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CLASS NOTESAccountingMarriages’99 Beth Tichy-Golden marriedMichael Golden.Births’93 Christopher Thiel, sonNoah born in March 2011.Christopher and his wife,Jennifer, live in San Antonio.’97 Terri (Lake) Hogan,daughter Reagan born Aug. 9,2010. Terri and her husband,Eric, live in Ankeny, Iowa.’97 Denna (Pfeifer) Large,daughter Jocelynn Whitney bornFebruary 2011. Denna and herhusband, Mike, live in Ankeny,Iowa.’01 Katy (Poe) Harbough &’00 Matthew Harbough, sonAlexander Steven born April 4,2010. They reside in Waterloo,Iowa.’06 Lora (Shelangoski)Tabbert & ’04 Troy Tabbert,son Kade Robert born June 30,2010. They reside in Manly,Iowa.Class Notes’66, MA ’70 Gene L. Fuelling,CPA, is owner of Ridihalgh,Fuelling, Snitker, Weber & Co.,P.C., in Oelwein, Iowa, where heresides.’76 Merlin Nuss was hired asvice president-change managerat Bank of America in OverlandPark, Kan., where he has workedas a consultant for 18 months.He resides in Shawnee Mission,Kan.’76 Mark C. Oman andJill Fuerhoff Oman (OfficeInformation Systems ’85) ofWest Des Moines, Iowa, kickedoff UNI’s Imagine the Impactcampaign with a commitmentof $10 million. Their gift willfund scholarships for UNIstudents. It is the largest gift everreceived from a UNI graduateand the largest commitment everreceived for student scholarships.Mark Oman is senior executivevice president of Wells Fargo& Company. He is co-chair ofthe campaign and a member ofthe UNI Foundation Board ofTrustees.’78, MBA ’84 Evelyn M. Duesburywrote The Counselor’sGuide for Facilitating the Interpretationof Dreams, publishedby Routledge in November 2010.She resides in Platteville, Wis.’78 Cathy (Malone) Johnsonwas appointed chief administrativeofficer and chief financialofficer for Terry Lockridge &Dunn/World Trend Financial.She lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.’79 Brian Frevert is a partner atRubinBrown in Denver.’80 Dan Gillen became the vicepresident of administration andfinance at Hawkeye CommunityCollege in Waterloo, Iowa, inJune 2011.’80 Sally (Sullivan) Mainquist,president/CEO of Certes FinancialPros, Golden Valley, Minn.,was named to the Board ofDirectors of The Better BusinessBureau of Minnesota and NorthDakota in August 2010. She alsoreceived the 2010 MinnesotaBusiness Ethics Award and the2009 Better Business BureauIntegrity Award.’81 Rick Day has been namednational director of accountingfor McGladrey & Pullen, LLP.He resides in Davenport, Iowa.’81 Gregory Osborn is themanaging officer at RubinBrownin Denver.’81 Randy Pearce was namedpresident of Regis Corporationin February 2011, and, effectiveFebruary 2012, he will beCEO of the company. He joinedRegis in 1985 and had served ina number of financial positionsprior to the appointment, mostrecently senior executive vicepresident and chief financial andadministrative officer.’81 Doris (Burkle) Peregoystarted a new job as administrativeassistant to the districtattorney for Harnett and Leecounties in North Carolina. Shelives in Lillington, N.C.’81 David Takes received a UNIAlumni Achievement Award,which recognizes UNI alumnifor outstanding service andprofessional accomplishments.Takes is the president and CEOof Doerfer Companies. Heserved on the national UNI StudentsFirst Steering Committeethat raised $112 million for capitalprograms and scholarshipsat UNI and serves on the UNIFoundation Board of Trustees.’83 Tim Throndson has beennamed managing partnerat PricewaterhouseCoopers’Raleigh, N.C., office. He hasbeen with the firm since 1988,previously serving as the taxleader in the Raleigh office andpartner in the PwC WashingtonNational Tax Office. He and hiswife, Joann (Kolbet) (ElementaryEducation ’83), have twodaughters.’85 Diane (Crane) Bridgewaterwas promoted to executive vicepresident-chief financial andadministrative officer for LCS inDes Moines, Iowa. LCS is theleading developer, manager andplanner of senior living communities.She lives in Johnston,Iowa.’85 Jeff Quint is owner of CedarRidge Vineyards, Winery, &Distillery in Swisher, Iowa.Cedar Ridge Bourbon Whiskeywas awarded the Gold Medal atthe annual San Francisco WorldSpirits Competition in March2011, recognized in the SmallBatch Bourbon (10 years andyounger) category.’90 Anthony D. James has beennamed MedQuist Inc.’s chieffinancial officer. Along withthis appointment, James willcontinue to serve as co-chiefoperating officer, his prior role inthe company.’91 Jon Harmsen, of Urbandale,Iowa, was promoted to executivevice president and chief operatingofficer of Nellis ManagementCompany. He has also beenchief financial officer since 2001.’93 Kimberly (Biteler) Felkerhas been appointed to lead theDes Moines practice as auditpartner for Deloitte & ToucheLLP. Felker is a member of theIowa Society of Certified Public2011 Career FairsMany UNIBusinessalumni represented theirorganizations to recruitstudents during UNI’s2011 career fairs.32Geoffrey Knoop (Management’09) is employed with UnitedFire Group.Jessica Tigges (Accounting ’10) and KirkWilliams (Accounting ’07) are employedwith KPMGDevin DeGeeter (MIS ’02) and Caitlin White(Communications Studies ’11) work for Bankers Lifeand Casualty Company.