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Kathleen (McDonald) Roberge ’88
Kathleen Roberge was promoted to Principal Attorney/Privacy Counsel at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.
Jean Janecki ’89
Hello, after several years teaching Spanish at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, I have decided to open my own language services business. Across Languages & Cultures is a one-person LLC that provides translation and interpretation services, Spanish, French, and English as a Second language lessons, and cultural and professional development workshops. We serve companies that employ and/or do business with foreign language speakers, as well as individuals who wish to learn or improve their language skills. All lessons and curriculum are customized and designed to fit the customers’ needs. Group and individual classes are offered at the clients’ convenience and on site. We plan to add foreign travel tours to our suite of services to better serve our current and future clients.
Dawn Upshaw ’82
The Australian Chamber Orchestra is gunning for four Grammy Awards following its acclaimed collaboration with composer Maria Schneider and soprano Dawn Upshaw.
The classical album Winter Morning Walks, featuring the ACO, has been nominated for four awards after a series of successful live performances in the United States led to it being recorded in New York last year.Australian audiences will have the chance to hear the “evocative, beautiful and memorable” music next year when Upshaw joins the ACO for its national tour.
The album received Grammy nominations for:
* Best contemporary classical composition (Schneider);
* Best classical vocal solo (Upshaw);
* Best classical engineered album (David Frost, Tim Martyn and Brian Losch);
* Classical producer of the year (David Frost).
Tim Keith ’81 – Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Tim Keith started a finance company with 2 other business partners in 2007. Kahuna Payment Solutions LLC is based in Bloomington, Illinois and licensed in 15 states. Vice President of Sales/Marketing. See an article about Tim’s company here.
Bill Damaschke ’86 and President Obama
President Obama shares a laugh with, from left, Bill Damaschke, Tim Johnson and Steve Martin during a break from work on DreamWorks’ upcoming alien-invasion film, “Home.” (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times / November 26, 2013)
Tracy (Strothmann) Garrett ’81
I have a new story out. “Her Christmas Wish” was released as part of the anthology “Wishing For a Cowboy.” There are eight stories in the book and eight recipes that go with the stories. You can find or order “Wishing For a Cowboy” in ebook or trade paperback at all major outlets.
Mariann Mayberry ’87
Veteran Steppenwolf actress, Mariann Mayberry, Class of 1987, was honored for her performance as a principal actress in David Lindsey-Abaire’s play, Good People, at the 45th Annual Jeff Equity Awards for Chicago Theatre held at Drury Lane Oakbrook on November 4, 2013.
Jeff Award Winner Mariann Mayberry featured on Steppenwolf’s
poster for Good People
Matt Chadesh ’89
We had a little last minute TKE get together last week.
Pictured: Otto Tomes ’92, Roger Kallal ’90, Mark Hunter ’90, Larry Andretich ’91, Guy Petrelli ’88, Tim Mahler ’91, Matt Chadesh, and Tom Cousins ’90. Jeff Pilon ’92 and Don Tomes ’87 showed up later but they missed the picture.
Guy Petrelli ’88
We had a little last minute TKE get together last week.
Pictured: Otto Tomes ’92, Roger Kallal ’90, Mark Hunter ’90, Larry Andretich ’91, Guy Petrelli, Tim Mahler ’91, Matt Chadesh ’89, and Tom Cousins ’90. Jeff Pilon ’92 and Don Tomes ’87 showed up later but they missed the picture.