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campus in April 2015. The film premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in January 2015.
2013 Class Liaison: Molly Ward
2014 Class Liaison: Alex Schrimp Kathryn Friason is a research assistant at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. Joellen Sweeney is working in Portland as an actor and teaching artist at Young Musicians & Artists, Northwest Children’s Theater and School and Third Rail Repertory Theatre, where she’s completing a yearlong apprenticeship program.
ATKINSON GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT Don Seufert MBA’79 is in South Sudan as the chief of party for the European Union’s project providing technical assistance for subnational capacity in public financial management and payroll (EU TAPP). This is Don’s second long-term assignment in Juba, South Sudan. He previously served as chief of party for USAID’s core institutional strengthening project from 20072010. Robert Murray MM’96 has been with Pegasystems since 1997 and
Ichiro Nakajima MBA ’06 and Etsuko Nakajima
has recently taken on the role of CRM product manager for financial services. Gartner rates Pega’s CRM application as a market leader in the CRM Customer Engagement Center space providing applications to the largest servicing organizations in the world. Chris Magana JD/MBA’04 recently left the safety and comfort of working for a large community bank (Columbia State Bank and pre-merger West Coast Bank) for a much smaller investment company called IMS Capital, which has been around for 25 years. Chris will primarily be responsible for running one of the three mutual funds and performing equity research. Scott Mason MBA’06 is manufacturing manager for small structures and space at Senior Aerospace, Ketema Division in San Diego. Senior Aerospace Ketema, a division of Senior PLC, is a leading provider of components for aircraft and turbine engine builders, as well as precision integrated manufacturing for space, marine and ground-based applications. Scott writes: “We are happy to be back home in San Diego and are very much enjoying the sunshine.” Ichiro Nakajima MBA’06 and his wife, Etsuko, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Dec. 2, 2014, with their grandchildren and other family and friends. They write: “We then went on a trip to trace our honeymoon in Japan on exactly the same month, dates, route, places, hotels and even rooms, from 50 years ago.” Eric Rimkeit MBA’10 is now president and COO of In The Flicker, a video content agency that creates long-format video stories and web series.
Sulaiman, son of Suroor Aldhalemi MBA’13
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SUMMER 2015
Becca (Krzmarzick) Fairchild MBA’12 and Tyler Fairchild were married Aug. 9, 2014, in Tacoma, Washington. Jamie Parker MBA’12 was in the wedding party. Several other Atkinson alumni were in attendance. Becca is a senior research analyst at Deloitte Digital in Seattle. Jeffrey Goodwin JD/MBA’12 is a general practice attorney representing individuals and business clients in Sweet Home, Oregon. He was recently elected to the Sweet Home City Council and has joined the volunteer fire department, Rotary Club and the local American Youth Soccer Organization board of directors, all as ways of giving back to the community. Jeff writes: “Non nobis solum nati sumus — Not unto ourselves alone are we born.” To Suroor Aldhalemi MBA’13 and her husband, a son, Sulaiman, born Jan. 3, 2015. Suroor writes: “My husband, Salam Zainel, and I are very happy and blessed to have our first born here in the United States.” Logan McCune MBA’13 is a global HR manager with a tech company in Bellevue, Washington. The company is sending Logan and his family to Costa Rica for 18 months to manage HR at its support office there. Logan writes: “Transitioning to a global HR career is why I got an MBA from Willamette. Thank you, Willamette!” Robin (Wade) Hansen JD/MBA’14 and Justin Hansen were married Aug. 9, 2014, in Lake Chelan, Washington. The bridal party included Jennie Wade ’13 and Tiffani (Smith) Parker MBA’12, with many other Bearcats in attendance. Robin is an associate attorney at Jeffers, Danielson, Sonn & Aylward, P.S. in Wenatchee, Washington.
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