Dave Buswell is retired after completing a 40-year career in Washington, D.C. His last position was Vice President of the Italian multinational corporation FIAT and head of its Washington office. He is also a retired U.S. Navy captain with more than 30 years of active and reserve service. Dave and his wife, Yoko, now live in Heathsville, Va., on a tributary of the Potomac River where it meets the Chesapeake Bay. His hobbies are boating and golf. He is also a real estate broker. Dave was the Northern Star editor in chief in 1957-58.
Bruce Clinton Ladd, Jr., published his third book, "Ladd/Paddock Family: A Perspective," a genealogical and autobiographical treatment of his Chicago-based family. His earlier books were "Crisis in Credibility" and "Operation Enlightenment." He is a former associate editor of the Northern Star.
Eldon Anderson (59-60 Star business manager) lives in Sandwich, Ill.
Richard Nelson (Star editor 59-60) is self-employed as a consultant
in graduate medical education in Chicago. He was Northern Star editor in
1958-59, and editor of the Northern yearbook in 1961. In 1961, he graduated
as the just second person to receive an NIU journalism degree. He later
received a PhD. From the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Richard lives in Somonauk, Ill.
Chuck Shriver received the Donald R. Grubb Distinguished Alumni Award at the 2003 NIU Journalism Banquet. Chuck retired this year after 15 years as night news editor for the Daily Herald. Previously, he was public relations director for both the Chicago Cubs (1967-76) and White Sox (1980-84). He also worked in various capacities for the Chicago Sting, the Chicago Hustle and the San Diego Sails. While with the Cubs, Chuck worked closely with play-by-play legend Jack Brickhouse. And, his White Sox years included the infamous "Disco Demolition Night." This year's award was Chuck's second such honor from NIU; the first came in 1985.
Barry Schrader is group leader for Community Relations at Lawrence Livermore Lab in Livermore, Calif. Previously, he spent 21 years as public information officer for Sandia National Labs, also in Livermore. This followed a 17-year newspaper career in Illinois and California.
Joe Distelheim retired Sept. 1, 2002, after 40 years in the newspaper business. Joe was editor of the Huntsville (Ala.) Times, and was elected to the Northern Star Hall of Fame in 2002. He and his wife, Dottie, continue to live in Huntsville.
Carol (Przepiorka-Cain) Hughes is Public Information Officer for Scottsdale (Ariz.) Unified School District. She handles FOIA requests, lobbies at the Arizona Capitol on behalf of public education and serves on the Superintendent's Administrative Council; communication duties include the district's Web site, parent e-newsletters and employee e-newsletters. Carol also is an elected Democratic Precinct Committeeman. She lives in Phoenix.
Mark Gould is director of the public information office at the American Library Association, in downtown Chicago. ALA has 65,000 members. Mark runs a department with eight employees who focus on media relations, public education, and advocacy. They promote the value of libraries and librarians in the 21st century. Mark also is the proud father of two sons, Ben, 13, and Alex, 11. The family lives in Skokie.
Shelley Epstein is associate editor of the Peoria Journal Star.
Deborah Nelson is Washington Bureau Investigations Editor for the Los Angeles Times.
Carol Jouzaitis Jones is vice president of corporate communications for Chicago-based Orbitz, an Internet travel site. Previously, Carol was a longtime reporter for the Chicago Tribune.
1975/78
Jan Gilarski Touney is associate editor of the Herald & Review in Decatur, Ill. Tom Touney, Class of '78 and former Northern Star production employee, is a microbiology lab supervisor with Akorn Inc. Jan and Tom have two sons. Shawn, 23, is a sports management master's degree candidate at Western Illinois University; Greg, 18, will be a freshman at the University of Notre Dame this fall. They recently enjoyed a reunion with Central Illinois Star families Shelley and Marianne Epstein of Peoria, Rick and Gloria Davis of Springfield and Geoff and Marilyn Upah-Bant of Urbana.
Mary Dieter is press secretary and communications director for Gov. Frank O'Bannon of Indiana. She worked 22 years as a professional reporter, including 19 at The Courier-Journal of Louisville. She then "went corporate" for two years before landing her current job in May 2001. She is married to Tim McClure and they have a 13-year-old daughter, Amelia. The family lives in Zionsville, Ind. At the Northern Star, Mary was a reporter, city editor, editorial writer and editorial page editor.
Lawrence Lenard is a CPA and partner with Borhart, Spellmeyer& Company in Elgin, Ill.
Jim Rygelski is the managing editor of the St. Louis Review, the official weekly for the St. Louis Roman Catholic Archdiocese.
David Stoneberg is the night news editor for the Lake County Record-Bee in Lakeport, California.
Mark Ridolfi became Editor of the Editorial Page for the Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa, in December 2002. The move came after 10 years as Times City Editor and nearly 20 years on city desks in Moline, Indianapolis and Davenport. Mark also was elected board chairman of the Mid-America Press Institute. He was the Northern Star editor in 1980 and editorial page editor in 1979.
Jim Slonoff, publisher of The Doings in Hinsdale, has become the 129th president of the Illinois Press Association (IPA).
Phil Jurik moved to the Chicago Tribune in January 2003, working in Schaumburg as a deputy bureau chief. Phil had spent the previous 12 years at the Daily Southtown, where he was sports editor.
Richard Sackley is public relations manager for Fantasy Springs
Casino, a Las Vegas-style entertainment complex with a family bowling center
on the Cabazon
Band of Mission Indians reservation near Indio, Calif. A member of the Public
Relations Society of America, Sackley handles external PR efforts for the
casino, including its upcoming destination resort expansion plans, in addition
to internal employee communications. During more than seven years with the
tribe and casino, his duties have included publicizing performing celebrities
such as Bill Cosby, Faith Hill, The Moody Blues and Olivia Newton-John.
At the Star between 1979 and 1982, Richard was a sports writer and assistand
sports editor.
Terry Burns is assistant city editor/government for the Indianapolis Star, one of the three largest newspapers owned by the Gannett Corporation. He oversees the paper's coverage of state, city and county government. Terry's new job comes after three years as statehouse bureau chief in Indianapolis for The Times of Northwest Indiana. Before joining The Times in 1999, he spent 16 years with Copley Newspapers, including 10 years at Copley's Chicago Regional Bureau. He also is past president of the NIU Alumni Association.
Karen (Andros) Eyres has moved to West Hollywood, Calif.
Bryan Oberle is Editorial Page Editor at the Erie (Pa.) Times-News. He and his wife, Marnie Mead Oberle, have a 9-month old daughter, Nicole Mead Oberle. They live on a bluff over Lake Erie in Fairview, Pa. Bryan was a Northern Star sports and editorial page editor.
Scott Williams is a reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Scott previously worked for the Rockford Register Star, the Dallas Business Journal, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Blue Springs (Mo.) Examiner and the Peoria (Ill.) Journal Star.
Debbie (Henfling) Coakley has been a free-lance writer, editor and proofreader for the past nine years. She works at home while caring for her three children. Debbie and her husband, John, are celebrating their 17th wedding anniversary this summer.
Phil Luciano terms himself a "columnist and misanthrope" for the Peoria Journal Star. Phil has won numerous wards for column writing, including first place from the Illinois Associated Press in 2002.
David Kukura is the co-recipient of the 2003 Minnesota United States Attorney's Office Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award. David is an FBI agent in the Minneapolis bureau, specializing in "white-collar" crime. David and his family live in Eagan, Minn.
Patty Ihm is an early intervention specialist. Patty is in private practice and lives in DeKalb.
Mike Morris works for Country Sampler Group/Emmis Communication in St. Charles, Ill. He is the editor of Country Sampler Decorating Ideas and Decorate with Paint magazines. Mike is also an executive editor of Country Business magazine.
Tim O'Malley is president and publisher of Concierge Preferred - Chicago, and also has successfully launched Concierge Preferred - St. Louis. The company just hosted the second annual Concierge Preferred Convention at Navy Pier in Chicago.
Jack Goldberg is the founder of Windy City Advertising, an online direct marketing services firm. Prior to founding Windy City, Jack served as the Central Region Sales Manager for Yesmail. Prior to Yesmail, he worked for six years at MorganStanley, Dean Witter.
Thomas Burns works for Comcast, and has moved back to Chicago from Hawaii.
Bill Bracken is the executive director for Chicago Gateway Green.
Previously, Bill worked for ABC/Channel 7, the City of Chicago, the U.S.
Olympic Committee and the Chicago Sun-Times.
Mark McGowan and his wife, Christy, had a baby girl, Darby, born
Feb. 25, 2003. Mark works in the NIU Public Affairs office.
Sean Leary has begun publishing a national humor anthology, The Dingo. The first issue debuted in March and is currently in its third printing. The second issue will hit stores in September. Those looking to possibly submit pieces can e-mail Sean. He currently is working on a science-fiction novel, ``DisIntegration,'' and will publish a paranormal book by a religious channeler, ``The New Revelations,'' this summer. Aside from his publishing work, Sean remains the Entertainment Editor for The Dispatch, Rock Island Argus and The Leader in the Illinois/Iowa Quad-Cities, an on-air personality for radio stations B100-FM, 97X-FM and KBOB-FM and a pop culture reporter for TV stations WQAD-ABC and KWQC-NBC.
David Statis, owner of JDLSignWorks, has moved to Miami, Fla.
Laura (Callary) Dooley and her husband, Nathan, had a baby boy, William Robert, born Nov. 27, 2002. m
Rob Heselbarth is Managing Editor of RSES Journal, Des Plaines, Ill. He and his wife, Kim, live in Algonquin.
Jim Murphy who has been working for several years for Yahoo, has been promoted to Executive Director of Sales, Eastern Division. He will live in New York City.
Ryan Penoyer is a senior CRM consultant for Hitachi Consulting, Chicago.
Jana Ronayne is a copy editor on the night news desk at the Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, Ill. She lives in Glenview.
Greg Snook works for Microsoft, programming video games for the Xbox. He has done some writing about game programming and is finishing his first book on the subject. Greg, wife and three children live in Sammamish, Wash.
1993/94
Eric Krol (B.A., '93) and Stacy (Christiansen) Krol (M.A., '94) welcomed their first child, Jackson Allen, on April 27. Eric is political writer at the Daily Herald and Stacy is copy editing manager of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Kelly Kniewel is a senior account representative with Pal Graphics in Broadview, Ill. Previously, Kelly has worked for Autoweb.com and J. Halcomb Advertising.
Ann Mazur is a financial consultant for Fannie Mae in Chicago.
Allison (Kozak) Barham has been promoted to Fashion Account Executive for the Chicago Tribune. Allison's new office is in the Tribune Tower.
Tim Brynda is a Senior Systems Analyst for Ace Hardware Corporation, Oak Brook. As a data integration specialist, Tim is working on the Eagle Vision project, a new company-wide, in-store computer system. Tim lives in Chicago's Wrigleyville area with another Star alum, Jen Snyder, '94, who worked in ad production.
Geoff Evert is attending Loyola University's Graduate School of Business. He also works as an account executive for GO Promotions, and is a free-lance sports reporter for the Daily Southtown, Tinley Park.
Dave Fornell married Stephanie Batroni of Danville in September 2002. There's much more to that story, however. Dave and Stephanie had been together for about eight years. To save Stephanie months of worrying, Dave says, he devised a surprise wedding which she found out about 24 hours before the ceremony. A reporter for the Reporter-Progress Newspapers in Downers Grove, he told her he was working on a story about someone who had been arrested for Internet child porn, and that he needed to get the guy's court records - thus tricking Stephanie into going with him to the courthouse to get a marriage license. "Things worked out great and everything was organized without her knowing," Dave says.
Jim Huguelet is President of The Huguelet Group LLC, a leading provider of strategic information technology consulting and project management services to corporate IT departments and software product companies. He and his wife, Stephanie, were married in 2000, and have a stepson, Michael. They live in Romeoville. At the Northern Star, Jim was systems manager from 1990-95 while earning B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science.
dAniel Alig Jacobson (formerly Daniel Jacobson) lives in Bern, Switzerland, where he is an English teacher, athlete and writer. At the Star, he was a reporter and occasional cartoonist.
John Kariotis, who works for InForte, has been promoted to M3, a third level in the company's manager ranks.
Anthony Leva is a special education teacher in Palatine, Ill. Anthony, wife Tracey, son Kile and daughter Kailynn live in Huntley, Ill.
Sean Parnell is a product manager for Bell & Howell in Chicago.
Zach Smith has been promoted National Sales Manager at Fox Television in Dallas. Zach and wife Carol have moved to Dallas and are expecting twins in August.
Tim Tilton married Carrie McKevitt on June 14, 2003. Tim teaches business in the Rosemont School District.
Lesley Rogers Barrett is county government reporter for the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison.
John Conteduca and wife Monica are the proud parents of baby Dominick Joseph, born July 31, 2002. John is a sales representative for Fidelity National Title in Las Vegas.
Trevor Freeze is a news designer for the Charlotte Observer. He previously was a sports designer at the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville.
Kay (Yadon) Luna is a reporter for the Quad-City Times in Davenport, Iowa, working from the paper's Clinton, Iowa, bureau. She is married to Mark Luna and is mother of the famous Zachary, who hung out at the Star many days and nights during Kay's college years. Zach will turn 12 and start middle school this fall. This past year, Kay won several state awards and one first-place national writing award for a series she wrote about a young widow who taught herself to farm her husband's ground after he died. The Times also sent Kay to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to do a series about Quad-City area Army Reserve soldiers who were sent to Camp X-Ray to guard accused terrorists last year.
Liza Lundholm is an attorney with Purcell & Wardrope Chartered in Chicago. Previously, Liza worked for the firm of Segel and Siegel in Chicago.
1996/97
Jen Bland ('96) and Jason Schaumburg ('97) are the proud parents of Corgan Jacob, born Aug. 27, 2002. Jason is sports editor at the Northwest Herald, and also is Great Lakes Region Vice Chair for Associated Press Sports Editors.
Chris Belec has a new sales position in National Financial Advertising at the Chicago Tribune. His new office is in the Chicago Tribune Tower.
Nate Hernandez is a reporter for The Associated Press in Chicago. He currently works the overnight desk shift - moving stories for the print and broadcast wires, rewriting stories from local newspapers and keeping an eye out for breaking news anywhere in Illinois. Nate previously was a staff writer for Chicago Lawyer.
Laura McHale is the Midwest sales manager for Scholastic. Previously, she worked for Disney.com.
Kristophere' Owens is a reporter for Sun Publications in Naperville. He covers Downers Grove. Kris plans a September 2004 wedding to Tiana Cook.
1997/98
Jonathan Lampe ('98) and Melissa (Wirtz) Lampe ('97) welcomed their second child, Patrick Ryan, in April. Patrick joins big brother Nathan. Also, Melissa was elected to a three-year term on the Stoughton (Wis.) City Council. The former city reporter won both the primary and the general election by a 2-1 margin over her nearest challenger. At the Northern Star, Jonathan was systems manager and Melissa was a reporter.
Steve Bailey is an advertising production supervisor for Quill Corporation, Lincolnshire, Ill. He was married June 28, to Joanne Sheeman, who just graduated from NIU with a B.S. in business management. The couple honeymooned in Riviera Maya, Mexico, and will live in Schaumburg.
Erin Hallstrom is a senior editor in the Publications Department at Joint Commission Resources, a subsidiary of the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Chicago.
Darl Larsen is assistant professor of theatre and media arts at Brigham Young University. He wrote a short story which has been made into a short film called "The Snell Show." The film premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, and appeared at the HBO Comedy Festival in Aspen and at the Calgary Film Fest. Darl also has authored a book titled "Monty Python, Shakespeare and English Renaissance Drama." The book is published by McFarland & Company, Inc. Darl, wife Nycole and their seven kids live in Provo, Utah.
David Lipien and his wife, Jill, were married Nov. 23, 2002. David
is the IBM project manager for the McDonald's/Intel Wi-Fi Hotspot deployment
for the Chicago, San Francisco and New York markets. David and Jill live
in Naperville.
Rich Rostron has been named adviser to the student newspaper at McHenry
County College. He also continues his role as sports editor, reporter and
photographer for the Woodstock Independent.
Erica Wood will student teach for 8 weeks this fall at Joliet
Central High School and then 8
weeks at Farragut Elementary in Joliet. Both placements are in special education
classrooms. In January she will have her special education teaching certificate.
In May she will have earned a master's degree in special education.
Matt Bute is an account executive with the Red Eye, a Chicago
Tribune publication. Matt has worked for Tribune Company since 1999.
Stacy Clardie is a sports writer for the Binghampton (N.Y.) Press
& Sun-Bulletin. She covers Division I Binghamton University.
Kevin Dean is a local sales specialist for ADVO, Inc., in Indianapolis. Kevin was previously employed at the Chicago Tribune.
Veronica Gonzalez is a reporter for the Daily Herald in Arlington Heights, Ill., where she covers police/fire, other breaking news and human interest stories in Palatine, her hometown. She was promoted to the position after spending six months as an intern reporter for the paper.
Bob McGann works for the Guggenheim Group in a finance role, and has just transferred from Chicago to New York City. He now lives and works in Manhattan.
Iva-Marie Palmer continues to work for Hollinger International, but in a new capacity. She is an associate editor for Niche Publications, working on ELITE magazine and serving as managing editor for Chicago Southland Business, a new business-to-business magazine for the south suburbs. She also free-lances, mainly for the Daily Southtown features department.
David Spitz began working in March 2003 as a marketing analyst for Washington Mutual, at CRM Marketing in Vernon Hills, Ill. He previously worked for Allstate Financial. David lives in Skokie.
Molly Sullivan married Ciaron Graham June 14, 2003. Molly and Ciaron are proud parents of baby girl Josie.
Bill Tynan has been hired as an officer by the St. Charles Police Department. This spring, he attended 11 weeks of training at the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy in Glen Ellyn. After graduating from the academy June 20, he will enter a 14-week training program with the St. Charles Police Department. Bill says his interest in police work started when, as a Kane County Chronicle reporter, he did a couple of police ride-alongs. Then, in 2001, he participated in the St. Charles department's Citizen Police Academy, an eight-week course designed to show the average citizen the inner workings of the department. The rest is law-enforcement history. Bill lives in Carol Stream, but will move to Naperville in July.
Christina Wiech is an advertising coordinator with Miller Dixon Media, Inc., in Chicago. Previously, Christina worked for Katz Media.
Kara (Pipitone) Anderson is senior reporter for the Freeport Journal Standard. She and her husband, Shawn, live in Freeport.
Joe Biesk is a statehouse reporter for The Associated Press in Frankfort, Ky. He also reports that a raccoon recently took up residence above his kitchen ceiling, clawing a big hole in the plaster and forcing Joe to carry a Buck knife and a can of Raid with him at all times until pest control personnel arrived.
Elizabeth (Carpenter) Chvatal is a senior marketing associate in the DE Investments & Banking department of Discover Financial.
Erica Gallagher was promoted to senior editor of Schofield Media in Chicago this year. In August, the company will launch its fourth trade publication, Construction Today. Schofield's longest-running publication, US Business Review, recently was awarded by the American Society of Business Publication Editors for a 20-page profile Erica, with the help of the editorial staff, wrote about 84 Lumber. She is also a regular contributor to Venus Zine, Bust, Bitch and Punk Planet magazines. Erica now lives in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood.
Jennifer Haney is an associate business analyst for Walgreens.
Aracely Hernandez is a reporter for the Northwest Herald, Crystal Lake. She covers the town of Gilberts and the Huntley School District.
Joe Menard is a reporter for the Detroit News. He previously worked for the Kane County Chronicle.
Kevin Slattery works for the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau
as the Content Editor for the Chicago Official Visitors Guide, choosechicago.com
and call center 877-CHICAGO.
Kevin Wendt has been promoted to news design director at the San
Jose (Calif.) Mercury News. He work was identified by supervisors as a large
part of why the Mercury News was judged one of five "World's Best-Designed"
newspapers in 2002.
2000/01
Kristina Aiello ('00) married Anthony Jordan ('01) June 7, 2003. Kristina and Tony, both schoolteachers in DeKalb county, have bought a house in DeKalb.
Nissa Batson is a loan processor at Chicagoland Home Mortgage.
Whitney Carnahan is a reporter for the Rock Island Argus/Moline Dispatch. She covers the city of Davenport, Iowa.
Jennifer D'Souza is a copy desk editor/designer for the Rock Island Argus/Moline Dispatch.
Josh Gaby is a copy editor and designer for the Chicago Sun-Times, and also serves as the Red Streak sports editor. Formerly with the Aurora Beacon News, Josh moved to the Sun-Times as part of the Red Streak staff in 2002 (both papers are owned by Hollinger International). He was formally hired by the Sun-Times this spring, and now lives in Chicago.
Kelly Hahn has moved to Arizona and is an advertising sales representative for the Arizona Republic in Phoenix. Kelly previously worked for the Moline Dispatch.
Sandy (Coley) Hancock is a digital imager and graphic designer for Photobition Orlando in Florida. She got married in November 2001 and is pursuing a master of arts in education at the University of Central Florida.
Jonathan Koepke and wife Elizabeth were married July 6, 2002. The couple lives in Aurora, Ill. Jonathan is a resource analysts for the Kane/DuPage Soil and Water Conservation District.
Chris Rudnick is art director at UR Magazine in Chicago. He also has done free-lance work for Elektra Records, Sony Records, Wilco, Remix Magazine and New City. And, he has won several photography awards, including first place in The International Library of Photography Photo Competition.
Erica (Fatland) Semechuk is a policy analyst for Aon Service Corporation in Glenview. She works in the company's Government Relations / Product Filings department. She and her husband, Charlie, were married in summer 2002.
Steve Woodruff is a marketing analyst with James Hardie Building Products in Mission Viejo, Calif.
Josh Albrecht is editor of The Midweek in DeKalb. He and his fiancé, Kelly Habben, plan an Aug. 23 wedding. They met as high-school students on the set of Morrison high school's production of "Snow White" and later would begin dating during the production of "Arsenic and Old Lace" - in which Josh starred. They both earned degrees from NIU and dated throughout college.
Hank Brockett is a reporter for the Braidwood (Ill.) Journal. The paper always does an April 1 parody story. This year, Hank wrote about a reality TV show for the Outdoors Channel being filmed on a lake near there. The story was bylined "Josh Bluff." A tongue-in-cheek sidebar welcomed Josh as a new correspondent, saying he'd written for the Chicago Cubs' Vineline publication, along with Cat Fancy for Teens and El Pueblo del Fuego. Then, the Illinois Press Association's Presslines newspaper, in its April 15 edition, ran a short item stating that Josh Bluff had been hired as a correspondent for the Braidwood Journal. It even mentioned Bluff's previous experience: Vineline, El Pueblo del Fuego and, yes, Cat Fancy for Teens. The Journal sent a letter of explanation to the IPA.
Christine Calvert is a recruiter with Aerotek Scientific in Schaumburg, Ill.
Lynn Celmer is a reporter for Liberty Suburban Newspapers in Oak Brook. She covers the village of Bensenville and the city of Wood Dale.
Matt Clemens is a designer for Lipson Alport Glass and Associates in Chicago.
Gary Heller works at American Marketing & Publishing in DeKalb, designing ads and laying out books. The company produces the HomePages phone directories.
Nate Legue is city hall reporter for the Freeport Journal-Standard. He and his wife, Meegan, are the proud parents of Nicholas Alexander, born April 22. They live in Rockford.
James Loague writes for a consulting firm, Jacquard Associates,
Inc., of Deerfield. (www.Jacquard.com). In April, he ended an internship
with The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northern Illinois. "After listening
to the stories of those terminally ill children," he says, "I
have a new perspective for what I consider a successful career and life.
More importantly how I live life."
Kevin Olvera is an auditor with BDO Seidman LLP in Chicago.
Janna Smallwood is a reporter for the Kane County Chronicle in St. Charles, Ill.
Dave Spoehr is a co-founder and art director for Monroestar, a business development firm that specializes in marketing, graphic design and Web site development. The company is located in Chicago. www.monroestar.com
Nick Volkert, a former Northern Star cartoonist, is a graphic designer and illustrator for Patch Products, Inc., of Beloit, Wis. This past year, Nick won third place at the National College Media Convention for an editorial cartoon.
Melissa Westphal is a reporter for the Rockford Register Star. She covers several communities in Ogle and Winnebago counties, along with general assignment work.
Greg Clemens is a display direct marketing representative with the Chicago Tribune in Oak Brook, Ill.
Ben Devries is a staff photographer for the Council Bluffs (Iowa) Nonpareil.
Angela Fernandez starts working Oct. 1 for BDO Seidman LLP in Chicago.
Brian Mayfield is a financial consultant for Wells Fargo Financial in Lisle, Ill.
Betsy Perveiler is an assistant editor at Cenflo, Inc., Chicago.
Heather Strasser is a financial consultant for Wells Fargo Financial.
Mike (Ike) Velez is an account executive for UR Magazine in Chicago.
Tony Vitale is a sales representative for CDW in Chicago.
Shareese Wallace is an accountant with AllState.
Jessica Wheeler is an accountant with Abbott Laboratories.