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Featured Class Notables
Amber Wilmarth
Class of 2012
AMBER WILMARTH, BA ’12 (electronic media production), a former television reporter, was hired as media and communications manager at Sentinel Resource Group, a global risk management and intelligence firm based in San Jose, California.
Elaine Szeto
Class of 2009
ELAINE SZETO, BA ’09 (Chinese), who earned a master of social work at Portland State University, was featured in a PSU alumni spotlight about her career in social work and empowering students and families in K-12 education.
David Hoffenberg
Class of 2010
DAVID HOFFENBERG, BS ’10 (business administration), was included in Idaho Falls magazine’s Distinguished Under 40 feature for his work as chief operations officer at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, where he has led capital improvement projects totaling more than $25 million.
Natalie Nourigat
Class of 2010
NATALIE NOURIGAT, BA ’10 (Clark Honors College, Japanese), was featured in the Oregonian for her work as writer and director of the new Disney animated short film, Far from the Tree.
Moorisha Bey-Taylor
Class of 2011
MOORISHA BEY-TAYLOR, JD ’11, founding partner of the Law Office of Moorisha Bey-Taylor and an intellectual property lawyer, was recently named among Top Lawyers Under 40—Nation’s Best Advocates by the National Bar Association, and received the Outstanding Recent Alumni Award from the UO School of Law.
John Mitchell
Class of 1977
MEMBER JOHN C. MITCHELL, BS ’77 (journalism), released his first memoir, Bird of Paradox: The Seasoning of Birdie McInnes, in October.
Tresa Eyres
Class of 1967
TRESA BEAR EYRES, BA ’67 (elementary education), published her first fiction book, Mollificent: A Fairy Tale Adventure for Modern Girls, which she described as an antidote to the often-depicted message of female dependence
Kevin McCarey
Class of 1980
Kevin McCarey, MA ’80, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary, Savannah, Georgia, for his work as an oceanographer, filmmaker, author, and teacher of environmental filmmaking. His most recent book is Oceans Apart: The Wanderings of a Young Mariner(The Glencannon Press, 2016).
Mike Niehuser
Class of 1981
MIKE NIEHUSER, BS ’81 (finance), was hired as managing director and senior research analyst at Roth Capital Partners, an investment bank for emerging growth companies based in Newport Beach, California.
Sandra McDonough
Class of 1976
Sandra McDonough, BA '76 (German, journalism), has been named chief executive officer for Oregon Business & Industry.
Karmen Fore
Class of 1993
KARMEN FORE, BA ’93 (political science), MA ’98 (public affairs), was appointed a member of the policy board of the Atlanta-based Center for Transportation and the Environment, which develops clean, efficient, and sustainable transportation technologies.
Michael Mason
Class of 1989
MICHAEL ATWOOD MASON, BA ’89 (American studies), became executive director of President Lincoln’s Cottage, a historic site and museum located on a 250-acre campus in Washington, DC.
Deborah Allen
Class of 1992
DEBORAH ALLEN, BA ’92 (radio and television), was named executive vice president of Jupiter Entertainment, a television production company based in New York City.
Remy Evard
Class of 1992
REMY EVARD, MS ’92 (computer and information science), was appointed chief digital officer and head of technology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
Corey Schlosser-Hall
Class of 1992
COREY SCHLOSSER-HALL, BS ’92 (speech: rhetoric and communication), was named deputy executive for vision, innovation, and rebuilding for the Presbyterian Mission Agency, the ministry and mission agency of the Presbyterian Church.
Marnie Herrmann
Class of 1988
MARNIE HERRMANN, BA ’88 (public relations), was elected to the board of trustees for Sanford Health, a nonprofit health care delivery system based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Luana Ross
Class of 1992
LUANA ROSS, PhD ’92 (sociology), was featured as a top influential American Indian scholar in AcademicInfluence.com, an organization that provides rankings in higher education.
Roger DeHoog
Class of 1992
ROGER DeHOOG, JD ’92, an Oregon Court of Appeals judge, was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court.
Timothy Lukas
Class of 1992
MEMBER TIMOTHY LUKAS, JD ’92, was named an administrative partner at Holland & Hart, a law firm in Reno, Nevada.
Susan Cunningham
Class of 1988
SUSAN CUNNINGHAM, BS ’88 (biology), became biological resources and land management business group director for Seattle-based Environmental Science Associates, an environmental consulting, engineering, and planning firm.