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Paul Joldersma
MSIM, 2005
As of 2026, Paul has completed the first semester of a doctoral program in Leadership for Educational Equity, with a focus on STEM Education & Learning Design, at the University of Colorado Denver School of Education and Human Development. Paul credits the UW MSIM degree as a major asset in that pursuit.
Elroy Largo
MSIM, 2005
Elroy is in the MBA program at Redlands University in CA, and works with AT&T Wireless.
Jenine Lillian
MLIS, 2005
Jenine is a consultant and educator, and has taught for the UW iSchool, Simmons College, and the University of British Columbia's School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. Jenine also compiled and edited the 2009 book Cool Teen Programs for Under $100 as a fundraiser for the Young Adult Library Services Association.
Susan Presley
MLIS, 2005
Susan is a Senior Manager of Content Operations at ProQuest. Susan also sits on the MLIS Advisory Board.
Stacy Prest
MLIS, 2005
Stacy recently was named Dean of Library Services and eLearning at Walla Walla Community College. She began her career at the college in 1990 and has been serving as Director of Library Services since 2011.
Jamie Prins
Informatics, 2005
In 2013, Jamie was promoted to Senior Marketing Manager, Kindle Education, at Amazon. She and her husband Ryan Prins (INFO 2005), a senior consultant at Avanade, also welcomed their first child, son Lincoln.
Agueda Sanchez
MSIM, 2005
Agueda spent 2013 working for Nike in Beaverton, OR and traveling to China to launch the Nike.com/China website. Agueda writes, "it was a great experience learning about China and helping Nike optimize end-to-end e-commerce processes. Now I'm back in Seattle working for Amazon, supporting the continuous growth of its platform for third-party sellers."
Agueda also sits on the MSIM Advisory Board.
Liesl Seborg
MLIS, 2005
Liesl is the Senior Librarian for Adult Outreach and Programming for Salt Lake County Library Services, and was recently named 2016 Librarian of the Year by the Utah Library Association. From her nomination letter: "Liesl has a passion for serving the underserved... And when [she] sees an opportunity to provide services to a group in need, Liesl finds the time and pursues the resources to make it happen."
Karen Semyan
MSIM, 2005
Karen is a Senior Project Manager at Moz, an inbound marketing SaaS (software as a service) company.
Kristen Shuyler
MLIS, 2005
Kristen co-edited a book, "Integrating Information Literacy Into the Chemistry Curriculum" (American Chemical Society 2016), and co-authored two chapters within it.