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Featured Class Notables

 

Kanealii Ngosorio

Leadership through service—A business and project management leader's tips for success after graduation

April 11, 2023

Kāneali‘i Ng-Osorio earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from the UO in 1998. He is now an enterprise business analyst for Kamehameha Schools, serves on the board of directors for the UO Alumni Association, and is the Hawaii Ducks regional UOAA chapter president. Kāne shares what motivates him to stay so involved supporting current and future Ducks, along with advice for current students and recent graduates.
 


 

A career committed to advocacy

A Career Committed to Advocacy

April 14, 2023

Darrell Rico Doss, JD ’95, recently made the move from Capitol Hill to General Motors. He looks back on the last nearly three decades of advocacy work, including navigating the financial crisis of 2007–08, serving as Congressional Black Caucus policy director, and working in the Japanese government.

Notebook that says New Mindset New Results with coffee cup and succulent on a table

The Mindful Duck

March 13, 2023
People management leader Humberto Chacon, BA ’87 (psychology), shares how mindfulness can positively impact your productivity and relationships, both personally and professionally.

Sean Brice

Class of 2010
Sean Brice, BS '10 (business administration), has been promoted to director of trade sales at Dark Horse Comics.
Posted on March 11, 2019 in 2010s

John Patterson

Class of 1966
Retired couple Jack Patterson, BS '66 (geography), and Andrea Gill Patterson, BA '67 (sociology), celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in August. Jack and Andrea spent their working careers in Medford, Jack as a teacher and principal for the Medford School District and Andrea as a supervisor for children services of the state.
Posted on March 11, 2019 in 1960s

Gary Pennington

Class of 1972
Gary Pennington, DEd '72 (physical education), who, for 25 years, has collected stories from adults worldwide about childhood play, will soon share them in book form and online.
Posted on March 11, 2019 in 1970s

Clark Walworth

Class of 1978
Clark Walworth, BA '78 (journalism), has been named president of the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce in Coos Bay.
Posted on March 11, 2019 in 1970s

Jodi Venneri

Class of 1980
Jodi Venneri, BS '80 (physical education), has been promoted to vice president at Baker Boyer bank in Walla Walla, Washington.
Posted on March 11, 2019 in 1980s

Dennis Neumann

Class of 1981
Dennis Neumann, BS '83 (speech: telecommunication and film) is the radio voice of the NBA's Orlando Magic, with 28 years as a member of the broadcasting team and 20 as the radio play-by-play voice.
Posted on March 11, 2019 in 1980s

Tomas Boutin

Class of 1976
Tom Boutin, MBA '76 (finance), was named chief executive director of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority.
Posted on March 11, 2019 in 1970s

Dennis Woods

Class of 1976
Dennis Woods, BArch '76 (architecture), was promoted to principal at Mackenzie, an architecture and planning company in Portland.
Posted on March 11, 2019 in 1970s

Ann Treneman

Class of 1979
Ann Treneman, BA '79 (journalism), was appointed president of Bromley House Library in Nottingham, England.
Posted on March 11, 2019 in 1970s

Lisa Lawrence-Brody

Class of 1992
Lisa Brody, BA '92 (political science), JD '95, has been elected president of the Zeta Upsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
Posted on March 11, 2019 in 1990s

Damian Jorgensen

Class of 1993
Damian Jorgensen, BS '93 (finance), has joined the Corvallis Clinic at North Albany as a family medicine physician.
Posted on March 11, 2019 in 1990s

Jean Carroon

Class of 1986
Jean Carroon, BA '79 (independent study), MArch '86 (architecture), was elected to head the Boston Society of Architects. She is a principal at Boston architectural firm Goody Clancy.
Posted on March 11, 2019 in 1970s

Pamela Ralston

Class of 1991
Pamela Ralston, BA '91 (English), has been named executive vice president of educational programs for Santa Barbara City College.
Posted on March 11, 2019 in 1990s

Justin Much

Class of 1986
Justin Much, BA '86 (journalism), was hired as a news reporter at the Woodburn Independent.
Posted on March 11, 2019 in 1980s

Scott Hamlin

Class of 1991
Scott Hamlin, BA '91 (journalism: advertising), has opened the first store and public studio for his apparel company, Looptworks, in Portland.
Posted on March 11, 2019 in 1990s

Michael Blakeley

Class of 1993
Michael Blakeley, BA '93 (visual design), was named CEO of Marin Economic Forum, a government- and business-funded organization tasked with improving the economic vitality of Marin County, California.
Posted on March 11, 2019 in 1990s

Colden Baxter

Class of 1993
Colden Baxter, BA '93 (biology), received the 2018 Jean'ne M. Shreeve National Science Foundation Idaho Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Research Excellence Award for his work on ecological linkages between water and land.
Posted on March 11, 2019 in 1990s

John Devine

Class of 1993
John Devine, JD '93, was appointed to the Contra Costa County Superior Court in California.
Posted on March 11, 2019 in 1990s

Alan LeClair

Class of 1994
Alan LeClair, BS '94 (psychology), MBA '00 (general business), was named vice president and commercial loan officer at the East Bay branch of First Northern Bank in California.
Posted on March 11, 2019 in 1990s

Ryan Coonerty

Class of 1996
Ryan Coonerty, BA '96 (history), is the founder and host of An Honorable Profession, a podcast that profiles state and local leaders who are rising stars in American politics. He is the chair of the Santa Cruz County, California, Board of Supervisors.
Posted on March 11, 2019 in 1990s