Steven Bader ’07, an attorney with Cranfill Sumner LLP, has been listed among the 2026 North Carolina Super Lawyers and Rising Stars.

Robin Schaa ’12 joined Dakota Wealth in 2024 as a wealth advisor and has since become a principal in the firm.

Steven Hall ’83 recently retired and is now consulting for the University of Minnesota’s College of Education.

Trudy Breen ’86, ’88 is now a realtor with Coldwell Banker Realty in Port St. Lucie, Florida.

Ashley Cole ’14 is now senior manager of external communications at UNFI.

Kelli Anderson ’87 is now president of R&K Consulting in Bokeelia, Florida.

Brent Baloun retired as chief of police with the Becker Police Department after 33 years of service in law enforcement.

Steven Buck is now an emergency management planner for the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM).

Debra Keiser retired in April 2024 after 44 years of working for Benton and Stearns counties and the city of St. Cloud.

Larry Herm ’01 will be inducted into the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association in 2025.

Laurél Kimpton plans to launch an addiction counseling private practice in May 2025.

Jamie Verbrugge has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Catholic Charities Twin Cities. Prior to his appointment, Verbrugge was the city manager in Bloomington, Minnesota since February 2015.

Lynn Pehrson Sanders published the book “Joy Comes in the Morning.”

Steven Bader of Cranfill Sumner LLP was listed in the Business North Carolina Legal Elite for 2025.

Patricia Bjorklund celebrated 20 years in business in 2024 as a commercial furniture dealer at InLine Office.

Jenny Gensch is creative director at Zbra Studios, which was named a Top 10 Agency of the Year and earned Art Direction, Gold + Platinum and Best Website Project awards in 2024.

Alumna Lois (Kritzeck) Muyres ’57 passed away Oct. 4, 2024. Read her obituary here.

Randall Jensen was named professor emeritus upon his retirement from Northern Michigan University after 26 years. He also recently completed his term as president of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports.

Teresa Fudenberg ’88 and her company, Storm Creek, have been named 2023 Bess Cohn Humanitarian of the Year. CEO of the Eagan-based sustainable apparel supplier, Fudenberg said her company has committed to donating at least $5 million in charity by 2030.

Duane Morris LLP has appointed Brian L. Johnsrud managing partner of its Silicon Valley office.

Jennifer Matzke accepted a role as the director of human resources and organizational development at St. Cloud Industrial Products, and started a new role serving as a professional coach for Next Monday.

Susan Holden, attorney and partner at the Minneapolis personal injury law firm of SiebenCarey, was presented with the 2023 Professional Excellence Award by the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA), joining a “Who’s Who” group of prominent Minnesota attorneys and judges that dates back to 1985.

Kristen Raney has accepted the position of president with Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Mark London, Fran Deken, Carmen Salvino and Dave DeLorenzo have been selected as winners of the four major International Bowling Media Association Awards for 2022.

Steven Soyka was elected Stearns County Sheriff for the second time.

Matthew Bouts, a private wealth advisor, was awarded the Ameriprise Circle of Success Award.

Denise Fick is the author of “Lewis Sinclair & the Gentlemen Cowboys,” a country music mystery published by Nashville-based CamCat Books on April 11, 2023. Her pen name is D. M. S. Fick.