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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
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.
Pamela Ralston
Class of 1991
Pamela Ralston, BA '91 (English), has been named executive vice president of educational programs for Santa Barbara City College.
Justin Much
Class of 1986
Justin Much, BA '86 (journalism), was hired as a news reporter at the Woodburn Independent.
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.
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.
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.
John Devine
Class of 1993
John Devine, JD '93, was appointed to the Contra Costa County Superior Court in California.
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.
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.
Sean Cessna
Class of 1996
Sean Cessna, BS '96 (business administration), has joined Stifel Financial Corporation as managing director for the company's West Coast accounts.
Michael Wynhausen
Class of 1996
Michael Wynhausen, JD '96, was sworn in as a Circuit Court judge for Linn County.
Jason Haase
Class of 1998
Jason Haase, BA '98 (humanities), has joined the Idaho Technology Council as director of talent and advanced manufacturing.
Natali Jones
Class of 2000
The Alaska School Counselor Association named Natali Jones, BA '00 (journalism: electronic media production, Spanish), the 2018 School Counselor of the Year.