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Featured Class Notables
Ted Haley
Class of 2007
Ted Haley, BA ’07, of Portland, Oregon, was named one of Forbes’ Top 500 Next-Generation Wealth Advisors.
Tony Andersen
Class of 2007
Tony Andersen (BS, PPPM 2007) was recently appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom as Deputy Secretary for Communications at the California Natural Resources Agency, where he will lead communications and outreach for one of the country's largest natural resource government departments.
Kenneth Woody
Class of 1971
Ken Woody, BS ’71, a lettered football player for Oregon from 1966 to 1970, recently published After Further Review: A Fan’s Guide to What’s Really Happening on the Football Field. The book helps fans get more out of their experience viewing football games.
Erin Stutesman
Class of 2010
Pritchard Communications in Portland hired Erin Stutesman, BA ’10, as account manager.
Alice Olsen
Class of 1977
Alice Olsen, MMus ’77, celebrated the 30th anniversary of the founding of Alice Olsen Publishing Company in Vancouver, Washington. The company has expanded to include a record label and catalog of songs by various recording artists.
Susan Oram
Class of 1977
Susan Specht Oram, BS ’77, has published books on public relations, investor relations, and boating, as well as a whimsical series called Boating with Buddy, written from the viewpoint of the author’s beagle mix rescue dog.
Paul Feist
Class of 1982
After working for more than 20 years as a reporter and assignment editor at newspapers in Northern California, Paul Feist, BA ’82, now oversees communications and marketing for California Community Colleges.
Dane Claussen
Class of 1984
Dane Claussen, BS ’84, has been appointed editor of Newspaper Research Journal, the international scholarly journal published by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Luke Pingel
Class of 1993
Luke Pingel, BA ’93, has been named chief legal officer for Agricultural Cooperative Development International—Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (ACDI/VOCA), an international development nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC. He spent the 20 years prior helping provide legal guidance to organizations in developing international markets.
Niki Mendoza
Class of 1997
Niki Mendoza, BA ’97, JD ’97, has joined Seattle-based GCG as vice president of client strategy and development. She will identify development opportunities and design and execute a comprehensive proposal strategy to reinforce the company’s strong market position.
Sharif Attia
Class of 1996
Quinn Evans Architects has promoted Sharif Attia, BArch ’96, to associate in their Washington, DC, office. Attia’s projects include the modernization design of the city’s National Air and Space Museum.
Richard Fuhriman
Class of 1996
Richard Apollo Fuhriman, MS ’96, joined the Department of Commerce as a special assistant to the secretary. He was the head of the US delegation for the G20 ministerial commission on the digital economy meeting in Dusseldorf, Germany, where he negotiated a roadmap for joint policies for a digital future.
Matthew Fisher
Class of 2003
Matthew Fisher, BS ’03, is a biology instructor and the Department of Science chair at Oregon Coast Community College. He is also the editor of Environmental Biology, a free, online textbook available from Open Oregon educational resources.
Sara Henson
Class of 1993
Sara (Dodge) Henson, BA ’93, is the new chair of the Department of Social Science at Central Oregon Community College in Bend.
Jenna Cerruti
Class of 2011
Pritchard Communications in Portland promoted Jenna Cerruti, BA ’11, to managing director and vice president. She leads the agency’s work with nonprofit and foundation clients and manages agency operations.
Nathan Schmitt
Class of 2011
Nathan Schmitt, BS ’11, cofounded the HadaNõu Collective, which won Teach for America’s national Social Innovation Award. The organization creates centers and schools for students to solve real-world problems.
Jonathan Rue
Class of 2011
Jonathan Rue, JD ’11, became an associate for the Portland civil litigation firm Hart Wagner LLP. He is an experienced litigator who focuses on complex employment, professional liability, commercial, and white-collar criminal defense cases.
Lucas Risinger
Class of 2013
Lucas Risinger, BS ’13, was chosen by the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation as a member of its 2017 Cohort of Teaching Fellows. He will begin his first year teaching biology and physical science at West Albany High School this fall.
Jake Weber
Class of 2017
Jake Weber, BArch ’12, has recently been promoted to an associate and shareholder with Giulietti-Schouten Architects in Portland. He is currently managing the design, development, and construction of various residential and commercial projects.
Nathaniel Wood
Class of 2013
Opsis Architecture has promoted project architect Nate Wood, MArch ’13 to associates. Nate’s projects include the Clackamas Community College Industrial Technical Center and the Jefferson Middle School renovation and addition.