1950s
Rose Marie Blaha ’59 is retired; volunteers at Boca Grande History Center; is a member of Boca Grande Women’s Club; resides in Boca Grande, Florida.
Robert McFarland ’59, M.S. ’62, retired from pastoring; resides in Sun City West, Arizona.
1960s
Bonnie Lee Martin Simms ’62 and Lyle Jensen ’61 are married and reside in The Hammock, Florida; are retired teachers; Bonnie is involved in environmental activism and community affairs; Lyle is a pastel artist; they have visited all 50 states and 73 countries.
Carol (Kastler) Gahm ’66 retired from teaching in Minneapolis Public Schools; resides in Ferndale, Washington.
Alberta (Tolson) Smith ’66 is retired; remains active in Rotary International, Inner Wheel, mission trips, church activities, winemaking, and volunteering; resides in Orangevale, California.
Stephen Steiling ’66 is retired from FedEx; started a technology company in retirement and retired from it after 12 years; resides in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Lyle Hicks ’67 is retired; remains the head golf coach at Oakwood High School; resides in Danville.
Joyce Armstrong McClay ’68 has published two contemporary romance novels: Love’s Gamble and Love’s Song; resides in Brookeville, Maryland.
Linda (Ingold) Miller ’69 is nearing retirement after serving as principal of a marketing company for 38 years; resides in Sonora, California.
Cynthia (Krabec) Nieminski ’69 retired after teaching for 45 years; most recently taught at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College; resides in Marinette, Wisconsin.
1970s
Marvin Cropsey ’70 retired as senior editor of the United Methodist Publishing House and executive editor of the United Methodist General Conference; resides in Lebanon, Tennessee.
Dr. Diana DeWees ’70 is a human resources professional; has worked at the Discovery Science Center for nine years; previously served as a teacher and coach; resides in Mission Viejo, California.
Alexis Kalish ’71 was named the third-quarter ExtraOrdinary Woman of 2022 by the ExtraOrdinary Women Project BN; has volunteered through local literacy and community arts programs.
Kim (Williams) Koepke ’71 retired from Dallas Regional Day School for the Deaf after 40 years in the field; currently serves as a seasonal tax preparer for H&R Block.
Therese Simoneau ’71 is the publisher and editor of The Advocate; resides in Clifton.
Julie (Keller) Stranz ’71, M.S. ’76, is retired after 27 years of teaching; is a volunteer comfort dog handler through Immanuel Lutheran Church; resides in Charleston.
Betty Birkhahn-Romelfanger ’72 is retired from local church ministry as an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church in northern Illinois; also retired from chaplaincy; resides in Chicago.
Dr. Darlene Kluka ’72, M.A. ’76, is a research associate at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, in its Department of Humanities Education; resides in and works remotely from Gonzales, Louisiana.
Jane (Kalkwarf) Diaz ’73 remains active in her business Diaz Sign Art and the Walldogs; resides in Pontiac.
Nancy (Mullen) Brand ’74 retired after 42 years of teaching elementary school in Illinois, Colorado, and Florida; resides in Tallahassee, Florida.
Maria (Montminy) Kauffman ’74 retired from teaching after 48 years in the profession; resides in Winthrop, Maine.
Pamela Dorner-Saxhaug ’75 was inducted into her high school hall of fame; is a retired educator; has founded nonprofits benefitting students, athletes, and the general public.
Maritia (Quinn) Griffith ’75 retired as an administrative law judge; resides in Moline.
John Huff ’75 was re-elected to the DuPage Regional Board of School Trustees; resides in Lisle.
Audrey LeRoy ’77 is the author of Gabriella’s Haircut, an introduction to the topic of the Holocaust told from the perspective of an 8-year-old child, with themes of hope, resilience, empathy, and kindness.
Jeff Jury ’78, MBA ’85, retired from DuPont in 2018; retired again from W.L. Gore in 2021; also worked for Campbell Soup Company, Conagra, and Kraft Foods, primarily in strategic marketing positions; resides in Dover, Delaware.
Brenda Larson ’78 retired from teaching physical education and health education; resides in Princeton.
Donna Sands ’78, M.S. ’91, is retired from Prairie Central High School; resides in Bloomington.
Mark Shurtleff ’78 retired after a 42-year career in accounting; resides in St. Louis.
Russell Barton ’79 is chief operating officer of Acumen Pharmaceuticals; previously worked for and retired from Eli Lilly and Company; resides in Delray Beach, Florida.
Robert Koch ’79 is semi-retired; is a part-time geoscience consultant for international energy development projects; resides in Cannon Falls, Minnesota.
1980s
Nancy (Stoddard) Butler ’80 retired from a career in the insurance industry; resides in Fossil, Oregon.
Terry Robinson ’80 joined Bridgestone Americas as dean of technical learning and outreach; previously served as a corporate relations officer at Kent State University; resides in Shaker Heights, Ohio.
Edward Kamholz ’81 retired from New York Life Insurance; resides in New York.
Jim Krause ’81 retired after a 37-year career in industrial sales and marketing management positions with Norton/Saint-Gobain Abrasives; serves on the alumni board of Sigma Nu Fraternity at Illinois State; resides with his wife in Elm Grove, Wisconsin.
Richard Murphy ’81 is a music teacher at the University of Illinois Laboratory High School; resides in Champaign.
Lois (Stegner) Sorlie ’81 is a clinical mental health evaluator working both in hospital and home health care settings; resides in Boulder, Colorado.
Glenna White Jones ’81 is retired from the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office; served most recently as executive assistant to the Secretary of State and chief of staff; resides in Naperville.
William Frank ’82 retired as a DNA technical leader from Illinois State Police’s Division of Forensic Sciences; resides in Chatham.
Paula (Hinkle) Beasley ’83 retired after 38 years at Hartford Insurance; resides with her husband Jim in Waterloo.
Kip Cheek ’83 is a sports writer for the Mendota Reporter; was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
Paul Daiber ’83 retired after 38 years in plastics manufacturing and engineering, 27 of those years with CTS Corp.; resides with his wife in Cross Plains, Tennessee.
Douglas Jones ’83 is president of Hines Supply; owns a Hines store in Bloomington; resides in Batavia.
Diane (Jacobs) Thorp, M.S. ’83, is a licensed psychotherapist with her own practice specializing in couples and complex trauma; owns two master’s degrees; resides in Pasadena, California.
Joel John Gray ’84 retired from a 40-year career in pastoral ministry; served several United Methodist churches, including Unity Point Methodist in Peoria most recently; resides
in Peoria.
Susan (Voigt) Reising ’84 authored Lola and the Tree of Life, a book that prepares children for the loss of a loved one or pet.
Rick Schmitt ’84 retired after 38 years in education, which included eight years at Rockford Boylan High School and 30 years with Sandwich Community Unit School District #430; resides with his wife Beth in Sandwich.
Angela Skowron Balk ’84 retired after 36 years working in education; resides in South Elgin.
Terri (Barker) Thede ’84 is a living kidney donor; serves as the program director for the National Kidney Donation Organization; resides in Normal.
Mark Biel ’85 is CEO of the Chemical Industry Council of Illinois, representing 46,000 workers in the state’s second-largest manufacturing sector; resides in Springfield.
Timothy Loest ’85 retired as band director at F.E. Peacock Middle School in Itasca in June 2022; has published 99 instrumental works for concert band, strings, and jazz band; has composed and arranged instrumental music for FJH Music Company; resides in Wheaton.
Kevin Seals ’85 celebrated 35 years of service at Hanson Professional Service Inc.’s Springfield headquarters; currently serves as chief environmental scientist.
Sandy Bruce ’86 was promoted to graduate admissions and records officer in the School of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; resides in Urbana.
Linda Loman ’86 provides paralegal services in post-death administration and related taxation; formerly worked as a paralegal in a law firm setting; resides in Newton, Wisconsin.
John Parffrey ’86 retired as a special education and social studies teacher and soccer coach from Alief Hastings High School; resides in Burton, Texas.
Michael Perrott ’86, M.S. ’88, married Julie Doden ’89 in 2022; they reside in Aurora.
Norma West, M.F.A. ’86, has been the secretary-treasurer for the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local #6 stagehands union for over 20 years; is a member of the executive board of the Missouri Women in Trades; resides in St. Louis.
Cassandra Cupples ’87 earned a master’s degree in acupuncture; is a licensed acupuncturist with a private practice; resides in
Naalehu, Hawaii.
Matt Johnson ’87, M.M. ’93, retired from full-time teaching; teaches part-time in Athens Community Unit School District #213; resides in Petersburg.
Monica Mapel ’87 retired from the Department of Homeland Security as assistant special agent in charge, San Antonio; spent 34 years as a federal law enforcement agent; resides in New Braunfels, Texas.
Tonda (Wild) Thompson ’87, M.S. ’88, is the director of marketing and executive director of the Illinois CancerCare Foundation; resides
in Peoria.
Angie (Gallagher) Ard ’88 retired from teaching first grade in Keokuk, Iowa; resides in Carthage.
Lori (McGowan) Howard ’88 earned a Master of Science in nursing through the University of North Dakota’s psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner program; resides in Bingham, Maine.
Paul Martinez ’88 was promoted to director of sales broker agencies for the Coca-Cola Companies North America operating unit; resides in Elburn.
Matt Reismeyer ’88 is the engineering manager for Hayward Industries; earned a certificate in business management from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management; resides in Fairview, Tennessee.
Luan (Rickard) Statham ’88 is the director of special education at Galesburg Community Unit School District #205; resides in Galesburg.
Lynn Warren ’88 is a claims specialist in the weather catastrophe department at State Farm; resides in Normal.
Sue (Sass) Fowler ’89 is the college and career coordinator at West Aurora High School; resides in Aurora.
John Mannin ’89 is an analytical technical steward at Eli Lilly and Company; resides near Indianapolis.
Sarah (Jackson) Manwaring ’89 remains active in theatre arts, writing, and teaching after working for 20-plus years as a professional actress in Chicago, Cleveland, and New York City; resides with her family in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Pamela Sweetwood ’89, M.S. ’92, retired after 30 years working in higher education; works at nonprofit Faith in Action; resides in Normal.
Keith, M.S. ’89, and Lori (Reid) Windmiller ’89 reside in Helen, Georgia; Keith is a pastor; Lori works in retail.
1990s
Shawn (Steubinger) Creswell ’90 is principal at an elementary school in Conroe Independent School District; is a national educational speaker and consultant; resides in The Woodlands, Texas.
Todd Pavoris ’90 retired from the Elgin Police Department as a lieutenant; was an instructor/trainer specializing in firearms/range, SWAT, and less-lethal munitions; resides in Queen Creek, Arizona.
Danny ’92 and Julie (Ryan) Dexter ’95 own Avinodos, a winery in Napa, California; reside in South San Francisco, California.
Rodney Merritt ’92 works in infrastructure operations at COUNTRY Financial; previously worked for State Farm, ADM, and Kraft-Heinz; resides in Towanda.
Kevin Prendergast ’92 ’00 teaches art, physical education, and driver’s education at Manteno High School; is in his 21st year of teaching; resides in Manteno.
Timothy Schurman ’92 has been superintendent at Chadwick-Milledgeville Community Unit School District #399 for the past 14 years; has been an educator for 32 years; resides in Mount Carroll.
Sharon (Mass) Bennett ’93 is a technical program lead with Novartis, leading technical research and development teams aiming to bring new therapies to individuals with genetic diseases; resides in Garner, North Carolina.
Tina (Mele) Kohler ’93 is a travel planner with Magical Vacation Planner, offering free services; resides in Frankfort.
Sara (Thorp) Murphy ’93 is a nurse practitioner at Springfield Clinic; was married in 2022; resides in Wapella.
Audra (Casazza) Christenson ’94 is the executive director of secondary education for St. Charles Community Unit School District 303; resides in Aurora.
Chris May ’94 is a nonprofit executive with Axis; his wife, Heidi Johnsen-May ’96 ’00, is a teacher at Yorkville High School; they reside in Oswego.
Brad Minus ’94 is an endurance athlete, professional endurance coach, and owner of Inner Fire Endurance Sports; has completed several Ironman events, triathlons, marathons, and ultramarathons; resides in Tampa, Florida.
Jennifer (Cramer) Stork ’94 is a seventh-grade language arts teacher in Round Rock Independent School District; has primarily taught elementary school students as a gifted and talented specialist; resides in Round Rock, Texas.
Amy (Ellis) DiFiore ’95 is a teacher with LearnWell Education, working with adolescents while they are hospitalized for mental health treatment; resides in Mokena.
Kevin Griffin ’95 is a supervisor for the Illinois Department of Corrections; resides in Plano.
Adam Levinson ’95 is the division head for student success, safety, and wellness at Prospect High School; resides in Palatine.
Damone Bester ’96 published his debut young adult fiction novel, Mendel, paying tribute to the former South Side Catholic boys’ high school and its track team; resides in Minneapolis.
Rodney Knittel ’96 is the director of Transportation and Infrastructure for the Illinois Farm Bureau; resides in Downs.
Heidi Kazimer ’97 is a special education instructional facilitator with Clark County School District; resides in Las Vegas.
Jennifer Johnson ’98 is a writer and editor at Dominican University; previously worked as a journalist, covering suburban news for the Chicago Tribune; resides in Morton Grove.
Brian Odenbach ’98 is vice president of software and services for a large engineering firm based in Princeton, New Jersey; resides in Plano.
Jill (Albert) Sullivan ’98 celebrated 20 years working as a risk control coordinator at Travelers Insurance; resides in St. Charles.
Shawn Woodin, M.S. ’99, is the president/CEO of the Southern Scholarship Foundation; authored a novel, Father, Son, Broken Spirit; resides in Tallahassee, Florida.
2000s
Tim Bennett, MBA ’00, retired from Caterpillar; resides with spouse DeAnn Bennett ’18 in Ames, Iowa.
Dr. Aja Holmes ’00, M.S. ’02, is assistant dean of students and director of community living at the University of San Francisco; resides in San Francisco.
John Sierakowski ’00 is the associate director of bands and a digital music production teacher at West Aurora High School; resides in Aurora.
Jennifer (Spence) Adams ’01 is a middle school teacher with Douglas County School District; resides in Castle Rock, Colorado.
Crystal Cosentine ’03, M.S. ’17, teaches at Pekin Community High School; taught special education for over a decade; resides in Pekin.
Beth (Munge) Jones ’03 earned a professional in human resources certification; works as a human resources generalist at Benson Integrated Marketing Solutions; resides in Alpharetta, Georgia.
Alison (Green) Kelly ’03 is a senior manager of executive communications for Honeywell Aerospace; previously worked in broadcast news as a producer for nearly 20 years; resides in Phoenix.
Heidi (Scher) Pevos ’03 was appointed assistant director of the Religious School at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan; oversees students, plans family education events, writes curriculum, and leads program; previously served as a classroom teacher in public, charter, and private schools; resides in Novi, Michigan.
Claudia (Lopez) Popielarczyk ’03 is a dean at Highland Park High School; resides in Morton Grove.
Dr. Damon Stewart ’03 owns and operates IGA Talent Mgmt & Consulting Inc.; earned an honorary doctorate from the School of the Great Commission.
Anthony Zoubek, M.S. ’03, M.S. ’05, is a speech and debate teacher at Bartlett High School; won the Edith Harrod Award, a lifetime achievement honor for Illinois speech, debate, and theatre educators; resides in Elgin.
Brian Pihl ’04 is a service delivery technician at State Farm; serves on the board for nonprofit Marcfirst; volunteers for music and theatre organizations; resides in Normal.
Daniel ’04 and Sarah (Wolf) Hiles ’05 are married and working for the first time together at the same school; Daniel is a dean and Sarah is a life skills teacher at Pekin Community High School; they reside in Marquette Heights.
Megan (Baker) Hill ’05 is an instructional coach for mathematics at Cook County School District 130; has taught in the district for 18 years; additionally serves as a virtual instructional coach through the State of Illinois and the Illinois Virtual Instructional Coach and Building Mentor program; resides in Lockport.
Elizabeth Martin ’05 works for Front Row Event and Production Management as a brand ambassador; is enrolled in graduate school at the University of Iowa; resides in Des Moines, Iowa.
Dr. Manuel Constantino, M.S. ’07, earned a doctorate in health sciences; is employed by the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center as a senior manager; co-authored an article in the Journal of Strategic and International Studies on electronic cigarettes as an alternative device to quit cigarette smoking; resides in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
Jacob DeGeal ’07 teaches design and technology at the University of Baltimore; resides in Baltimore.
Luke Houston ’07 is the director of billing and compliance for Southern Company Gas; resides with his wife and three children in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
Amy Beth Outland ’07 is a freelance writer and editor; is the author of a poetry book, Notes To Self & Others: A Poetry Collection (2011-Present).
James Rivera ’07 is a franchise program manager at State Farm; resides in Bloomington.
Sarah (Melton) Jiter ’08 is a recruitment and retention coordinator for Southern Illinois University’s College of Arts and Media; resides in Jonesboro.
Karalee (Rotz) Misner ’08 is chief business development officer with the SOLVR Group; resides in Decatur.
Sarah (Leoni) Rodriguez ’08 is a special education teacher and behavior specialist; resides in San Tan Valley, Arizona.
Amanda (McLaughlin) Woods ’08 was promoted to public relations manager at Tyndale House Publishers; resides in Eureka.
James Arvidson ’09 is a summer project and career development coordinator at the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government; resides in Woodstock, United Kingdom.
Christopher Boyer ’09 is a technical documentation specialist and HIPAA compliance officer with MHD Communications Inc.; resides in Farmington.
Matthew Koster ’09, M.A. ’20, is a middle school history teacher; was promoted to athletic director at South Pekin Grade School; was promoted to offensive and defensive line coach of the Pekin Community High School football team; resides in Pekin.
Stephanie Murphy ’09 is a theatre artist, playwright, and ensemble member of Stage Left Theatre; lives in Oak Park with her husband and daughter.
2010s
Elisabeth Benfield ’10 earned a master’s degree in international development from the University of Pittsburgh; owns two master’s degrees; works in refugee resettlement; previously taught in Chicago Public Schools; resides in Washington, D.C.
Carrie (Thiltgen) Deer ’10 is a human resources director for talent relations at Carle Health in Urbana; resides in Foosland.
Michael Ditore ’10 is a trial lawyer with Corboy & Demetrio representing plaintiffs in all areas of personal injury law; was selected for the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America; resides in Chicago.
Katy Murphy ’10 teaches in a collaborative/co-teaching second-grade classroom environment in the Poudre School District; is in her fifth year of teaching in a dual language elementary school; resides in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Katie Pratt ’10 is the coordinator of event operations for the National Restaurant Association Show and Winsight Media; resides in Chicago.
Quintin Shepherd, Ph.D. ’10, authored The Secret to Transformational Leadership; resides in Victoria, Texas.
Korie Banning ’11 is a claims specialist at State Farm; resides in Normal.
Katherine Beste ’11 is a content writer and proofreader for toy company PlayMonster Group LLC; resides in Janesville, Wisconsin.
Jen Harris ’11, M.S. ’20, is an associate principal in East Moline School District 37; resides in Rock Island.
Lauren Kenaga ’11 is in her 11th year as a special education teacher for Southwest Cook County Cooperative Association for Special Education; resides in Tinley Park.
Adam McCrary ’11 is the director of Environmental Health and Safety at Illinois State University; resides in Downs.
Jason Pain ’11 is a site reliability engineer for a large legal software company; resides in Lombard.
Ryan Tripicchio ’11 is a social studies teacher and cross country coach at West Grand School District 1-JT; resides in Kremmling, Colorado.
Michael Crawford ’12 earned a Ph.D. at the University of Oregon; is a non-tenure-track chemistry faculty member at Truman State University.
Dr. Kristin Duffield ’12, Ph.D. ’18, is a research entomologist postdoctoral student working for the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture; resides in Bloomington.
Jillian Grazioso ’12 is a fourth grade teacher in Union Ridge School District 86; resides in Chicago.
Jon Robinson ’12 is the author of You Are Not an Artist: A Candid Guide to the Business of Being a Designer, a book dedicated to the designer who not only wants to be good at design but also wants to understand what that really means.
Alex ’13 and Jennifer (Schneider) Drawve ’14 were married in Morrison, Colorado; they reside in Littleton, Colorado.
Julie Gifford, M.S. ’13, is a nurse practitioner at Optum HouseCalls, part of United Healthcare Group; has provided instruction to Mennonite College of Nursing students in the clinical setting; resides in Normal.
Adam Janssen ’13 is a finance assistant for the Wilber Group; was named to Pantagraph Media’s “20 under 40”; resides in Carlock.
Jackie Jensen ’13 is a designer at Normandy Remodeling; was named to Professional Remodeler Magazine’s “Top 40 Under 40” list; resides in Arlington Heights.
Alexis Oduyale ’13 received a Doctor of Nursing Practice from Rush University; works at Compass Health Center in Northbrook; resides in Glenview.
Quinn Carlson ’14 is a licensed professional engineer working for Sargent & Lundy, performing engineering and analysis supporting the nuclear power generation industry; resides in Chicago.
Jessica Findley ’14 is a marketing specialist for manufacturing company Trelleborg; resides in Munster, Indiana.
Tara (Finn) Hall ’15 is a special education teacher in Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123; teaches workout classes; resides in Chicago.
Colleen Kjellberg ’15 earned a master’s degree in higher education from Northwestern University, where she works as an academic advisor and teaching assistant; has completed several solo international trips, including teaching English in South Korea; resides in Chicago.
Jessica Krueger ’15 earned a master’s degree in early childhood education-leadership and advocacy from Erikson University; works for Willow Creek Community Church as the Willow Kids lead volunteer developer; resides in Palatine.
Samantha Schuldt ’15 is a school counselor in Matteson School District 162; resides in New Lenox.
Jessica (Rawlings) Warren ’15 is a program assistant at Heartland Community College; resides in Bloomington.
Jiuyang Bai, M.S. ’16, is a research scientist at Meta; resides in Seattle.
Erin Cealey ’16 earned a master’s degree in educational policy and leadership; teaches in Lake Oswego School District; resides in Portland, Oregon.
Cody Parish, M.A. ’16, is the coordinator of UCCSlead and the Chancellor’s Leadership Class at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs; resides in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Ashley Sanders ’16 is a second grade teacher in Community Consolidated School District 62 in Des Plaines; resides in Glenview.
Samantha Shebib, M.S. ’16, is a professor in the department of communication studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham; resides in Hoover, Alabama.
Santina (Wallace) Willis ’16 is a customer experience librarian at Jacksonville (Fla.) Public Library; resides with her family in Jacksonville, Florida.
Jennifer (Snyder) Huff ’17 serves as missions coordinator for the United Methodist Churches of Indiana; also serves the Northeast District; chairs the “Children Matter Most” initiative; resides in Churubusco, Indiana.
Jordan McCoy ’17 is a licensed therapist in the State of Ohio; is a doctoral student at the University of Cincinnati; resides in Florence, Kentucky.
Brooke Schumacher ’17 is an environmental protection specialist with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency; resides in La Salle.
Destiny Stone ’17 is a credit analyst at First Bank of Manhattan; established an LLC for investment property; resides in Bourbonnais.
Melisa Trout ’17 earned a master’s degree in social work; is a school social worker for Livingston County Special Services Unit; resides in Pontiac.
Sara (Fortin) Willenborg ’17 is a senior strategist for Gannett; resides in Normal.
Julian Garcia ’18 is a licensed attorney employed by the Los Angeles County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs, Office of Cannabis Management; resides in Los Angeles.
Simonne Harris ’18 earned a master’s degree in social work; resides in Plainfield.
April Lewis ’18 has taught at an international school in Taiwan for the past three years; resides in Loves Park.
Lauren Mack ’18 is a licensed environmental health practitioner for the City of Elgin; resides in Brookfield.
Rebecca Welcome ’18 is a mathematics teacher at Plainfield North High School; resides in Lockport.
Mary Barba ’19 founded the Holistic Music Education Institute in Beverly, Massachusetts; resides in Danvers, Massachusetts.
Amanda Campbell ’19 is a primary special education teacher in Midlothian School District 143; is pursuing a master’s degree at Illinois State; resides in Tinley Park.
Julia Durnell ’19, M.S. 22, is a program coordinator in the Dean of Students Office at Illinois State; resides in Bloomington.
Alexis Figueroa ’19 is an associate buyer for ALDI; resides in Batavia.
Daniel Gutierrez ’19 is a business analyst for Salesforce; resides in San Francisco.
Megan Jackson ’19 is an event coordinator for the Toyota Center in Houston; resides in Lincoln.
Alison Kerrn, M.S. ’19, is an outreach therapist with the McLean County Center for Human Resources, embedded at Normal Community West High School in its outreach program; resides in Bloomington.
Nicole Nordman ’19 is a teaching assistant at Normal Community High School; resides in Bloomington.
Halley Paluch ’19 is a production lead for Parkview Christian Church; resides in Palos Hills.
Dylan Rowan ’19 is a health and physical education teacher at Neuqua Valley High School; resides in Naperville.
Jeffrey Smudde ’19 is pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in photography at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; resides in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Jason St. Clair ’19 is a success coach at Prescott College; resides in Prescott, Arizona.
Benjamin Sulaski ’19 is a teacher at Chicago Tech Academy; resides in Chicago.
Kyle Tobin ’19 lives and teaches English in Japan.
2020s
Samantha (Humphrey) Aguas ’20 started a new career as an independent school nurse consultant; resides in Channahon.
Rebecca Bastuga ’20 is the aquatics coordinator of instruction at Rutgers University; resides in Somerset, New Jersey.
Michael Burns ’20 is a special education teacher in Orland School District 135; resides in Orland Park.
Lauren Dolehide ’20 is a visual designer for engineering firm CivilTech Inc.; resides in La Grange Park.
Danielle (Gibbs) Flynn, M.S. ’20, is a child life specialist at OSF St. Francis Children’s Hospital of Illinois; resides in Washington.
Monica Giovannoni ’20 teaches second grade at Euclid Elementary School in Mt. Prospect; resides in Elmhurst.
Megan Harrington ’20 is an assistant gymnastics coach at Illinois State; resides in Normal.
Meaghan Heimbach ’20 earned a master’s degree in higher education from East Tennessee State University (ETSU); works at ETSU in its Honors College as a student life coordinator; resides in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
Cynthia Keller ’20 is a pre-K teacher at McLean County Unit District No. 5; resides in Normal.
Madilyn Martus ’20 is an applied behavior analysis therapist; pursuing a graduate degree from National Louis University; resides in Lombard.
Emma Novotny ’20 is a social students and language arts teacher at a middle school in Community Unit School District 200; resides in Woodridge.
Cody Pullium ’20 is the president-elect of the Illinois Council for Exceptional Children, an international professional organization dedicated to improving the success of children and youth with disabilities and gifts and talents.
Katelyn Renich-Malek ’20 is a second grade dual language teacher in Champaign Community Unit School District 4; resides in Champaign.
Morgan Seberger ’20 is a recreation therapist at Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital; resides in Geneva.
Clare Smith ’20 is a paralegal for Chubb working out of Willis Tower; resides in Chicago.
Jenny Wright ’20 is in her third year teaching in Beach Park School District #3; resides in Antioch.
Eric Zdansky ’20 is a grant writer for nonprofit Marcfirst; resides in Normal.
Kristin Cwik ’21 is a behavior therapist with Little Friends; resides in Lemont.
Kaitlyn Dooley ’21 is a junior exploration geologist with Tamarack Geological Survey; resides in Batavia.
Katie Dowling ’21 is manager of the McDonough County Farm Bureau; resides in Saybrook.
Kailee Eggert ’21 is a fourth grade teacher in Wheaton Community Unit School District 200; resides in Plainfield.
Meaghan Lynch, M.S. ’21, is the coordinator of student life at Nevada State College; resides in Henderson, Nevada.
Hannah Meece ’21 is a teacher in Athens School District 213; resides in Lincoln.
Megan Mrozek ’21 is a public accountant and member of the assurance staff of Plante Moran; resides in Orland Park.
Divya Nikam, M.S. ’21, is a software engineer at State Farm; resides in Bloomington.
Magon Pedroza ’21 is an art teacher at Chestnut Oaks Middle School; resides in Sumter, South Carolina.
Morgan Peters ’21 is a music therapist in a skilled nursing facility; resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
Khyle Uribe ’21 works in real estate technology sales; resides in Dallas.
Briana Williams ’21 is an allocation analyst for Burlington Inc.; resides in Chicago.
Sydney Auth ’22 is the office manager for Illinois State University’s Psychology Department Psychological Services Center; resides in Normal.
Samantha (Everett) Bolen ’22 is a customer service representative for First Federal Savings Bank; resides in Ottawa.
Katherine Christensen ’22 is a teacher at United Township High School; resides in Silvis.
Ryan Glassman ’22 is a credit analyst for NorthSide Community Bank; resides in Antioch.
Hallie Hagglund ’22 is employed by Transwestern as an event coordinator for Millennium Park and the Chicago Cultural Center; resides in Gurnee.
Nicole Johnson ’22 is a permanent guest teacher in Community Unit School District 200; resides in Bolingbrook.
Danielle Lecik ’22 is an intervention specialist at Community Counseling Centers of Chicago; resides in Monee.
Danny Less ’22 is traveling Europe as a cruise ship entertainer; resides in Vernon Hills.
Shanice Muirhead ’22 is a pre-K teacher at McLean County Unit District No. 5; resides in Normal.
Madeleine Worden ’22 is a clinician case manager at mental health center Ascension Illinois; resides in Elgin.
Troops
Michael Willis ’97 is a master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force Security Forces; is stationed at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Georgia.
Jeff Burchfield ’99 is a plans officer in the U.S. Army currently serving as a United Nations peacekeeper in Jerusalem; resides in Coal Valley.
Joel Leonard ’20 is a surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy; resides in San Diego.
