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Class Notes

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Featured Class Notables

 

Kanealii Ngosorio

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

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.

David Shellan

Class of 2004
David Shellan, BS '04 (accounting), has been admitted as a tax partner at ACM, an accounting firm headquartered in Denver.

Zoe Brunelle

Class of 2008
Zoe Brunelle, BA '08 (journalism: public relations), has been promoted to director of major and planned gifts at St. Luke's Health Foundation in Boise.

Jake Elston

Class of 2004
Jake Elston, MBA '04 (general business), was named senior vice president of operations for Roseburg Forest Products.

Elizabeth Johnson

Class of 2005
Visit Seattle has appointed Liz Johnson, BA '05 (comparative literature), as tourism manager.

Joshua Shaklee

Class of 2005
Joshua Shaklee, BArch '05 (landscape architecture), was appointed head of the Douglas County Planning Department.

Emily Farrell

Class of 2006
EMILY ANN FARRELL, BA ’06 (Spanish), JD ’09, was appointed senior director of operations and health equity administrator for Trillium Community Health Plan and Health Net Health Plan of Oregon.

John Pete

Class of 2007
John Pete, BArch '07 (architecture), was promoted to associate at FFA Architecture and Interiors in Portland.

Mandi Harris

Class of 2008
Mandi Harris, BA '08 (English), was hired as the youth services librarian at the Coeur d'Alene Public Library.

Sean Brice

Class of 2010
Sean Brice, BS '10 (business administration), has been promoted to director of trade sales at Dark Horse Comics.

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.

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.

Clark Walworth

Class of 1978
Clark Walworth, BA '78 (journalism), has been named president of the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce in Coos Bay.

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.

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.

Tomas Boutin

Class of 1976
Tom Boutin, MBA '76 (finance), was named chief executive director of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority.

Dennis Woods

Class of 1976
Dennis Woods, BArch '76 (architecture), was promoted to principal at Mackenzie, an architecture and planning company in Portland.

Ann Treneman

Class of 1979
Ann Treneman, BA '79 (journalism), was appointed president of Bromley House Library in Nottingham, England.

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.

Damian Jorgensen

Class of 1993
Damian Jorgensen, BS '93 (finance), has joined the Corvallis Clinic at North Albany as a family medicine physician.

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.