1960s
Betty Strobel Jameson ’62, a lifelong artist, was admitted as a signature member of the American Watercolor Society. Jameson majored in art education. With the retirement in 1996 of her late husband, Arlen Dirk Jameson ’62, from a career in the U.S. Air Force, she was able to focus her creativeness by painting and selling hundreds of her works throughout the country.
One of the three new members of the board of directors for Gulfstream Goodwill industries in West Palm Beach, Fla., is Doug Campbell ’69. He is also the president of Campbell Real Estate Advisory Group, Inc. and founded the Miami Learning Experience School, a school for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
1970s
Patricia Hall ’70 published a novel in October titled Death and the Highland Fling. The story is set in Seattle and at the Highland Games in Enumclaw, Wash., and stars an amateur senior detective, Claire Addams. Readers can follow Claire on her adventures solving a double homicide set among the pageantry of the Highland Games.
Acclaimed grape grower Dick Boushey ’73 was featured in an article in The Vintner Project on how his work has shaped the Washington wine industry.
After teaching for a total of 42 years, Roland P. Stout ’76 recently retired as a professor of chemistry from the University of North Carolina Pembroke, where he had been working for 23 years. He says he now spends his time reading, singing in three different choirs, serving on church committees, and woodworking.
Barbara DeVore ’79 published her debut novel, The Darling of Delta Rho Chi, in November. Inspired by her widowed grandmother’s time as a housemother for the Kappa Sigma sorority at the University of Washington, she set the historical romance novel in the mid-1960s and explores the lives of three women during an era of social and moral upheaval. DeVore has completed a four-book series centered on the fictional world of the Gamma Alpha Beta sorority and Delta Rho Chi fraternity.
1980s
Alan Gossett ’83 and his spouse, Jon Howe, received an Award of Excellence for their community advocacy for people with disabilities living in rural areas of Snohomish County. The award was presented by SnoTRAC, a regional transportation coalition, during the recent celebration of the opening of the light rail station in Lynnwood, Wash. The award recognized Gossett’s work to help secure additional state funding for a transportation assistance program to serve rural disabled and elderly clients not served by one of the major transportation authorities.
Jacquelyn Warwick ’84 gave the commencement address titled “A Future Old Person” in August at Andrews University in Michigan. She taught marketing at Andrews from 1997 until her retirement as Colson Endowed Chair of Marketing in 2019.
After leading brand marketing at Stanley 1913 during three years of explosive growth, Sue Kiefer Dietrich ’85 joined HiHello, Inc., a digital business card and brand platform, as head of marketing. She tells the Arches team: “I’m excited for the opportunity to continue to learn and build my skills as a marketer and leader, and eager to help others amplify the power of their networks by sharing contacts, telling stories and bringing their brands to life.”
1990s
Anders Lyons ’90 has been appointed executive director of Hale Mahaolu, a nonprofit organization providing affordable housing in Maui County. He previously served as a consultant at Kapalaea Consultants and had worked as executive director of the Hawaiian Islands Land Trust and held leadership positions at Maui Nui Botanical Gardens.
Greg Custer ’91 was one of seven new members elected to the Orange County United Way Board of Directors last summer. He currently serves on the United to End Homelessness Executive Committee and Leadership Council.
In June, the Spokesman-Review published an article on Carl Garabedian ’91 and his father Hrair Garabedian P’91, P’95. The father-son duo has spent decades bringing high quality pediatric and adult cardiology care to the Spokane region.
After a rewarding career spanning over three decades, Brooks Hazen ’91 retired from his dual roles as a teacher and coach. He began his teaching career in 1991 at Hilltop Elementary. From 1994 to 2007, he taught at Edgemont Junior High, and he spent the last 17 years teaching social studies at Puyallup High School. Hazen also coached boys’ tennis at the high school for 24 years and girls’ tennis for 18 years, accumulating 27 coach of the year awards and more than 360 wins. His dedication earned him numerous awards, including Washington State History Day Teacher of the Year.
Erik Johnson ’91 was appointed CFO of World Vision USA, one of the largest relief and development organizations in the U.S. He and his wife, Kimberly Johnson ’92, say they are excited about this new position just as they become empty nesters with the last of their three kids off to college.
The annual Power Breakfast networking event hosted by the Washington State University Carson College of Business in September featured Rachel Ruggeri ’91, who has been working as Starbucks executive vice president and chief financial officer since 2021.
Todd A. Milbrandt ’93 is the 41st president of the Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery Society of North America, where he has volunteered since the beginning of his career. He is the chair of the Division of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., where he has more than 100 publications in both basic science and clinical research—skills he says he learned from Dr. Pierson in her biology course.
Gwynne Kuhner Brown ’95 edited G. Schirmer’s new critical performance edition of William L. Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony, and her book on Dawson’s life and music was published in August 2024 by the University of Illinois Press. She tells the Arches team: “You can pick up a copy of my book at the Logger Store. This is my 20th year on the music faculty of my beloved Puget Sound!”
In her role as CEO of the staffing firm Summit Group Solutions, Jennifer Schielke ’95 shared advice for job seekers in a Business Insider article last summer. The best thing to do after losing a job isn’t to immediately start looking for a new gig. Instead, take time to volunteer and reach out to your network to look for new opportunities.
Erika Carlson ’96 tells Arches she has moved on after 10 years as a grants and evaluation manager at Intercambio Uniting Communities, work that culminated in winning a $2 million grant from the Mackenzie Scott/Yield Giving Open Call. She has founded Erika Carlson Consulting to create sustainable grant funding streams for social and economic justice.
Adam Gehrke ’98 announced his retirement as Seattle’s go-to traffic reporter last fall. For more than 20 years, Gehrke was the trusted voice for Seattle-Tacoma traffic updates, guiding drivers through their commutes.
2000s
Ku’uleianuhea Awo-Chun ’01 was named Director of Education and Culture-Based Learning for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. In her new role, she will work to strengthen the state’s educational offerings for Native Hawaiians.
Kristy Maddux ’01 was promoted to full professor in the department of communication at the University of Maryland and is now executive director of the Honors College. “The best part about this role is that I get to work with programs that give students a broad intellectual foundation, in a living-learning setting, much like the Puget Sound education that was so formative for me,” she tells the Arches team.
Kate Pipal Hogan ’05 celebrated her tenth anniversary as the community outreach manager for Denver Audubon. She manages the Kingery Nature Center at Chatfield State Park in Littleton, Colo., and the surrounding native plant demonstration gardens, facilitating the Community Naturalist Training program and inspiring adults to take actions in their own lives that protect birds, other wildlife, and their habitats. In July 2024, she welcomed over a dozen Loggers for a nocturnal wildlife hike in search of owls, bats, and beaver.
Chris Pohlad ’07 was named chief of staff to Northmarq CEO Jeffrey Weidell in September. He continues in the same role at United Properties, which along with Northmarq is part of the Pohlad Companies family of businesses.
Madeline Gangnes ’08 received the Sustainability Award from the University of Scranton in August in recognition of her work striving for excellence in teaching about sustainability and making extraordinary efforts introducing the concept into the curriculum. She joined the faculty in 2020 as an assistant professor in the Department of English and Theatre.
Sarah Kingston ’08 recently co-founded and is the chief impact officer of a “tech-for-good” startup and app called In Good Company. The business helps people find the best ethical, sustainable, and socially conscious small businesses in their community or when they are visiting somewhere new. In Good Company is the first search engine platform dedicated to bricksand- mortar ethical businesses; the platform is powered by a new database they have created by partnering with established ethical accreditation bodies. Kingston is also an outspoken advocate of neurodiverse entrepreneurs, the challenges they face, and the unique strengths and perspectives they bring to the companies they lead.
2010s
Conor W. Harkins ’11 was named city attorney for the City of Colfax (Calif.) last summer. He is an associate in Colantuono, Highsmith, and Whatley’s Grass Valley and Sacramento offices.
Jessica Erickson Kerr ’12, who practices civil litigation and appellate advocacy on behalf of public, private, and non-profit clients for the law offices of Hillis, Clark, Martin, and Peterson in Seattle, was recognized with three professional honors in the past year. She received an award of distinction from Eatonville High School in August in recognition of her journey from a high-achieving high school student to a successful attorney. In June, she was selected as The Appellate Lawyers’ sole recommended lawyer in Washington. And in May, she received an award of Highly Recommended Returner of the Year at the Meritas Women’s Leadership Awards, which recognizes women lawyers who have gone above and beyond following a return from a parental leave or career break.
Minh Nguyen ’12, a classical guitar performer and educator, was featured in an August article in the news platform Newstrail.
Rachel Prusynski ’12, an assistant professor in the University of Washington’s Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, received the 2024 American Physical Therapy Association Washington Physical Therapist of the Year award in October.
Cameron Braithwaite ’16 was one of 10 athletes named to the Port Angeles Roughriders Hall of Fame at a ceremony in August. He was a state long jump champion and went on to become a champion decathlete at Puget Sound.
Andrew Oberhelman ’17 received his PhD in hydrogeology from the University of Florida, Gainesville, after earning a Master of Science degree from the Illinois State University in 2019. He started a post-doctoral position at Florida International University.
Kyrianna Bolles ’18 had a solo art show about chronic pain and illness titled Malaise open in November at the 1078 Gallery in Chico, Calif. In addition, her work was featured in a show in Norway last summer that was part of their national Endometriosis Awareness Month. Bolles, who is known professionally as KYRIANNA, is an internationally known watercolor and mixed media art who creates works centered around the theme of chronic pain and illness.
The new associate principal and social emotional learning coordinator at Islander Middle School in Mercer Island, Wash., is Katie Gallagher MAT’18, who started in the role last summer.
2020s
The graduate work of Grace Maria Eberhardt ’20 was highlighted by the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign in September. She is investigating the history of eugenics, focusing on 20th century eugenic racializations of Latina/ Latinos in the U.S.
Kingston High School football coach Ethan Goldizen ’20 was featured in an article in the Kitsap Daily News about his plans to rebuild the culture for a football program that has not had a winning season since 2013.
Kaela Hamilton ’20 published a paper in the journal Diversity in August on her undergraduate thesis work with Carrie Woods, associate professor in biology. “She had reached out to me and wanted to give me the opportunity to publish the research I performed with her for my thesis,” she tells the Arches team.
Claire Foster ’22 was named editor-in-chief for the University of California Irvine Law Review.
Jena Burkhart DPT’24 was featured in an article from Boise State University about how she combined her unique military background with her passion for health and fitness. She was an Army ranger who spent nearly a decade serving on active duty before coming to Puget Sound. Today, she continues to serve in the Army Reserves and is working in physical therapy in North Carolina.