Cheryl Delk-Le Good ’90, co-coordinated a Certified Trade Mission with the Department of Commerce to Mexico and Colombia. In her role as Executive Director of EnglishUSA, she led a delegation of 24 university, college, and private English language program administrators from 18 states to Merida, Mexico City, Medellin, Barranquilla, and Bogota. EnglishUSA and its member programs promote English language study in the U.S. Congratulations Cheryl!
Debbie Stroud ’90 has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Whataburger after serving five years as Senior Vice President for Starbucks. Read the full QSR article here. Congrats, Debbie!
Keith Grochowski ’90 has recently been promoted to lead accountant at First American Financial Corp. Congratulations, Keith!
Mary (Sluiter) Narens ’90 recently started a new job as Director of Business Continuity and Resilience at Abbott. Congratulations, Mary!
Cheryl Delk Le-Good ’90 is the recipient of the 2022 Award for Outstanding Contributions to International Enrollment for NAFSA, Association of International Educators. NAFSA is the world’s largest nonprofit association dedicated to international education and exchange. NAFSA serves the needs of more than 10,000 members and international educators worldwide at more than 3,500 institutions in over 150 countries. Congratulations, Cheryl!
Ric Underhile ’90 was inducted as organization director for Artworks, a nonprofit serving the creative community in Mecosta County, Michigan.
Jeff Baur ’90 has joined the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Aerospace Engineering. Baur has a Ph.D. in materials science & engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and more than 25 years of experience working in the Air Force, teaching and leading teams in aerospace-related research.
Democratic candidate Karla Bailey-Smith wants to represent Bloomington-Normal in the new Illinois House 91st District. The announcement came at an event at McLean County Democrats Headquarters at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5. The newly-drawn 91st District currently has no incumbents. In addition to Bloomington-Normal, the district would include areas like Carlock, Goodfield, East Peoria, and Washington.
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Neela Paykel was recently promoted to General Counsel at Hyperfine Inc. Find more information here.
Scott Swayne ’90 was named chief people officer for Potbelly Corporation, effective April 26, 2021, where he will lead the Human Resources and People Team in developing and advancing strategic initiatives that strengthen Potbelly’s culture and drive talent acquisition solutions. Prior to his role at Potbelly, Scott served as senior global talent acquisition director at McCormick & Company, where he led the global recruiting team that sourced and hired talent in support of McCormick’s performance and growth agenda. He previously held human resources roles at General Mills, Genesis Systems Group and Abbott.