Marilyn Turner Adams: BA, 1946 (Journalism)

Ms. Adams retired as a Public Relations manager from US WEST and previously worked as a reporter for the Seattle Post Intelligencer and the Bellevue American (now King County Journal). She was a member of Women In Communication (it was Theta Sigma Phi in those days!), International Association of Business Communicators and remains an active Pi Beta Phi alumnae.

Jennifer Addams: BA, 1990 Communications – Advertising

Jennifer Addams graduated from the University of San Francisco Law School in 2000 and is now a practicing public law attorney in Oakland, CA.

Mohd Hamdan Adnan: MA, 1976

Upon returning home to Malaysia after graduation, Mohd Hamdan Adnan became a lecturer and retired as a professor of public relations. Currently, he is the president of the Institute of Public Relations, a voluntary post. He has been teaching for the past 30 years. At one time he was a commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission and headed its Working Committee on Complaints and Investigation. His latest book in English is “Government and Political Public Relations: An Introduction.”

Kaci (Kristin) Aitchison: BA, 2001

Kaci Aitchison is new features reporter on Q13 FOX News This Morning. She is also active with Jet City Improv and runs marathons in her spare time!

R. Mark Allen, Esq.: BA, 1970

mallen@mail.tss.net

Mr. Allen is the President & CEO of the Washington State Association of Broadcasters. Allen is admitted to practice law in Washington State and Washington, D.C. He has practiced broadcast communications law and lobbied on behalf of the broadcasting industry since 1980.

Craig Andersen: BA, 1971

Craig Andersen is a Senior Partner at the law firm of Andersen & Bonnifield. The firm represents primarily contractors, engineers and waste management companies. He has two daughters, one of whom attends the University of Washington.

Harry Anderson: BA, Journalism, 1967

Harry Anderson retired in 2008 as Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications at Tenet Healthcare Corporation, a publicly traded operator of general hospitals nationwide. His retirement was the culmination of a career of more than 36 years in journalism and public relations. Harry spent more than 18 years at the Los Angeles Times (1972-1990) as a reporter, copy editor, deputy business editor and columnist. From 1990 to 1997, he held a variety of public relations positions, including Vice President of Corporate Communications for Paramount Pictures in Hollywood. He spent the last decade of his career at Tenet, in charge of public relations, employee communications and corporate marketing. He also has taught courses in journalism at California State University, Northridge and the University of Southern California. He continues to teach a graduate seminar in crisis corporate communications at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He lives on Whidbey Island.

Lesa (Anderson) Linster: BA, 2000

Lesa Linster is currently serving as National Project Director for The Moyer Foundation. She is responsible for the Foundation’s growing national network of Camp Erin bereavement camps; managing both the programmatic and community relations sides of all existing locations and new development. Lesa works with each Camp Erin community across the country — building relationships, fundraising, collaborating with Major League Baseball, companies and individuals and spreading awareness through all possible opportunities. Her team analyzes and tracks existing bereavement standards, performance of each camp and national bereavement expectations. She has more than ten years of experience in development, operations, marketing and public relations. She gained this experience working for bedrock Seattle entities such as The Seattle Mariners, MSNBC and The Seattle Times. Lesa also ran Wild Radish, LLC, an award-winning company at the forefront of Seattle’s evolving, healthy construction and development sector.

Margo Anderson: BA, 2005

Margo Anderson is a constiuent liaison for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Almeera Anwar: BA, 2012

Almeera Anwar and Tina Christiansen (BA, ’88) are the 2012-2013 co-VPs of Student Affairs for the Seattle Professional Chapter of AWC.

Jeni Ayers: BA, 2009

Jeni Ayers has been hired as an Event Specialist at the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network in Los Angeles.

Joanne Sussman Arfin: BA, 1953

Ms. Arfin Moved to San Francisco right after graduation, determined to make her name in advertising, but found incredible stereotyping and a reluctance to let her do more than be a secretary. She worked for a weekly newspaper in San Francisco (Jewish Bulletin), raised a family, and then returned to work as secretary to the president of Stanford University.

She had this to say about her 50th college reunion in 2003: “We could have spent much more time visiting the Department but the little time we did spend there made me (as well as the others on the tour) realize that much has changed since 1953. In fact the Communications building was barely completed that year and already there has been at least one major remodel. At Lewis Hall we were a relatively small group of 50 or 60 journalism majors (divided by editorial or advertising groups) involved with taking all our classes together during our junior year and busy putting out The Daily in the afternoons. Those were intense and rather stressful times for us but also a lot of fun. My big disappointment in 1952 was getting permission to stay out all night (not easy to get in days of sorority standards) to help cover the national election only to find out that Eisenhower had won even before our western polls had closed! Today you have modern technology and TV (I Love Lucy was still in it’s prime back in ’52) and digital media not to mention all sorts of computer aids. Truly, the visit was an awakening for me.”

Martin H. Arnold: BA, 1964 (Journalism-Advertising)

Martin Arnold is retired from ITT after a 37-year career in public relations. For the past 15 years, he has taught communications at University of Connecticut and Iona. Arnold earned his MA in Communications from Fairfield University (’83) and an MBA from the University of New Haven (’97). He also took a certificate from the UW advanced management program in 1977.

Claudette Guzan Artwick: PhD, 1994

Dr. Artwick is Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. Her new textbook, “Reporting and Producing for Digital Media”, is the newest addition to Blackwell Publishing’s Media and Technology series. The book integrates sound journalistic perspective with the skills needed to research, report, write, and present news in a world of digital and converging media.

Larry Asher: BA, 1973

larrya@svcseattle.com

Larry Asher is the president of Worker Bees, an independent Seattle advertising and marketing communications firm serving clients such as Swedish Medical Center, Vulcan Real Estate, and Univar Corporation. He formed Worker Bees in 1992 after serving as a partner and creative director for the Portland-based ad agency, Borders Perrin & Norrander.

In addition to his advertising and marketing communications practice, Larry is a co-director and instructor at Seattle’s School of Visual Concepts, a school that provides professional development and portfolio courses in graphic design, advertising, computer graphics, and web design.

Betsy Wackernagel Bach: PhD, 1985

2010 Department of Communication Alumni Hall of Fame

Since completing her Ph.D., Dr. Bach has been employed at the University of Montana in the Department of Communication Studies. She has served as chair of the department, just completing six-years in administration (4 years as assistant provost and 2 years as interim dean of the Davidson Honors College), and is now back in the classroom and, she reports, “loving it!”

Dr. Bach was recently selected as one of two candidates for second vice president of the National Communication Association, and is very honored to receive this accolade. If she wins the election, she will assume the role of president in 2009.

Read more about Dr. Betsy Wackernagel Bach >>

Sean Baker: PhD, 2000

Sean Baker is an assistant professor at Towson University’s Department of Mass Communication and Communication Studies in Maryland. He teaches several mass media and communication courses including: Mass Media and Society, Mass Communication Research and Cyberspace and Communication. In the classroom, his primary topics of interest are history, theory, criticism, methodology, and multimedia design courses.

Though Baker’s research interests are diverse, he is presently focused on cultural studies and crime in the media, current and historic news representation of minorities, as well as information technology and television studies. He is currently working on a content analysis of the Mary K. LeTourneau trial.

More information regarding Professor Baker’s work…

Ken Baldwin: BA, 1984

Ken Baldwin lives in Los Angeles, CA and works as a salsa instructor and actor.

From Ken’s Web site:

Ken Baldwin has instructed and worked with some of Hollywood’s most recognizable stars… Renée Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Celia Cruz, Emilio Estevez, Mario Lopez, Ali Landry, Sofia Milos, Eriq La Salle, Pilar Montenegro and Paulina Rubio to name a few. He has danced or choreographed in film, television, music video, commercials and live concerts. He is the in-house salsa instructor at the world-famous Conga Room in Los Angeles and Mama Juana’s in Studio City, CA.

www.dancefish.com

Trina Ballard: BA, Speech Communication, 2003

Ballard is a third-generation Husky. Her grandparents, parents, sisters, brother-in-law and husband all attended the UW as well as aunts, uncles, and cousins. She has worked for Bellevue Community College since 1998, and has been the Director of Outreach Services since 2005. Ballard is a graduate student at UW Bothell in the Masters of Arts in Cultural Studies and married to UW alumnus John Shindler, a Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Cal State LA. She just completed edits on his forthcoming textbook, “Transformative Classroom Management.”

Rob Ballenger: MA, 1999

Washington, D.C. (aka “the other Washington”)

Ballenger spent five years as an assistant producer of National Public Radio’s (NPR) hourly news in Washington, D.C.  In the beginning of 2009, he had a promotion and now oversees the Midwest & western broadcasts of All Things Considered.  (The show broadcasts in three versions, including the east coast one.)  As the Swing Producer, he will be in charge of making editorial decisions as to how the show will be reshaped each evening as it “rolls over” into the Central, Mountain and Western time zones.

Ballenger writes:

Most nights I’ll be making minor tweaks and polishes… and nights with breaking news from anywhere on the globe will be challenging to say the very least, as I’ll be rousing the hosts Robert Siegel, Melissa Block and Michele Norris from their homes and putting them back on the air as events warrant.

Competition for Ballenger’s job was high and he feels having a graduate degree in Speech Communication helped him immensely.

Dr. Susan Balter-Reitz: Ph.D., 1997

Dr. Susan Balter-Reitz (’97), Assistant Professor of Communication and Director of Graduate Studies at Montana State University, Billings is a 2005 recipient of the Winston and Helen Cox Fellowship.

Ramzy Baroud: MC, 2003

Mr. Baroud accepted position with Al-Jazeera’s new English news service based in Doha, Qatar. Al-Jazeera will be launching an English website in August-September, 2003, and they hope to soon have English television broadcasts as well. Mr. Baroud has been offered a job in the research department for the English service, and he is one of two candidates to head that department. Regarding is Digital Media studies, Mr. Baroud says “I wanted to let you know that during my interviews and negotiations, I was asked several questions about the digital media program. This is the best I could have ever hoped for, and I wanted to thank you for preparing me for such an opportunity. With the knowledge I now have from the program, I feel very confident that I can do an excellent job in this capacity.”

Gina Barton: BA, 2000 – Speech Communication

Gina Barton works at San Diego State University in the University Advancement Office. She completed her MS Ed degree at USC in 2001, and got married up in Seattle in May 2004.

Lydia Bassett: BA, 2004

Program Director, Literacy & Community Programs: Humanities Washington

Brian Beaky: BA, 2001

Brian Beaky is editor of the magazine Cascade Golfer.

Derek Belt: BA Journalism, 2004; MCDM, 2011

Derek Belt is a Sr. Account Executive for Seattle social media agency Banyan Branch, building digital strategies and leading online campaigns for some of the most respected brands in the world. Derek wrote for The Daily and started his career as a sports reporter, but as the industry changed he returned to school and earned a Master of Communication in Digital Media (MCDM). He worked at the University of Washington Alumni Association for three years, managing the day-to-day social media strategies, email campaigns, online alumni relations and development efforts for one of the nation’s largest alumni groups. Derek freelances for the Seattle Times and Columns magazine.

Lieutenant Commander Andre Billeaudeaux: MA, 2003

Andre Billeaudeaux enlisted in the Coast Guard just out of high school in 1983. While enlisted, he served at the 1984 Olympics, aboard CGC Fir and CGC Polar Sea where he participated in the first solo circumnavigation of North America. After making E-6 and earning a bachelor’s degree he applied and was accepted to Officer Candidate School. He’s since served as the Law Enforcement and Assistant Group Operations Officer at Group Fort Macon, N.C.; Deck Watch Officer and Dive Officer aboard CGC Polar Star; Group Seattle Operations Officer; Thirteenth Coast Guard District Public Affairs Officer and has just assumed the position of Director of Auxiliary servicing 1,800 uniformed volunteers. Along with his MA from the University of Washington, he holds a master’s degree in National Security Studies from Naval Post Graduate School. His leadership with the Citizen’s Action Network (CAN) has earned broad recognition: the Secretary’s Excellence Award winner in 2006, a top-five finalist in The Kennedy School of Government/Noblis Homeland Security Innovation Award for 2007 and Naval Post Graduate’s Zimbardo Award for leadership and academic excellence.

David Blandford: BA, 1987 (Editorial Journalism and Political Science)

David Blandford is Director of Public Relations for Seattle’s Convention and Visitors Bureau, where he oversees the public relations department and directs many aspects of organizational communications. He has served in Seattle’s tourism industry for more than 15 years.

Blandford is the 2007 President of the Puget Sound Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). He has served on various committees for several years and joined the chapter’s board of directors in 2003. He has also served on the board of the Society of American Travel Writers.

Prior to his work in Seattle’s tourism industry, Blandford held other marketing and communications positions in Seattle and in Washington, D.C.

Seattle’s Convention and Visitors Bureau is a non-profit economic development agency responsible for competitively marketing Seattle as a destination for meeting and convention groups and leisure travelers. Visitors spend $3.97 billion in Seattle and King County annually, contributing $342 million in state and local tax revenues. Direct visitor spending benefits hotels, retailers, restaurants, attractions, transportation services and other businesses, and supports jobs for nearly 60,000 people in the Seattle region.

David Boardman: MA, 1983

2007 Department of Communication Alumni Hall of Fame

David Boardman started at The Seattle Times in 1983 as a copy editor and reporter, and has served in numerous roles. He now serves as the paper’s executive editor. As an editor at the paper, he directed two Pulitzer Prize-winning team projects: a 1997 Pulitzer for an investigation of abuses in the federal tribal-housing program and a 1990 Pulitzer for coverage of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and its aftermath. Boardman also edited four other stories that were Pulitzer finalists. He is the recipient of numerous other major national awards, including the Goldsmith Prize in Investigative Reporting from Harvard University, the Worth Bingham Prize in Investigative Reporting, the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award and the Associated Press Managing Editors Public Service Award. He is vice president of the Board of Directors of Investigative Reporters and Editors, and a member of the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation Board. Boardman has been a reporter and editor at several papers in the Northwest. He is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Diane Borden: PhD, 1993

Diane Borden is the interim director of the School of Communication at San Diego State University. Professor Borden teaches graduate seminars in mass communication law and theory as well as undergraduate courses in journalism.

A former journalist herself, Borden’s research explores how mass media and other cultural institutions, such as the judicial system, have historically impacted images of women and minorities. Her research primarily focuses on the intersection of communication, gender and the law. She is the co-author of a textbook on editing for contemporary print media and editor of a book on journalism in the new online environment. Currently, she is involved in a number of ongoing research projects, including a study of cyberlibel and gender.

More information on Professor Diane Borden’s work >>

Heather Bosch: BA, 1987

Heather Bosch, a radio reporter/anchor for Newsradio 710 KIRO has been awarded another Edward R. Murrow Award, the third such national honor in as many years. Bosch earned this latest journalism award in the Best Use of Sound category for her series “The Sound of Movie Music,” which featured a world-renowned organist performing with silent films at Seattle’s Paramount Theater.

This award follows four regional Murrow wins earlier in 2007.

“What amounts to a ‘three-peat’ of national honors is quite an accomplishment for Heather and also reflects the quality of education she received at the University of Washington.” says Allan Townsend, Bosch’s husband and Web master.

In 2007, Bosch was also named an Alpha XI Delta’s national “Woman of Distinction.” She was nominated by the Greater Seattle Alumnae Association. To quote the press release, “The award recognizes members who exhibit excellence and extraordinary leadership in their professions and philanthropic pursuits.” Bosch was presented the award at the Alpha XI Delta’s national convention in Indianapolis, Indiana.

You can hear Bosch on News Radio 710 KIRO, where she reports from just about anywhere. Visit her web site (http://heatherbosch.com) for more on her stores, including a live interview during the Seattle windstorm and stories filed from Sri Lanka on the recovery efforts in tsunami ravaged countries. She is also a frequent contributor to the CBS Radio network. She did a live report for them – from under her desk – DURING the 2001 earthquake that rattled Seattle. After graduating from the UW, she received a post graduate diploma in broadcast journalism from the Centre For Journalism Studies – University College Cardiff, Great Britain and has worked in Great Britain and around the Pacific Northwest in both radio and television.

A list of recent awards (note: You must win the regional award to move onto national judging):

2007 National RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award, Individual: Best Use of Sound
2007 Regional RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award, Individual: Best Use of Sound, Best Series, Best Investigative Report, Best Serious Feature
2006 National RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award, Individual: Best Series
2006 Regional RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award, Individual: Best Series
2005 National RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award, Individual: Best Use of Sound
2005 Regional RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Awards, Individual: Best Investigative, Best Series, and Best Use of Sound

OTHER:
2007 Alpha Xi Delta National Women of Distinction Award

Photo by Portraits by Eric Alexander

Jennifer Bragg: 2005

Jennifer Bragg is an account manager at Owen Media Inc., a high-technology public relations agency in Seattle. She received the PRSA’s 2008 President’s Award for Volunteerism.

John Bravakis: BA, 1980

John is a partner in Triage Inc., which he helped establish in 1997. The Los Angeles-based television production company has been involved in a large number of projects for Fox Family Channel, HBO, UPN, ABC, Lifetime Television, USA Network/SciFi Channel, Showtime, History Channel and The Disney Channel. Triage’s television specials include “Miss Universe 2001,” “Miss USA 2001″ and a Christmas special, “Home for the Holidays” (all for CBS).

Read about John Bravakis’ visit to campus >>

Dianna Brealey, CMP: BA, 1996

db102@ntrs.com

Dianna Brealey has worked in PR and marketing since leaving the UW.  She is now a Marketing & Events Officer for Washington Region NorthernTrust Bank. Before moving back to Seattle, she spent eight years in Palm Springs working for the Marriott in various PR jobs. She ended her time with the Marriott as Sales Manager for Desert Springs JW Marriott Resort & Spa and Marriott’s Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa. During her college years, Dianna interned at Convention Services Northwest, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research/Guilds & Special Events and KYCW, Young Country 96.5.

Christopher Bredeson: BA, 1989 (Speech Communication)

Chris Bredeson serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Steck Medical Group with medical offices in Lewis and Thurston counties and has served in that capacity since 2000. Prior to Steck, Chris provided leadership to large, hospital-based physician groups in the Northwest and Florida. He completed his MBA (emphasis in health care administration) from City University in 1993.

Chris and his wife, Darla, live in Olympia with their three children. They have a horse farm where they breed Hungarian horses for the Olympic disciplines of dressage, jumping, and eventing (www.libertysporthorses.com).

Cristina Brendicke: BA, 2005

Cristina Brendicke’s love for all things media started after she graduated from the University of Washington and embarked on an exciting career with KOMO 4 TV’s local talk show, Northwest Afternoon. While working at KOMO 4, she gained invaluable experience in all aspects of production as well as in the intricacies of the local media landscape. Brendicke quickly moved up the ranks from research assistant to Daytime Drama Producer where she was responsible for creating twenty minutes of live TV everyday for beloved TV personality Cindi Rinehart!

Brendicke’s natural ability to capture an audience’s attention makes her Thrive’s ace at delivering messages to consumers. From brand advertising to direct response advertising, Brendicke never misses an opportunity to make creative advertising effective. Results are how we measure our effectiveness at Thrive, and Brendicke never disappoints clients.

Prior to joining Thrive, an advertising company and after her time at Northwest Afternoon, Brendicke put her creative advertising skills to use by working in the online advertising industry. Her unique combination of experience in the world of local television and the rapidly changing internet advertising world makes her Thrive’s brilliant marketer and savvy media analyst. She looks forward to helping local businesses THRIVE by achieving their marketing and advertising goals.

Q. Allan Brocka: BA, 1995

Q. Allan Brocka premieres the second season of his hit animated television series “Rick & Steve The Happiest Gay Couple In The World” on MTV’s LOGO Network. Brocka created, wrote and executive produced the 2008 season, which stars the voice talents of Alan Cumming, Margaret Cho, Jennifer Coolidge, Mark Hamil, George Takei, Peter Paige, Wilson Cruz, Tori Spelling, and Lance Bass. The series features showstopping musical numbers written by Brocka and Jeff Marx (creator of Avenue Q).

Sue Brockmann: BA, 1972

Sue Brockman recently join the University of Washington Alumni Association as the Director of Marketing Communications and Revenue Development.

Rita Brogan: BA, 1972; MA 1975

2006 Department of Communication Alumni Hall of Fame

Rita Brogan is the owner and CEO of PRR, Inc., a public affairs and communications agency, focusing on civic community and the environment with offices in Seattle and Washington, D.C. Since Brogan has been in the lead, PRR has won numerous local and national awards in marketing and public relations. The company has been listed in 5 of the past 6 years by the Puget Sound Business Journal as one of the 100 fastest growth privately held businesses in Washington state. Media Inc., listed it as one of the 100 largest public relations firms in the U.S., 2001-2004. Brogan’s dedication to civic engagement and service is evident in her volunteer work in public service. She is a member of the Seattle Municipal League Board of Directors and served as chair in 2005. She serves on the board of directors for the Downtown Seattle Business Association, Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce and the Intiman Theater. She is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce Transportation. Her list of past service is extensive, and includes the International District Urban Design Advisory Committee, Washington State Women’s Council, Asian Counseling and Referral Service Board of Directors, Virginia Mason Research Center Board of Trustees and Washington Gives Board of Governors. She was a member of Gov. Booth Gardner’s transition team in 1984.

Tara Brown: BA, 2005

Marketing Intern: Seattle Sonics & Storm

William H. Brubaker: MA, 1968

William Brubaker is a Snohomish County Councilman (2 terms), President of the Puget Sound Regional Council, Co-Chair of the Regional Transit Authority and Chairman of the Snohomish Transportation Authority. He is a former Emmy award-winning anchor-reporter for KOMO Television News. He also worked at KXLY Radio and TV in Spokane, WA; KPOJ Radio in Portland, OR and ABC West in Los Angeles. A retired Captain, United States Naval Reserve, he is the author of “Never as it Seems” and “A Fine Time to Rhyme.” He also contributed to “Wings at the Ready, a History of the Naval Air Reserve.” Mr. Brubaker is the 1991 recipient of the Freedom Foundation Award for Public Communications

Dr. Michael Lane Bruner (a.k.a. M. Lane Bruner): Ph.D., 1997

Dr. Bruner is currently Associate Professor of Critical Political Communication and Graduate Director for the doctoral Public Communication track and the M.A. sequences in Mass Communication and Human Communication & Social Influence at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Bruner’s research focuses on such topics as collective identity construction (e.g. national identity), critical globalization studies (e.g. the relationship between economic globalization and global governance), and ideological criticism (including, but not limited to, “structuring fictions” such as the divine right of kings, state sovereignty, and free trade). His books, Strategies of Remembrance: The Rhetorical Dimensions of National Identity Construction (University of South Carolina Press 2002) and Market Democracy in Post-Communist Russia (Wisdom House 2005, co-edited with V. Morozov) engages debates related to national identity construction and transformations in political power, the communicative strategies involved in free market policy implementation, and the state of global governance. He is currently completing research for two books: (1) a monograph on the historical relationship between economic innovation and republican forms of government; and (2) an edited volume on globalization discourse. His essays appear in such journals as The Quarterly Journal of Speech, Text & Performance Quarterly, Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Controversia, Communication Studies, Discourse & Society, The Western Journal of Communication, Argumentation & Advocacy, and Rhetorica. In 2003 the NCA Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division honored him with its New Investigator Award.

Luke Burbank: BA, 1998

Luke Burbank graduated with a communications degree from the University of Washington in 1998, with an emphasis on editorial journalism. “I think I was a pretty bad student,” recalls Burbank. Since graduating from the UW, he has worked in radio. Most of his career has been working on National Public Radio. Last December, Burbank moved back to Seattle and has his own talk radio show on 710 KIRO called “Too Beautiful To Live.”

Read more about Luke Burbank >>

Shanon Burke: BA, 2002 (Editorial Journalism and History)

Ms. Burke is working as the Manager of Publications for the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA). She is in charge of designing the state championship programs for high school athletics and activities across the state. This includes design, advertising and some writing and photography. She also does freelance photography on the side. Prior to joining WIAA, Burke worked as a communications consultant for the Puyallup School District. She took photos, wrote stories for the Web and print, and copy edited. After graduation she worked at The Herald in Puyallup for four years. She started as a reporter, was promoted to Assistant Managing Editor after a year and then shared Interim Editor duties, along with regular reporting duties, with a co-worker. She did a little bit of everything at the paper, from reporting on city council meetings and writing community features to taking photographs to editing stories to being the community point of contact.

Allison Cabellon: BA, 2005

Allison works in New York City at Pit Bull Interactive, a full-service online marketing agency devoted to its entertainment clients and animal rights causes.  Allison is an Online Marketing and Communications Strategist.  Her clients include theatrical productions, theatrical institutions, and artists.

Fitz Cahall: BA (journalism), 2002

Fitz Cahall writes:

I graduated in the March 2002 and currently reside in Corvallis, Ore. Since then I’ve been working as a freelance outdoor writer for a variety of publications. I wanted to bring my journalism training to the world of rock climbing and other adventure sports. It’s been a struggle, but I finally feel like I’ve started to turn a corner in my freelance business. This winter (2007) I entered into the world of new media and launched a podcast. I approached it more as a learning experience and an opportunity to explore a new medium rather than a viable outlet for my work. Most of all, I had collected some wonderful stories through the years that just didn’t have a home in the magazine world. They were intriguing tales, but often focused on regular people not the sponsored athletes most outdoor athletes continually cover. I wanted to give these stories a home. I thought I might get a few hundred hits. To my complete surprise, it struck a chord out there in the Internet realm. We jumped to thousands of downloads pretty quickly. Along the way, I got to take my recording gear to a remote desert sandstone spire and participated in the first ascent (a multi day climb) of the biggest rock spire in the country. It was wild to have the mic rolling while hanging from ropes. After the second episode, the Dirtbag Diaries exploded. Patagonia stepped forward to sponsor the show. Now I’m teaming up with photographers to provide multimedia content for not only the podcast but for various Internet sites both at home and abroad. It’s been an incredible leap in my career, which in the previous months I had considered abandoning due to severe financial struggles.

You can check it out online at http://www.dirtbagdiaries.com. Our most recent episode was a profile of adventure photographer Corey Rich who I had covered in the past for SPJ’s Quill Magazine. His tale is truly inspiring for young journalists.

Harold E. Carr: BA, 1955

2006 Department of Communication Alumni Hall of Fame

Harold Carr retired from The Boeing Company in June 1997 after serving as vice president of public relations and advertising since May 1986. He served in the same role as director of the function beginning in 1984. Carr’s career at Boeing began in September 1962 when he joined the public relations news bureau. In addition to his responsibilities of directing the company’s communications (both external and internal) and advertising functions, Carr was responsible for the company’s historical archive and the companywide weekly newspaper, Boeing News. Carr was a member and on the board of the Public Relations Seminar, a nationwide organization for senior public relations executives. He was named a Public Relations “All Star” by the magazine, Inside PR, in 1996. Carr was also active in the San Francisco Academy, an organization devoted to providing advanced training for upper-level corporate public relations professionals. He also served as president of the academy. In 2004, the Puget Sound Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America selected Carr as the recipient of the Jay Rockey Lifetime Achievement Award in public relations. Carr served on a number of Seattle nonprofit boards. These included Goodwill Industries, 5th Avenue Theater, the Tyee Club, Seattle-King County Sports Council, Downtown Seattle Association, Henry Art Gallery, the Museum of Flight and PONCHO, Seattle’s premiere fund-raising organization for the arts. He also represented Boeing on the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and chaired its communications committee.

Donal Carbaugh: Ph.D. 1984

2005 Department of Communication Alumni Hall of Fame
2011 Department of Communication Distinguished Alumnus

Donal Carbaugh is Professor of Communication, chair of the International Studies Council, and past co-chair of the Five College Committee on Native American Indian Studies. In 2007-2008, he was Distinguished Fulbright Professor and Bicentennial Chair of American Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He has been chair of both the International Communication Association’s Language and Social Interaction Division, and the National Communication Association’s International and Intercultural Communication Division. In 1992, he was elected Visiting Senior Member at Linacre College, Oxford University, England, which is a lifetime appointment. He has held academic appointments at the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Helsinki, the Turku School of Economics in Finland, and at other universities in the United States, Europe, and Asia. His general interests focus upon cultural philosophies of communication, and more specifically, the ways culturally distinctive practices get woven into international and intercultural interactions. He currently serves on more than twenty editorial boards of national and international journals. His published research has appeared in many major academic journals, in several countries including Finland, Germany, Italy, and Russia, in several languages.

Aileen (McEntee) Carrell: BA, 1990 (Speech Communication)

Aileen Carrell began working for Starbucks Coffee Company as a Retail Store Manager in Fall of 1990 and she has been with the company ever since. After spending 5 years managing various retail locations in Seattle and Federal Way, she was hired as a Coffee Specialist in the coffee procurement division. Coffee Specialists evolved into Coffee Education Specialists and she became the first Coffee Education Manager for Starbucks, developing the strategy and growing the members of a global team of Coffee Education specialists. In Spring of 1994, she took on another new role for the company as Green Coffee Sustainability Manager. This role collaborates with the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) division to strategize and implement sustainable best practices in the production and procurement of green (unroasted) coffee. The Sustainability team provides subject matter expertise to educate and message Starbucks coffee sustainability platforms within and outside of the company.

In addition to a long tenure with Starbucks, Carrell and her husband are officers of Phoenix Ventures, LLC, a small venture capital firm dedicated to providing high quality, in-demand services and products to communities throughout the Puget Sound. They are most proud of their chain of Laundromats in Lakewood, Olympia, Lacey and Spanaway, WA. The laundromats are clean, safe and attended; and the machines are new and well-functioning.

Carrell also makes time to nuture her talent career by acting in local commercials and corporate videos or providing voice-over work for various projects. She serves as a board member for The SIDS Foundation of Washington, and she is a member of the Faith in Action group serving her church community and, according to Carrell “best of all, I am “Mom” to my two young, joyful sons.”

Yvonne Cartwright: BA, 1981

As a senior, Ms. Cartwright did a short internship for Wells, Rich, Green, a national advertising agency with an office in Seattle. She says “The experience was awesome – and in the course of those weeks I became acquainted with several people working in the advertising industry in Seattle. As luck would have it, I was offered two jobs as a result of making these acquaintances.”

Directly after graduating from the UW, Ms. Cartwright began a full time job with McCann-Erickson, Inc., a worldwide advertising agency. She considered herself fortunate because at that time very few of her classmates were finding work.

Since that time she has worked at other agencies and for private corporations in advertising, marketing, or creative positions. She was a partner in four different advertising agencies. Today she is the sole owner of Cartwright Creative Group LLC in Bellingham, WA. She has developed campaigns for companies and organizations ranging from financial institutions to oil pipelines, Mercedes-Benz dealerships, public accounting firms and the United Way.

“When I look back, I remember my days in the Communications Building as wonderful moments full of excitement at learning about an industry I have always found fascinating. And I am thankful for Professor Bowen’s belief in me as a candidate for a sought-after internship.”

Glenn Cassidy: BA, 1973

glennc@yvfwc.org

Mr. Cassidy is the Communications Director for Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, which operates 18 healthcare facilities in Washington and Oregon. He was the business manager of The Daily in 1973.

Theresa Castor: PhD, 1999

castor@uwp.edu

Dr. Castor is an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

Maria Cristana Castro: BA, 2001

Maria Castro is the first recipient of the Department of Communication’s Outstanding Early Career award. She lives in the greater New York City area and is an AVP Business Banker at JP Morgan Chase and is also in residential sales and rentals at Prudential Douglas Elliman. Prior to moving to New York, Castro was in Southern California working at Washington Mutual while earning her MA in Strategic Public Relations, Crisis Management from the University of Southern California. She then moved to Countrywide Bank as a Team Lead in sales. She also worked as the media director for a nonprofit called Answering the Cry of the Poor/GK777. Maria has this to say of her work and her education at the UW:

“It was at UW that I really learned HOW to think. And to stretch it even further, I think it was (Professor Baldasty) who challenged the students to use our skills to make change where we thought there should be change.”

Nicholas Cenac: BA, 2009

Nick Cenac is attending Tulane University Law School. He is a 2009 graduate, magna cum laude, of the Evening Degree program. While attending the UW, Cenac worked with Communication professors John M. Gastil and Cindy Simmons on their book (with co-authors E. Pierre Deess and Philip J. Weiser) The Jury and Democracy: How Jury Deliberation Promotes Civic Engagement and Political Participation, (Oxford University Press, Oct., 2010). Cenac is president of the Disability and Health Law Society at Tulane and spent the summer of 2010 interning for a federal judge and working for a public interest health law firm. In spring 2011, Cenac will be one of four law students representing Tulane in at the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court in Vienna.

Bill Chamberlin: BA, 1967; PhD, 1977

Bill Chamberlin has been the Joseph L. Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communications at the College of Journalism and Communications of the University of Florida since 1987. He now serves as Director of the Marion Brechner Citizen Access Project. He also is an affiliate
professor of the UF College of Law.

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Czarin S. Chan: BA, 2004

Chan works for University of California, Irvine’s University Advancement department. She is currently part of the fundraising campaign for the new School of Law. She writes:

“UC Irvine’s proposal to establish a school of law was approved by the Regents of the University of California in November 2006. UCI School of Law will be the first public law school to open in California in more than 40 years and only the second to exist in Southern California. Fulfilling a longstanding vision of the campus, the school is expected to open its doors to its first class of law students in fall 2009.

Currently, we are conducting a national search for a dean to lead the law school. Over the next several years, we will recruit founding faculty and staff for the school, as well as our inaugural class of students. The School of Law will be temporarily housed at Berkeley Place. Eventually, its own individual building and law library will be built on the campus, too. I am very excited for this huge endeavor for UC Irvine.”

Yvonne Chandler: BA, 2004

Senior Human Resources Assistant and part-time faculty: Seattle Central Community College

Stuart Chernis: BA, 1981

Chernis is publisher of the Marysville Globe and Arlington Times in Snohomish County, as well as business journals in Wenatchee and Bellingham. He was recently recognized by the Washington Newspaper Publisher’s Association as a 2008 General Excellence Winner, earning a first place for the Marysville Globe and a tie for second place for the Arlington Times.

Fiona Chew: PhD, 1985; MA, 1976

Fiona Chew is an associate professor in television, radio and film at Syracuse University. She teaches courses on electronic media research, theory and writing at the Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Formerly a television and film producer, Chew now researches the media industry in which she once worked. Most notably, Chew’s body of scholarship focuses on message effects and analysis, as well as health communication. Since 2003, Chew has conducted two national surveys of family physicians to assess the use of health technologies, including the internet. Chew has also investigated the impact of television and mass media on audience perceptions, and was involved in a four-country project which looked at the impact of a television series on health.

More information about Professor Fiona Chew >>

Ron Chew: BA, 2002 Communications

2004 Department of Communication Alumni Hall of Fame

Ron Chew is the Executive Director of the International Community Health Services Foundation. He previously served as executive director of the Wing Luke Asian Museum. He received the 2008 Board Award of Excellence by the Washington Museum Association at the WMA’s annual conference. Chew delivered the keynote speech at the conference, talking about the Wing Luke Asian Museum’s community-based museum model and the growth of the institution.

Prior to his work at the museum, Chew served for ten years as editor of International Examiner and as a community organizer for more than 20 years. Ron has guided development of more than 15 award-winning exhibitions and publications at the museum, including the permanent exhibit Executive Order 9066: 50 Years Before and 50 Years and Reflections of Seattle’s Chinese Americans: The First 100 Years now in its second edition.

He has served on several boards, including his current tenure with the Seattle Public Library Foundation, as well as his prior work on the Western Museums Association, King County 4Culture and the National Endowment for the Humanities advisory boards. He is also the recipient of the Washington State Governor’s Heritage Award; Humanities Washington Heather Frank Memorial Award; Washington Museum Association’s Institutional Excellence Award; and most recently the 2004 Western Museums Association Director’s Chair Award and the prestigious Ford Foundation/Advocacy Institute’s Leadership for a Changing World Award, which recognizes the work of national leaders in the field of social advocacy and community building.

Kat Chow: BA, 2012

Kat Chow works for NPR’s race, ethnicity and culture team as a digital journalist and blogger in DC. “LeiLani Nishime, who I worked closely with for a majority of my college experience, was very influential in shaping my knowledge of race and culture,” said Chow, “and Roger Simpson encouraged and challenged me to report on minority communities.”

Tina Christiansen: BA, 1988

Tina Christiansen and Almeera Anwar (BA, ’12) are the 2012-2013 co-VPs of Student Affairs for the Seattle Professional Chapter of AWC.

Peter Christman: BA, 2004

Web Developer/Computer Programmer: Routh Crabtree Olsen/Northwest Trustees, Inc.

Beth A. Clark: BA, 1980; JD, 1984

Ms. Clark is a graduate of the Department of Communication (’80) and the UW School of Law (’84). Her practice emphasizes real estate development, land use and environmental law. Her particular expertise is in representing public pension funds and institutional investors in all aspects of real estate development and investors. She has significant experience in real estate acquisitions, transfers, leasing and financing, as well as in obtaining land use and environmental permits and approvals for commercial and residential developments before state and local administrative and municipal agencies and officers.

Named “Super Lawyer” 2003-2005 by Washington Law and Politics, Ms. Clark is a member of the American Bar Association, Washington State Bar Association and the King County Bar Association. She is on the board of directors for Washington Women Lawyers, a member of the Northwest Women’s Law Center and Commercial Real Estate Women and an adjunct professor for Seattle University School of Law.

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Barbara Clinton: PhD, 1990

Clinton is the director of the Honors Scholars program at Highline Community College, where she has been since 1994.

Read more about Barbara Clinton >>

 

 

Loren Cochran: BA, 1993

Loren Cochran is the director of the Freedom of Information Service Center for The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Cochran was a television producer in Seattle, Boston and Tampa. After leaving TV, he spent several years as a media litigator. He graduated from the Boston College Law School in 2002 and for the past few years has worked as an associate at Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim LLP in Tacoma, where he advised the newsroom at the Tacoma newspaper, and has handled defamation and freedom of information lawsuits.

Phil Cogan: MA , 1977

pcogan@earthlink.net or phil.cogan@exim.gov

Phil Cogan recently left his position as executive vice president for Bernstein Crisis Management,Inc. in Phoenix, Arizona to begin work as Director of Public Affairs for the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) in Washington, D.C. Ex-Im is the official export credit agency of the United States, helping create and sustain U.S. jobs by supporting U.S. exporters, large and small. Phil’s responsibilities include domestic and international news media relations, Internet based communications, internal communications, supervising speech writing, and communications support for Ex-Im marketing activities. For 23 years Phil provided public affairs support for emergency responses as a senior public affairs manager for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for seven years as deputy director of public affairs for FEMA. Phil retired as a Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve after 25 years of service in the Army and Navy. He lives with his family in Fairfax Station, Virginia.

Katie Comer: BA, 2005

Program Manager of Community Development: Pioneer Square Community Association

John Cook: PhD, 1992

John Cook is Electorate Officer and Adviser to the Honourable Simon Crean MP, Shadow (Opposition) Minister for Regional Development and Member for Hotham in the Australian Federal Parliament. He lives in Melbourne, where Mr Crean’s electorate is located, but also works in Canberra in Parliament House when it is in session. He is looking forward to the next Federal election, due in 2007, when he is confident that the Australian Labor Party, now in Opposition, will win government.

Megan Coppersmith: BA, 2004

Communication Specialist II: King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Public Affairs

Kari Shull Costanza: BA, 1985

Kari Shull Costanza is Global Editor at World Vision International, a humanitarian organization headquartered in London. She developed World Vision’s first Information Resources department. Information Resources reports and requests more than 400 stories and accompanying photos annually for WVUS and partnership purposes. She developed Share system—a story assignment management system to assign stories, accept ideas, track story progress, and document story usage for use by all World Vision offices. During her 5 years in World Vision video department, she edited, wrote, and produced 300 videos about the organization’s work. During 10 years with World Vision magazine, she reported, researched, and wrote 21 cover or secondary feature stories. She has have written at least 100 stories on various topics from sponsorship to microenterprise to child sex tourism. Over the past 16 years she have traveled to around 30 countries to write stories, shoot photographs and video, train communicators, and participate in communications meetings. Since 2004, she has planned and conducted story-gathering trips for World Vision President Rich Stearns as well as other high profile authors and speakers such as Max Lucado. Stories, photos, and videos from these trips have been disseminated worldwide and used in Stearns’ book, The Hole in our Gospel and Lucado’s Outlive Your Life.

Lee Cowan: BA, Communications and Speech Communications, 1988

Lee Cowan is at CBS News as a national correspondent based in Los Angeles. He contributes to CBS News broadcasts and platforms across the division and he will be a substitute anchor for “CBS Sunday Morning.”

Most recently, Cowan has been a correspondent for NBC News since 2007, contributing to various NBC News shows, including “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,” “Today,” and MSNBC broadcasts. While there, he covered major news stories and events, including presidential candidate Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential election campaign and the tsunami that devastated Japan in March 2011.

Prior to joining NBC, Cowan was a CBS News correspondent for the “CBS Evening News.” In that role, he reported on a variety of stories of national and international importance, which included coverage from Ground Zero on the September 11 attacks, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the 2006 conflict in Beirut and the 2006 tsunami in Indonesia.

Read the CBS news release about Cowan >>

Kristine Cowen: BA, 2008

Kristine Cowen is a program assistant on the Global Health HIV team at the Gates Foundation.

Cammie Croft: BA, 2005

Cammie Croft is the Deputy New Media Director for President Barack Obama. She joined the White House from the Obama-Biden Transition Project, where she served as the Deputy New Media Director, specializing in online communications. Prior to that, as the New Media Rapid Response Manager for the “Obama for America” campaign, she oversaw efforts to integrate new media and communications, including managing websites such as FighttheSmears.com and UndertheRadar.com. Before joining the campaign, Croft built the tracking and media-monitoring program at Progressive Accountability, a rapid-response communications advocacy campaign that provided video of Republican presidential candidates for the mass public. Croft also worked as the Rapid Response Mobilization Director for Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, where she led their new media efforts, working with MoveOn.org’s online tools to mobilize Americans opposed to the war. Croft graduated from the UW with distinction. She is also an alumnus of the New Organizing Institute (NOI), a unique online organizing forum for technologically savvy, progressive campaigners.

Carlene Cross: MA, 1995

Carlene Cross’ second book, “Fleeing Fundamentalism,” was published in 2006. Ms. Cross received her MA in Communication from the UW in 1995 and a BA in History in 1993.

 

 

 

Sarah Dahlin: BA, 2005 Communications/Drama

Search Strategist at Don’t Blink Media, an online advertising agency in Seattle.

Mary Daheim: BA, 1960

2008 Department of Communication Alumni Hall of Fame

Seattle native Mary Daheim has been fascinated by story-telling since early childhood. A journalism major at the University of Washington, she was one of the first female editor of The Daily where she attracted national attention with her editorial stance against bigotry.  After getting her BA, she worked in newspapers and public relations, but in her spare time she tried her hand at novels. In 1983, Daheim’s first historical romance was published, followed by a half-dozen more before she switched genres to her original fictional love, mysteries. “Just Desserts” and “Fowl Prey,” the first books of 24 in the Bed-and-Breakfast series, were released in 1991. A year later, the Emma Lord series made its debut with “The Alpine Advocate.” The 19th, “The Alpine Traitor,” was published in early 2008. Daheim has also written several short stories for mystery anthologies and magazines. She has been an Agatha Award nominee, winner of the 2000 Pacific Northwest Writers Association Achievement Award, and her mysteries regularly make the USA Today bestseller list and the New York Times top thirty.

Heidi Dahmen: BA

For the majority of her career, Heidi Dahmen produced for non-scripted, network primetime and cable television programs airing on ABC, CBS, FOX and UPN, as well as USA, E! Entertainment, TLC and TV Land. She’s also produced for major television syndication companies including Disney’s Buena Vista Productions, NBC Universal and Paramount Domestic Television. In addition to working in reality, talk, magazine, clip and documentary formats, she acquired and sold a life rights story which was made into an ABC television movie. Heidi started her career as a producer at KOMO TV, the ABC affiliate in Seattle, working on locally produced programs and specials before being hired by Buena Vista Productions and moving to Los Angeles. She graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Communications and an emphasis on Broadcast Journalism. A native of Seattle, Heidi misses the Northwest, but admits she doesn’t miss the rain.

Lisa Danielson : BA, Speech Communication, 1996

Lisa Danielson is a public affairs consultant at Seattle-based Gogerty Stark Marriott (GSM). Her project work includes a variety of public affairs and public relations disciplines on behalf of several Fortune 500 companies. She serves as past-President of the Board for Seattle Works, on the City Club Board of Governors and is a graduate of Leadership Tomorrow’s Class of 2005.

Jessica Davis: BA (Journalism), 2000

Jessica Davis is a journalist, documentarian and producer. She has made a documentary on black jazz artists in Seattle, who were around in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. See clips at www.vimeo.com/jessicadavis/.

Ted Davis: BA, 1982

Ted is living in Munich, Germany while on leave from television advertising in Seattle. He worked for 20 years at both KIRO-TV and Seattle’s WB network. He is enjoying soaking in the European culture along with his young son. Ted has this to say about his time at the UW: “While I got to study under many legendary Professors including Don Pember, Bill Ames and Pat Cranston. I would have to cite you, Jerry (Baldasty) as the one that had the greatest impression on me. Your passion for the subject and the way you could relate it to us using current events and trends along with injecting a little humor in your lectures always made your classes something to look forward to.”

Ted is married to UW Communication alumna Teresa Davis: BA, 1993

Teresa Davis: BA, 1993

Teresa is living in Munich and is the Communications Manager for Microsoft’s Eastern European Headquarters. She is responsible for public relations in 17 central and eastern European countries.

Teresa is married to UW Communication alumnus Ted Davis: BA, 1982

Melanie De Bond: BA, 1997; MA 1999 – Speech Communication

Melanie is the Owner/Founder of PrimeSource Communication, Inc.

Michael Deis: MA, 1982

Michael Deis founded PRiMeR Ltd., now Primer Research Inc., in 1994, after five years with the audience research group of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (1989 to 1994) and a stint at USIA’s Office of Research in 1988. He recently started a podcast exploring issues in international public opinion and social research. The Global Opinion Primer interviews leading professionals and academics participating in survey research projects around the globe.

The third episode explored the use of global opinion research in the private sector with Doug Miller, chairman of GlobeScan Incorporated. The first two episodes explored the Latinobarometro, a survey of 18 Latin American countries, and the Eurobarometer.

I hope that the podcast will be of some interest to my School of Communication brethren, especially those with students.

Karen Tollenaar Demorest: BA, 2001

Karen works at the UW Alumni Association and is the Alumni Relations Manager for Arts & Sciences.

Sara Desautel: BA, 2005

Anchor/Reporter: KEPR in Tri-Cities, WA.

Nicole Snyder Dettmar: BA, 2005

Nicole Dettmar works as a human resources and payroll coordinator at the University of Washington and is also attending graduate school at the University of North Texas, School of Library & Information Sciences via distance learning. she is a 2006 recipient of a Health Informatics fellowship at the University of North Texas funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Anna Dinces: BA, 2005

Anna works in public relations for Rubenstein Associates, Inc. One of her clients is the New York Post.

Bradley Dobbs: BA (Journalism), 2004

After interning in the Marketing Department in 2004 at KSTW, Bradley Dobbs was brought on full time as a Sales Coordinator in September 2004. After a year, he was promoted up to Account Executive at KSTW. He prospects new business for the station and creates fun marketing and advertising proposals for new clients as well as current clients.

Marisa Dorazio: BA (Editorial Journalism), 2004

During her senior year, Marisa Dorazio interned at The Seattle Times and the The Oregonian through the legislative reporting course. She landed a job on the communications and marketing team at Edmonds Community College in January 2005. Dorazio is the Public Information Specialist and works in the College Relations and Advancement Office, where she does media/public relations and marketing for the college.

Wendy Cone Dore: BA, 1973

Wendy majored in Communications/Advertising & Public Relations. She holds several awards, is the Past President of the Seattle Professional Chapter of the Association for Women in Communications, and has worked as vice president of marketing for Seafirst Bank and Director of Marketing for AAA Washington. She is now a principal at The Marketing Partners, Inc., a Bellevue, WA marketing, advertising and public relations agency specializing in helping regional companies effectively market their products. Wendy has been there since 1993.

Candice R. Douglass: BA, 1995

Douglass is the Director of Marketing and Communications at the University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences. Douglass comes to the UW from Casey Family Programs, where she was Communications Director. Prior to joining Casey, she was a communications director for The Moyer Foundation. She worked at Cell Therapeutics, Inc. as
Public Relations Manager in Corporate Communications and she had a marketing and communications consulting business focused on professional services companies. Before starting her consulting practice, she was the senior marketing manager at Exponent, a multidiscipline science and engineering consulting firm with more than 700 employees and offices in 19 locations throughout the United States. Douglass has been a public relations professional for more than 15 years.

Chris Douthitt: BA, 1973; Radio/TV Communications

Following graduation, and not knowing any better, Chris headed straight to Hollywood seeking a media career. Somewhat surprisingly he found one, starting literally on the ground floor (no room for a chair) as a sound effects sorter at a small-but-popular commercial audio production studio called SSI. Chris eventually worked his way up to an engineer’s chair where he helped produce national advertising for several top ad agencies as well as TV and radio promos for CBS and NBC and sound effects tracks for numerous Saturday morning cartoon shows.

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Tom Douthitt: BA, 1983

Since graduation from the UW, Tom Douthitt has worked in marketing and new product development positions for several large medical device manufacturers. Most recently he was General Manager of Abbott Labs Coronary Technologies group. He returned to the Seattle area to work with a small start-up organization called Cardiac Dimensions Inc. They are developing a new non-surgical treatment for patients with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF). Douthitt heads up the Marketing, Business Development, and European Clinical Trial activities.

William Douthitt: BA, Communications, 1984

Douthitt is Managing Editor/Special Editions, for National Geographic Magazine.

Stephanie Doyle: BA, 1989

Stephanie is working at the UW in the office of Development & Alumni Relations in the Regional Gifts Program. She works with alumni and friends of the UW in the San Francisco Bay Area. She and her husband John Scroggs (BA, 1988 UW School of Business) have a two-year-old, Maggie, who keeps them busy.

John Dresel: BA, 1982

John Dresel is owner and of Nailgun Content Solutions, an e-commerce service provider specializing in on-line merchandising and product descriptions for several of the largest on-line retailers, service providers and referral sites. A Seattle-based company, Nailgun creates, among other content, product description for hundreds of hotels located around the globe and also college descriptions and course descriptions for large college referral sites.

Dresel is the former president of Tully’s Coffeeand a veteran in the service, broadcast and entertainment industry. Prior to moving to Tully’s, he was president of the Ackerley Television Group, Inc. — whose parent company, The Ackerley Group, is a media and entertainment company with diversified groups of professional sports teams, outdoor advertising, broadcast and interactive media.

Mr. Dresel ran broadcast operations, sales and financial duties for 18 television stations, including ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX. His resume also includes president of Full House Sports and Entertainment and the vice president and general manager of KJR AM Radio 950 and KLTX FM Radio 95.7.

Kate Dunsmore: PhD, 2008

Kate Dunsmore is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at The College at Florham, Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey.

Linda Durnell: BA, 1981

Linda Durnell  (’81) is Managing Director of Madison Lane Consulting. She has published Danger Has A Face (written nom de plume Anne Pike) and is writing for Huffington Post (vertical Women/50). She is permanently listed in her Huffington Post author archive.

Thomas Eckhardt: BA, 1977

A criminal lawyer for 20 years, Thomas Eckhardt has 300 jury trials and a client list that includes lawyers, movie stars and the homeless.

Tim Egan: BA, 1981

2006 Department of Communication Alumni Hall of Fame

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Tim Egan has worked as a writer for the New York Times for more than 15 years. In 2001, he won the Pulitzer as part of a team of reporters who did a series on how race is lived in America. He has done special projects on the West, on the decline of rural America, and he has followed the entire length of the Lewis and Clark Trail for a series in the New York Times. Egan is the author of five books. His book on the Northwest, The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest was rated in a poll by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer as one of ten essential books ever written about the region. His book on the West, Lasso the Wind, Away to the New West, won the 1999 Governors Writing Award from Washington State, the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award, and was named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Sunday Book Review. The Worst Hard Time: the Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, earned him the National Book award for nonfiction in 2006. His latest book, published in 2009, is The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America.

Michael S. Eguchi: BA, 1970

MikeE@storycom.com

On July 1, 2003 Mike Eguchi retired after a 34-year career with Fisher Communications, Inc., Seattle. He is currently serving as an At-Large Trustee with the University of Washington Alumni Association and is an adjunct Professor of Management at Seattle University’s Albers School of Business and a partner in a communications consulting firm, Storyteller Communications with fellow alum Doug Tolmie.

Karen J. Ellison: MA, PhD; 1998, 1995

After teaching for 9 years in UC Davis’ Rhetoric & Communication program, Karen Ellison moved back home to help out in the family business – Midvale Telephone. The phone company is a family owned company specializing in providing local telephone service in remote and rural areas. The company has over 3,000 customers spread over four states: Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Arizona. In addition to her responsibilities with the family business, she sits on the Board of directors for Syringa Networks, a fiber optic transport company based in Boise. She is also on the Oregon PUC’s Advisory Board for their universal service fund and is the President of the Arizona Local Exchange Carriers Association.

H. Stuart Elway: BA, 1970; MA, 1975; PhD, 1983

2009 Department of Communication Alumni Hall of Fame

As president of Elway Research, Inc., H. Stuart Elway has directed research projects for large and small businesses, associations, not-for-profits, public agencies at all levels, candidates, ballot measures and media outlets, including The Seattle Times, Knight Ridder and NBC News. In addition to being regularly and widely quoted in Washington state media, Elway is looked to from outside the region as an expert on Northwest politics; he has been quoted in Time magazine, The Economist, and nearly every major daily newspaper in the country. He has also appeared or been quoted on all six television networks and has appeared as a guest on local and network news programs, including NPR’s “Talk of the Nation,” and “To the Point,” CNN’s “Inside Politics,” and abc.com’s “Political Points.” He pioneered the use of random-sample interactive polls on live television.  Elway has taught at both the UW and The Evergreen State College. He is a member of The National Council of State Polls and the American Association of Public Opinion Research. He is the publisher of The Elway Poll, the only on-going non-partisan, independent analysis of public opinion in the Northwest. He has directed The Seattle Times Washington Poll since 1984, and directed The Seattle Times/NorthWest Cable News Poll. He was also the research partner in the Front Porch Forum, a civic journalism effort of The Seattle Times, The Evans School, KCTS/9, KUOW and KPLU.

John Enger: BA, 1971

John Enger Started working after graduation for the Neighborhood Telephone Directories, headquartered in West Seattle, and retired from there in April, 2006. He has to his credit 35 years of publishing the local telephone directories known as the Banana Pages. He was the COO when the company was sold in 1998 and stayed on as the General Manager for the new ownership group until retiring. The company started the world’s first true Internet Yellow Pages and sold that technology to InfoSpace in 1997. In his response to the Communication Alumni Newsletter, spring, 2006 edition, he reports “I am married and have two wonderful children, plus 2 fantastic grandchildren. My son is stationed on a submarine at Bangor and my daughter is enjoying her first year in college at the UofW [2006]. Interests are travel, spectator sports, reading, hiking, but I also will be serving as President of the West Seattle Rotary Club next year, an organization I’ve belong to for 30 years.”

Robin Ernst (Imholte): BA, 2005

Thrive, An Advertising Company was founded by Robin Ernst, an advertising professional with a notable background in media. Robin started her marketing career at KOMO 4 TV’s talk show Northwest Afternoon where she worked as the liaison between Northwest Afternoon and local non-profit organizations. Ernst was responsible for NWA’s public service announcements and other local advertising for non-profit groups.

Continuing to pursue her media passion, Ernst transitioned from Northwest Afternoon to KOMO 4 TV’s newsroom working exclusively with Emmy Award Winning Reporter John Sharify (also known as “The People Helper”) and News Anchor Connie Thompson. Gaining invaluable insight into newsroom operations, Ernst learned what it takes to have a story receive news coverage, which ultimately led to her career in advertising.

Witnessing the power and influence of television, Ernst became an Account Executive for KOMO 4 TV’s sales department. There, she helped local businesses achieve their revenue goals and create positive images within the community through the power of TV. She guided media buyers and negotiated advertising buys with large accounts such as Honda National, Acura National, Les Schwab Tires Centers, Puget Sound Energy and the American Heart Association. She is now the chair of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women marketing committee.

Robin Ernst founded Thrive, an advertising company because she saw first hand how difficult it is for business owners to negotiate advertising buys with the media on their own. Ernst understands the frustrations business owners feel while trying to decide where to best invest their advertising dollars. In a challenging business climate it’s imperative to have an ad agency that knows the ins and outs of the media landscape to work on your behalf. Ernst has a passion for growing local businesses and looks forward to helping your company THRIVE!

Jessica Estrada: BA, 2005

jessicae@seattlechamber.com

Jessica was promoted in September 2008 to Director of Small Business Programs for the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce. She manages the Chamber’s various business networking events and professional development
programs, including the Young Professionals Network. In spring 2008, she was a nominee for the Puget Sound Business Journal’s 40 Under 40.

Delores Eyler: BA (Journalism), 1971

M.S. in Communications from Portland State University. M.A.T. from National University. Founded a community newspaper in Rye, NY in 1996 (sold majority ownership in 2002.)

Marilyn Fancher: MA, 1988

Marilyn Fancher is a senior vice president and creative director of APCO Worldwide in Washington, DC, a global public affairs consultancy. Fancher produces broadcast programs, commercials, film and video for corporate and political clients.

Nina Farhat: BA, 2004

Online Account Executive: KING5.com/Belo Media Group

Guy W. Farmer: BA (Journalism), 1957

Mr. Farmer writes a Sunday political column for the daily Nevada Appeal of Carson City, NV. In October of 2003, he won a columnists’ award at the annual convention of the Nevada Press Association.

Maria Federici: BA, 1993

In February, 2004, Maria Federici, a 2003 graduate of Speech Communication, was hit by flying debris while driving on I-405. The accident left her with serious and permanent injuries and her story has become well known both locally and nationally. Department of Communication faculty Lisa Coutu and Barbara Warnick visited Ms. Federici recently to discuss possible ways to continue her Communication studies. Lisa Coutu has this to say about her: “She was a bright, engaged student. She still is bright & engaged, but she now has many challenges to overcome.” For donation information and to learn more about Maria Federici, visit her web site.

Carolyn Feyl: BA, 2004

Flight Attendant: Alaska Airlines

Margaret Fimia: BA, 1989

2010 Department of Communication Alumni Hall of Fame

Margaret Fimia received an associate degree in nursing from Nassau Community College (’70), a bachelor’s degree in speech communication and a master’s degree in public affairs (’92) from the University of Washington. In 2011 she opened “Welcome Home” family history services, a business serving people who want to trace their family and geneaological histories. From 1994 to 2001, as a member of the King County Council, she served on several committees including: the Puget Sound Regional Council Transportation Committee and chaired their first Transportation Pricing Committee. She also served on the State Commute Trip Reduction Task Force; the County Law, Justice and Human Service committee and Regional Water Quality Committee. She successfully lobbied for neighborhood traffic calming, clean diesel buses, significantly more & better bus service, low fares, & bus rapid transit. Following a “No” vote by the public, she worked to minimize public financing of the new baseball stadium. As a Shoreline City Council member (2003-2007), she brought historically opposing groups to increase public participation, reduce overhead, fund basic infrastructure and increase environmental protection. She has been the Co-Chair of CETA, the Coalition for Effective Transportation Alternatives since 2001. Margaret is married to Don Moe MD. They have two grown daughters.

Patricia Fisher BA, 1968 Communications

2006 Department of Communication Alumni Hall of Fame

Patricia Fisher was a longtime area journalist and a mentor to many writers, particularly to young African American journalists. She was the first woman and the first African American to write editorials for The Seattle Times and she was a co-founder of the Black Journalists Association of Seattle. Patricia Fisher died in early 2006. Her Seattle Times obituary (2/13/06), begins: “Open doors lead to open minds. That’s the way Patricia Fisher saw things. And for untold numbers of Northwest journalists, she proved a willing mentor, who not only took on but sought out such responsibilities.”

Cynthia Flash: BA, 1985 Journalism

cynthia@flashmediaservices.com

Cynthia Flash is a media consultant, editor, writer, public relations specialist and owner of Flash Media Services.

Micki Flowers: BA, 1973

2005 Department of Communication Alumni Hall of Fame

A recently retired KIRO TV reporter and anchor who has been involved with professional organizations (including the Seattle Chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists), community organizations (including Achievement Rewards for College Scientists as member and public relations chair, AIDS Housing of Washington as a board member and chair of fund-raising committee, Junior League of Seattle as a Sustaining Member), and the University (as co-chair of the UW Graduate Diversity Fellows Dinner in 2004-5). She has mentored many aspiring young journalists.

Deborah Folka: BA, 1977 (Communications)

Folka earned her MA from the University of Arizona School of Journalism in 1981 and an APR designation in 1987. She is the owner and principal of DLF Communications Ltd., (Vancouver, B.C.) since 1993. DLF is an independent
public relations consultancy focused on crisis communications management. Current client of note: the 10 elite women ski jumpers fighting to get into the 2010 Olympics.

Patricia Foote: BA, 1971

2005 Department of Communication Alumni Hall of Fame

Patricia Foote has worked as a reporter, arts and entertainment editor, news feature editor and was the Assistant Managing Editor/Administration in The Seattle Times newsroom for many years. She oversaw staff development and recruiting, policies, compensation, and other human-resource issues for the newsroom. She taught journalism at the University of Washington for four years and has remained active in supporting the journalism program and its students. She serves on the UW Department of Communication Visiting Committee and the UW Communication Alumni Club; she is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and a past winner of the Times‘ Publisher’s Circle Award. Foote started her newspaper career at age 15 as a vacation fill-in at The Highline Times, followed by other South King County weeklies. She was hired by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer to edit its weekly entertainment section before becoming a reporter in The Seattle Times View section in 1973.

Lisa Fortini-Campbell: PhD, 1980

Lisa Fortini-Campbell is the president and managing director of the Fortini-Campbell Company, which she founded in 1990. She is also an adjunct professor at the Kellog School of Management at Northwestern University where she teaches the Communications Strategies program, as well as a wide-range of executive education programs. Previously, Fortini was an associate professor at the Medill School of Journalism where she taught courses in communications theory, research methods, consumer insight and account planning. She is also the author of “Hitting the Sweet Spot,” where she offers theory and practical help for creating truly consumer driven marketing and advertising efforts.

Prior to founding the Fortini-Campbell Company, Fortini spent a decade in advertising. Starting as a research analyst at Leo and Burnett, she then moved to Young & Rubicam in Chicago where she served as research director for five years. By the end of her agency career, Fortini managed the Chicago office of the San Francisco-based advertising agency, Hal Riney and Partners.

Priya Frank: BA, 2004

Priya Frank is the Assistant Director of Development for the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity (OMA&D). She joins the OMAD team after spending more than seven years at the UW World Series at Meany Hall. Her most recent assignment was Individual Giving Coordinator. Priya is 2004 graduate of the Department and the 2012-13 president of the Communication Alumni Board.

Kim Freeman: BA, 2004

Kim Freeman is a program development specialist for Healing Waters International. She does research looking for areas all over the world needing water projects.

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Paula Kenley Freeman: BA, 1997

Paula earned her M.A. in counseling psychology at Argosy University in 2007. She has a small private counseling practice, working with people who have chronic disabilities and youth who are in the foster care system. She married Edwin Overtoom in the Netherlands in December of 2008, and now she is in the process of immigrating to the province of South Holland to be with her new husband and her cat.

Dorothy Bwelow Fribrock: BA (Journalism), 1944

Dorothy Fribrock is retired and has written a 500 page book, “Sockeye Sunday and Other Fish Tales,” about her 70 years in Snug Harbor, Alaska.

Jesse Froehling: BA, 2003

Reporter: A.M. Costa Rica (an online daily newspaper in San José, Costa Rica)

Colleen Fukui-Sketchley: BA (Speech Communication), 1994

Colleen Fukui-Sketchley is the Corporate Center Diversity Affairs
Director for Nordstrom. She was selected president of the UW Alumni Association (read more). Fukui-Sketchley is the first Asian-American woman to serve in this position. Read more about her in the Aug. 4-17, 2010, edition of the International Examiner and at the UW Alumni Association’s Blog Down to Washington.

Tara Fuller: BA, 2010

Tara Fuller is a Reporter/Anchor for KDRV-TV in Medford, Ore.

Bob Fullerton: BA, 1974

Mr. Fullerton is the Vice President of Corporate Relocation for Anchor Moving Systems and he is happy to help any of his fellow alumni with their moving needs.

Wallie Funk: BA, 1948

2008 Department of Communication Alumni Hall of Fame

Wallie Funk had a successful and prolific career in journalism and photography that spanned more than four decades. He graduated from Anacortes High School in 1941, but his university education was interrupted by his military service during World War II. He subsequently graduated from the University of Washington in 1948. Funk served as president of his graduating class and received four honoraries, including one for journalism. In 1950 he, along with his personal friend and fellow UW student John Webber, purchased the Anacortes American newspaper. 1964, Funk and Webber purchased the Whidbey News-Times and the South Whidbey Record on Whidbey Island. They jointly owned, published, and operated these newspapers until 1989. Funks’ first editorial in the Anacortes American was a front-page plea to his fellow citizens for help in preserving local history. Funk’s personal photographic efforts are prolific. Funk’s activity in his community included a wide range of interests. A short list includes: the Navy League (Oak Harbor Council President, Washington State President and National Director), the Washington Newspaper Publisher’s Association, Washington State trade missions (China in 1980, the Middle East in 1983, and Thailand in 1985), the Washington State Arts Commission, the Anacortes Community Theater, the Whidbey Playhouse, Skagit County Pioneer Association, the Museum of Northwest Art, and the Anacortes Museum. During his retirement, Funk continued to document the history of his community, writing articles through 2001, and taking photographs up until 2002.

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