founded the KASE Project. It is a central Illinois non-profit dedicated to supporting the autism community. They installed a playground communication board at Southwind Park in Springfield for children with limited verbal speech to enjoy the park with their peers.
a daughter, Harper Eleanor, December 11, 2019.
was a recipient of the JPMorgan Chase National Achiever Award as a top producer in private banking and wealth management. She was previously honored with the award four times while working in Laguna Beach, California.
Dakota Stevens ’21
started a new position as a manager at Anheuser-Busch Inbev.
Joe Mendala ’21,
a staff member in Illinois College’s IT department, won a MODO 2022 Appademy Award for “Best Student-Driven” App under the category of “Best App for Design and Experience.” The annual competition recognizes universities and colleges for outstanding app development in innovation, design, UX and student engagement.
Jasaun King ’21
started a new role as a public relations information officer at Orange County Convention Center.
Tim Blackwell ’21
started a new position as admission services specialist at Knox College.
Maggie Dooley ’21
started a new position as a LTL pricing analyst at TA Services.
Mary Appleton ’21
was accepted to join the Our Girls, Our Future (OGOF) 2023 fellowship program. She will have the opportunity to connect with and empower fellow Black women in STEM.
Isaiah Smith ’20
has accepted a position with the North Dakota Farmers Union as a legislative specialist.
Dominic Caldieraro ’20
started a new position as an accountant at Caterpillar.
Lauren Estes Roesch ’19
started a new position as business unit manager at Mercy Health Wisconsin and Illinois.
Noah Yantis ’18
started a new position as the executive director of the Congressional Western Caucus. He is looking forward to growing the caucus in order to keep advocating for rural and western ways of life.
Sean Kisch ’18
began a new position as resident physician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
Matthew Murphy ’16
is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was also named the recipient of the Illinois Corn Marketing Growers Fellowship. Finally, his publication, an assessment of two statistical approaches for variance genome-wide association studies in plants, has been selected as Editor's Choice in Heredity.
Dan Lewis ’16
was promoted to director of legislative affairs at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
Karina Espinosa ’16
was promoted to senior program analyst at General Dynamics Information Technology.
Lauren Elliott ’15
started a new position as a system analyst at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
James Dambacher ’15
was appointed the new head football coach at New Berlin.
Robert Brown ’15
started a new position as manager for audience acquisition at Forrester.
Rudolph Porter ’14
graduated from Mitchell Hamline School of Law and was successfully admitted to the Bar of Minnesota.
Chandler X Polyte ’14
started a new position as senior manager for health plan PBM underwriting and pricing strategy at CVS Health.
Josephine Oshiafi ’14,
after completing the Nigerian Law School program, has been admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. She has also joined the well-respected and award-winning firm of Banwo & Ighodalo as an associate in the corporate, securities and finance group.