Whitman College Magazine Winter 2021

CLASS NOTES
2000s
Katey Schultz ’01, recently a
featured speaker in the Virtual
Whitman series, received two
further major honors for her
novel “Still Come Home”: Book
of the Year in Indie Fiction
category from the Chicago
Writers Association; and the Sir
Walter Raleigh Award from the
Historical Book Club of North
Carolina. The latter award is
presented in recognition of the
most significant work of original
fiction published in the past
year by a North Carolina author.
Scott Skinner-Thompson
’05 has published “Privacy
at the Margins” (Cambridge
University Press), a book
highlighting why privacy
is of acute importance
for marginalized groups.
Skinner-Thompson is an
associate professor at the
University of Colorado
Boulder Law School,
where he researches
constitutional law, civil
rights and privacy law,
with a particular focus on
LGBTQ and HIV issues.
2010s
Andy Jobanek ’10 was awarded
the Excellence in Communications
Award for the 2019 Cross Country
Season, Division I, by the U.S.
Track & Field and Cross Country
Association. Jobanek is assistant
media relations director at
Portland State University.
Grace Toledo Finch ’06
was promoted to the senior
leadership team as director
of development at Annie
Wright Schools in Tacoma,
Washington. She started as
director of philanthropy in
2016. Finch is responsible
for all aspects of the schools’
fundraising programs.
David Heckendorn
(parent of John
Henry Heckendorn
’12) was joined by
Sarah Beaujon Le
’06 and Aly Counsell
’18 (daughter of Ann
Berner Counsell ’82)
at the Wisconsin State
Capitol in Madison for
InterVarsity Christian
Fellowship orientation
for new staff. Left to
right: Le, Counsell,
Heckendorn.
Marriages/Unions
Alec Sugar ’08 to Daphne Zhang, Sept. 7, 2019, in Beijing, China. Pictured from left to right: Vicky Izquierdo Bermejo, Eric Suni ’06, Charlie Wittmann-Todd ’08,
Kento Ushikubo ’08, Sugar, Zhang, Luke Hagel ’08, Jackie Smith ’09, Keith Cushner ’08, Nicole Likarish ’09 and Kanae Takamoto.
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