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David Parry MBA’05. He is working on his MBA in innovation management from Oregon State University. Oregon State’s College of Business featured Kuo in a story about his decision to attend the school. Lauren Roberts is the assistant director of alumni programs and giving at The Shipley School, a K-12 independent school located outside of Philadelphia. Joellen Sweeney and Alec Chase were married on Aug. 15, 2016, at the Laurelhurst Club in Portland.
Jason Pegis ’16
2015 Class Liaison – Natalie Pate
Joellen Sweeney ’14 and Alec Chase ’14
Kassie McKay ’15
This past summer, Cooperstown Graduate Program student Peyton Tracey interned in the curatorial department of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. As a Seattle Mariners fan and aspiring museum professional, Peyton was thrilled to intern at the Baseball Hall of Fame in the same year that longtime Mariners outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. was inducted.
Jessica Munoz ’16
Nina Kulander ’14 (left) and and her wife Beth Freese ’11
Dustin Daniel is director of media relations and broadcasting for the Billings Mustangs, a minor league baseball team and affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. Previously a broadcaster with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes of the Northwest League, Daniel was the Mustangs’ radio voice for all 76 regular season games this summer and serves as the team’s primary media liaison.
earned a master’s of science degree in college student services administration and received certification in college and university teaching from Oregon State University. At OSU, he also received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award for service in the fields of orientation, transition and retention in the Northwest Region.
Lauren Vannini graduated with a master of public administration degree in nonprofit management from the Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University.
2014 Class Liaison – Alex Schrimp Kyle Flowers is student activities coordinator at Willamette. He 48
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Kassie McKay became the first allstar trainer at MOD Pizza Firehouse Crossing. She was also chosen as the all-star cook to train employees at the new MOD location in Gresham, Oregon, which opened in September.
Nina Kulander and Beth Freese ’11 were married on Oct. 15, 2016. Their bridesmaids included Alex Schrimp, Kelli Gano ’11, Jacque Vaughn, Nina Berger ’15 and Margaret Woodcock ’16. This summer, Benny Kuo interned at HP Inc., applying his experiences to the future products group aiding in the creation of new markets and product designs. Benny is still in contact with many Willamette graduates, including his mentor,
2016 Jessica Munoz became an eighth-grade science teacher at North Panola Junior High in Como, Mississippi, through the Mississippi Teachers Corps (MTC) program. The MTC trains and places teachers in high-need schools through an alternate-route teacher licensing program. During the two-year program, members earn their master’s degree while teaching fulltime in their own classroom. This summer, Jason Pegis attended the Zodiac Music Festival in southern France and did a counselorship at a cello camp in Minnesota. For the fall, he received a full fellowship award to study cello performance with world-famous cellist Matt Haimovitz in a graduate degree program at McGill University in Montreal.
ATKINSON GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT In April, Juan Aguiar JD/MBA’02 began serving as the director of legal advice in Ecuador’s Attorney General’s Office in Quito. Matthew G. Matrisciano JD/ MBA’08 is the owner of MGM Law Firm LLC in Bend, Oregon. Focusing on estate planning and probate, Matthew’s practice takes a holistic and personal approach to designing a client’s personal estate plan or business succession plan. After graduating from AGSM, Amit Mehta MBA’10 returned to India and set up Unived Healthcare, a dietary supplement company. Unived is a leading dietary supplement brand in India, as well as the only brand certified by the Vegan Society and PETA. “This year, we have begun exports and hope to enter U.S. markets soon,” writes Amit. Nick Footer MBA’11 recently rebranded his company Intuitive Digital. The Portland, Oregon-based full-service digital marketing agency has been in business for nearly four years and is on track to break $1 million in revenue in 2016. Bobby Powers MBA’11 is corporate treasury team lead at Clearwater Analytics, an investment accounting and reporting firm in Boise, Idaho. Bobby was previously account manager for several of Clearwater’s large corporate clients, including Facebook, LinkedIn and SanDisk. In his new role, he leads a team that services corporations across the southern half of the United States. To Loren Crawford MBA’12 and her husband, Shogo Oki, a daughter, Kiku Oki, born in May 2016. Loren works for HP Inc. as a business manager of emerging markets and lives in Portland. Lora Roba MBA’12 and Matthew Hoeltje were married in October in Phoenix, Arizona. Fellow Atkinson MBA alumni in attendance were Matthew Alex ’08 MBA’12, Funmilayo Ojikutu MBA’12 and Eric Shin MBA’12.