Alumni
News From Alumni
2009 Graduates - Stephanie Hanna is a high school intervention specialist.......Lizz Schallert is pursuing her MSW at Monmouth College in Illinois......Abbie McCracken is a interim youth pastor........Jennifer Petersen works for Department of Human Services in Portland.......Jen Cushman is in an MSW program at California State University Chico.......Kharis Smith specializes in elder patient care at Avamere in Newberg........Kari Wagner is a Psychosocial Skills Trainer in Grants Pass............Anna Knierim works at Ogden Middle School in Oregon City as a Behavioral Assistant.
2008 Graduates - .........Heather Bushy Hubbs is working at Columbia Valley Behavioral Health in Wenatchee and also working on an MSW.........Kelsey Thomas Demming works for ARC in Portland........Paige Huggler Olson works for CASA in Newberg.......Christy Penney is working for All God's Children in Portland.....Tiana Graff is a mental health specialist at Rossiter Elementary School in Helena, Montana........Candace Thiessen works in the day teatment center at Albertina Kerr in Portland.......Jaime Costello is a manager for an elder care home in Portland.......Ashley Woodard is employed by Department of Human Services in Portland.......Gretchen Engelson is in an MSW program at Monmouth College in Illinois.
2007 Graduates - Lacey Holman Sheppard earned her MSW at Baylor and is working in San Francisco in a rehabilitative day treatment classroom and working on her LCSW........ Brenna Witherspoon ('07) works at Chehalem Youth and Family Services in Newberg.........Valerie Ring works with dialysis patients........Jill Kojima completed the MSW program at USC..........Mari Oyama is working at the Dream Center in Los Angeles...Visal Sok is attending Western Seminary.........Jessica Smart works for Oregon DHS.......Julie Condie works for White Shield in Portland.
2006 Graduates - Jessica Sweeney Wuest is a nurse at Emanuel Children's Hospital in Portland....Carley Willis worked at the Christie School in Portland .......Michelle Hall is an activities coordinator at a homeless shelter in southern Oregon.....April Barsalou is mom to baby Caleb.......Laura Douglas is in an MSW program.......Mindy Anderson is a case worker at Christian Family Adoptions......Elizabeth Harris is living in Portland and applying to grad school.......Lacey Wade is a residential program specialist for Yamhill Co. Adult Mental Health......Lindsay Wolford is in an MSW program in Ireland.
2005 Graduates - Megan Hinkle works in a therapeutic classroom in Oregon City.......Amanda Potter completed Mission Year in Chicago and now is in an MSW program at Dominican as well as working at Travelers Aid at O'Hare...............Laura Chorney Moore earned her MSW at Baylor University....Stephanie Reedal married Luke Wellbourn and they work at Black Forest Academy in Germany, an international Christian boarding school............Rachael Shelton graduated from the MSW program at Baylor University and is a therapeutic school counselor at the Phoenix School in Roseburg; she married Matthew Paris in Aug. '07......Grace Crabb is working at NW Human Services Host Youth and Family Program in Salem......Julie Wilson Salawasser is working for All God's Children International, a Christian adoption and relief organization in Portland......
2004 Graduates - Rachael Overall graduated from the MAT program at George Fox........Sharon Shaw works at ARMS in Hillsboro.........Bree Robbins is a case worker for the Oregon Department of Human Services Child Welfare Division in Eugene......Katie Grunder Gilbert works for DSS in Sacramento.........Heather Ferguson Miller works for Transition Projects in Portland.........Naomi Connor is pursuing a MAT degree................ Heather Pryor earned her MSW at Roberts Wesleyan and married Ryan McPherson on 2004
2003 Graduates - Cori Wulf Clausen works for Keizer Chamber of Commerce Work Force Development.......Courtney Heck Rodriguez is in ministry with her husband in Guatemala.......Katie Fox Freepons earned her MSW and is therapist at Catholic Family and Child Services in Richland........Sarai Engel Sweeney recieved her MSW from Smith College and works for Clackamas School District and has taught for GFU.......Kristen Damron is in MSW program in Colorado after serving in Ethiopia...........Angie Nichols Friesen lives in Pullman and is a case manager at Sojourner's Alliance, a homeless shelter.
2002 Graduates - Jamie Kingery McKay received her masters in criminal justice and is a Qualified Mental Health Professional at McLaren in Woodburn...........Randy Radley earned his MSW at Walla Walla College and is currently in a PhD program. He is a clinician for Nakenu Family Center in Nakenu, Alaska............Jana Swindler Wells is a behavior specialist at a middle school in Clackamas and was married in December 2003.......
2001 Graduates - ......Erin Contreras Grossman lives in Chicago and manages her husband's law practice and is pursuing a graduate degree at DePaul.....Nicole Ledgerwood Frazier is in the MSW program at University of Alabama...........Angela Cornelius Rickey, MSW lives and works in Arizona.....Kari O'Kelley Billette earned her MSW at Colorado State University after spending time in Guatamala. She worked two years for Yamhill County and was married in July 2006..........Ray Webb earned an M.S.W. at Walla Walla College and is working as a lead case manager at the White City Veterans Domicilliary...........Erin Oates Johnson earned her MSW and is an instructor for GFU....... Kathryn Jones completed the M.S.W. program at Portland State and is a medical social worker in Portland...............Angela Dierickx Petrajanos earned her MSW and works at Albertina Kerr Centers in Portland
2000 Graduates - Shannon Kinzer Gander works for Providence in Portland.......Kari Godel is a youth services coordinator for Women's Crisis Service in Salem. Kari taught English for a year in China after graduation.........Tiffani Molinari is a Family Advocate for Head Start of Yamhill County and has spent time in Africa.........Lindsay Stratton Ruhnke lives in Portland with husband John and two children. Lindsay also does billing for a private mental health practice......Amber Nice Huwe is now working for Youth Guidance in Portland after teaching for a year in China.
1999 Graduates - .Jeanie Kimberly earned an M.S.W. and works for Adult and Elder Mental Health in Walla Walla..........Erin Fast Johnson is a case manager for Adam's County Social Services in Denver...........Jen Schiliperoot Johnson had baby Maria in 2004.......
1998 Graduates - Shannon Killeen Lilienthal is employed in Philadelphia in a hospital working with inner-city, low-income mothers. Shannon married Chris Lilienthal in June 2002...........Marisa Mandujano Salinas received her law degree from Willamette University and is a legal assistant for Legal Aid Services of Oregon.......Kari Koller is a chemical dependency counselor at Tualatin Valley Centers............Galena Bowie after working three years for Head Start, is now enrolled in the M.S.W. program at the University of Washington..........
1997 Graduates - Christina Stenstadvold Johnson worked in the medical field and is now a full-time mom. Christina married Steven Johnson in 2001.........Stephanie Sanders is working in Denver, Colo. as a counselor for physically and emotionally abused children. She also teaches self-defense. She plans to pursue her MSW.........Scott Henry is a case manager for Cook Inlet Tribal Council in Anchorage
