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Featured Class Notables
Sarah Mensah
Class of 1987
SARAH MENSAH, BA ’87 (speech: telecommunication and film, journalism), vice president and general manager for Nike North America and the first Black woman in this role with the company, was featured in Footwear News as a trailblazer in business.
Amie Braik
Class of 1999
AMIE BRAIK, BS ’99 (anthropology), a fifth-grade teacher at Nick Poulakidas Elementary School in Nevada, won the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Science Teaching for 2020.
Tiffany Madson
Class of 2002
TIFFANY REEVES, BA ’02 (Spanish), JD ’06, an adviser to institutional investor clients in domestic and international private investments, joined Faegre Drinker as a partner in the firm’s investment management practice in Minneapolis.
Ronald Pupke
Class of 1947
RON PUPKE, BS ’47 (education), MEd ’53 (physical education), was featured in the Chronicle, a newspaper covering the southern Willamette Valley, for his legacy of service to the Cottage Grove community as a teacher and coach.
Brian Gardner
Class of 1994
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John Heldt
Class of 1985
John A. Heldt (BS, 1985) published The Fountain, his twenty-first novel, in August 2022.
Jackson Morawski
Class of 2015
Jackson Morawski, BA '15 joined Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP in Anchorage, Alaska as an associate attorney to focus on Corporate Law and Commercial Litigation. He is licensed to practice law in Alaska and Oregon.
Amy Chaumeton
Class of 1988
Amy Chaumeton, MD, (Harris), BA ’88 (physical education), MS ’90 (exercise physiology), was named Vice President, Chief Medical Officer at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland, Oregon.
Tawaab Gouhar
Class of 2021
TAWAAB GOUHAR, MArch ’21, an architect who specializes in urban design, joined the Council for Interior Design Accreditation as an intern.
S. Mitchell
Class of 2021
S. RENEE MITCHELL, DEd ’21 (educational leadership), designer of the Black Youth Leadership Fund, a leadership program for Black youth in Portland meant to close racial wealth and inequality gaps stemming from residential segregation and other issues, was quoted in the Oregonian in a story about the launch of the program.
Christine Stillman
Class of 2019
CHRISTINE STILLMAN, MLA ’19 (landscape architecture), was promoted to associate with the Eugene Satre Group, responsible for project design and management, and leadership of the firm’s environmental initiative program.
Samantha Engel
Class of 2020
SAMANTHA ENGEL, BA ’20 (public relations), was hired as account coordinator at Beyond Fifteen Communications, an Orange County, California-based agency that specializes in public relations, digital marketing, social media, and influencer marketing.
Emily Darchuk
Class of 2018
EMILY DARCHUK, MBA ’18 (general business), founder and CEO of Portland distillery Wheyward Spirit, was featured in Willamette Week.
M. Jackson
Class of 2017
M JACKSON, PhD ’17 (geography), a geographer and glaciologist, starred as one of the scientists in Netflix’s Pirate Gold of Adak Island, detailing a story of buried treasure in Alaska.
Marissa Everett
Class of 2019
MARISSA EVERETT, BS ’19 (human physiology), a forward with the Portland Thorns professional soccer team, signed a one-year contract with an option for the 2023 season.
Tristan Magnuson
Class of 2016
TRISTAN MAGNUSON, MArch ’16, an architect with specialization in exterior enclosures and space planning, joined Scott Edwards Architecture in Portland.
Roberto de Palma Barracco
Class of 2017
ROBERTO de PALMA BARRACCO, ML ’17 (conflict and dispute resolution), was appointed to the Switzerland-based Court of Sports Arbitration, an institution created by the International Olympic Committee that facilitates the settlement of commercial- and disciplinary-related disputes in sports.
Natassjia Steeves
Class of 2018
NATASSJIA STEEVES, BS ’18 (art), MArch ’21, joined Scott Edwards Architecture of Portland as a designer/drafter, specializing in housing and interiors projects and focusing on the Vancouver Innovation Center and Beaverton storefront improvements.
Adam Fischer
Class of 2016
ADAM FISCHER, MArch ’16, an architect with seven years of experience and expertise in digital design and modeling techniques, became an associate at Mackenzie, a firm with offices in Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, Washington.
Kevin Cole
Class of 2016
KEVIN COLE, MBA ’16 (general business), president of Mid Oregon Credit Union in Bend, was named president/CEO.