Caitlyn Beaudry (JD 2007)
Caitlyn joined the Milwaukee office of law firm Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren as an associate in the trusts and estates practice.
Posted: 02/05/2010

Eric Yates (LAS 1993)
Eric was named chief advancement officer of the Williston Northampton School in Easthampton, Mass. He resides in Easthampton with his two children and his wife, Kara McElhone.
Posted: 02/05/2010

Frank Sommario (JD 2000, COM 1997)
Frank, an associate attorney at the Chicago law firm of Romanucci & Blandin, was elected and installed treasurer of the Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association (WCLA), Ltd. For his successes representing injury victims, he was named by Super Lawyers magazine as one of Illinois' Rising Stars 2010.
Posted: 02/05/2010

James Pedersen (MUS 1987)
James, a cellist, has been actively performing in orchestral, opera and chamber music since moving to New York in 1988. He has appeared as soloist with Musica Bella, the Bronx Symphony Orchestra, One World Symphony and the Soundfest Chamber Orchestra.
Posted: 02/05/2010

John Easterday (COM 1996)
John has joined the Chicago office of Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, LLC, as managing director. Most recently, he spent four years as a managing director with True Partners Consulting where he led the State Income and Franchise Tax and Employment Tax practices. He is a member of the AICPA and Illinois and Indiana CPA Societies.
Posted: 02/05/2010

Joseph Ori (MBA 1983)
Joe joined NRC Realty & Capital Advisors, LLC as senior vice president of commercial real estate business development in the firm's Santa Monica, Calif. office. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the Urban Land Institute.
Posted: 02/05/2010

Matthew May (MBA 2001)
Matthew joined Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. as an associate in the firm's Chicago office.
Posted: 02/05/2010

Matthew Wawrzyn (JD 2001)
Matthew has joined the business litigation group at Baker & Daniels LLP. He will serve as counsel from the law firm's Chicago office.
Posted: 02/03/2010

Anthony Steinike (JD 2003, LAS 1999)
Anthony, an associate in Quarles & Brady's Chicago law office, was selected for inclusion in Wisconsin Super Lawyers - Rising Stars Edition 2010.
Posted: 02/02/2010

Dana Green (LLM 1991)
Dana was promoted from senior vice president to executive vice president and general counsel of Walgreens. She joined Walgreens in 1974 as an attorney in employee relations and was promoted to director and, in 1998, divisional vice president of that department. She became corporate vice president of human resources in 2000, then senior vice president of human resources four years later. Dana was named Walgreens general counsel in 2005.
Posted: 02/02/2010

Bonnie Beezhold (COM 1984)
Bonnie earned her doctorate in nutrition at Arizona State University (ASU) in 2008. She teaches in the nutrition program of the ASU College of Nursing and Health Innovation in Phoenix.
Posted: 02/01/2010

Maria Malin (COM 1985)
Maria's first book, "When You Just Can't Say Good-bye, Don't - A Mother's Personal Journey After Losing a Child," was published in May 2009. The book details a journey to hope and an alternative route to healing after loss of a child.
Posted: 02/01/2010

Mollie Pawlosky (JD 1996)
Mollie was selected as one of Business Record's Forty Under 40 honorees in Des Moines, Iowa, for 2010. She is a shareholder in the Des Moines office of Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.
Posted: 02/01/2010

Robert Lombardo (MA 1977)
Robert is an assistant professor of criminal justice at Loyola University of Chicago and a former deputy chief of police for Cook County, Ill. His book, "The Black Hand: Terror by Letter in Chicago," was published Jan. 4, 2010, by the University of Illinois Press.
Posted: 02/01/2010

Victoria Krupica (EDU 2008)
Victoria is a third-grade teacher in Gurnee,Ill. She also works with English language learners in an after-school tutoring program.
Posted: 02/01/2010

Warren Barshes (MA 1969, LAS 1965)
Warren moved to Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii after having lived in Beijing, China, for the past six years. He is actively engaged in human resources consulting and teaches business courses.
Posted: 02/01/2010

Orbert Davis (MUS 1982)
Orbert conducts the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic in "From Ella to Mandela," at the Auditorium Theatre, March 11, starting at 7:30 p.m.
Posted: 01/28/2010

Orbert and his jazz quintet will be performing at the McAninch Arts Center at the College of DuPage on Friday, Jan. 15, 2010.
Posted: 01/15/2010

Charles Weaver (JD 1983)
Charles is partner in Peoria Builders, a residential development and construction company located in Peoria, Ill. He is president of the United States Polo Assoc., and is serving as chairperson of the three-state Heartland Region of Young Life Committee. Most recently he was named a directorf of First State Bank of Illinois.
Posted: 01/27/2010

Cordelia Holbert (PHD 2007)
Cordelia is teaching both online and classroom courses as a social work lecturer at Northern Arizona University-Yuma.
Posted: 01/27/2010

Eric Chovanec (JD 2009)
Eric is an associate with the Thomas, Manner and Hughey law firm in Champaign, Ill. he concentrates his practice in workers' compensation and civil litigation.
Posted: 01/27/2010

Joseph Czopek (COM 1979)
Joseph is principal accounting officer of Flint, Mich.-based Citizens Republic Bancorp. He was the company's corporate controller since July 2009, a role he will retain in addition to his new duties.
Posted: 01/27/2010

Kyle Davis (MS 2009, JD 2009)
Kyle has joined Dykema's Chicago law office as an associate. He focuses his practice on intellectual property matters, including all aspects of the procurement, management and enforcement of intellectual property rights.
Posted: 01/27/2010

Larry Mysliwiec (MUS 1976)
Larry is patrol commander with the Schererville Police Department in Indiana. A percussionist, he also teaches msuic lessons to middle school students and drums with a local band called Bones Don't Float.
Posted: 01/27/2010

Michael Bogacki (COM 1976)
Michael is CFO of Wilbert Funeral Services, Inc. He is also a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Illinois CPA Society.
Posted: 01/27/2010

Michael Murphy (LAS 1975)
Michael was installed as the ninth senior minister of the historic Peoples Congregational United Church of Christ (UCC) in Washington, D.C. Previously, he served 21 years at a UCC church in Michigan and was on the Michigan state legislature for three terms.
Posted: 01/27/2010

Natalie Loss (COM 2009)
Natalie was named 2009 Columbus Day Parade Queen for promoting Italian culture and heritage by Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas.
Posted: 01/27/2010

Nevin Adams (JD 1988)
Nevin is dean of the PLANSPONSOR Institute, the education arm of PLANSPONSOR. He also is editor-in-chief of PLANSPONSOR magazine, and the creator, writer and publisher of PLANSPONSOR.com's NewsDash.
Posted: 01/27/2010

Penelope Ose (MED 2006)
Penny teaches third grade at Graham Elementary School in Naperville, Ill.
Posted: 01/27/2010

Robert Clifford (LLD 2003, JD 1976, COM 1973)
Robert, a personal injury attorney in Chicago, was named Chicago Best Lawyers Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year for 2010.
Posted: 01/27/2010

Robert Minetz (LAS 1968)
Robert is a partner at the Chicago law firm of Latimer, LeVay, Juraskek LLC.
Posted: 01/27/2010

Terrence Dunne (MST 1990)
Terry is senior vice president for automatic rollovers at Millennium Trust Company LLC in Oak Brook, Ill. His article, "What to Do With Retirement Plans When Ex-Employees Can't Be Found" was published in the November 2009 issue of Benefits & Compensation Digest.
Posted: 01/27/2010

Theresa Plascencia (EDU 1995)
Theresa is principal of Farrugut Career Academy High School in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood.
Posted: 01/27/2010

Christopher Keleher (JD 2002)
Christopher was elected shareholder of the law firm Querrey & Harrow, where he concentrates his practice in appellate matters and insurance coverage. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Illinois Appellate Lawyers Association, and he resides in Westmont, Ill.
Posted: 01/25/2010

David Kohn (CMN 1982)
David, executive director of public affairs at the Union League Club of Chicago, was elected president of the Chicago Area Public Affairs Group, a not-for-profit association of the area's public policy and government affairs professionals who serve in public, corporate and non-profit sectors. He also serves on the board of trustees of Econ Illinois (formerly the Illinois Council on Economic Education) and the Dean's advisory council of DePaul University's College of Communication, and he is secretary of the Armed Forces Council of Chicago.
Posted: 01/25/2010

Dominick Lanzito (COM 1999)
Dominick was elected shareholder of the law firm Querrey & Harrow, where he concentrates his practice in federal litigation, municipal liability and general corporate matters. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association and the Justinian Society. He is a resident of Roselle, Ill., where he serves on the board of the Fire and Police Commission.
Posted: 01/25/2010

Janai Brugger (MUS 2005)
Janai has been accepted into the Merola Opera program this summer in San Francisco and has been accepted into the apprentice program with the Los Angeles Opera for the 2010-2011 season.
Posted: 01/25/2010

Kimberly Dawson (SNL 2009)
Kimberly is pursuing her master's degree in sociology at DePaul University.
Posted: 01/25/2010

Alexandra White (COM 2007)
Alex and her business, Busy Beaver Button Co., were featured on Chicago's WGN-TV News on Jan. 13, 2010.
Posted: 01/22/2010

Christine Franco (MST 1997)
Christine was appointed vice president of strategic asset management of The Duchossois Group, located in Elmhurst, Ill.
Posted: 01/22/2010

John Bannen (LLM 1989)
John, an attorney in the national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP, was named by Wisconsin Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in Wisconsin for 2009.
Posted: 01/22/2010

Joseph McInerney (MBA 1996)
Joe, who has been COO of Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI) since 2005, was promoted to president and CEO of NTGI. He is based in Stamford, Conn.
Posted: 01/22/2010

Joshua Larsen (JD 2008)
Joshua and his wife, Paige, are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Hannah Joy, on Sept. 23, 2009. The family lives in Indianapolis, where Joshua works as a patent attorney at Barnes & Thornburg LLP.
Posted: 01/22/2010

Katherine Richardson-Espiau (EDU 2003)
Katherine and her husband, Brian, were married in January 2006 and welcomed their first child, Emma Louise, on Nov. 19, 2009.
Posted: 01/22/2010

Rachel Yarch (JD 2001)
Rachel was named partner of the law firm of Kopon Airdo LLC, in Chicago. She concentrates her practice in employment law, representing and advising employers.
Posted: 01/22/2010

Sylvia Wulf (MBA 1984)
Sylvia was named to oversee the food safety business unit of Nutrition Physiology Company, LLC, an Overland Park, Kan.-based maker of all-natural, pathogen-fighting products for the beef, dairy and food processing industries.
Posted: 01/22/2010

Darwin Noguera (MUS 2006)
Darwin performed at Andy's Jazz Club last weekend. Howard Reich wrote in his review, "Noguera is an introspective player who says a great deal with a few well-chosen notes."
Posted: 01/18/2010

Frances Fatta (MUS 2004)
Fran is the conductor for the Vernon Hills High School Symphony Orchestra, an ensemble that was selected to perform at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago in December.
Posted: 01/18/2010

Jarrard Harris (MM 2003)
Jarrard is the director of Midwest Young Artists' Jazz Combo Program and Jazz Ensemble.
Posted: 01/18/2010

Karen Gahl-Mills (MUS 1999)
Karen will leave her post of president of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra to accept the post of executive director of Cuyahoga Arts and Culture in February this year.
Posted: 01/18/2010

Edward Puisis (MBA 1986)
Edward joined Intelligrated, an automated material handling solutions provider, as CFO and executive vice president.
Posted: 01/14/2010

Meredith Gioia (MFA 1999)
Meredith started full time as associate director of course catalog within Student Records at DePaul on Dec. 7, 2009. Meredith is responsible for managing any updates and corrections to DePaul's course catalog and class schedule and maintaining the most up-to-date and correct information regarding degree requirements and class requirements.
Posted: 01/14/2010

Christopher Dekker (JD 1993)
Christopher has joined Lake Forest, Ill.-based Brunswick Corp. as associate general counsel for litigation and employment.
Posted: 01/13/2010

Eileen Brassil (COM 1988)
Eileen has become a partner in the CPA firm of Legacy Professionals LLP and serves as the chair of the firm's Accounting and Auditing (A&A) Committee. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountant and the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS). At the ICPAS, she is a member of the Employee Benefit Plans Special Interest Group and Employee Benefit Plan Task Force. Eileen and her family reside in Mount Prospect, Ill.
Posted: 01/12/2010

Matthew Smith (SNL 2007)
Matthew, president of the James W. Smith Printing Company, has been appointed Wisconsin State Volunteer Chair for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. He has served on the state's conservation board since 2008, and his company has donated thousands of dollars in marketing communications to advance the foundations mission: ensuring the future of elk, other wildlife and their habitat.
Posted: 01/12/2010

Benjamin Berman (JD 2004)
Benjamin is the associate general counsel of Kayak.com, a travel search website.
Posted: 01/11/2010

Carol Marcou (COM 1989)
Carol was named by the Illinois Community Association Institute (CAI) Nomination Committee to serve on the Illinois CAI Chapter's board of directors. She has more than 18 years of community management experience and currently is a senior community manager at Vanguard Community Management.
Posted: 01/11/2010

Elizabeth Nickles (MA 1970)
Liz joined FTI Consulting's New York office as senior vice resident and chief marketing officer and will lead the company's global branding and marketing efforts.
Posted: 01/11/2010

Eric Courts (CMN 2007)
Eric is the alumni coordinator at Garfield Park's Al Raby High School for Community and Environment in Chicago, where he is focused on helping his students reach their college dreams. The school's alumni program is geared towards providing personalized support to graduates and giving them an additional foothold through at least college freshman year. In leading the program, Eric serves as a college counselor, a financial aid advisor, an event planner, a project manager, a mentorship coordinator and a life coach.
Posted: 01/11/2010

Jennifer Leahy (THE 2004)
Jen and her family (the VeSotas) have been responsible for decades for the ornaments on the Lithuanian Christmas tree that is part of the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry's Christmas Around the World Exhibit. The exhibit includes the 45-foot Grand Tree in the Rotunda and more than 50 trees in the museums main level decorated by ethnic communities. Jen reports that the making of the ornaments used on the Lithuanian tree is a dying art; her job is to repair damaged ornaments from year-to-year, or re-make the ones that are damaged beyond repair.
Posted: 01/11/2010

Jody Gleason (JD 1990)
Jody, a veteran Kane County (Ill.) prosecutor, was named first assistant state's attorney in December 2009. She joined the state's attorney's office 17 years ago and has worked in all but the civil division. As first assistant, she will supervise the Priority Prosecution Unit, all felony prosecutors and traffic and misdemeanor divisions.
Posted: 01/11/2010

John Gregg (JD 2002)
John was elected partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP in Grand Rapids, Mich., effective Jan. 1, 2010. He is a member of Barnes & Thornburg's Finance, Insolvency and Restructuring Department in Grand Rapids, and has extensive experience representing secured creditors, debtors, committees, asset purchasers and other parties in interest in reorganizations, liquidations and other insolvency proceedings.
Posted: 01/11/2010

Jonathan Graham (MBA 2007)
Jonathan has joined the Chicago-based firm Rabjohns Financial Group as a financial representative. He is a Registered Representative with New England Securities, holding his Series 6 and 63 securities registrations, and is life, health and long-term care insurance licensed in Illinois. He lives in Palatine, Ill., with his wife, Jacqueline, and their two young daughters, Sarah and Lauren.
Posted: 01/11/2010

Joseph Freda (MS 1989, MBA 1985)
Joseph is the CFO of Schaumburg, Ill.-based Flexera Software, Inc.
Posted: 01/11/2010

Kelly O'Connor McNees (MED 2006)
Kelly's debut novel " The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott" will be published in April 2010. She is a former editorial assistant and English teacher and lives in Chicago with her husband.
Posted: 01/11/2010

Larry Rogers (JD 1983)
Larry has been selected to receive the Chicago Bar Association's 2010 Earl Burrus Dickerson Award. A founding partner in the firm of Power, Rogers & Smith, P.C., he is being honored for a renowned career as a personal injury lawyer and for service to the legal profession.
Posted: 01/11/2010

Mark Westerhausen (MST 1984)
Mark is director of tax services at Dulin, Ward & DeWald Inc., an accounting, audit, tax and technology services firm in Northeast Indiana.
Posted: 01/11/2010

Richard Alvarez (COM 1993)
Richard joined Health Contact Partners in Wheeling, Ill., as vice president of business development and sales at the company's health call center.
Posted: 01/11/2010

Safaa Zarzour (JD 2003)
Saffa was awarded the Chicago Commission on Human Relations' 2009 Outstanding Service Award. He is the secretary general of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), headquartered in Plainfield, Ind., and is a member of the board of advisors of the Bernadine Center at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.
Posted: 01/11/2010

Steven Mayer (MBA 1983)
Steven and his wife, Carmelita, are excited to announce the birth of their twins, Robert Walter and Sophia Jeannette, on Dec. 12, 2009.
Posted: 01/11/2010

George Keating (THE 1990)
George played the ghost of Jacob Marley in Marriott Theatre's production of "A Christmas Carol, the Musical," through Jan. 2, 2010.
Posted: 01/04/2010

Alarie Hammock (THE 2009)
Alarie and Samantha Umstead (THE 09) are co-costume designers for "Wild Nights with Emily," Caffeine Theatre at the Lincoln Square Theatre, March 5-April 4, 2010. Jessica Bennett (THE 07), Annie Calhoun (THE 09) and Amanda Hartley (THE 03) are in the cast. Meghan McCarthy (THE 07) directs and Casey Diers (THE 09) is the lighting designer.
Posted: 01/03/2010

Amanda Hartley (MFA 2008)
Amanda s in the cast of "Wild Nights with Emily," Caffeine Theatre at the Lincoln Square Theatre, March 5-April 4, 2010. Annie Calhoun (THE 09) and Jessica Bennett (THE 07) also are in the cast. Meghan McCarthy (THE 07) directs, Alarie Hammock (THE 09) and Samantha Umstead (THE 09) are co-costume designers and Casey Diers (THE 09) is the lighting designer.
Posted: 01/03/2010

Ann Calhoun (MFA 2009)
Annie is in the cast of "Wild Nights with Emily," Caffeine Theatre at the Lincoln Square Theatre, March 5-April 4, 2010. Jessica Bennett (THE 09) and Amanda Hartley (THE 03) also are in the cast. Meghan McCarthy (THE 07) directs, Alarie Hammock (THE 09) and Samantha Umstead (THE 09) are co-costume designers and Casey Diers (THE 09) is the lighting designer.
Posted: 01/03/2010

Carolyn Hoerdemann (THE 1992)
Carolyn recently wrote an article, Finding My Artistic Voice 10 Years After Acting School, for Chicago Artists Resource.
Posted: 01/03/2010

Casey Diers (THE 2009)
Casey is the lighting designer for "Wild Nights with Emily," Caffeine Theatre at the Lincoln Square Theatre, March 5-April 4, 2010. Jessica Bennett (THE 07), Annie Calhoun (THE 09) and Amanda Hartley (THE 03) are in the cast. Meghan McCarthy (THE 07) directs and Alarie Hammock (THE 09) and Samantha Umstead (THE 09) are co-costume designers.
Posted: 01/03/2010

Casey and Camden Peterson (THE 09) were lighting assistants for the 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert, which aired Nov. 29, 2009, on HBO. Kevin Lawson (THE 91) was the lighting director.
Posted: 01/02/2010

Darrell Miller (THE 1990)
Darrell is working for Exempla Healthcare in Denver, CO.
Posted: 01/03/2010

Dexter Zollicoffer (MFA 1990)
Dexter was in" The Bugs of the Pigs in the Lions" as a part of the New Stages series, Goodman Theatre, Dec. 13, 2009.
Posted: 01/03/2010

Jessica Rosenberger (THE 2007)
Jessica is in the cast of "Wild Nights with Emily," Caffeine Theatre at the Lincoln Square Theatre, March 5-April 4, 2010. Annie Calhoun (THE 09) and Amanda Hartley (THE 03) also are in the cast. Meghan McCarthy (THE 07) directs, Alarie Hammock (THE 09) and Samantha Umstead (THE 09) are co-costume designers and Casey Diers (THE 09) is the lighting designer.
Posted: 01/03/2010

Kristin Idaszak (THE 2009)
Kristin was the dramaturg for" Woyzeck" for Brown/Trinity MFA Directing Thesis Project, through Dec. 19, 2009. She also has written a play, "Peaches," which is featured in Dramatis Persona's Feats of Strength Festival at Strawdog Theatre, through Dec. 19.
Posted: 01/03/2010

Lauren Angelopoulos (THE 2009)
Lauren was a designer for "EXPLORE: American Buffalo" at Steppenwolf Theatre.
Posted: 01/03/2010

Meghan McCarthy (MFA 2007)
Meghan directs "Wild Nights with Emily," Caffeine Theatre at the Lincoln Square Theatre, March 5-April 4, 2010. Jessica Bennett (THE 07), Annie Calhoun (THE 09) and Amanda Hartley (THE 03) are in the cast. Alarie Hammock (THE 09) and Samantha Umstead (THE 09) are co-costume designers and Casey Diers (THE 09) is the lighting designer.
Posted: 01/03/2010

Nambi Kelley (THE 1995)
Nambi received a special acknowledgment at the 5th Annual Black Playwrights Festival presented by Black Ensemble Theater on Dec. 7, 2009, and excerpts from her works were the featured production of the evening. As part of the festival, her play "Legacy" was performed on Dec. 13, 2009. She was also recently nominated for a 3 Arts Artist Award in the category of theatre as an actor and playwright, and she will appear in "The Lost Boys of Sudan," Victory Gardens Biograph Theatre, March 19-April 25, 2010.
Posted: 01/03/2010

Paul Stovall (THE 1991)
Paul's musical, "Clear," was performed Nov. 30, 2009 at Joe's Pub in New York City.
Posted: 01/03/2010

Samantha Umstead (THE 2009)
Samantha and Alarie Hammcok (THE 09) are co-costume designers for "Wild Nights with Emily," Caffeine Theatre at the Lincoln Square Theatre, March 5-April 4, 2010. Jessica Bennett (THE 07), Annie Calhoun (THE 09) and Amanda Hartley (THE 03) are in the cast. Meghan McCarthy (THE 07) directs and Casey Diers (THE 09) is the lighting designer.
Posted: 01/03/2010

Susaan Jamshidi (MFA 2007)
Susaan played Yasmina in "Yasmina's Necklace" for the Goodman's New Stages Series on Dec. 12, 2009.
Posted: 01/03/2010

Alicia Hall (MFA 1997)
Alicia is a company/board member of "The Moving Dock Theatre." Their latest show centers on the work and lives of our country's first female astronomers, who worked at the Harvard Observatory College at the turn of the 19th century. They will be performing at the Adler Planetarium on March 18-19, 2010.
Posted: 01/02/2010

Camden Peterson (THE 2009)
Camden and Casey Diers (THE 09) were lighting assistants for the 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert, which aired Nov. 29, 2009, on HBO. Kevin Lawson (THE 91) was the lighting director.
Posted: 01/02/2010

Christine Hall (THE 1992)
Reamy was in the Dec. 16, 2009, episode of CBS's "Criminal Minds."
Posted: 01/02/2010

James Grant (THE 1962)
James was in "Christmas Child" on Lifetime in December. He is also in "Beyond A Reasonable Doubt" with Michael Douglas, to be released on DVD and Blu-ray on Dec. 22, 2009.
Posted: 01/02/2010

James, Suzanne Lang (THE 04) and Richard Pierrelouis (THE 03) are in the independent film "What If...," to be released Feb. 14, 2010.
Posted: 12/29/2009

Jaymi Smith (THE 1996)
Jaymi designed the lighting for "Icarus," Lookinglass Theatre, 821 N. Michigan Ave., through Jan. 24, 2010.
Posted: 01/02/2010

Kelley Ogden (THE 1999)
Kelley is in the cast of "Crime and Punishment," Ooley Theatre, 28th & T Streets in midtown Sacramento, CA, Jan. 15-Feb. 13, 2010.
Posted: 01/02/2010

Kevin Lawson (THE 1991)
Kevin was the lighting director for the 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert, which aired Nov. 29, 2009, on HBO. Casey Diers (THE 09) and Camden Peterson (THE 09) were lighting assistants .
Posted: 01/02/2010

Kyle Gibson (THE 2006)
Kyle was in "Gossamer," Adventure Stage Chicago, through Dec. 17, 2009.
Posted: 01/02/2010

Matthew Champagne (THE 1992)
Matt and former Theatre student Alex Skuby were in the Nov. 23, 2009, episode of ABC's "Castle."
Posted: 01/02/2010

Richard Dustin Valenta (THE 2008)
Dustin was in the "2009 Winter Pageant" with Redmoon Theatre through Dec. 27, 2009.
Posted: 01/02/2010

Timothy Frank (THE 2007)
Tim recently shot another episode of episode of HBO's "True Blood," to be aired this month, and a T-Mobile commercial that will play through February 2010. He is also in a Captain D's commercial, which will air in the southeastern U.S. until March 2010.
Posted: 01/02/2010

Adrian Snow (THE 2008)
Adrian is an understudy for "The Twins Would Like to Say" at Steppenwolf Theatre, Feb. 28-April 25, 2010. Student John Rooney is stage managing and Dan Kerr-Hobert (THE 03) is the puppet designer.
Posted: 12/30/2009

Daniel Collins (THE 2001)
Dan recently co-wrote and co-directed "Professor von Awesome's Traveling Caravan of Cautionary Warnings" with fellow alums Terry Selucky (THE 01) and Lizz Leiser (THE 01) for The Serious Theatre Collective in New York City.
Posted: 12/30/2009

Daniel Kerr-Hobert (THE 2003)
Dan is the puppet designer for "The Twins Would Like to Say" at Steppenwolf Theatre, Feb. 28-April 25, 2010. Student John Rooney is stage managing and Adrian Snow (THE 08) is an understudy.
Posted: 12/30/2009

Elisabeth Leiser (THE 2001)
Lizz recently co-wrote and co-directed "Professor von Awesome's Traveling Caravan of Cautionary Warnings" with fellow alums Terry Selucky (THE 01) and Dan Collins (THE 01) for The Serious Theatre Collective in New York City.
Posted: 12/30/2009

Kate Lane (THE 2009)
Kate wrote "Musical Deep," performed by the Gorilla Tango Theatre in fall 2009. Arthur Soria (THE 09) and former student Samantha Wilson were in the cast. Howard Witt (THE 67) directed.
Posted: 12/30/2009

Kenneth Puttbach (THE 1991)
Ken recently opened Flaire Design Studio for weddings, special occasions, gifts and home decor. Ken is also a member of the Chicago Gay Men's Chorus.
Posted: 12/30/2009

Lindsay Leopold (MFA 2009)
Lindsay will be playing Sally Bowles in The Hypocrites' production of "Cabaret" at DCA Storefront Theatre, April 15-May 23, 2010.
Posted: 12/30/2009

Samantha Perry (THE 2009)
Samantha is in "Cinderella" at Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis, MN, through Jan. 2, 2010. Zack Shornick (THE 09) also is in the cast.
Posted: 12/30/2009

Zane Pihlstrom (THE 2003)
Zane designed sets for "Or," at the Women's Project Julia Miles Theater in New York City , through Nov. 22, 2009.
Posted: 12/30/2009

David Kovac (THE 1993)
David presented "Fooling Buddha", an evening of mirth, mystery and infinite jest, Jay Marshall Theatre and Lecture Hall of Magic, on Nov. 21-22, 2009. David continues to regularly perform his comedy/magic act at Navy Pier. He is the Kissing Bandit in an independent, currently untitled film shot recently in Chicago.
Posted: 12/29/2009

Glenn Davis (THE 2004)
Glenn will be in the "brother/sister plays," written by Tarell McCraney (THE 03) and performed in repertory at Steppenwolf Theatre, Jan. 21-May 23, 2010. Alanas Arenas (THE 02), Phillip Brannon (THE 06) and Jacqueline Williams (THE 87) also will be in the cast, and Mateo Smith (THE 08) will be understudying.
Posted: 12/29/2009

Jacqueline Williams (THE 1987)
Jacqueline will be in the "brother/sister plays," written by Tarell McCraney (THE 03) and performed in repertory at Steppenwolf Theatre, Jan. 21-May 23, 2010. Alanas Arenas (THE 02), Glenn Davis (THE 04) and Phillip Brannon (THE 06) also will be in the cast, and Mateo Smith (THE 08) will be understudying.
Posted: 12/29/2009

Judith Greer (THE 1997)
Judy has just landed the starring role in a proposed new ABC sitcom, inspired by Elaine Szewcyk's "'I'm With Stupid" best-seller. She`s currently filming "Marmaduke" with Ron Perlman, Jeremy Piven, George Lopez, and William H. Macy; and "Love and Other Drugs" with Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hank Azaria and Oliver Platt.
Posted: 12/29/2009

Lindsey Hartley (THE 2008)
Lindsey is currently filming "Cedar Rapids" with John C. Reilly (THE 87) and is going to be in the feature film "Blackbeard."
Posted: 12/29/2009

Lisa Joyce (THE 2004)
Lisa was part of the rotating cast of "Love, Loss and What I Wore" by Nora and Delia Ephron, performing at the Westside Theatre in New York City, through Jan. 3, 2010.
Posted: 12/29/2009

Matthew Smith (MFA 2008)
Mateo will be understudying the "brother/sister plays," written by Tarell McCraney (THE 03) and performed in repertory at Steppenwolf Theatre, Jan. 21-May 23, 2010. Alanas Arenas (THE 02), Phillip Brannon (THE 06), Glenn Davis (THE 04) and Jacqueline Williams (THE 87) also will be in the cast.
Posted: 12/29/2009

Phillip Brannon (THE 2006)
Phillip will be in the "brother/sister plays," written by Tarell McCraney (THE 03) and performed in repertory at Steppenwolf Theatre, Jan. 21-May 23, 2010. Alanas Arenas (THE 02), Glenn Davis (THE 04) and Jacqueline Williams (THE 87) also will be in the cast, and Mateo Smith (THE 08) will be understudying.
Posted: 12/29/2009

Richard Pierrelouis (THE 2003)
Richard, James Grant (THE 62) and Suzanne Lang (THE 04) are in the independent film "What If...," to be released Feb. 14, 2010.
Posted: 12/29/2009

Bonnie Straight (SNL 1985)
Bonnie writes that in 1992, she went to Lithuania to teach English at a new, Christian liberal college, then named Lithuania Christian College. In 1996, to gain university teaching credentials, she enrolled in Regent University, Center for Leadership Studies. In 2001, she returned to Lithuania as the chair of the business administration department of LCC International University. In 2004, Bonnie earned her Ph.D. in organizational leadership. In 2008, she returned to her hometown of Fergus Falls, Minn., where she continues to teach online courses for LCC International University and for Indiana Wesleyan University.
Posted: 12/15/2009

Chad Johannesen (JD 2001)
Chad writes that he is running for the Florida State House, District 22.
Posted: 12/15/2009

Colleen Saccotelli (LAS 2003)
Colleen (Fulara) and her husband, Mike Saccotelli (CDM '02, MS '05), welcomed a son, Enzo Fulara Saccotelli, on June 15, 2009.
Posted: 12/15/2009

Evelyn Gentry (LAS 2006)
Evelyn was awarded one of just two Baker & Daniels LLP 2010 diversity scholarships. Each award consists of a $10,000 scholarship and placement in Baker & Daniels' summer associate class.
Posted: 12/15/2009

Fatih Takmakli (MS 2009)
Fatih authored and published four books of photography, "Modern Cruise Ships from 1931 to 2008," "Ferries of the World," "Modern Turkish Ships" and "Tall Ships: The Ladies of the Seas," as well as a book of poetry called "The Love of the Rose."
Posted: 12/15/2009

Gina Jagtiani (COM 2009)
Gina and R.D. Matharu (COM '09) own and operate Smoke Wherever, a company that sells electronic cigarettes.
Posted: 12/15/2009

J. Moss (JD 1999)
Andrew was elected partner at Reed Smith LLP, and is a litigator in Reed Smith's Insurance Recovery Group in its Chicago office.
Posted: 12/15/2009

John Durburg (MBA 1996)
John, executive managing director of CB Richard Ellis Inc., was appointed by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to the Illinois Finance Authority board of directors on Dec. 14, 2009.
Posted: 12/15/2009

Julia Berger (MBA 1983)
Julia and her husband, Scott, welcomed a son, Grant Walton Holloway Berger, on September 19, 2009. The family resides in Naperville, Ill. Julia is employed by McDonald's Corp. and works at its home office in Oak Brook, Ill.
Posted: 12/15/2009

Kate Soczka (CMN 2003)
Kate has joined Chicago-based Mode Project, a motion design studio, as producer. In this role, she will be in charge of client services and bidding and project management for all design, editorial and digital content projects. She will also manage Mode Project's marketing and business initiatives.
Posted: 12/15/2009

Kathy Ford (MST 1994)
Kathy, a certified public accountant and tax partner with Ernst & Young, was named as one of six recipients of the Illinois CPA Society's fifth annual "Women to Watch" awards in recognition of her notable contributions to the accounting profession and the development of women as leaders in the field.
Posted: 12/15/2009

Kevin Durkin (JD 1980)
Kevin, a partner at Clifford Law Offices, was named one of the Irish Legal 100 this year. The award, published in the magazine Irish America, recognizes top lawyers of Irish descent throughout the country.He lives with his wife and children in Orland Park, Ill.
Posted: 12/15/2009

Martin Castro (LAS 1985)
Marty was appointed by Illinois Gov. Pat Quin as as chair of the Illinois Human Rights Commission.
Posted: 12/15/2009

Michael Saccotelli (MS 2005, CDM 2002)
Mike and his wife, Colleen (Fulara) Saccotelli (LAS '03), welcomed a son, Enzo Fulara Saccotelli, on June 15, 2009.
Posted: 12/15/2009

Patrick Jessee (LAS 2005)
Patrick received the Yvorra Leadership Development Foundation Eversole Endowment for Hazardous Materials responders.
Posted: 12/15/2009

Rena Prizant (COM 2006)
Rena was promoted to column writer on TalentZoo.com.
Posted: 12/15/2009