Sara Ingram ’03, an experienced toxic tort and product liability lawyer, joined law firm Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, as a partner and member of its litigation group, in February 2022. Sara brings experience in the management of high-volume and complex litigation to her new role. Throughout her career, she has implemented unique strategies to reduce large inventories of cases, reduce settlement values and defense costs, and limited the frequency of naming in new suits for some clients. Sara has been named to Law Bulletin Publishing Company’s list of “Illinois Emerging Lawyers” since 2015.
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Jenny (Grodecki) Gill ’03
Jenny Gill ’03 and husband, Chad Gill, welcomed a baby girl, Emma Lynn Gill, into the world on April 23, 2021. A belated congrats on the Tiny Titan!
Michael Clark ’03
Michael Clark ’03 was appointed a member of the Illinois State Police Merit Board by Governor JB Pritzker. Clark has served as an Account Executive with the Travelers Insurance Company in Naperville for over fifteen years, managing a multi-million dollar portfolio within the agency. Clark is a devoted member of his community, serving as the President of the NAACP’s Joliet Branch, a role in which he has substantially increased membership and organizational programing within the community. He also serves as Chairman of the African American Business Association.
Kathryn (Rosensteele) Flores ’03
Kathryn (Rosensteele) Flores ’03 of Chicago died July 21, 2021. She was 40. Katie earned a bachelor’s degree at Illinois Wesleyan and a master’s degree from National Louis University. She dedicated her career to education. She first demonstrated her ability to touch the lives of students, faculty and administrators during eight years of teaching kindergarten in Chicago Public Schools. As part of her work experience, she traveled to Ghana for a cultural exchange program. Katie later moved on to the University of Chicago’s STEM education team, where she served as school support manager and curriculum developer. Most recently, she helped develop mathematics textbooks and provided long-term coaching support for elementary math teachers. Katie played an instrumental role in the team’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, and served on its “Fabulous Fun” Committee. She was active in many community organizations, including the McKinley Park (Ill.) advisory and development councils, and McKinley Community Play Garden. But the roles she cherished most were loving wife and adoring mother. She is survived by her husband James Flores ’02, two children, her parents and a brother.
Jessica Shull ’03
Jessica Shull ’03 has left her position in State Farm to work alongside her husband, Joshua Shull ’02, in their self-owned marketing agency JoshuaOneNine, as Director of Operations.
Matthew Melick ’03
Matthew ’03 and Gena (Rawlins) Melick ’05 welcomed Landon Kai Melick into the world on June 19, 2020. Congrats on your new Tiny Titan!
Emily Miller ’03
Sev1Tech announced on August 16 that Emily Miller ’03 has joined the organization as the Vice President of Mission Solutions for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) business unit.
Mike Wilson ’03
In 2020 Mike Wilson ’03 took a new job as Assistant Vice President Office of Capital Programs & Utility Services at University of Illinois System. Congratulations!
Allison (Tackitt) Thune ’03
Allison (Tackitt) Thune ’03 of Zionsville, Indiana, died Jan. 26, 2021. She was 40.
Allison earned a bachelor’s degree in music education at Illinois Wesleyan and a master’s degree in choral conducting from Butler University. She taught at Roncali High School in Indianapolis and Romeoville (Ill.) High School, as well as two elementary schools. Her passions were choral music and motherhood. She is survived by her husband, two children, parents and sister.
You can read the full obituary here.
John Camardella ’03
John Camardella ’03 is stepping down at Prospect after 14 years as head coach. He will also be taking a one-year sabbatical from his teaching duties at Prospect.
Camardella has accepted an opportunity to receive his Master of Religion and Public Life at Harvard’s Divinity School. It is the first new Masters program created at Harvard in more than 50 years.