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Stephanie Wells Cole ’74

Stephanie Wells Cole is a selfemployed RN consultant. She works with six different agencies, which are on call 24/7 in the Denver metro area, to serve over 300 developmentally disabled adults living independently in host and group homes and utilizing day programs. She has one child, Devon, who is 22 and named after Devon Ritchie Rothwell and Devon Menehan. Devon coincidentally works in Construction Management and was just elected President of Women in Construction at Colorado State University.

Carol Owen Beckner ’77

Carol Owen Beckner has been married to Arnold Beckner for nine years. Arnold is employed at Spirit Aero Systems. Her son, Michael, is a welder. Michael and his wife, Angela and their three boys, Trysten (11), Matthew (9), and Ayden (2), all live in Hannibal, Missouri.

Susan Leiter ’77

Susan Leiter's mother, Mickey, died peacefully on October 8, 2017. Classmates may remember Mickey Leiter for her determination to bring fun, social events to Collegiate. With the support of fellow parents, Mickey initiated the first school dances at Collegiate and a senior trip to Crested Butte.

Elizabeth Landsverk ’79

Elizabeth Landsverk now has two boys in college. After working as a doctor for over 20 years, the last 16 as one of only 6,000 geriatricians in the United States, she is working to develop training for care of elders with dementia. She paid attention to Mr. Hildebrandt in Economics and is working to cut costs and improve outcomes for patients by getting rid of problem meds, treating pain, avoiding sleeping and anxiety pills, and getting elders engaged in meaningful, fun pursuits. She is working to develop an online community for families facing challenges of dementia, too, as a friend's mother did not get the care she needed because local doctors were not aware of early dementia and associated challenges. Elizabeth would appreciate any feedback on her website - elderconsult.com. She appreciates her great academic start at Collegiate.

Helen Hill Yancey ’79

Helen Hill Yancey married and moved to Belton, Texas, where she is now the 9-1-1 Operations Coordinator for the Central Texas Council of Governments.

Piper Scholfield ’83

Piper Scholfield trains cadaver dogs.

Kerstin Ahlstrand Anderson ’87

Kerstin Ahlstrand Anderson has been happily married for 22 years with two high school-aged daughters. She’s lived in Portland, Oregon, for the last 16 years and stays busy with volunteering (CASA - advocacy in court for foster kids), running, playing tennis (still!), and attending a lot of cross-country and track meets for her older daughter and volleyball tournaments for her younger one. She would be happy to see any Collegiate alums passing through Portland - it’s an awesome place to visit!

Ann Zitterkopf ’89

Ann Zitterkopf and family are still in London. She is lucky that a business trip brought Rob Lentini to visit and Elena Siems has moved there, too.

Greg Pimentel ’93

Greg Pimentel and his wife, Abbey, were delighted to welcome their son, Oliver, to their family on November 17, 2017. He joins his older brother, Bennett, in keeping his parents and dogs on their toes/paws.

Jeremy Doughty ’94

Jeremy Doughty wed Julie Morales on October 14, 2017, in Arvada, Colorado. They were friends for about four years before the big day. They have no kids, but love to take care of their two cats. Their honeymoon was in Princeville, Hawaii. Julie is a real estate agent with Steps Real Estate in Lakewood. Jeremy was recently promoted to Video Support Engineer II for Cisco and works in Broomfield. They purchased their first home in December of 2017.

Jenni Morse ’97

Jenni Morse joined Operation Underground Railroad (after 13 years as a prosecutor in Texas), a non-profit which fights the sex trafficking of children. In her first few months with the organization, she traveled to countries in Africa, the Caribbean, South America, and Southeast Asia. During these trips, Jenni met with prosecutors, judges, local law enforcement, and U.S. federal law enforcement. She is tasked with empowering these groups with the training and equipment necessary to identify, arrest, and prosecute pedophiles, child pornographers, and traffickers around the world.

John Stewart ’98

John Stewart and wife Sarah welcomed their second child, Eliza Faye Stewart, on January 17, 2017. She joins big brother Pierce, who is 3 1/2.

Josh Bickel ’01

Josh Bickel and his wife, Jackie Borchardt, of Rockford, Illinois, recently welcomed their second daughter, Lydia Jean, who was born in August 2017. She joins her older sister, Edith Joy, who was born in March 2015. Josh and Jackie have lived in Columbus since 2012 after the pair moved together from Casper, Wyoming. Josh is currently a photojournalist for The Columbus Dispatch and Jackie is a reporter who covers state government for the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Devin Sikes ’01

Devin Sikes and his wife, Sheebani Patel Sikes, welcomed a son to the family on November 19, 2017, Bodhi Patel Sikes. Everyone is doing well.

Barbara Ann Estivo DeSousa ’02

Barbara Ann Estivo DeSousa and her husband Drew welcomed Brooks John DeSousa on October 19, 2017.

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Amy Summers Keller ’02

Amy Summers Keller and Breau Keller have added two new kids to the bunch. They welcomed Glorianna Claire in December 2015. Harrison and Hudson were thrilled to be big brothers and have a Princess in the family. Glory was quickly dethroned as the baby of the family when they joyfully welcomed Stone Hampton in May 2017. This crew is healthy, happy, and loaded with chaos!

Rob Rasmeyer ’02

Rob Ramseyer completed his Doctorate of Education at Creighton University in the fall of 2017. He currently serves as Vice President of Student Affairs and Athletic Director at Hesston College.

Zach Roach ’02

Zach Roach has started a non profit music program called Free Music ICT. It is a non-profit guitardriven music education program that provides free private and group guitar lessons throughout the greater Wichita area to the students, schools, and outreach programs that need it most. Free Music ICT was founded in September 2016. The demand was so large, he decided to expand Free Music ICT’s efforts into the local public school system and outreach programs in an effort to reach as many students as possible. This allowed him to assist and add to public school music programs without having to put monetary strain on those existing programs. By February 2017, Free Music ICT was integrated into a number of elementary and middle school programs, teaching over two hundred students a week. The majority of these students had never touched a guitar. Free Music ICT has given them a structured environment to explore their musical interests with a fun and interesting guitar curriculum. This fall he plans on expanding his program to more middle and high schools as well as Boys and Girls Club of South-Central Kansas. Free Music ICT is funded through Patreon, as well as public and private donations. These funds are what make Free Music ICT operate the way that we think is the most effective: free to the students, schools, and outreach programs that need it the most. All donations are one hundred percent tax deductible.

Curt Romig ’02

Curt Romig is working for the Evangelical Community Church of Abu Dhabi and would love to see anyone passing through!

Kelly Marhaver Klempay ’03

Kelly Marhaver Klempay and Corbett Klempay welcomed a baby boy on October 29, 2017. Ames Johnson Klempay was 7 pounds, 14 ounces, and 20.5 inches long. They are enjoying life as a family of three in Austin, Texas!

Joseph Cooper ’04

Joseph Cooper got engaged to Abby Stockton, who attended Maize South, bought a house in College Hill proper, found out they are having their first child (it’s a boy!) and accepted a new job in logistics sales and marketing at the Wichita based brokerage firm “King of Freight LLC,” all within the last year!

Michael Fowler ’04

Michael Fowler ran the Pikes Peak Ascent Half Marathon in the fall of 2017 and proposed to Lindsay Strader at the top of Pikes Peak right after finishing the race. Their wedding date is September 15, 2018, in Santorini, Greece.

Mary Elizabeth Ward Frels ’04

Mary Elizabeth Ward Frels and her husband Jason welcomed their first child, Lilia Rebekah Frels, on October 24, 2017. She has her mother’s propensity for drama and her father’s love for food -- they are absolutely smitten. She was born in Denver, Colorado at 7:15pm and was 8 pounds, 12 ounces, and 21.5” long.

Justine Komin ’04

Justine Komin is engaged to Ryan Caudell. The wedding will be in June of 2018.

Christian Corrigan ’05

Christian Corrigan is excited to announce that after a tour of duty at the Institute for Justice in D.C, has relocated to Denver to litigate for Mountain States Legal Foundation, another publicinterest law firm that defends property rights, economic liberty, and limited government. He is thrilled to take this new step in the liberty movement and explore the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains. Please keep in touch and visit any time. If you have Denver suggestions/recommendations, please send them his way!

Jake Droge ’07

Jake Droge lives with his wife, Allison, and dog, Louis, in downtown Houston, Texas. Alli and Jake have been married for a little over three years, but met while at KU doing Greek life (he was IFC President and she was head of Recruitment for Panhellenic.) Jake works as a Geologist in J.P. Morgan’s Oil & Gas Investment Banking group and she does marketing and referrals for a medical malpractice law firm, Brown and Brothers.

Juliana Elkouri ’07

Juliana Elkouri got engaged to Porter Braswell, from New Jersey, in July! Juliana and Porter reside in New York City, where she attends dental school at Columbia College of Dental Medicine, and he is the CEO of the minority recruitment platform, Jopwell. They look forward to tying the knot later in 2018!

Katie Hatfield Gunzelman ’07

Katie Hatfield Gunzelman and husband Spencer welcomed a baby boy, Jonathan Rene Gunzelman, on December 21, 2017. He measured 6 pounds, 12 ounces, was 20.5” long and has already stolen mom and dad’s hearts and those of all of his grandparents, aunts, and uncles!STAY CONNECTED!

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Lionel Alford ’08

Lionel Alford and his wife Danielle have moved to Japan. They are located at Yokota Air Force Base in Tokyo and he is flying the C-130 at the 36th Tactical Airlift Squadron. From there they fly missions all over the Pacific region, including low level mountain flying, tactical airdrop, and humanitarian aid. Recently he flew in Operaton Christmas Drop, which provides aid to isolated Micronesian islands by airdropping food, toys, and supplies via low-cost low-altitude bundles.

Erin Bigler ’08

Erin Bigler has been living it up in Austin, Texas and working at Forcepoint (formally Websense) since 2014. In her free time she enjoys running, singing, yoga, traveling, shooting a web show on comicspriceguide.com, and spending time with her fur babies (Daria the dog and Basil the cat).

Kendal Lovett Miller ’08

Kendal Lovett Miller and husband Paul welcomed their first baby Graham Michael Miller, on July 30, 2017. He was 6 pounds, 9 ounces and 19.5 inches long.

J. Bailey Burcham ’09

J. Bailey Burcham and his wife Rachel just marked off three years of marriage and life in Los Angeles. They are both actors of the stage and screen and are represented by top talent, commercial and modeling agents. Bailey recently accepted an artistic position at the Malibu Playhouse where he is currently founding the Malibu Theatre Collective as Artistic Director.

Lauren Davis Kirk ’09

Lauren Davis Kirk and her husband Nate welcomed their daughter, Avery Rose Kirk, into the world on July 10, 2017. She was 7 pounds, 10 ounces and 19 inches long. Both Nate and Lauren are enjoying parenthood and are so thankful to their Collegiate family for the love Avery has already received!

Mariah Green Kriwiel ’10

Mariah Green Kriwiel and husband Toby welcomed their second son, Bennett Bear Kriwiel, on August 25, 2017.

Holden Gibson ’11

Holden Gibson completed a Master’s of Science at the University College London focusing on crypto-currency in the spirits industry. He is about to undertake a study at McMurdo station in Antarctica amongst the scientific community stationed there as part of an ongoing UCL research project studying the effects of isolation and cold on humor.

Jace Schultz ’10

Jace Schultz previously worked in Kansas City, Missouri as an Executive HCM Sales Rep with Paycom, alongside former classmate Brett LeMaster. He moved back to home to Wichita in June to settle in near family and start a new remote job with Credit Acceptance Corporation while also launching a startup social media marketing company called Profit Spark Marketing with Brett. He traveled to Africa in September to hike Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and visit his sister Marielle Schultz ‘94 with his dad and brothers Bric Schultz ‘97 and Ian Schultz ‘03. Jace also got married in October of 2017 to Victoria Lembke, whom he dated all through college and met at Friends University during his football career there. They married at Prairie Hill Vineyard in Colwich, Kansas and have a 2 year old daughter named Clarissa. He graduated in December 2013 with a degree in Business Administration and Management.

Heidi Holton ’11

Heidi Holton received her Bachelors of Arts in Social Work and is working for the Wichita Public Schools system.

Brendan Lowden ’11

Brendan Lowden had his first child in September 2017. His name is Benton Thomas Lowden. They are moving to Tyler, Texas to open Freddy’s in March of 2018.

Devin Rutledge ’11

Devin Rutledge became engaged to Liz Jaax in August of 2017. They have been dating since high school.

Jonathan Dennill ’12

Jonathan Dennill married Mackenzie Augustin on June 17, 2017 at the Hillside Christian Church in Wichita. Both graduated from Wichita State University and are residing in Los Angeles, California. Jonathan is pursuing a career in film and television producing, and Mackenzie is pursuing a career in acting.

Joe Asbridge ’13

Joe Asbridge and wife Harley welcomed Carter Drake into the world on August 27, 2017. In November, Joe celebrated a full year working at The Exploration Place as an Environmental Services Representative. And on December 3, 2017, Joe and Harley celebrated their one-year anniversary! Proba Te Dignum!

Houston Cusick ’13

Houston Cusick is engaged to Sarah Dorsett ‘14.

Hunter Cusick ’13

Hunter Cusick and Allie Hatchett ‘13 are engaged to be married on April 28, 2018.

Jack Stewart ’13

Jack Stewart started teaching geometry and algebra I at Collegiate in the fall of 2017, as well as being the upper school bowling coach.

Sophie Beren ’13

Sophie Beren just graduated from her Masters program at the University of Pennsylvania with an MS in Nonprofit Leadership. She is now starting her own nonprofit organization, called TableTalk Global. TableTalk is an organization, now on 25 college campuses, designed to get different types of people, from different backgrounds, cultures, belief systems, and more to interact, connect, and create meaningful dialogue.

Wynn Hukle ’13

Wynn Hukle is living locally in Wichita and just accepted a promotion to do Revenue Management for Coury Hospitality. She graduated Magna Cum Laude this spring from WSU with a bachelor’s in Business Administration and Spanish.

Karam Hamada ’15

Karam Hamada is a member of Pi Kappa Alpha-Beta Gamma Chapter at KU, a KU Honors Program student and the Project Bridge Coordinator for the Center for Community Outreach at the University of Kansas.

Nia Tolbert ’16

Nia Tolbert is currently interning for the R.O.C. Group, a business consulting company in the music industry as a Social Media Marketer, inspiring entrepreneurs who want to make a difference in the industry.

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