’67 Franklin Giebel (BS), of Neshkoro, retired after 15 years as pastor at Zion Lutheran Church in Neshkoro. Giebel and his wife, Susan, will reside in Wausau.

’68 Kathryn (Harkins) Breitzman (BS), of Kaukauna, is the Kaukauna School District’s school board president.

’70 Michael Tomczyk (BA), of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, spoke at the Delaware Innovation Space & Atlanta Vintage Computing festival. Tomczyk is writing books and professionally speaking in his retirement.

’72 Shirley Lucas (BAE) and ’74 (MST), of Oshkosh, is retired after 25 years with the Oshkosh Area School District. Lucas is an award-winning artist in watercolors, alcohol inks and mixed media. Some of her recent works are displayed at Evergreen Manor.

’73 Richard Adam (BS), of Madison, is substitute teaching autistic children in the Madison elementary schools, officiating high school sports and enjoying time spent with his 4-year-old granddaughter in his retirement.

’73 Wayne Zweig (BS), of Oshkosh, retired from EastBay in 2017 and currently works part-time for Goodwill Industries.

’74 Paulette (Engeldinger) Neuser (BS) and ’77 (MS), of Two Rivers, retired after 22 years as librarian in the Valders Area School District.

’75 Tom Taraska (BS), of Brookfield, will be inducted into the National High School Athletic Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame. Taraska was a 29-year coach at Arrowhead High School, winning four Division 1 State Championships and five second place finishes. His overall record at Arrowhead was 248-76.

’75 David Traczyk (BBA), of Hurley, was honored with a Distinguished Alumni and Friends Award from the Hurley Education Foundation. Traczyk, a certified public accountant, opened his own firm in downtown Hurley in 1978.

’76 Ronald Kading (BS), of Potosi, is retiring after 41 years as head baseball coach at Potosi High School. Kading ends his coaching career with the sixth best winning percentage in the history of Wisconsin spring baseball coaches.

’77 Mark Luttenberger (BS) and ’80 (MA), of Fond du Lac, is the author of From Darius I to Philip II: The Story of Greek Poleis. The book covers the classical age of Greece from 500 to 336 B.C.

’78 George Kerwin (MBA), of De Pere, will retire after 26 years as Bellin Health System’s president and chief executive officer. Kerwin joined Bellin 47 years ago as the housekeeping and laundry manager.

’80 Bruce Dittmer (BBA), of Oceanside, California, is an independent senior consultant with DMP Consulting. Dittmer has 35 years’ experience in financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting, reporting compliance, auditing and cash management.

’87 Susan (Paral) Hatrzheim (BS), of Minocqua, completed a master’s degree in school counseling. Hartzheim is a 4K-3rd grade counselor at Lac du Flambeau Public School.

’90 Lisa Tieglman-Koepp (BS) and ’93 (MSE), of West Bend, is a licensed professional counselor with the State of Wisconsin. She earned the Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS) designation. She works for the Northshore Clinic and Consultants in West Bend and the Eating Disorders Services at Aurora Psychiatric Hospital in Wauwatosa.

’90 Trevy McDonald (BA), of Durham, North Carolina, is the first African American woman to be tenured in the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Media and Journalism. McDonald was promoted to associate professor with tenure in January. She has published two novels, Time Will Tell in 1999 and the 2018 sequel, Round ‘Bout Midnight.

’91 Ann (Schwarz) Bohn (BS), of Fond du Lac, has taught 22 years in the inner city of Milwaukee. Bohn formerly worked in law enforcement.

’91 Jodi (Thurow) Koch (BSN), of Green Bay, does clinical research with cancer patients at St. Vincent Hospital.

’91 Tom Schmitt (BSE), of Columbus, retired after 16 years as Middleton High School’s baseball manager. Schmitt led Middleton to state seven times in 16 years, including winning the 2003 state title.

’92 Cindy Alix (BS), of Golden, Colorado, is the manager at #Vybe, a bar in Denver.

’93 Brenda Cowan (BSN), of Houston, Texas, received a doctorate in nursing practice from the Cizik School of Nursing at University of Houston Health Science Center.

’93 Scott Davis (BS), of Rochester, Minnesota, is a senior Society of Quality Assurance and business analyst at Pearson VUE.

’94 Connie (Scott) Hynnek (MSE), of Markesan, will return to teaching second grade after 12 years as the Markesan Elementary School principal.

’95 Steven Hill (BSE), of Jackson, former middle school principal in Fond du Lac, is the new Waupun Area School District superintendent.

’95 Ronda (Black) Hitz (BSW), of Oshkosh, received a certificate for 20 years of state service. Hitz received honorable mention for the 2017 Virginia Hart Special Recognition Award for outstanding achievement in public service.

’95 Brenda (Biskobing) Johnson (BS), of Appleton, is branch executive director at the Heart of the Valley YMCA. She has worked at the Y since 1995.

’95 Tracey (Marohn) Miller (BSE) and ’00 (MS), of Omro, celebrated 20 years of teaching at Omro High School.

’97 Peter Boettcher (BSE), of Reedsburg, was honored by the Adams-Friendship High School students when they dedicated the yearbook to him. Boettcher is the director of the Global Opportunities for Alternative Learning (GOAL) Academy, which provides supplemental online learning opportunities.

’97 Kim (Newport) Everson (BA), of Van Dyne, returned to UW-Fond du Lac and UW Oshkosh in pursuit of a career in veterinary medicine after earning a prior degree in English at UWO. Everson is now a doctor of veterinary medicine and owner of St. Bernard’s Animal Medical Center, located between Oshkosh and Fond du Lac.

’97 Paula Hella (BS) and ’05 (MSE), of Green Bay, is the 2018 winner of the Wisconsin Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (WEAFCS) Team Effort Award. She is a family living educator with UW Extension.

’98 Brenda Balthazor (BS), of Wittenberg, received the Distinguished Fellow title from the American Academy of Physician Assistants, a national recognition of excellence in service to patients, community and students. Balthazor is a physician assistant at the Aspirus Birnamwood Clinic.

’98 Denise Parrish (BSN) and ’09 (MSN), of Omro, is chief administrative officer at Ascension Mercy Hospital.

’98 Mike Waters (BBA) and ’13 (MBA), of Greenville, was named market president for the soon-to-open Settlers bank in Appleton. Waters is a 20-year veteran banker in the Appleton community.

’00 Fr. Peter Renard (MBA), of De Pere, celebrated his 50^th priesthood ordination anniversary in June.

’00 Kelly (Heier) Votava (BSE), of Green Bay, is a teacher at Bayshore Community Academy, a public charter school in Oconto.

’02 Eric Brunsell (MS), of Appleton, is an associate dean in the UW Oshkosh College of Education and Human Services. Brunsell has been a UWO faculty member for 10 years.

’04 Kristine “Kat” Anderson (BA), of Chicago, Illinois, participated in the second Biennial Early Modern Clothing Conference in Jamestown, Virginia, where she participated in workshops with well-known designers.

’04 Kayte Kaminski (BA), of Bozeman, Montana, earned a doctorate in adult and higher education administration in May. Kaminski is assistant dean and director of student success at Montana State University.

’04 Sarah (Pollesch) Olson (BSN) and ’11 (MSN), of Van Dyne, is teaching in the UWO College of Nursing.

’05 Samantha (Hurckman) Laughlin (BS), of Portage, is a sergeant at the Dodge County Jail. Laughlin has a 12-year career as a corrections officer.

’05 Kimberly Vlies (BA) and (BFA), of Green Bay, had her design selected for Artstreet 2018 promotional materials. Vlies is a digital marketing specialist for the UW-Green Bay office of marketing and university communication.

’07 Jennifer (Raeder) Noster (BSE), of Plymouth, will start her 12th year of teaching as a special education teacher in the Plymouth School District’s Fairview Elementary School.

’09 Nicholas Brock (MSE), of Clintonville, is the associate middle school principal in the Clintonville Public School District where he has taught special education for 10 years.

’10 Kim Krejcarek (BA), of Green Bay, received the WLUK-TV Fox 11/WCWF-TV Employee of the Month Award. Krejcarek produced a 30-minute television special entitled What I’ve Learned: The Best of the Class of 2018, featuring 427 honor seniors from more than 100 area high schools.

’10 Matt Wavrunek (BBA), of Denmark, is an insurance adviser with Associates Insurance Agency Ltd.

’12 Jason Breaker (BSE), of Tigerton, is the Markesan Elementary School principal.

’12 Angela Paddock (BS), of Waukesha, is a registered nurse at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in nursing in May.

’13 Travis Adams (BS), of Weston, is a clinical athletic trainer for Marshfield Clinic Health Systems. Adams and his wife, Alyssa, have three children.

’13 Sara (Tolley) Bertram (BLS), of Fond du Lac, is a trade classification analyst at Plexus. Bertram and her husband raise 250 head of cattle and farm 600 acres of cash crops.

’13 Tyler Egnarski (BA), of Milwaukee, is a broadcast engineer for Weigel Broadcasting, CBS 58. Egnarski has advocated for the use of drones in news gathering.

’13 Braden Frederickson (BSE), of Oshkosh, teaches in the Oshkosh Area School District. Frederickson has a graduate degree from Michigan State University.

’13 Alaina Landi (BA), of Milwaukee, was awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Grant to allow her to travel to Columbia to support those learning English.

’13 Tyler Morey (MBA), of Minneapolis, Minnesota, is upper Midwest sales manager for Implus Footcare LLC. Morey and his wife, Melissa, relocated from South Carolina.

’13 Michael Wright (BS), of Fond du Lac, is a civil engineering designer/drafter at McMahon Group in Neenah.

’14 Sarah Grotegut (BSN), of Dallas, Texas, is a school nurse for the Dallas Independent School District. Grotegut and her husband, Eric, are expecting their first child.

’14 Tanya Schmidt (MSE), of Appleton, is a clinical mental health coordinator at Northwest Counseling & Guidance Clinic. Schmidt recently moved back to the Fox Valley after living four years in Arkansas.

’14 Lucas Suthers (BSN), of Monroe, is a family nurse practitioner at Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County. Suthers earned a master’s degree in nursing from Walden University in 2017.

’15 Amanda Felle (BS), of Davenport, Florida, is a client services coordinator with the Walt Disney Company.

’15 Thomas Figueroa (BBA), of Oconomowoc, is an account manager at the Crisis Prevention Institute in Milwaukee.

’16 Chelsea Juen (BA), of Appleton, is a community columnist for the Appleton Post-Crescent.

’18 Katryna Williams (BSN), of Seattle, Washington, is a nurse at the University of Washington Medical Center. Williams took first place for women in the 2018 Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon with a time of 3 hours, 4 minutes, 8 seconds.

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