Landis Wiedner ’06 was interviewed on CBS Chicago on March 23rd for the podcast she created called What the EF. It’s an epilepsy awareness podcast where they share, cry, and laugh at all of their epilepsy WTF moments. It’s a space that discusses, points out, and chuckles at the ridiculous, poignant, heartbreaking, and sometimes funny stuff that happens with epilepsy. It’s available on all major podcast streaming services, such as Apple and Spotify. For more information, here’s the website: https://www.whattheefpodcast.com/. To watch the interview, click here.

In January 2023, Kelly (Goodpaster) Fuller ’06 joined Type A Events as Senior Manager, Incentives & Conferences where she supports clients in selecting, planning and operating incentive trips, sales meetings, and other corporate programming worldwide. She also continues to be involved in the event planning industry as a member of SITE (Society of Incentive Travel Excellence) and has attained her CIS (Certified Incentive Specialist) and CITP (Certified Incentive Travel Professional) certifications.

Dr. Lindsay Sicks ’06, IWU alumna of the Class of 2006 and Associate Professor at the Illinois College of Optometry, was the recipient of the IACLE Contact Lens Educator of the Year Award by the American Academy of Optometry. Congratulations, Lindsay!

Sara (Lockman) Miller ’06 was recently featured in a newspaper article talking about her tutoring center she created in the early days of the pandemic lockdown. Great job to Sara for her ingenuity and passion!

Ashley Keith-Phillips was invited to present at the American Health Lawyers Association’s (AHLA) Physicians and Hospitals Law Institute with her topic titled “Providing Culturally Competent Legal Advice to Healthcare Systems.” After the well-received presentation, she was featured in the Member Spotlight for AHLA’s May edition of its magazine, Health Law Connections. Ashley serves as in-house corporate counsel at University Hospitals Health System, the second largest private sector company in Ohio with more than 30,000 employees. She is currently serving her second term as a member of the Board of Directors for Pregnant With Possibilities Resource Center, a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating racial disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

Kevin Latman and Beth Dennis ’07 welcomed daughter Abigail (Abby) Jane Latman on April 23rd at 5:06 pm. Abby was 20 inches and weighed 6 lbs.13 oz. Congrats to Kevin and his family!

Marina Fomby ’06 has been hired as the Director of Willis Towers Watson. Congrats to Marina!

Anne (Gilmore) Meetz and her husband, Jeffrey Meetz, welcomed Tiny Titan Harrison Daniel Meetz on 11/7/2021, weighing 5 lbs and 1 oz. He joins his big brother Henry and big sister (in Heaven) Holland. Congrats to the Meetz family!

Mike McGraw ’06, President and owner of McGraw Enterprises, Inc., was recently selected as a recipient of a “40 Under 40” business leader award in the Springfield and surrounding community area. Sponsored by the Springfield Business Journal, the award features 40 leaders who are under the age of 40 and are selected based on their contributions to our local business community and the community in which they reside. The recipients, in part, represent the future of business in Central Illinois communities. Mike is the owner/operator of McGraw Family McDonald’s(R) in the Springfield, Litchfield and Williamsville areas. He is involved in the McDonald’s Corporation OPNAD Owner/Operator Group, Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Ronald McDonald House of Central Illinois and is a member of the Springfield First United Methodist Church.

James Mulholland ’06 recently celebrated a promotion to Sr Principal, Product Design Architect at Workday, an enterprise software platform that supports large companies in HR, finance and planning processes. In the field of Interaction and “UX” design, he strives to better understand how people use software and how it fits into their professional lives in order to better design how it works. He previously focused on data and analytics capabilities but new responsibilities will drive him to create impact more broadly across the company.