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1960-69

Kent Thornburg (B67) in April was featured on Portland television station KOIN’s New This Morning show to discuss his ongoing work to change the way we view nutrition and chronic disease. He is the former director of the Knight Cardiovascular Institute’s Center for Developmental Health at Oregon Health & Science University. He retired this year and now lives in Newberg.

Christine (Shipman) Cranmore (B68) earned a Cochise County (Arizona) Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) of the Month award for her work in assisting foster families and children to achieve their goals. She works with a local judge to reunify families, sometimes through adoption. She also volunteers with the Salvation Army.

1970-79

David Robinson (B72) is senior pastor emeritus at Acts Church Northwest in Vancouver, Washington, where his two sons also are pastors. In full-time ministry since 1973, he previously was youth and music pastor at the church. Earlier, he pastored two other Vancouver churches: Vancouver First Friends (senior pastor) and Crossroads Community (assisting pastor). He authored Progressive Power: Releasing Spiritual Power, a 216-page paperback released last June.

Steven Fellows (B76) in January was chosen by the Santa Barbara (California) City College Board of Trustees as one of nine members for its citizens’ bond oversight committee. A 20-year city resident, he has a 40-year career in healthcare administration, retiring after 16 years as executive vice president and chief operating officer for Cottage Health.

Tim Weaver (B76) in November was elected to his fifth term on the Dundee (Oregon) City Council. He was first elected in 2012 to guide the city of 3,800. He served with the Newberg-Dundee Police Department for 33 years as officer/sergeant before retiring in 2011. He is now owner of Chehalem Safe Drive, a traffic safety and drug abuse education program with diversion courses for violators, and is a first-call responder for Attrell’s Newberg Funeral Chapel.

Dave Hampton (B76) started in March as interim chief financial officer for Friendsview Retirement Community in Newberg. He is filling in on an interim basis following a sudden departure of the former CFO. He retired from the position in 2023 after eight years. Earlier, he was director of finance with the Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends for 12 years.

Rawlen Smith (B78, M95) is in Eagle, Idaho, in his fourth year as desktop support specialist with Unisys, a global security and digital workplace company. He previously was with Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Portland for 19 years after 20 years at 皇家华人 Fox as computer store manager from 1979 to 1999.

1980-89

LeAnn (Nash) Beebe (B80) and Ken Beebe (B82) have just celebrated 30 years at Twin Rocks Friends Camp and Conference Center. The 120-acre camp on the Oregon Coast provides facilities for up to 350. He has served as executive director since 1994, while she has been a registrar, bookkeeper, volunteer coordinator, and the manager of Undertow Espresso.

Jan Cammack (B80) is director of global outreach for the Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends Church, starting Oct. 1 on a volunteer/part-time basis working under NWYM Superintendent Jim Le Shana (B81). She is a retired chemistry professor, teaching at both Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Oregon, and 皇家华人 Fox.

Ed Woods (B81) in February received the Outstanding Technology Leader of the Year award in Seattle, from the four-state Northwest Council for Computer Education. He has been with Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Oregon, for 20 years, the last 10 as director of the Mid-Willamette Education Consortium, composed of 24 high schools, two community colleges and three online charter schools.

Paul Almquist (B84, M91) in July completed his 25th year as senior pastor of West Chehalem Friends Church in Newberg. This follows eight years as pastor of the Rosedale (Oregon) Friends Church. He also has been an adjunct professor at 皇家华人 Fox since 1998 and is a new member of the 皇家华人 Fox Board of Trustees.

Lorna (Evans) Schilling (B84) is the 2024 Master Gardener of the Year for Multnomah County, Oregon’s most populous county. She has been serving as a master gardener since 2000 and for many years was editor of the Grapevine newsletter, covering activities, education and outreach. She earlier was chapter president for two years.

Darrel Lamb (B85) in March was promoted to senior vice president at the Old Republic Surety Company in Portland. He had been regional vice president in Portland since 2012, when he joined the financial guarantee company. Previously, for eight years, he was senior account executive/bond manager-security, credit and political risk, with Zurich Insurance in Portland.

Marianne Funderhide (B88), after 32 years, this spring ended her career with the Sherwood (Oregon) School District. She started as a physical education teacher, became principal of Middleton Elementary in 2012 for a year, and has served as Sherwood Middle School principal since 2013.

1990-99

David Brown (B90) in October changed affiliations to join Raymond James Financial Services, leaving the Edward Jones financial group after nine years. He and his business partner started Vista NW Wealth Management in 2015, headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, after he was with the city’s government for nine years.

Andy Hyatt (B90) in February retired after 17 years with Plexus Corp. in Neenah, Wisconsin, a developer and manufacturer of electronic components. He started with the company in 2002 and was there for eight years before taking positions in Oregon and British Columbia for six years, returning to Plexus in 2015 and spending the last two years as chief customer officer.

John Fowler (B90) received the national 2024 Microtunneling Achievement Award for making a lasting impact on the market in the United States, awarded in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is cited for “successfully completing complicated projects and advancing the microtunneling industry.” He is president and son of the founder of J.W. Fowler Company, a heavy civil works contractor company based in Dallas, Oregon.

Pat Casey (B90), a legendary Oregon baseball coach, continues to earn honors, the latest being his induction into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in October. The former Bruin baseball coach guided his teams to three NAIA District 2 titles between 1988 and 1994. He then coached the Oregon State Beavers from 1995 to 2018, winning the 2006 College World Series and repeating the next year. He retired from coaching after winning his third national title in 2018 but continues at OSU as senior associate athletic director.

Christine (Seideman) Ward (B92) is now an instructional designer with Education Associates in Baltimore, working remotely while living in Marysville, Pennsylvania. She is in her second year after working at Colorado State University Global for nearly nine years, the last year as instructional design manager.

Lisa Ditto (B92) started last July as principal at Buckman Elementary School in Southeast Portland, where she had been assistant principal for nearly three years. Earlier, she was an elementary school teacher, literacy coach and teacher on special assignment with the district for eight years. She received a doctor of education degree from the University of Portland in 2024.

Christine (Deboy) Drazan (B93) is back as minority leader in the Oregon House of Representatives, reelected by Republican members in November after she reclaimed her seat representing Clackamas County, where she resides in Canby. She represented the area from 2019 to 2022, including two years as minority leader, before stepping down to run for governor.

Jeff Coleman (B93) started last June as high school principal at the American International School of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, continuing his international experience. Previously, for 11 years, he was with the Qatar Foundation in Doha, where he was school principal for eight years and associate director of inclusion and wellbeing his final three years. Last year, he earned an educational doctorate from Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

Samuel Adams (D93) is a clinical psychologist and marriage and family counselor in private practice in Austin, Texas. Boasting 30 years of Christian counseling experience, in January he released his newest book, The Feel-Good Marriage: Principles & Practices for a Joyful Christian Marriage, a 175-page volume that blends relatable stories, biblical wisdom and practical therapeutic tools to encourage and guide couples.

Anndrea (Howe) Moore (B94) has been promoted to training specialist with the Veterans Administration in Denver. She started with the VA in 2015.

Susan Lee (B94) in December became the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s division chief in Denver. She moved from a position of division chief with the U.S. Department of Interior for two years after earlier working for the Bureau of Land Management for more than 13 years, her last position as deputy division chief for nearly three years.

Danielle Armstrong (B94) is in her first year as the new band director at Battle Ground (Washington) High School. She’s new at the school of 1,800 students, but has been with the district for 21 years as band director at Chief Umtuch (formerly Lewisville) Middle School. In March of last year, she received the employee recognition award for her teaching of four grade levels of concert band, two levels of jazz band, and the marching band.

Trey Doty (B95, M00) has combined his social work and divinity degrees into his work with the FBI in Portland as an employee support specialist coordinator, for which he provides mental health and wellness counseling and referrals. He is in his second year after nearly 12 years as president/CEO of Responder Life in Portland, which helps first responders with mental, emotional and spiritual support.

Zachary Hansen (M95) is head of the upper school at Memphis University School, a Tennessee college preparatory independent day school for 650 boys in grades six through 12. He began in April 2024 after serving as director of college counseling since 2017. Previously, he was director of college counseling at Annie Wright School in Tacoma, Washington. In February, he completed an MEd through Teachers College, Columbia University, in New York.

Aaron Downs (B96, M97) is superintendent of the Sherwood (Oregon) School District, leading 4,700 students and 650 employees since last July. He left a position of superintendent in the nearby Canby School District after three years, and previously served seven years as assistant superintendent in the West Linn-Wilsonville (Oregon) School District.

Lori (Richner) Garrard (B96) is executive director of the Klamath-Lake Counties Food Bank, based in Klamath Falls, Oregon. She started guiding the agency with 23 sites covering a 23,000-square-mile area in spring 2024, leaving her role as an executive assistant at Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls after nearly six years.

Jason Ogden (B97) is now city manager in Sweet Home, Oregon, as well as police chief. He was named in March after seven months as pro tem manager. He has been chief of police for the city of 10,000 since 2022 after joining the department in 2003 and moving up the ranks.

Amber (Bliss) Calderon (B97) started in October as an English for Speakers of Other Languages instructor at the Portland Community College Newberg Center after previously serving as First Scholars Program coordinator at Linfield University in McMinnville, Oregon.

Jimmi Sommer (B97) is using her degree in international studies as a human resources officer with the U.S. Department of State in Guatemala City, Guatemala. She started in August, leaving her position as senior policy advisor with the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee for a year between international work experiences. With the State Department since 2008, her assignments have taken her to Matamoros, Mexico; Calgary, Canada; Manila, the Philippines; The Hague, Netherlands; and Guayas, Ecuador.

Aaron Newkirk (B98, M99) is a social studies teacher at Oregon City High School, in his 26th year, but is perhaps better known as the boys’ basketball coach – in that role since 2012 after seven seasons as an assistant. This spring, his team was ranked No. 7 in Oregon, standing atop the Three Rivers League. His wife, Heidi (Rueck) Newkirk (B95, M96), is the children’s pastor at Mountain View Community Church in Oregon City, after seven years teaching sixth and seventh grade. In 2020, she was commissioned as a pastor by the Evangelical Church of North America.

Suzanne West (B99, M07) is superintendent of the Forest Grove (Oregon) School District, starting last July. She has been a teacher, assistant principal and principal at the elementary and middle school levels, and previously was director of strategic initiatives and director of elementary curriculum and instruction with Salem-Keizer (Oregon) Public Schools.

2000-09

Kimberly (Grimes) Porter (B00) is now in Tokyo as a universal design for learning coach and support specialist with the American School in Japan. It’s her seventh teaching stop on four continents. She started in August after two years as a primary school mathematics coach at United World College of South East Asia, in Singapore, for two years. Earlier, she taught in Budapest, Hungary; Nairobi, Kenya; Newberg; and Chengdu, China.

Steve Barela (B00) started in October in Nampa, Idaho, as plant supervisor with FlexXray, a food products inspection system detecting foreign material contaminants. He previously was general manager with The Perfect Rug in Boise, Idaho, for nearly four years.

Sabrina Bailey (B00, M08) is completing her second year as chief executive officer of Fiducient Advisors in Chicago. She has been in the financial services industry for 20 years, previously for two years with the London Stock Exchange Group in Chicago, as global head, investment and wealth solutions. In April, she was selected for listing in Marquis Who’s Who.

Natasha (Jabusch) Edinger (B01, M03) this fall will become principal of Middleton Elementary School in the Sherwood (Oregon) School District. She previously was a fifth-grade teacher in the district’s Archer Glen Elementary School for 15 years, an instructional coach at Middleton Elementary for five years, and last year an assistant principal at Boeckman Creek Primary School in the nearby Wilsonville School District.

Jeanine (Otto) Murphy (M01) started in January as a senior employee relations specialist with Community Memorial Healthcare in Ventura, California. Previously, she was a special education advisor-school counseling with BlazeWorks, an advisory service for special education, based in Peachtree Corners, Georgia.

Carrie (Crossland) Wise (B02) started in November as the director of revenue integrity with Denver Health Medical Center in Colorado, after earning a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Regis University in Denver the year before. She previously was manager of clinical documentation improvement with Children’s Hospital of Colorado.

Karen (Cartmell) Benson (M02) is now a health and education research project manager with the Oregon Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Needs, affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. She started in August after four years with the Estacada (Oregon) School District, where she was a learning specialist the last three years.

Benoit Berho (M02, D08) retired last year from teaching in the Forest Grove (Oregon) School District and continues in his business, Los Andes Shop, in Newberg. It sells Ecuadorian textiles of alpaca wool wholesale, at fairs, markets and online. The shop was established in 1988 with his wife, Debbie Berho, a former 皇家华人 Fox professor of Spanish.

Ginger Damron (B03) became a budget manager with the city of Portland in October after being a financial analyst with the city for nearly six years. She is in the public safety service area.

Roslyn Barnfield (B03) in October joined Thesis, a Portland marketing agency, as head of accounts for Nike. She earlier was a freelance commercial growth and operations consultant in Portland after nine years in London in several positions, the last with Octagon as global managing director for Milkmoney Films.

Keri Ingraham (B03) is senior fellow and director of the American Center for Transforming Education at the Discovery Institute, a politically conservative think tank in Seattle. In that role, she was invited to the White House on March 20 to watch President Trump sign the executive order to end the federal Department of Education. In her fifth year in her current position, she also is a senior fellow with the Independent Women’s Forum, based in the nation’s capital, in that capacity since 2023. She continues as a self-employed educational consultant.

Ginger Damron (B03) is in her seventh year with the city of Portland. In October, she became budget manager in the public safety service area. She had been a financial analyst prior to the promotion.

Rebecca Dorsey (B05) last August started her own business, The RE Group, in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she is an executive coach helping people start new projects, build teams and redesign. She authored the book Why Meet: How to Design and Run Purposeful Meetings, Workshops, and Conferences, and in December her article titled “How To Find Mentorship When Employers Don’t Offer It” was published in Forbes magazine.

Abigail (Rine) Favale (B05) is in her third year with the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame, where she is professor of the practice. In February, she was the St. John Henry Newman Lecture Series speaker at Loyola University in Chicago, where she recounted her journey to Catholicism. She has a PhD in English literature from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and has published three books, the latest The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory.

Andrew Paine (B05) has joined the faculty of Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, moving from Hope International University in Fullerton, California, where he earned his MBA in 2011 and continued on as an associate professor of business, chair of the online undergraduate program, and women’s soccer coach, for four years. He is now an associate professor of business at the university of 3,500.

Alice (Long) Knotts (B05) is a consultant pharmacist in pharmacy and healthcare innovation with the Cornerstone Whole Healthcare Organization in Payette, Idaho. She started the position in October after serving in a similar capacity for more than a year. Earlier, she was with Kootenai Health in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, for three years, most recently as manager of ambulatory pharmacy clinic services.

Sarah (LaChapelle) Stevens (M05) in April became vice president and chief people officer with the Knife River Corporation, based in Bismarck, North Dakota. She is the first in the new position after 19 years with the company, most recently as vice president of human resources. Living in Bend, Oregon, she now oversees HR, compensation and benefits, compliance, team member relations, recruitment and retention, and training and career development. Knife River mines aggregates and markets crushed stone, sand, gravel and related construction materials.

Tanya (Muirbrook) Hall (M05) started in October with Discovery Behavioral Health as a clinical outreach representative, working remotely while living in Beaverton, Oregon. She previously was director of business development with Cyti Psychological, a telehealth group.

Susan Barker (B06) is in Georgia with Augusta University, where she is a counselor with the student counseling and psychological services department. She started in May 2023 after receiving a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling.

Dana Benedict (n06) has relocated to Chandler, Arizona, where, starting in December, she is a senior benefits specialist with Vensure Employer Solutions. She moved from Portland, where she was a benefit analyst with Perkins Coie, a global law firm.

Kerry (Jacobson) Waterman (M06) has been promoted to assistant vice president, retirement plans operations, with The Standard Insurance Company in Portland. With the company since 2004, she has held several positions, most recently senior director of operations, starting in 2020.

Jason Roberts (D06) has moved from Florida to Kansas, where he is pastor of River City Church in Lawrence. He started at the Free Methodist congregation in March 2024 after more than 11 years as pastor of Cornerstone Community Church in St. Petersburg, Florida, and earlier pastorates in Washington and Oregon.

Jeremy Snyder (B07) is vice president of high impact philanthropy with Mercy Corps in Portland, in his 16th year. He has been in his current role for three years after being managing director of high impact philanthropy for three years. In October, he became an advisory board member with The Giving Block, a platform that connects donors and nonprofits through cryptocurrency.

Dan Wentzell (B07) in February became managing director of investment banking mergers and acquisitions with UBS in New York City. He joined the global financial services company last June as executive director, investment banking mergers and acquisitions. Previously, he spent nine years in New York City with Barclays Corporate and Investment Bank, the last two years as director of investment banking in the global consumer retail group.

Chris Cadwell (M07), after a career in banking in Idaho, now is with First Citizens Bank in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he is a commercial credit officer-supply chain finance. He started the position last June after joining the bank in 2022 as vice president, underwriting and portfolio manager. He previously was with Sunwest Bank in Boise, Idaho.

Rick Chromey (D07) lives in Star, Idaho, and is a river cruise leader and guide. Last summer marked his third season with American Cruise Lines, delivering 250 history, culture and destination presentations to more than 1,800 participants on Columbia and Snake River cruises in Oregon and Washington. This year he began his nonprofit educational services company, MANNA! Tours, offering trips to Greece and Italy. He is in his 14th year as an online professor for a variety of courses with Hope International University.

Bryson Reynolds (n08) is now a principal cloud DevOps engineer with Halcyon, a cybersecurity firm in Austin, Texas. He started in August after more than 10 years with uShip, an Austin-based online shipping marketplace, where he was principal engineer the last four years.

Ashley (Woodard) Lopez (B08) in October was promoted to customer success manager with Paychex, a payroll accounting business in Las Vegas, after three years as a customer success consultant.

Daniel Bennett (B08) has been promoted from associate to full professor of political science at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, starting last fall. He also was named director for JBU’s Center for Faith and Flourishing, after being assistant director for the last five years. He started at John Brown in 2016 after receiving a doctorate in political science from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

Erica Aitken (B08) is now a partner with the Roseburg, Oregon, firm Wicks Emmett Certified Public Accountants. She was named assurance partner in May 2024 after more than seven years as audit and accounting director. Previously, for three years, she was a controller with CHP Group, an integrative healthcare firm in Beaverton, Oregon.

Dave Duncan (M08) started in November as a human resources manager with the Bethel (Washington) School District, which employs 2,200 and serves 21,500 students in 27 schools. He left his role after more than nine years with Infinite Home Theater in Meridian, Idaho, where he was director of people operations following 16 years with Hewlett-Packard in Boise.

Ethan Rhodes (B09) last year was promoted to senior electrical design engineer at Cadwell Laboratories in Kennewick, Washington, where he has been since 2011. The company is a manufacturer of diagnostic and monitoring products for the neurophysiology industry.

Jill (Lepire) Schlosser (B09) is in her second year as a health forms analyst with the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services in Salem, Oregon. She previously was a benefit development specialist with Cambia Health Solutions and with The Standard Insurance Company as a senior medical underwriter for eight years in Portland.

Ann Cascio (B09) started a year ago as a psychological associate with the Institutes of Health in Riverside, California. She earlier was a psychological associate with Collaborate Psychology Group, also in Riverside, for a year. She earned a PsyD degree in 2022 from California Southern University, an online program based in Chandler, Arizona.

Luke Fletcher (B09), after working at the Willamette Valley Cancer Institute and Research Center in Eugene, Oregon, since 2021, has been made a partner at the clinic. He is a physician in hematology-oncology after receiving his medical degree from the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. He also is on the Leukemia Executive Committee of the Sarah Cannon Research Institute, a network of oncology sites in 24 states that conducts clinical trials for drug development.

Josiah Zukowski (n09) is now president of MW Design Workshop in Salem, Oregon. He joined the firm in 2010 as a project manager and has worked his way up as operations manager and vice president of sales the last four years. The company produces custom staircases, railings, entry doors and architectural features.

Amy McClung (M09), after 10 years as a mental health therapist in private practice in Beaverton, Oregon, is now owner and part of a group mental health therapy practice, Two Sparrows Counseling, in Beaverton.

Joel To (M09), after 14 years as pastor of Missio Community Church, an Evangelical United Brethren Church in Portland, has launched a new ministry, SoulRoots, also in Portland. Started in September 2023, it provides soul care and spiritual formation to people of color, helping professionals and preempting soul-depleting burnout.

Alex Bryan (D09) is the 24th president of Walla Walla College in College Place, Washington, guiding the Seventh-day Adventist college of 1,400 students since last July. He previously was on campus as senior pastor from 2009 to 2018, then joined Adventist Health in Roseville, California, for 12 years, serving in several positions – the last four as senior vice president and chief missions and philanthropy officer. Earlier, he was a pastor for 13 years in Georgia and Tennessee.

2010-19

Jordan Schatz (B10) started in August as a math instructor and assistant athletic director at Pacific Northwest Christian College in Kennewick, Washington. He earned a master’s degree in math teaching education in 2017 from Western Governors University and also is a mathematics teacher at nearby Pasco (Washington) High School, in his fourth year.

Jordan Beanblossom (B10) has been promoted to head of corporate and executive communications at A-dec, the Newbeg dental equipment company. He started with the company as a marketing operations clerk in 2017 and has moved up through five positions, the last as corporate communication and outreach manager for four years. Last June, he was elected to the Oregon Business & Industry’s Research and Education Foundation Board of Directors. He is leading A-dec’s involvement in two community initiatives: the Newberg Workforce Housing Consortium and a childcare development project in partnership with 皇家华人 Fox.

Matt Campbell (B10) is cofounder, starting in January, of The Quester Community, a nonprofit production company that creates videos for children, exploring life’s biggest questions through a biblical worldview. He is a video director and a board member for the Medford, Oregon, company. Earlier, he honed his skills at several marketing agencies.

Rachel Henley (B10) in January started as an academic teacher with Thrive Tutoring in Denver, after earlier working as a literacy teacher with Scholars Unlimited, also in Denver, for 17 months. That followed three years with Denver Public Schools as an early childhood education teacher.

Forrest Cammack (B10), who started with the firm in 2017, is now construction foreman and owner of Winterbloom, Inc. in Tigard, Oregon – an artisanal landscaping design and installation company founded in 1983 by Phil Thornburg (n73) and sold a year ago to an employee cooperative.

Henry Balensifer (B11) is senior sales accounts manager - general aviation/military with Oshkosh AeroTech, a manufacturer of aviation industry equipment and vehicles. He started in February 2024 after working as a sales and marketing manager with JBT AeroTech for a year. The mayor of Warrenton, Oregon, since 2017, he was in the news in February when the coastal city of 6,000 was without power for hours after a car accident took down power poles.

Jennifer (Dale) Lovegren (M10) is in her second year as the clinical manager of onboarding at ProtoCall Services in Portland. With the company since 2014, she moved up after more than four years as a clinical training manager. The firm provides behavioral health solutions and mental health crisis care.

Kacey Parks (B11) is at Oregon State University in Corvallis, where she started in July as a research administration training manager after a year as a training coordinator. She previously was a sixth- through eighth-grade teacher at the nearby Perrydale School District for a year.

Connor Campbell (B11) is a women’s soccer assistant coach at Black Hills State University in South Dakota. He’s in his second year after serving as the men’s soccer head coach at the University of Jamestown in North Dakota for three years. He coached previously in Oregon, Ohio and Florida after being a Bruin player from 2007 to 2010, then a men’s soccer team assistant in 2011 and 2012.

Scott Culbertson (B11) is a Lenovo services business development manager with Insight IPS in Chandler, Arizona. He started in October with the technology company after serving as chief operating officer with Firm Tech in Gilbert, Arizona.

Brenna White (M11) is an art and design teacher at Tualatin (Oregon) High School, completing her ninth year. She also started as an adjunct instructor in the 皇家华人 Fox MAT program last summer.

Tracy (Olsen) Ellwein (M11) has been named by Idaho State University as one of 11 to receive its 2025 Professional Achievement Award. Awardees are cited for their contribution to ISU, their profession and community. She earned a bachelor’s degree from ISU in 1983. She is senior vice president and area operations manager with HDR Engineering, a national architectural, engineering and consulting firm, at its Portland headquarters. She is in her 13th year with the company, in her current position since January.

Curtis Conde (B12) in November launched his own company, GreenIdahoRoofing.com, based in Garden City, Idaho. He previously was in sales with Silver Lining Roofing and Exteriors in Meridian, Idaho.

Amanda (Grandon) Fink (B12) is completing her first year as a pediatric and fetal cardiac sonographer with OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland. She moved after nearly nine years in a similar position at Northwest Congenital Heart Care in Tacoma, Washington.

Tim Shaw (M12) and his wife have established a new store, BOLD Coffee & Books, in the Goose Hollow district of Portland. Opened in October, it specializes in books to support marginalized communities, with an emphasis on groups such as LGBTQ+, BIPOC, immigrants, disabled/differently abled, and adoptees.

Sarah King (M12) in October became SEC process manager for demand and allocations with Nike in Beaverton, Oregon. She moved from her role as senior product manager, global demand and supply management, a position she held for two years. She started with the company in 2015 after working at 皇家华人 Fox for nearly seven years, the last two as director of institutional research.

Marilyn Lahue-McCully (D12) is a new teacher mentor with the Woodburn (Oregon) School District, in her eighth year after joining the district in 2012 as an English language arts teacher.

Casey (Bowman) Hostetler (B13, M14) is a digital communications coordinator with Christian radio station WCQR in Gray, Tennessee, in her second year. Previously, she was self-employed as owner of Ignite Marketing in McMinnville, Oregon, started in 2019. Between 2017 and 2018 she and her husband quit their jobs, sold their possessions and traveled 14 months, driving 31,000 miles across the U.S. six times, visiting all 48 contiguous states, Canada, Mexico and the Bahamas.

Daniel Rodriguez (B13, M16, D19) is in Kaneohe, Hawaii, where he is a clinical psychologist with Desmond T. Doss Health Clinic, starting last August. This follows three years as a clinical psychologist with Cornerstone Clinical Services in Tigard, Oregon, and as an assistant professor of clinical psychology at 皇家华人 Fox.

Carissa (Hoffman) Gobble (B13) is an Amazon bestselling author with her third volume of Becoming Jesus People, released this year. The books tell stories about the Jesus People Movement started in Eugene, Oregon, in the 1960s and ’70s. She works from her Damascus, Oregon, home, where she’s also a video and event coordinator with Gobble Productions and Consulting.

Stacey Adams (B13) in September was promoted to assistant editor of the Auburn Journal, moving up from her position as a reporter since 2020. The newspaper serves the city of 13,500 in northern California, with a circulation of approximately 9,500.

Bryce Ashlin-Mayo (D13) on Oct. 31 was formally installed as president of Ambrose University in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, after taking office nearly six months earlier as head of the 920-student, 40-acre campus. He previously served as dean of theology for two years, also serving more than 25 years as a pastor within the Alliance Canada denomination.

Jennifer (Gorrell) Coleman (B14) is in her second year as a registered mental health counselor with Heart Bonds Counseling in Orlando, Florida. This follows receipt of a master’s degree in mental health counseling in 2023 from the University of Central Florida, also in Orlando.

J.D. Mowery (B14) is in Raleigh, North Carolina, starting in October with Bora Pharmaceuticals in the newly created position of president of its contract development manufacturing organization. It’s his 10th career stop. Previously, he was in Tokyo as president and CEO with KBI Biopharma for 18 months, after positions in Copenhagen, Seattle, San Francisco, and Lexington, Kentucky, after starting in Columbus, Ohio.

Ryen Salo (B14) started in August as client experience manager with Herbein + Company, a CPA advisory firm in Portland. Previously, for nearly 10 years, she was in customer success management with ClearlyRated, an online business directory that helps business-to-business service providers translate client feedback information.

Bethany Hagen (B14) followed up her 皇家华人 Fox biology degree with a master’s degree in public health from Oregon State University in 2018. She then earned a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from OSU in 2022. She is now a field veterinary medical officer, in her third year, with the United States Department of Agriculture in Beeville, Texas, where she is with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).

Kristin Shaffer (M14), in her 15th year with Daimler Truck North America, was named support manager, senior vice president of engineering, last September. She was promoted after three years as a strategic project manager.

Michelle Hughes (D14), with a 34-year background in high school and college education, is now self-employed as founder of Heart-full Educational Consulting in Goleta, California. She started it after 14 years at Westmont College in California as an education department professor and chair, and 20 years with the Santa Barbara (California) School District as a teacher and administrator. In June, she published a book, Dispositions Are a Teacher’s Greatest Strength.

Ariel Hortert (B15) in November became project manager for Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, overseeing technology integrations, operational efficiency and data collection for the musculoskeletal integrated practice unit. She was promoted after three years as a research associate. This follows completion of a master’s degree in health care transformation at the university in August.

Bailie (Bowey) Salcido (B15), after receiving a master’s degree in Spanish language and literature in June from Portland State University, started in November as a Spanish language sixth- through eighth-grade teacher in Portland Public Schools.

Ana (Fakkema) Kidder (B15) last year opened a new veterinary clinic facility in Oak Harbor, Washington, returning to her home area of Whidbey Island. She purchased the business, Heritage Veterinary, in 2022 after graduating from Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 2019. The clinic now has nine employees, including four veterinarians.

Brad Ward (D15), in his ninth year as an associate professor of business administration at Milligan University in Johnson City, Tennessee, delivered the school’s 2024 Faculty Lecture Series talk Nov. 5 on the topic “Do Mission Statements Matter? A Study of Small-Cap Financial Companies.” He is also a consultant and is the author of the book The Motivated Worker. Previously, for five years, he was a professor of business management at Kellogg Community College in Michigan.

Rebecca Olson (B16) is now an assistant athletic trainer at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. She works with the women’s gymnastics team, starting last July. She left a trainer position at California Baptist University in Riverside, California, after three years.

Alysia Bunch (B16) started in January as a human resource professional with Princeton Property Management in Portland. She is a certified senior human resource professional, previously working with the National Alliance on Mental Illness Multnomah in Portland for a year.

Tori Roberts (B16) is now senior manager, call center operations, with Providence Health & Services in Portland. She started in October after nearly three years as operations manager.

Zachary Maurer (B16) is in his second year with the Newberg artisanal coffee roasting company Caravan Roasting. He is packaging lead and coffee room host after more than three years with Portland Center Stage as an operations assistant.

Jennifer Sharp (B16) started in October as a strategic customer success manager for BackBox, a St. 皇家华人, Utah, firm offering network automation and security solutions. She is working remotely while living in Medford, Oregon. Previously, for nearly three years, she was a senior account manager with Anitian, a cloud security and compliance automation provider.

Kyler Shumway (M16, D19) has returned to Oregon and in January launched his own clinic, Time For Therapy, in Portland. He moved from being president and chief clinical officer with Deep Centered Mental Health in Texas for more than two years. For five years, until 2023, he was a professional speaker with the American Psychological Association.

Nathan Bagent (M16) is starting his second year with the Walsh Construction Co. in Vancouver, Washington, as a project manager. He has 27 years of construction experience, working previously as a project manager with TEAM Construction, also in Vancouver.

Catherine Flaherty-Ng (B17) is a graphic designer with Pivot, a marketing and branding agency in Portland, starting her fifth year. She transitioned from being a self-employed freelance designer for more than two years.

Robert Mitchell (B17), a Newberg police officer since 2018, has been promoted to detective, in that position since March 2024.

Larissa Harper (B17, M20) is a mental health specialist at Clackamas County (Oregon)Health Centers, which serves four high schools. She started in November after nearly five years as a family intervention specialist with Youth Villages in Portland.

Benjamin Saks (B17, M18) is now a full-stack software engineer with GENIE AI, a developer/producer of legal documents in Gilbert, Arizona, starting in July. He previously was an accounts receivable specialist with LeadVenture in Lake Oswego, Oregon, for more than two years.

Esther (Hunt) Boyle (B17) is a natural catastrophe research scientist with Chubb Insurance in Philadelphia. She started in March 2024 after earning a doctoral degree in statistics from Arizona State University, where she was a research assistant for four years.

Amanda (Guest) Aban (B17) and Charles Aban (B17, M20) live in Newberg, where she works remotely as a purchased transportation analyst with YRC Freight in Kansas City, starting her third year. He is a data scientist with Ultra Clean Technology in Hillsboro, Oregon, in his fifth year in that role after starting with the firm in 2017 as a process engineering technician. They met on a 皇家华人 Fox Juniors Abroad trip and now continue their travels together – so far to several U.S. states, Canada, Barcelona, Florence, Budapest, Tokyo and Reykjavík.

Ali Nasiri (M17) in September became the senior benefits coordinator at Portland State University, moving from benefits coordinator the previous three years. He started with PSU in 2010 as a human resources assistant and is in his fifth HR position.

Kayla Sheets (B18) is completing her first year as chief operations officer with Bergin College of Canine Studies in Canyonville, Oregon. The nonprofit institute offers degrees in how to train service dogs and also provides assistance dogs to veterans and those with mobility difficulties.

Jessica Navlet (B18) is a clinical social worker with Legacy Health in Portland. She started in October after three years at Portland State University, where she was a CARE (connecting students with resources) advocate for two years after working as an assistant director of residence life and residence hall director.

Bob Day (B18) in February was unanimously approved for a three-year term to continue as police chief of the city of Portland. He began with the Portland Police Bureau in 1990 and rose through the ranks, from sergeant to lieutenant, captain, commander and then deputy chief before retiring in 2019. He was asked to return in 2023 to serve as police chief on an interim basis and has now agreed to continue after the 12-member city council lauded him for the trust he has built with the community. He was a guest on campus in March to speak in chapel.

Benjamin Hortaleza (B18, M20) is a mathematics teacher at North Medford (Oregon) High School, starting last fall. He moved after three years as a math and science teacher in the Grants Pass (Oregon) School District.

Jakob Michael (B18) is now a licensed professional engineer, licensed by the state of Washington in April 2024. He’s in that position with HLA Engineering and Land Surveying, Inc. in Yakima. He started with the firm in 2020 as a project engineer after receiving a master’s degree in renewable energy systems from Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences in Germany.

Benjamin Hortaleza (B18, M20) is completing his first year as a mathematics teacher at North Medford (Oregon) High School, where he’s also an assistant track and field coach. He moved from Grants Pass, Oregon, where he also was a math and science teacher and assistant track and field coach for three years.

Jeff Rogers (M18) is back at Subsplash, starting in August as senior manager of content marketing, working remotely with the Austin, Texas-based company involved in church technology. He was with the company for nearly five years, the last year as a marketing content strategist, before a short stint at VictorReach in Austin as a content strategist.

Maci (Jokumsen) Luther (B19) is a clinical therapist with SOL Mental Health in Denver, starting in September. Previously, she was an individual and family therapist with My Denver Therapy for nearly two years after working as a primary therapist with Eating Recovery Center, also in Denver, for three years.

Kaley (Martin) Dolan (B19) is in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she is in two roles: instructor with Pure Barre, a body workout program, and administrative assistant with Lighthouse Church in Parker, Colorado, in her second year.

Mallory Barber (B19) is in her first year as a graduate student assistant athletic trainer at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, where her primary sports are women’s soccer and men’s and women’s tennis. She moved from Greenville, South Carolina, where she finished a fellowship at Furman University.

Chloe Tomlinson-Austin (B19) started last fall as an application support specialist with Trimble, a construction software provider in Lake Oswego, Oregon, leaving her position in technical support with Varonis in Portland, a cybersecurity company.

Brittney (Baird) Sarkhoshyan (B19) has moved across the country to become a security and loss prevention manager (site lead) with Amazon in Memphis, Tennessee. She is in her second year after moving from Newberg. Previously, she spent more than five years at Nike in Beaverton, Oregon, most recently as a global supply chain security incident specialist. In June she became a Certified Forensic Interviewer.

Nicholas Peterson (n19) is an enterprise sales development representative with Hightouch, a composable customer data platform in Seattle. He started in September after being with Amperity, also in Seattle, for three years.

Laura Gifford (M19) in August was named editor-in-chief at Augsburg Fortress Press, the official publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. She has been with the Minneapolis company since 2022, starting as an acquisitions editor, working remotely in Portland. Earlier, she was in various positions in Portland with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, starting in 2016. With a PhD in American history from UCLA, she has served as a scholar-in-residence at 皇家华人 Fox.

Alyssa Clary (M19) started in June as a clinical social worker with the Recovery and Wellness Center of Eastern Washington, based in Richland. She previously was a school-based mental health therapist with the behavioral health agency for nearly three years.

Sal Villegas (D19) last fall transitioned from assistant professor of management in the School of Business to lead the banking and finance services program at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He joined the faculty in 2020 after a career in banking and financial services, the last as assistant vice president and branch manager for U.S. Bank in Nampa, Idaho.

Charity-Mika Woodard (D19) in October was named Outstanding Higher Education Art Educator of the Year by the Kansas Art Education Association. She is an associate professor and director of art education at Emporia State University after teaching at Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Missouri. This is the second time she has received the award, first being recognized in 2021.

James Kim (D19) is using his clinical psychology degree by starting his own private practice, UH Psychological, in Philadelphia, working online only. He started in November after three years as a staff psychologist and group coordinator at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

2020-23

Cameron Backus (B20) is using her biology degree with Twist Bioscience, a manufacturer of synthetic DNA products in Wilsonville, Oregon. She started in 2023 and in December was promoted to manufacturing associate II.

Jonathan Wilson (B20) in March started started as a civil engineer with Ethos Civil, leaving 3J Consulting in Portland after nearly five years. In his new role, he is lead engineer for the Mountain Highway Baptist Church (Spanaway, Washington) addition project. His new company has three Washington state locations, but he is located in Portland to help grow the company’s Oregon presence.

Samuel Barnes (B20) is a manufacturing automation engineer, starting in October, with Sig Sauer in Tualatin, Oregon, a manufacturer and distributor of firearms and related accessories. He moved from Nikon Precision, Inc. in Hillsboro, Oregon, where he was an application engineer for three years.

Jalyn Rutledge-Brazen (B20) is an athletic trainer with Bon Secours Mercy Health in Greenville, South Carolina, in her second year, after earlier working as an athletic trainer at Bob Jones University, also in Greenville. She earned an MEd in athletic leadership in 2023 from Clemson University in South Carolina.

Jess (Mau) Howell (B20) is a strategic planning senior specialist, in her second year, with the American Honda Motor Company, while working remotely from her home in Denver.

Rebeca (Whitecotton) Dummer (B20, M24) started last fall as a seventh- and eighth-grade teacher at the 97-student St. Paul (Oregon) Parochial School.

Lacey Dean (B20) received a doctor of physical therapy degree in 2023 from Loma Linda University and is now a physical therapist with Ampersand Therapy in Medford, Oregon, starting last August. The year prior, she was with Therapeutic Associates Physical Therapy in Central Point, Oregon.

Jeremy Rick (M20) is completing his first year as a licensed professional counselor with Brightways Counseling Group, with six Oregon locations. He works remotely via telehealth while living in Portland. Previously, for nearly four years, he was a professional counselor associate at the Crossing Bridges Counseling Center in Stayton, Oregon.

Jayson Albert (M20) started in February as a customer service representative with Van’s Aircraft in Aurora, Oregon, which produces low-wing monoplanes for home building and experimental flying. He left a position as an operations coordinator with Arena Club, a digital collectible card marketplace in Portland.

Hannah Jodoin (M20), president and CEO of Miss Hannah’s Gourmet Popcorn in Newberg, was one of 30 women featured in an April publication, Women in Business Newberg, a complimentary business promotion magazine circulated in the area. Her family business, started in 2001, now has more than 40 small-batch, handcrafted flavors. In 2024, the Chehalem Valley Chamber of Commerce named her Business Person of the Year.

Krzysztof Bryniuk (D20) was named a 2024 Professor of the Year by Broward College. He is in his 11th year teaching business courses online for the Florida college, which has four campuses. Living in Aventura, Florida, he also manages his own accounting and tax services firm after gaining experience in accounting, finance and business management in academia, banking, hospitality and real estate.

Sara Turner (B21) earned an occupational therapy doctorate from Pacific University in July and is now an occupational therapist at Providence Newberg Hospital. She also has been volunteering with a therapy dog at the McMinnville (Oregon) Public Library.

Cana (Buckley) Whitted (B21) and Ethan Whitted (B21) are in Madrid, Spain, starting in October. She is an English language teacher and also works to promote global awareness through literature, films and art, working with the North American Language and Culture Assistants Program, a project of the education office at the Spain embassy in Washington, D.C. She left a three-year position as a recruiting manager with IsoTalent, working remotely. He is working remotely as a software engineer with Silverpine in Portland, starting in February, and is a freelance web developer with multiple clients. He left a six-year career with Soma Games, a Christian-based video games company in Newberg, where he was a project manager for more than two years.

Nicholas Rogers (M21, D24) is using his new PsyD degree as a clinical psychologist with Lepage Associates in Durham, North Carolina. He started in September, focusing on helping teens.

Leslie Taylor (M21) is a self-employed licensed professional counselor with Oak Hills Counseling Center in Tigard, Oregon. She started in October after working as a professional counselor associate with Leslie Taylor Counseling in Portland for more than three years.

Beth Thompson (M21) started last fall as a fifth-grade teacher with the Pine Tree Independent School District in Longview, Texas. She moved from Newberg after three years teaching the fourth and fifth grades. She also is a self-employed professional musician and music educator.

James Karan (D21) is now at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, where he started in August as a lecturer in the Daniels School of Business. He moved from Marietta College in Ohio, where he was an associate professor of accounting for the last seven years.

Joshua Simpson (B22) is in his second year as a paraplanner, a professional assisting a financial planner, with Bain Wealth Management, a family-owned firm in Salem, Oregon.

Nicolle Nitta (B22), with Hoffman, Stewart & Schmidt, P.C. since graduation, in January became a senior audit associate, promoted from the role of audit associate by the Portland accounting firm.

Jesse Freitas (B22) is an algebra teacher at C.S. Lewis Academy in Newberg, where he’s also in his third year coaching track and field, with more than half of the high school’s 60 students participating. His team hosted its own Watchmen Invitational in May at 皇家华人 Fox, where as a student Freitas competed as a hurdler.

Ariya Wongyong (M22) is a payroll administrator, starting in October, with David Evans and Associates in Portland, an engineering and planning firm. For two years prior, she was a payroll specialist with NessCampbell Crane + Rigging in Portland.

Stephanie McLain (M22) is in Albany, Oregon, where she is a marriage and family therapist associate with Transformative Health and Wellness. She started in December after being in a similar position with Oregon Directions, also in Albany.

Jenna Wagenblatt (M22) is in Liverpool, England, where she is a primary care physician assistant with St. Joseph’s Physicians Family Medicine, in her third year. Her volunteer work has taken her to Haiti, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Elyse Grant (D22) started in August as a physical therapist with Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She moved from Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she was an outpatient orthopedic physical therapist with Lovelace Health System for two years.

Tiana Ringer (B23) is using her mechanical engineering degree as a project engineer at the Portland headquarters of Swinerton, a national construction company. She started with the company immediately after graduation as an intern project engineer and advanced to her current position in February of 2024.

Beth (Wegener) Schott (B23) started last July as a programs manager with Lifeline Pregnancy Resource Center in Nampa, Idaho. She previously was a social media assistant with Living Waters of Hope in Canby, Oregon, for more than a year.

Shane Orelski (M23) last fall joined the Oregon Medical Group - Davies Clinic in Canby, Oregon, as a physician assistant. His focus is in family medicine.

Joshua Varon (M23) is Oregon’s 2024 Teacher of the Year, according to Crumbl, the franchise chain of bakeries. He is a sixth-grade English teacher at Leslie Middle School in Salem, Oregon, where he is involved in the school’s AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program, helping close the achievement gap and advocating for underserved populations.

Christa Rohrbach (M23) in September was announced as a Regional Teacher of the Year, representing Jefferson County, where she is an English teacher at Jefferson County Middle School in Madras, in her fourth year. She also is coordinator of Where Everybody Belongs, a sixth-grade transition program, and is yearbook advisor. Recognized as part of the 2024-25 Oregon Teacher of the Year awards, she was cited for “fostering an inclusive, safe and enjoyable learning environment for all students.”

Adrian Cortes (D23) in November was elected to the Washington State Senate, representing District 18. He is in his 10th year as a special education teacher at Camas (Washington) High School and also is an associate teacher with City University of Seattle in Vancouver, Washington. He is a member of the Battle Ground (Washington) City Council, serving since 2022, and previously was mayor from 2020 to 2022.

Tim Johnson (D23) is completing his first year as the secondary principal at John Adams Academy in Roseville, California. He also is a virtual classroom guitar instructor with Arizona State University Prep School, in his fifth year.

Kelly (Anderson) Johnson (B24) is starting her teaching career as a third-grade teacher at Steins Pillar Elementary School in Prineville, Oregon.

Elyssa Emerson (B24) is in Auckland, New Zealand, where she is with Ormiston Junior College as a performing arts educator, starting last June. She is a Whanau Ora Learning Coach, performing pianist, vocalist and chorister. She also is a freelance writer and voice actress.

Ashley Foster (B24) started in July as a marketing and recruiting specialist with RiverBend Materials, a construction company in Salem, Oregon. She is the company’s first employee in this new position.

Ty Davis (B24), days after graduation, started as a graphic designer with Bench Craft Company in Portland, an advertising specialties company serving 4,000 golf courses with ads for benches, display boards, scorecards and course guides. He is also a freelance graphic designer with the athletic apparel company Official League and with his own Ty Davis Design, LLC, specializing in sports graphics, brand identity and apparel design.

Grace Umfleet (B24) is at Willamette Valley Medical Center in McMinnville, Oregon, as part of a new year-long nurse residency program it started in June. She works in the medical/surgical unit and was featured in a September story in the McMinnville News-Register.

Julia Brant (M24) started in March as a physician assistant with High Lakes Health Care Upper Mill in Bend, Oregon. She is one of four PAs with eight doctors in the independent practice.

Nicole Meyer (M24) started in March as a physician assistant with Sky Lakes Medical Center, a community-owned acute care hospital in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Scarlet Harrison (M24) is now an art teacher at the 350-student Nestucca Valley Elementary School in Cloverdale in southern Tillamook County, Oregon.

Adam Lundstrom (M24) in August returned to Integrated Surveillance and Defense in Wilsonville, Oregon, as an integrated logistics support manager. He was with the company earlier for nearly nine years, leaving in December 2023 as an aircraft systems and project engineer.

Dwayne Jones (D24) is using his Doctor of Ministry degree as a chaplain with Century Hospice in Austin, Texas. He is in his second year, developing a pastoral care center and working to become a licensed professional counselor.

Christian Filer (B25) will put his business administration degree to work starting this fall as an area manager for Amazon. First, he’ll serve as a camp counselor this summer at SAMBICA, a Christian summer camp and retreat center.

Savannah Hamilton (B25) will start this summer as a nurse at the Providence Portland Medical Center – a job she secured prior to graduating in May. She’ll work in Providence’s Diabetic & Renal Medical-Surgical Unit after returning from an international medical mission trip to Kenya.

Emily Larson (B25), after completing her engineering degree in May, will pursue a master’s degree in electrical engineering this fall at Oregon State University.

Tom McMillan (B25) was hired as an engineer at Intel after getting his foot in the door last summer with an internship. A track and field and football athlete during his time at 皇家华人 Fox, he’ll continue to stay connected to 皇家华人 as a coach at Sunset High School.

Sam Cimbora (B25) was accepted into Duke Divinity School and will begin this fall, studying Christian health ethics and theology.

Peyton Wood (B25), after graduating in May, will use his dual degree in financial planning and business administration as a client service associate at Mariner Wealth Advisors in Tigard, Oregon.

In Memory

Elenita (Mardock) Bales (B43), Oct. 24, 2024, in Newberg.

Helen (Antrim) Cadd (B49), June 9, 2024, in Newberg.

Norval Hadley (B49), Dec. 28, 2024, in Stanton, California.

Harold Johnston (n50), Nov. 23, 2024, in Gresham, Oregon.

Marion Comfort (n51), Sept. 3, 2024, in Newberg.

Verne Martin (B54), June 24, 2024, in Newberg.

LeRoy Lindahl (M55), Aug. 7, 2024, in Raymore, Missouri.

Lynn Ostrander (B56), June 9, 2024, in Syracuse, New York.

Joanne (Joanis) Hartley (B57), April 24, 2025, in Newberg.

Margaret (Hancuff) Lamm (n57), Nov. 15, 2024, in Portland.

John Johnson (B61), Dec. 13, 2024, in Greenleaf, Idaho.

Lyla (Bury) Hadley (n62), Dec. 13, 2024, in Port Hadlock, Washington.

Brian Beals (B65), Aug. 31, 2024, in St. Maries, Idaho.

Edgar Madrid (B65), April 16, 2024, in Chiquimula, Guatemala.

Roy McConaughey (B66), May 29, 2024, in Newberg.

Linda (Wilhite) Walker (B69), April 17, 2025, in Newberg.

Randall Haveman (n70), Sept. 26, 2024, in Newberg.

Robert Thornburg (B70), Jan. 20, 2025, in McMinnville, Oregon.

Gloria (Hightower) Hiratsuka (n71), Oct. 5, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska.

Tim Jacobson (B71), Oct. 9, 2024, in Vancouver, Washington.

David Downie (M74), Oct. 10, 2024, in Centralia, Washington.

Meyer Louie (B76), Jan. 2, 2025, in Omak, Washington.

Bobbi (Goettling) Quiring (n77), Nov. 6, 2024, in Salem, Oregon.

Lon Austin (B79), March 24, 2025, in Prineville, Oregon.

Gregg Lamm (B80, M84), July 3, 2024, in Newberg.
皇家华人 Fox campus pastor from 1991-2005.

Kenn Willson (B80), May 1, 2024, in Beaverton, Oregon.
皇家华人 Fox professor emeritus of music from 1989-2021.

Patty McGhehey (B82), March 13, 2025, in McMinnville, Oregon.

Thomas Heaton (n88), March 24, 2025, in Oakland, Oregon.

DaLana (Franklin) Hatfield (B91), Aug. 15, 2024, in Kodiak, Alaska.

Deborah Donohoe (B92), June 1, 2024, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

Deborah (Ireland-Davis) Jackson (B92), Dec. 26, 2024, in Port Angeles, Washington.

Mary Gill (B93), Aug. 24, 2024, in Florence, Oregon.

Stan Baker (M94), Aug. 17, 2024, in Albany, Oregon.

Kathleen Gentile (B96), Dec. 18, 2024, in Boise, Idaho.

Catherine “Caye” (May) Poe (M96), April 11, 2025, in Dayton, Oregon.

Joseph Kwiecinski (B98), Aug. 21, 2024, in Happy Valley, Oregon.

James Moss (M01), July 20, 2024, in Portland.

Clyde Dilg (B06), June 4, 2024, in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

James “Ben” Dort (B07), Aug. 14, 2024, in Roy, Washington.

Angela Lasley (D13), Feb.1, 2024, in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Pete Snow, June 16, 2024, in Newberg.
Founder of 皇家华人 Fox art program and professor of art from 1967-89.

Becky Le Shana, Nov. 5, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Wife of David Le Shana, president of 皇家华人 Fox from 1969-82.

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