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Amy Vecchione
MLIS, 2007
In 2022, Amy completed a book on collaborating for student success. She also took a new position as Associate Director for Research and Innovation of eCampus Center at Boise State.
Jeffrey Winter
MLIS, 2007
Jeffrey is working as the digitization project librarian for the Washington State Department of Transportation. He has created an online library of transportation-related documents, using CONTENTdm as the platform, that currently holds more than 2,100 items in 18 themed collections.
Kevin Wong
Informatics, 2007
In 2013, Kevin was promoted to Director of Product Design at Livefyre, a growing startup located in the heart of the Bay Area that creates next-generation real-time experiences for publishers and marketers. He leads a team of visual and interaction designers who help the business by defining and building all of their products on the platform. Kevin is also an advisor for Groove, another startup, which focuses on enterprise sales enablement by integrating Salesforce data with Google Apps.
Xu Xu
MSIM, 2007
Xu (Ellen) works as a UX designer at Microsoft.
Harver (Chun Hao) Yang
MSIM, 2007
Harver has worked as a Software Development Manager at iSoftStone in Kirkland, WA since 2008.
Meliha Yetisgen
PhD, 2007
Meliha is an Associate Professor in the department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education at the University of Washington.
Stephanie Zero
MLIS, 2007
In 2022, Stephanie transitioned from being a KCLS Teen Services Librarian at Redmond Library to being a KCLS Operations Manager at Crossroads Library. She was the also incoming Chair of the CAYAS section of WLA (Children and Young Adult Services).
Stephen Coker
MLIS, 2006
As of 2025, Stephen is serving as Athletic Director and teacher librarian at North Thurston High School in Lacey, Washington. In October 2015, he was honored as Washington State Teacher Librarian of the Year by the Washington Library Media Association at its annual conference in Yakima, Washington.
Scott Daniels
MLIS, 2006
Scott is celebrating his 10-year anniversary at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library. He is now Reference Services Manager.
Christopher Erdmann
MLIS, 2006
As of 2024, Christopher was Head of Open Science, SciLifeLab in Sweden.