Shier is an adjunct professor in the Master of Laws in Taxation Program at Northwestern Univer- sity. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and Master of Laws in taxation from the DePaul Univer- sity College of Law.
Jim Bertini (BS ’88, DDS ’90) celebrated 20 years of being self- employed as a dentist, having opened Morton Grove Dental Associates in 1991. The practice has grown over the last 20 years and provides quality, comfort- able dentistry to families. Bertini is looking forward to another 20-plus years.
1990s
Anne Carloss (BSEd ’91), director of special education for the Hood River County School District, has been appointed to the Oregon Broadband Advisory Council.
Christoph Fee (MA ’91) and his family are living in Copenhagen for the spring of 2012, where he is teaching courses on Beowulf in Denmark and the Vikings in Brit- ain; he will also co-lead a five-day study tour to saga sites in Iceland. Fee is professor of English at Get- tysburg College.
Ginger F. Heyman Pigott (JD ’92) is a shareholder at the Los Angeles office of the law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP. She repre- sents national and international pharmaceutical and medical device comparison product li- abilities and commercial litigation matters.
Donald T. Mon (PhD ’93) is a senior director in the Center for
the Advancement of Health In- formation Technology and serves as the director for standards and interoperability, at Research Tri- angle Institute International. He is also chairman of the board for Health Level Seven International, president of the Public Health Data Standards Consortium, and vice convener of the Data Requirements Work Group in the International Organization for Standardization Technical Com- mittee on Health Informatics.
Wendy Yee Murahashi (MD ’93), formerly medical director at Genentech/Roche, Inc., is vice president of clinical develop- ment for Icon Bioscience, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceuti- cal company specializing in ophthalmic pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Icon Bioscience, Murahashi was a medical director at Genentech/Roche, Inc. where she was responsible for clinical activities for LUCENTIS®. While in general ophthalmology private practice, she served as clinical in- structor at the Portland VA Hospi- tal/Casey Eye Institute. Murahashi completed her ophthalmology residency at the University of Mis- souri, Columbia, and subspecialty vitreoretinal fellowship training at the Retina Institute of Hawaii. She earned her BS at University of California, Berkeley.
Kim Noles (MBA ’94) joined Maddock Douglas, an innova- tion agency, as vice president of innovation. Most recently, she served as executive vice president and group account director at Element79.
Melissa Murphy-Petros (JD ’95), formerly of counsel at Wilson
Elser, is now co-chair of the firm’s national appellate practice. She earned her MA from the Univer- sity of Notre Dame (1989) and her BA from Indiana University (1987).
Michael Radzienda, SFHM (MD ’95, MRES ’98), is chief med- ical officer of Sound Physicians for the Midwest and Northeast regions and is based in Chicago. Sound Physicians is a leading hospitalist organization focused on driving improvements in qual- ity, satisfaction, and efficiency of inpatient health care delivery.
Mark Snelling (BBA ’96) pur- chased a company called www.
MyInks.com, which sells recycled and remanufactured ink and toner cartridges.
Keith Emerson Beyer (BA ’98) joined the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University as associate director for corporate and foun- dation relations in October 2011.
Daniel Garen (JD ’98, LLM ’99) is senior vice president and chief compliance officer for Wright Medical Group, Inc., a global orthopaedic medical device company and a leading provider of surgical solutions for the foot and ankle market.
Matt Simonton (SBA ’98) has joined Upp Technology, Inc., as a member of the software sales team.
David Q. Merritt (MA ’99), a nationally recognized expert in health policy and a sought-after speaker, author, and policy advi- sor, is senior advisor of Leavitt Partners, a health care intelli- gence business. He is the former CEO of the Center for Health Transformation and the Gingrich
Group and is currently an advisor to Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign.
2000s
Jeffrey E. Fagel (MBA ’01) is vice president of marketing and brand development at EDO Interactive. Fagel has more than 15 years of brand marketing, consumer pack- aged goods and retail experience. Most recently, he was responsible for strategic leadership across the Kmart brand and private- label portfolio with a focus on customer, competitor, digital and social media strategy. Fagel also led development of the first brand-produced, Spanish- language web series distributed through YouTube, which was recognized as a finalist for Best Web Series of 2011. Prior to Sears Holdings, Fagel spent more than 10 years in the consumer pack- aged goods industry. Fagel began his career in public relations, progressing to product manage- ment and innovation leadership positions at Gatorade, Frito-Lay, and ConAgra. He holds a BS from Indiana University.
Michael Jarecki (Rome ’00, BA ’01) graduated from the Univer- sity of Illinois College of Law in 2004, and was recently selected as a Super Lawyer, Rising Star in Illinois, for the practice area of immigration.
Christine E. Walanka (BS ’01), née Natemeyer, married Marc Walanka on May 21, 2011, at the W Chicago-City Center in the presence of several Loyola gradu- ates. The couple is settling into
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