Michele Vollmer, '04, Madison, is a credit associate at U.S. Cellular and ballroom instructor at the Social Life Dance Center. She married Jorge Lopez on Oct. 10, 2010, at the state capitol, with a wedding party that included Tami Peters, '03, Milwaukee, and Kelly (Tamm) Thompson, '03, Maple Grove, Minn.
John Blick, '02, Chicago, has been the executive director of a neighborhood chamber of commerce in Chicago (www.oldtownchicago.org) for nearly three years and is also the managing director of the Dog and Pony theatre company (www.dogandponychicago.org ). He also acts when he has the chance and was in The Real Inspector Hound with Signal Ensemble (www.signalensemble.com) last fall.
Mary Cwikla, '02, Morris, Ill., coordinates the Weitendorf Agricultural Education Center at Joliet Junior College. She earned a master's degree in management from Bellevue University, last June. She took her grandchildren to the Central Wisconsin Environmental Station for family camp and still loved it, recalling the two weeks she spent there before going to Europe for six weeks while studying at UWSP.
David Michael Holmes, '02, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Jonathan Barsness, '01, Brooklyn, N.Y., founding members of the Toy Box Theatre Company, are looking forward to celebrating the company's tenth season in 2012 as they transition from a one to a two-show season. Last fall, the company produced an original adaptation of Georg Buchner's Woyzeck, which was written and directed by Jonathan, featured Michael in the title role and also featured Ryan Reilly, '03, Chicago, in the cast. It has become their most successful production to date. Now the company is gearing up to produce their second show of the season, the world premiere of playwright David Caudle's The Short Fall. To transition into the two-show season, Toy Box is in the midst of a $20,000 fundraising campaign through Kickstarter.com. For more information on the company and to see samples of their work, visit toyboxtheatre.org.
Jessica (Blazek) Jacques, '02, Green Bay, and her husband, Joe, welcomed their daughter, Jordyn Rose, in August. She joins big sister Julia Irene. Jessica is the assistant director of Alumni Outreach at St. Norbert College in De Pere.
Andy Richman, '02, Madison, is in his second season as the offensive quality control coordinator for the Wisconsin Badger football program. Previously he was a graduate assistant at Louisiana Lafayette, tight ends coach at Western Kentucky, defensive line coach at Denison University, running backs and tight ends coach at Reedley College, defensive line and tight ends GA at Eastern Kentucky and an offensive line coach at UWSP. He earned a master's degree from Eastern Kentucky.
Tara Short, '02, Las Vegas, Nev., founded and
directs Green Edventures, a teen eco-adventure company in which she
leads teens on trips to Alaska and Baja, Mexico, to experience
conservation and climate change firsthand through projects with the
local community. Find Green Edventures on the Web at
www.greenedventures.com,
on Facebook under "gogreenedventures"
or @greenedventures on
Twitter.
"I get to take teenagers to the places I only dreamed about as a
child,†she says. “I hope these experiences connect them to wild
places and motivate them to be active environmental citizens."
Anthony Vaccarello, '02, Chicago, is vice president of Client Services and Strategy at Terrapin Blue in Chicago. He was previously employed at BusBank as director of Supplier Relations. He is married to Hilliary (Murphy) Vaccarello, '02.
Jacob Dye, '01, Denver, Colo., and
his wife, Camille, had a son, Noah Mackean (pictured left), last
May.
Jaime (Carter) Houghton, '01, Au Train, Mich., is an audit manager for Makela, Toutant, Hill & Nardi, P.C. in Marquette, Mich. She is married to Brian Houghton, '01.