Class Notes — 1990s

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Craig Cobane ’90 political science, is the Jarve Endowed Professor in Honors and the executive director of the Honors College at Western Kentucky University.

Michelle (Klasen) Dahlke ’92 business administration and math, joined Citizens Bank as vice president, treasury management sales representative for Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Toni (Baker) Damkoehler ’92 art and Spanish, has been promoted to associate professor of arts and visual design at UW-Green Bay

Walt Melcher ’92 business administration and German, is president of ClearPath Retirement Centers headquartered in Lone Tree, Colo., south of Denver.

Peter Olson ’93 history and human studies, recently joined First County Bank as an assistant vice president in Norwalk, Conn.

Financial adviser Jay Wille ’93 political science and business administration, is opening his own agency in Northeast Wisconsin: Eagle Strategies, LLC, a division of New York Life.

Jason Herrbold ’94 business administration, assists adults with disabilities in functioning independently. He works with N.E.W. Curative in Green Bay.

Paul Pinkston ’94 urban studies, was named director of facilities management and planning at UW-Green Bay. His responsibilities extend across a 700-acre campus with 1.4 million gross square feet of building space, and he oversees employees in building maintenance, grounds, custodial services, central heating plant, electrical work, and fleet/motor pool.

Nicole (Merkel) Reetz ’94 English and humanistic studies, is an English teacher, volleyball coach and poetry adviser to the Bloodstone literary magazine at Lincoln High School in Wisconsin Rapids. Incorrect information regarding her title and city was inadvertently included in our November 2010 issue.

Jason Helgeson ’95 human biology and nutritional science and ’02 master’s in administrative science, works at Prevea and is serving on the board of directors for the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon.

Lee Riekki ’95 human development and psychology, had an article, “Advising Undergraduate Music Majors” published by the College Music Society (www.music.org/pdf/mentor/reikki.pdf). He received his MA in music from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory in 2008. He says his first adviser and former dean at the two-year UW-Marinette center, Bill Schmidtke, instilled in him a “love of learning.”

Receiving the UW-Green Bay Outstanding Recent Alumni Award at a campus program April 30 was Jody Weyers ’96 communication. As volunteer and communications director for the American Red Cross Lakeland Chapter, Weyers calls on more than 450 registered volunteers who commit their time, talent and treasure to aid people they’ve likely never met, during circumstances most often beyond their control. “No one is exempt from the possibility of a disaster happening to them,” she says. “I am comforted knowing that there is an agency out there to support people if something of this nature does occur to them. I am also proud of the fact that we are a volunteer-led organization.” For more, search her name at http://blog.uwgb.edu/inside/

Alex Jerabek ’97 earth science and environmental science, is a business development specialist for the Certified Restoration Drycleaning Network of Northeast Wisconsin.

David La Duke ’97 business administration and economics, is assistant vice president of business banking with Bank First National, Sheboygan. In this new role, he is responsible for helping grow the business lending function in the bank’s southern region market.

Bay Business Journal, published by the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, listed Robyn (Stodola) Hallet ’98 Spanish and urban and regional studies, and Amanda Reitz ’08 elementary education, among their “20 People to Know.”

Monica Fallon LaRue ’98 business administration and communication and the arts, is the owner of Fallon LaRue Consulting, LLC — “Computer Training Made Simple” — in West Bend.

Chris Friedel ’98 business administration and economics, is an international sales manager handling the Australian, African and Canadian markets for TowHaul Corporation in Bozeman, Mont.

Debra (Erno) Kees ’98 communication and the arts and urban and regional studies, is CEO, owner and principal architect for Kees Architecture, LLC, in La Crosse.

Mandy (Soland) Quick ’98 human development and psychology, works as a human resources director for Elexco, Inc, a specialist in underground electrical services and construction based in Seymour.

Jennifer (Adamavich) Cruz ’99 human development, is branch manager at Guaranty Bank in Sheboygan.

Magued Youssef ’99 master’s, kept in contact with UW-Green Bay friends via Facebook during the recent crisis in Egypt. He is a resident of Cairo and has worked as an environmental consultant with Ain Shams University. He assured his contacts that he and his family remained safe throughout the unrest in that city.

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