Alumni Updates 2019

Rossella Bernocco is an administrative assistant at Marriott Hotels in Seattle.
Brie Cleveland is director of PR and marketing at Life N Light in Snohomish.
Gabriela Ramos is a program assistant for AmeriCorps in Yakima, and is also a writer for – writing for the Spanish newspaper El Sol De Yakima, published by the Yakima Herald Republic

McKenna Kloes is web and social media director of Collide in Bellingham.
Brianna Soutenburgh was recently promoted to marketing and events manager at Crystal Mountain Resort, where she has worked for two years.

Katelyn Doggett is a staff resume writer for Talent, Inc. in Bellingham.
Mallorie Estenson is a customer service representative at Outdoor Research in Seattle, and also an alpine guide with Mountain Madness.
Joshua Galassi is an account coordinator at Action Mary in Seattle.
Evelyn (Sisk) Parbon is a photographer with Evelyn Mae Photography in Bellingham.
Shelby Rowe Moyer was recently promoted to assistant editor at Premier Media Group in Tacoma, where she has worked for two years.
Keegan Strandness is a universal banker at U.S. Bank in Ferndale.
Brooke Warren is an instructor at Colorado Outward Bound School and continues to do freelance photography and videography.

Allana Schwaab is communications manager at the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy in Washington, D.C.

Sydney Brusewitz is an account manager and head of social networking for Crowe Public Relations in San Diego.
Emma Chadband is communications officer at Family Planning 2020 in Washington, D.C.
Craig Hill is a sales associate for Evo, an online retailer of outdoor gear based in Seattle.
Rachel Lerman is covering technology for the AP based in San Francisco.
Amanda McIntosh is a permit coordinator at Waterfront Construction in Seattle. She has returned from a year and a half teaching English at 51Talk in Bangkok, Thailand.
Michelle Naranjo is a copy editor and page designer at The Columbian in Vancouver, after five years at the Wenatchee World.
Elysia Nazareth has returned to the Northwest after several years in the Bay Area to become PR manager at Amazon Web Services in Seattle.
Kirsten O’Brien is public relations staffer at Code.org in Seattle.
Katya Slater-Szirom is a digital content strategist at Swinomish Casino & Lodge.

Tiana Day is a marketing contractor at Blackbaud in Charleston, South Carolina.
Gabrielle Kazuko Nomura Gainor was recently named communications and public engagement manager for Seattle Opera, where she has worked for five years.
Ali LeRoy is a multimedia communications specialist at Alaska Airlines in Seattle.
Colleen Toomey is a project manager with Stepherson & Associates Communications in Seattle.
David Gonzales is an international account executive at Chronus, a software company in Bellevue. The firm’s software is designed to mentoring, coaching and talent development programs.
Elise Harrington was recently promoted to marketing manager in the corporate communications office of Nintex, a workflow software firm in Seattle where she has worked for three years.
Madeline Stevens is now a teaching assistant at Trilogy Education in Seattle. She also is a CTO/Web development instructor for Coding Falcons, and continues to work as a freelance JavaScript developer, in the Seattle area.
Jeff Twining was recently promoted to senior product manager on the Canada Team at Amazon in Seattle.

Amanda Winters is a senior marketing manager for global customer stories at SAP Concur in Bellevue.

Shannon Deveny was recently promoted to senior marketing manager for digital music at Amazon, where she has worked for nearly four years.
Luke Stapley is senior overseas marketing manager with Synative, a video game analysts firm in Bejing City, China.

Matthew Gagne is now a GIS analyst for renewable energy at KiloNewton, a technical services for the renewables and manufacturing industries based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Amy Harder is an energy reporter for Axios, based in Washington, D.C. She is also a journalism fellow at the energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago
Taylor Loran recently took a new job as user experience designer for ComiXology, an Amazon company, where she has worked for seven years.

Lindsay Hamsik was recently promoted to senior manager for humanitarian policy at InterAction in Washington, D.C., where she has worked for two years.
Tara Nelson has started her own business, One Woman Media Machine, where she does graphic design and other services in Bellingham.

Chrystal Doucette is a digital marketing consultant at Ethoseo Internet Marketing in Bellingham.

Sarah Alway is a project manager at the Washington State Department of Commerce in Olympia.

Valerie Bauman has left Newsday after nearly four years to join MailOnline, the Daily Mail’s New York bureau, covering the economy.

Jon Larson is an engineering support specialist working for VanderHouwen as a contractor at Bonneville Power Administration’s Ross Complex in Vancouver Washington.

2019
- Eric Trent is a sports reporter for the Lynden Tribune.
2018
- Haley Ausbun is a reporter for the Renton Reporter.
- Alyssa Evans is a reporter for EO Media Group in Long Beach, Washington.
- Asia Fields is a reporter at the Seattle Times.
2017

Rossella Bernocco is an administrative assistant at Marriott Hotels in Seattle.

Brie Cleveland is director of PR and marketing at Life N Light in Snohomish.

Gabriela Ramos is a program assistant for AmeriCorps in Yakima, and is also a writer for – writing for the Spanish newspaper El Sol De Yakima, published by the Yakima Herald Republic