least $811,823. He and his wife, Jessica, live in St. Louis Park, Minn. Patty (Frankberg) Teagle, ’04, a marketing coordinator at EAPC Architects Engineers, has been selected as one of North Dakota’s 40 under 40 by Business Watch. She is a volunteer with Young Life in Bismarck, and the Young Professionals Network. Teagle recently served as co-chair of the marketing committee for the Great Plains Young Professionals Summit.
Joel Downs, ’05, ’07, is a research engineer in the energy conversion systems group at UND’s Energy and Environmental Research Center, focusing on projects related to fossil and renewable energy production technologies. He and his wife, Heather (Combs), ’07, live in Grand Forks. Derek Flanagan, ’05, is a certified public accountant and manager at Eide Bailly in Fargo, where he and his wife, Jenica (Elsperger), ’04, reside. Nicole (Stremick) Koons, ’05, has been promoted in the credit analysis department at Starion Financial in Bismarck, where she and her husband, Ryan, reside. Tatum O’Brien Lindbo, ’05, earned the Dalwhinnie Award for exemplary trial work from the North Dakota
>>> spirit of life On Sept 23, David Williamson, ’70, was honored at the 2010 Spirit of Life Gala, which is an annual event for The City of Hope in Chicago. Pictured from left: UND President Robert O. Kelley, First Lady Marcia Kelley, Gay (Shemorry) Williamson, ’69; David Williamson, and Steve Brekke, ’83, UND Foundation director of development athletics.
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