Exchange (2018) - Tippie College of Business

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Ashley Durham, Alumni Director
Tippie College of Business
108 John Pappajohn Business Bldg.
Iowa City, IA 52242-1994
STEVE DONNELLY (BBA91)
was promoted to vice president of
claims with Amerisure Insurance.
He previously served as vice
president of field claims.
TAYLOR DUNLAP (BBA12)
is an investment officer with
John Hancock Real Estate
Finance Inc. in Chicago.
DAVID FULCHER (BBA12)
was promoted to senior associate
at Harren Equity Partners, a
private equity firm, in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida.
DAN HALSTROM (BBA83) has
been named CEO of the U.S. Meat
Export Federation.
STEVEN P. HENSLEY (BBA15)
is a senior financial analyst at
CNA Financial in Chicago.
JAY JORGENSEN (BBA95) is
vice president of operations
with eX2 Technology. He lives in
Plainfield, Illinois.
MATT KEMP (BBA07) graduated
from Loyola University Chicago
Quinlan School of Business in 2012
and completed CFA charter in 2017.
He is the senior manager of project
portfolio management with Health
Care Service Corp. in Chicago.
KELLY (QUADE) KENT (BBA14),
married TYLER KENT (BSE14)
on July 8. She is a financial
management analyst at
Residential Mortgage Network
Inc. in Coralville, Iowa.
MATTI KIUKAS (BBA94) is a
real estate sales negotiator for
Huoneistoketju Oy in Turku, Finland.
DAWN C. MARSHALL (BBA88)
recently received a Board of
Regents Staff Excellence Award.
She is the director of the Safety
Research Using Simulation
University Transportation Center
and a research manager with
the National Advanced Driving
Simulator at the UI College of
Engineering.
JOHN MICKELSON (BBA03,
MBA07) received an Emerging
Leaders Award from M&A
Advisor. He is a founding partner
of Midwest Growth Partners.
He serves as a city councilman
for West Des Moines; is a board
member for the State of Iowa
Historical Society, YPO Iowa, and
John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial
Center; and is active in his church,
St. Francis of Assisi.
SEAN O’BRIEN (BBA15) is a
portfolio accountant with Janus
Henderson Investors in Denver.
KATIE OXENDINE (BBA13)
is a compensation consultant
with Microsoft in Redmond,
Washington.
STEPHANIE RUYLE (BBA90)
was hired by the American
Society of Composers, Authors,
and Publishers (ASCAP) as the
executive vice president and head
of licensing. She previously was
the executive vice president of
distribution and affiliate relations
for Participant Media’s television
venture Pivot, a millennial
targeted television network.
CASEY SPODEN (BBA10,
MBA17) is a senior investor
relations analyst with DF
Industries in Deerfield, Illinois.
MICHAEL STYLER (BBA13) is an
associate with CIBC in Chicago.
JENNA HERR (BBA13) received
the Courage Award at the
Inspiring Women of Iowa event,
hosted by the Girl Scouts of
Greater Iowa.
DAVID HIRSCHFELT III (BBA16)
is an analyst with Honda Financial
in Irving, Texas.
CHRIS HOMEISTER (BBA91)
is CEO of Tile Shop Holdings Inc.
He lives in Excelsior, Minnesota.
KATHERINE KNIGHT (BBA13,
RMICERT13) was promoted
to assistant director of career
research with the University
of Chicago Booth School of
Business. She assists students in
the career research process.
BENJAMIN LEDERER (BBA14)
published a novella, The
Garrington Garden. He lives in
Vancouver, Washington, where
he is a content services associate
at Fisher Investments.
ELIZABETH PEREZ (BBA15)
is a senior consultant at FTI
Consulting in Chicago.
BLAKE TEBBE (BBA16) has
worked in the e-commerce
industry as a B2B account
manager for Sainstore Inc. in
Lenexa, Kansas. He recently
traveled to China for a month
where he networked with
manufacturers and tech
companies in Shenzhen,
Dongguan, and Guangzhou to
learn more about supply chain,
manufacturing, and Chinese
business principles.
ALLISON (SMITH) VER STEEGT
(BBA10) is a financial advisor with
Edward Jones in Ankeny, Iowa.
DYLAN JONES (BBA17) is
a corporate and investment
banking analyst with Mizuho Bank
in Chicago.
AMANDA MAHOSKI (BBA07)
is a health care equity analyst at
Principal Global Investors.
BLAKE RASING (BBA12) is a
manager with Deloitte in Chicago.
He proposed to his college
sweetheart, STEPHANIE
SWANSON (BSE11), at the Iowa
vs. Michigan game last November.
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