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Have you been recently promoted or started a new job? Perhaps you are starting on a new educational journey. Maybe, you are newly married or recently added to your family. Let your fellow Ducks know what is happening in your life.
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Featured Class Notables
Nick Taylor
Class of 2006
JD ’06, a longtime attorney with Stoel Rives LLP, joined the Boise, Idaho, office of Dorsey and Whitney LLP, an international law firm.
Kayla Carlile
Class of 2019
BA ’19 (Spanish), was featured by KEZI news as a muralist who is building an online following to pursue her career in painting.
Chloe Spencer
Class of 2017
BA ’17 (journalism), who recently published a queer sci-fi adventure titled Monstersona, was featured in the Nerd Daily.
Amanda Hansen
Class of 2015
MArch ’15, was named an associate at FFA Architecture and Interiors.
Lindsay Naylor
Class of 2014
PhD ’14 (geography), was named fellow for the American Association of Geographers.
Charity Woodrum
Class of 2018
BS ’18 (physics), was featured in the Source Weekly regarding a documentary about her life titled, Space, Hope and Charity
Carly Gough
Class of 2017
BS ’17 (journalism: advertising), lead producer for features and branded content for the Los Angeles Chargers, was featured recently in conjunction with National Girls and Women in Sports Day.
Alex Kenton
Class of 2014
BArch ’14, was promoted to associate at GGLO, a design practice for architecture, urban design, landscapes, and interiors.
Josephine Woolington
Class of 2013
BA ’13 (journalism, political science), published Where We Call Home, a reflection on cultural and natural histories of Pacific Northwest plants and animals.
Kerry Lennartz
Class of 2011
BS ’11 (biochemistry), of the Treehouse Wildlife Center in Dow, Illinois, was featured in the Iowa Hawk Eye newspaper for a presentation on birds of prey at an event of Standing Bear Council in Quincy.
Naomi Stoffel Walsh
Class of 2015
BA ’15 (psychology), was promoted to vice president of information systems at Ferguson Wellman Capital Management.
Jason Loomis
Class of 2011
MBA ’11 (general business), chief information security officer for Freshworks, a global provider of SaaS customer engagement solutions for IT, customer service, sales, marketers, and HR was featured by IDG Connect.
Shea Bajaj
Class of 1992
BArch ’92, was featured in the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce on his tenth anniversary as founder of Modern Verve, a nationally renowned company that creates custom boutique lighting for markets ranging from corporate offices to single-family homes.
Megan Saylor
Class of 1997
MS ’97, PhD ’01 (psychology), professor of psychology and human development at Peabody College in Tennessee, was awarded the 2022 Chancellor’s Cup for contributing significantly to undergraduate student-faculty relationships in and out of the classroom.
Florence Woodbury
Class of 1993
BArch ’93, was promoted to associate at TVA Architects in Portland.
Michael Brewer
Class of 1985
BS ’85 (finance) formerly Nike vice president of global sourcing and manufacturing, joined Crate & Barrel Holdings, Inc., as chief operating officer.
Jeffrey Stinson
Class of 2005
PhD ’05 (marketing), was named dean of the George Dean Johnson, Jr. College of Business and Economics at the University of South Carolina Upstate.
Brian De Soto
Class of 2001
BRIAN D. DeSOTO, JD ’01, was promoted to divisional president of the risk solutions division of Cincinnati-based Great American Insurance Group.
Heather Davis
Class of 1998
BS ’98 (political science, public relations), formerly general counsel for the Portland Timbers, became first-ever female CEO of the Timbers and Portland Thorns.
Simone Auger
Class of 1997
MIArch ’97 (interior architecture), joined the office of US Representative Mary Sattler Peltola of Alaska as a legislative assistant covering natural resources issues.