Laura (Florek) Cahill, '90 (Lombard, Ill.) is a paralegal for Holland & Knight LLC in Chicago.

Mary (Allegretti) Kalesz, '92 (Barrington, Ill.) works in marketing for Allstate Insurance Co. She has been married to Dave for five years and they had their first daughter, McKenna, in January 2003.

Linette (Kronebusch) Johnson, '93 (New Brighton, Minn.) recently became senior director of design and analysis at Clark/Bardes Consulting-Healthcare Group where she manages the benefit design team. She says she is thrilled about the move into senior management and loves the idea of new challenges. She received the Pillar Award for outstanding contributions to the company and a Peer Choice Award within the last year. Her two-year-old daughter, Riley, is the number one priority in her life. Linette says, 'I can't believe it's 10 years since I graduated. Unreal!".

F. Echo Huang, '95 (St. Paul, Minn.) started her own independent financial planning and investment management business after working as a financial advisor for RSM McGladrey and KPMG Personal Financial Planning Group for more than five years.

Rick and Marcy (Campbell) Lehtinen, '95 (Wooster, Ohio) moved to Ohio this summer as Rick planned the courses he will teach in his new position as an assistant professor of biology at the College of Wooster. He's teaching "Evolution" and "Biology of Populations" this fall and advising senior students on independent research projects. Marcy is staying focused on her writing, with seven stories accepted for publication in a variety of journals over the past several months and attending the annual writer's conference at Indiana University featuring several Pulitzer Prize-winning faculty members.

Amy (Bradke) Beinecke, '96 (Twin Lakes, Wis.) graduated from WSU knowing she liked working with numbers, but was unsure of what direction of business to pursue after college. She chose a career in bookkeeping and is currently working for Hamlin & Co., P.C. in Antioch, Ill., where she serves as Bookkeeping Manager and Accountant Assistant and is also dabbling in the area of Human Resources. Last year, she also opened her own tanning salon business in Twin Lakes, Body del sol Tanning. Amy and her husband, Sean, '97 had their first child, Josephine Elizabeth, last year.

Matt and Shelli (Paulson) Lissick, 96 (Farmington, Minn.) just moved to a new home in Farmington with baby daughter, Grace. Matt is a math teacher at Simley High School in Inver Grove Heights, Minn., and Shelli is the brand communication specialist for Midwest of Cannon Falls, a company that designs and distributes holiday and seasonal home accents. The company's web site is: http://www.seasonsofcannonfalls.com/

Matthew Shea and Shelley Smith-Shea, '96 (St. Paul, Minn.) have a house in the Twin Cities with their dog, Cedar, and two cats, Seamus and Finn. Matt is an estate planning and tax attorney at the law firm of Rider Bennett, LLP in Minneapolis and Shelley is a registered nurse in the Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit of Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. Both have completed marathons in the last couple of years, and Matt will run his fourth at the Twin Cities Marathon in October. After celebrating five glorious years of marriage, the happy couple hopes to start a family in the coming years.

Cheryl Moertel, '97 (Rochester, Minn.) was selected in April 2003 as the High School Science Teacher of the Year by the Minnesota Science Teachers Association. Cheryl, who teaches at Rochester Century High School, was selected based on her excellence in the teaching of science, contributions to science education and the impact she's had on her students.

Melissa (Zimanski) Olson, '97 (Shoreview, Minn.) has worked for Carlson Marketing Group in Plymouth, Minn., since graduating from WSU. Melissa got married in May 2002 and spends her fun time outside of work traveling, camping, and going to Twins and Vikings games.

Dave Adams, '98, (Minneapolis, Minn.) has lived just outside downtown Minneapolis since graduating. He lives near the Uptown neighborhood in a spacious apartment close to the all the lakes, parks, restaurants, and night life. Since 1998, he worked in downtown St. Paul, Minn., as a writer/layout designer and production manager of marketing materials for an engineering/architecture and planning firm. In 2001, he moved to an architecture firm, also in downtown St. Paul. Dave loves life in the city and is working on his photography, taking pictures and publishing his work whenever he has free time. He recently submitted several pictures for consideration in the "America 24/7" photographic essay books: a series of coffee table-style books due out this fall.

Peggy Goedken Wickham, '98 (Atlanta, Ga.) In May 2002 married Cain, '00. Peggy works in family planning at Emory University and Cain is a benefits administrator at Georgia Pacific. Peggy received a master's degree in public health from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 2002.

James Parlow, '98 (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is a program coordinator for Hamilton College's Criminal Justice AAS degree program.

Chris and Tammi (Schellfeffer) Sanchez, '98, have two children, Taylor Mae born in Jan. 2002 and Paige Marie born in April 2003. Chris and Tammy are Remax Agents. Tammy also works for Winona National Bank.

Jonathon Halbesleben, '99 (Norman, Okla.) recently completed his Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology for the University of Oklahoma.

Jason Ramlow, '99 (Clarksville, Tenn.) is a paid employee of the American Red Cross working for the services to military families. He travels the world for his job and loves it.

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