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2012 Graduates - Alycia Smith is working for Youth Villages in Boston...........Cory Price is employed by Redwood Community Action Agency in Eureka, CA.............Laura Sanders is working at White Shield in Portland..........Alicia Keithley and Marni Perschnick are in the MSW program at Northwest Nazarene University
2011 Graduates - Danielle Baker is working for Youth Outreach in Newberg after completing Mission Year in Houston.......Samantha Baker is pursuing an MSW at Eastern Washington University.......Danielle Buchanan completed her MSW at Abilene Christian University..............Amber Froescher will work for Young Life.....Allyson Land is working for Youth Net in Mt. Vernon, WA ......Ali Toedtemeier works for Youth Outreach in Newberg......Ryan Moats will work for Young Life......Morgan Porter completed her MSW and works for Youth Villages in Portland.....Addie Wulf is working for Options Counseling.............Kelsi Kimura works for CODA in Portland.....Kaylene Phillips is pursuing an MSW at Boise State
2010 Graduates - Allyson Clemmons works for Western Psychologist in Portland.....Toni Day works for All God's Children in Portland......Marissa Hanson completed an MSW program......Shereen Sherman earned an MSW at Case Western.......Janeth Guiterrez works for CPS in Tillamook.........Jasmine Holliday is working on an MSW at Baylor University.......Robin Coffman is working in hospice care in Texas.....Kaitlin Wood is working at White Shield in Portland......Megan Harding works for White Shield in Portland......Mark Thomas earned an MBA at George Fox
2009 Graduates - Lizz Schallert completed her MSW at Monmouth..........Jennifer Petersen works for Department of Human Services in Burns.......Jen Cushman Diehl completed her MSW at Chico State University.......Kharis Smith is the social services director at Chehalem Health and Rhab in Newberg ........Kari Wagner is pursuing an MSW............Anna Knierim works at Ogden Middle School in Oregon City as a Behavioral Assistant......Jamison Loop is employed by Catholic Community Services in Portland........Anna Morshead works for Catholic Family Services in Portland...
2008 Graduates - .........Heather Bushy Hubbs is working at Columbia Valley Behavioral Health in Wenatchee and completed her MSW.........Kelsey Thomas Demming works for Community Pathways in Portland........Paige Huggler Olson works for CASA in Sherwood.......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 is a therapeutic foser care skills trainer at Morrison Child and Family Services 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.....Leah Storer works for HARSCH Properties in Portland as a housing specialist.............Chelsea Louie earned her MSW and is employed with DHS in Eugene
2007 Graduates - Brenna Witherspoon ('07) works at Chehalem Youth and Family Services in Newberg.........Valerie Ring earned her MSW and works as a dialysis specialist........Jill Kojima completed the MSW program at USC.........Visal Sok is attending Western Seminary.........
2006 Graduates - Jessica Sweeney Wuest is a nurse at Emanuel Children's Hospital in Portland....Carley Willis lives in Washougal with husband Patrick and daughter Addelyn and is a graduate program .......Michelle Hall is Therapeutic Teacher and social worker at a Family Relief Nursery in Roseburg.....April Barsalou is mom to baby Caleb.......Laura Douglas is in an MSW program.......Mindy Anderson is a case worker at All God's Children......Elizabeth Harris is pursuing her MSW at PSU.......Lacey Wade is a residential program specialist at Parkside in McMinnville......Lindsay Wolford earned her MSW and works at The Haven in Cork, Ireland.
2005 Graduates - Megan Hinkle works in a therapeutic classroom in Oregon City.......Amanda Potter earned her MSW at Dominican and is a doula in Washington...............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......
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 completed her MSW and works for Lifeworks 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 in Portland at Kinship House.......Kristen Damron completed her MSW 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..........Jessica Smart works for Oregon DHS in McMinnville...........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 as well as working for Lutheran Family Services....... Kathryn Jones completed the M.S.W. program at Portland State and is a medical social worker in Portland...............Angela Dierickx Petrajanos, LCSW, is an early psychosis intervention mental health consultant at EASA in Multnomah County.
2000 - 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