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’76
Patrick Pine will finish his second term as Vice Chair of the California Health Care Coalition in June after serving in officer roles for ten years. The Coalition represents administrators of union and public sector health plans throughout California. Patrick continues to manage the Robert F Kennedy Medical Plan (United Farm Workers) and Juan De La Cruz Pension Plan serving members in California and six other states from Washington to Texas.
’83
Jean Rover has published her second novel, "Ready or Not" set in Oregon and available on Amazon.
’84
Tom McClellan retired in January 2021 after 35 years with several state agencies, including 13 years as DMV Administrator with the Oregon Department of Transportation. He enjoys more time to volunteer at church and interact with grandkids.
’86
Michael Dean - After 32 years of running an online business that provided happiness and education to board gamers around the world, I'm about to hang up my boots in favor of seeing the world one day, one mile, and one beer at a time from the seat of a bicycle. I rode 3000 miles through seven states last summer; Europe is next.
’87
Bret Rios - Just married Harriet I. Goldberg on May 1st. It's never too late to find the perfect match! And my first novel, written to inspire young adults, will be officially published on July 15th on Amazon Books: "The Turnaround Crew - Taking Charge!" And it's never too late to try a new career, either! (Pen name is Bret Shay).
Donald L Krahmer Jr - Donald L. Krahmer retired from Schwabe Williamson and Wyatt after a 36 year career in law and business. He has also joined the Board of Directors of Goodwill Industries, Columbia-Willamette. He and his wife, Suzanne, reside in Portland, OR.
’89
Scott McIntyre is the Chairman and CEO of Guidehouse which he founded in 2018. Guidehouse provides management and technology consulting to the financial services, healthcare, public sector, and energy industries and has grown to more than $3 billion in revenue with 10,000 professionals in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
’90
Michael Woolfolk was promoted in January 2024 to Resident Director (branch manager) of Merrill Lynch in Farmington, CT. In preparation for this, he was required to pass a number of FINRA exams including the Series 9, Series 10 and Series 3. He is looking forward to a family trip to Hawaii to celebrate his 60th birthday.
’95
Jane Reinke Jackson - Paul Jackson (CLA '94) and I moved to Rancho Cordova a couple of years ago so that I could take on the new challenge of Global Construction Manager at Solidigm (a 2021 divestiture from Intel). We are thrilled with the move, enjoying empty nesting, and looking forward to an exciting future with this company.
’96
Richard Owen - After completing an MHA, Master of Healthcare Administration, I transitioned careers and landed a Strategic Partner Relations position with a growing Houston Health System, CLS Health. Hello to all my Atkinson friends.
’04
In addition to running a boutique creative agency (DrawBridge Creative), Andee Masonek and her husband, Aaron, invented and recently released a 2-player word game app called Qwibble™. Qwibble is the first innovation on the Scrabble game genre in a generation, where players steal points by playing onto / off-of their opponents words. The result is a game that combines the anagramming challenge of Scrabble and Wordle with the strategic intrigue of chess and backgammon. Available to download and play for free in the app / play stores.
’09
Daniel Carroll (BA '08) and Vanessa Bloomsburg (BA '07, MBA '09) got married on February 29, 2024, at a ceremony on Mercer Island, Washington.
’14
Derek Hill - I Started a new position as Director of Application and Product Security at Zayo Group.
’16
Kate Strathdee - Kate was one of 25 professionals accepted into Disability: IN’s first Early Career Accelerator Program out of 500+ partner companies. She works at Intel and is an advocate and speaker for Chronic Illness and Crohn’s Disease.
’17
Milena Otasevic - I Welcomed a baby boy in April.
Angela Witty-Bawyll - This past summer, my husband and I welcomed a healthy baby girl, Kathleen! We had the opportunity to visit Willamette to participate in the softball team's alumni weekend. Go, Bearcats!
’18
Jim Wagner - Since graduating, I quit working in Public Education and now own my own Training Company, Defensive Firearms Instruction, in Springfield. We are focused on providing the state mandated curriculum for the Oregon security industry in accordance with DPSST Standards. We also provide training for Taser, Handcuff, Baton, and OC Spray and have numerous firearms courses.
’20
Joseph Plastet - I got Married on 8/23, and I started a new position at Jordan Brand, Nike Inc. on 3/23.
’22
Jill Hart - I am loving my new data analytics job for Medicaid Fraud, Waste and Abuse with the State of Oregon.
’23
Oca Patriarca is starting a new role at the Oregon Health Authority as a Systems Architect. This role's responsibilities include the design of applications to conform to the standards and best practices for architectural infrastructure design and evaluate technology upgrades and strategies for technology integration.
Shortly after graduation, George White found a career as Director of Quality and Administrative Services with a local non-profit that helps at-risk youth by taking them into their care and helping turn them back onto a path where they can succeed in life.