Alumni Blog

Month: May 2017

  • Nathan Torgelson ’88

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    Nathan Torgelson ’88 recently became the Director of the City of Seattle’s Department of Construction and Inspections. Torgelson oversees a Department of 400 staff and an annual budget of $72 million.

  • Jasmine Bernhardt ’13

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    Jasmine Bernhardt ’13 left after three years on the JET Programme in Japan to pursue MA Translation at Cardiff University.

  • Becky Bingea ’72

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    Retired from audiology clinical practice last year, but continue to remain active in my profession as a board member of the California Academy of Audiology, Chair of the Ethical Practices Committee for the American Academy of Audiology, subject matter expert for the CA Speech-Language-Pathology & Audiology & Hearing Aid Dispensers Board. Am also completing a…

  • Kiera (Braun) Bridley ’11

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    Kiera Braun Bridley ’11 is a DVSA Manager at St Croix Tribal Health and Human Services in Webster, WI. I am developing and implementing the St Croix Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program. We provide advocacy and referral services for victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault within the St. Croix Tribe…

  • Heidi (Anderson) Bonner ’98

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    Heidi Anderson Bonner ’98 is a Assistant Professor at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. Located in eastern North Carolina, East Carolina University is comprised of 12 colleges and schools, and has nearly 29,000 students. Recipient of the 2016-17 Dean’s Early Career Award in the College of Arts & Sciences at ECU.

  • Jennifer Marquette ’15

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Jennifer Marquette ’15 is a Community Resources Coordinator at Compass Housing Alliance in Seattle, WA. She accepted a position with a local nonprofit that focuses on homelessness.

  • Steve Kottke ’74

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    Gustavus Alumni

    I continue as Assistant to the Bishop for the South-Central Synod of Wisconsin.

  • Shannon (Freer) Banitt ’93

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    Shannon Freer Banitt ’93 is a Sr. Estate Settlement Advisor at PNC Wealth Management in Palm Beach, FL. Shannon Freer Banitt now works as a Sr. Estate Settlement Advisor for PNC Wealth Management. She settles all estates involving PNC Bank as personal representative or trustee in Florida.

  • Nancy (Phibbs) Rogneby ’83

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Nancy Phibbs Rogneby ’83 is a BIA accredited representative at Minnesota Council of Churches in Minneapolis, MN. Welcoming persecuted persons from around the world into lives of freedom, hope, and opportunity in Minnesota. I represent refugees, asylees and immigrants as they transition in their immigration status with USCIS..

  • Melissa Habedank ’04

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    Former roommates Melissa Habedank ’04 and Jill (Hubers) Haspert ’04 enjoyed a mini-reunion in Napa Valley, California in April.