CLASS NOTES
Meredith (Sherman) Borchardt
is a librarian at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa.
Dee Brown
was named NJCAA National Women’s Coach of the Year. His women’s cross country team won their third national title in a row establishing an NJCAA record of seven team titles. In May, Dee was elected as president of the NJCAA Track and Field Coaches Association.
Josh Byrnes
of Osage, Iowa, is the general manager of Osage Municipal Utilities, and is Region 3 DEED director for the American Public Power Association. He was also appointed by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds to serve on the board of the Iowa State Department of Education.
Julie (Torkelson) Chamberlain
is pastor of worship and connections at Decorah Covenant Church in Decorah.
Heather (Bassett) Dahl
is a policy analyst for the Albuquerque (N.M.) Public Schools.
Matt Davis
is EVP of MLA programs and special projects for Coldwell Banker Richard Ellis (CBRE) in Dallas.
Sarah (Romine) Ernst
is senior manager, process development, at Hibu in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Beth (Olson)
and
Dan Haddinger
live in Rogers, Ark. She teaches ESOL for the Rogers Public Schools, and he is an event specialist at The Roark Group, Inc.
Erin (Etscheidt) Humpal
is senior manager of business systems analysis at Transamerica in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Erin (Blagsvedt)
and
Kori Jorgensen
live in Taylor Ridge, Ill., Erin is director, publishing/managing editor for the American Rental Association, and Kori is a lieutenant with the City of Rock Island Fire Department.
Luther Koenig
is sales and store manager at Bodensteiner Implement Company in Elkader, Iowa.
Jill Osier
won the Yale Younger Poets Award, one of the most prestigious and important literary awards in the nation, for her manuscript “The Solace Is Not the Lullaby.” Her piece is a collection of poems that center on the human and natural world. Osier lives in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Cheryl (Hammes)
and
Scott Runde ‘95
live in Zimmerman, Minn. She is senior oncology sales specialist at Novartis Oncology and he is a podiatric surgeon at Fairview Northland Medical Center.
Jenn (Ruud) Strack
is owner of Just Juliet in St. Paul, Minn.
Jaymi Wilson
is a project manager for the City of Rochester, Minn.
MARRIAGES
AMI SHOUP and Pavan Patra, Feb. 24, 2019
OBITUARIES
Mary A. Herman
of Decorah, Iowa, died Jan. 9, 2020, age 51.
Kathryn (Hanson) Mills
of Northwood, Iowa, died Oct. 17, 2019, age 46.