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Jeanette Mills
MLIS, 2002
Jeanette has been staff in the UW School of Art + Art History + Design for over 26 years. After more than two decades managing image collections for teaching (first 35mm slides then digital images), her primary focus became website content management for the School in 2014. This is an extension of her many years as the School's news and events writer. She also initiated a social media presence for the School in 2009, and she still manages their Twitter account. In 2016, Jeanette helped the School launch a new website in partnership with the College of Arts & Sciences and its Drupal-based Department Web Framework.
Connie Urquhart
MLIS, 2002
Connie is the library director at Camas Public Library in Camas, Washington.
Andy Bates
MLIS, 2001
Andy started working for Seattle Public Library, in 2001, serving as a branch manager for several branches, primarily the Lake City Branch. When that position was eliminated in the budget cuts of 2011, Andy was promoted to Regional Manager, managing four branches. However, Andy missed directly serving the public, so in 2013 transitioned to a new job within SPL, and now happily works as the supervising librarian for the Fremont Branch.
Christopher Kerns
MLIS, 2001
Christopher is the Library Systems Manager for the Boeing Company's corporate library.
Lisa Sanders
MLIS, 2001
Lisa is a librarian of the newly founded Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum opening in January 2016.
Jen Stutesman
MLIS, 2001
After a couple of years of job searching, Jen celebrated her 20th year as a librarian in 2021 at a new job as a branch manager at Walla Walla County Rural Library District, College Place Branch.
Mike Buschman
MLIS, 2000
In 2011, Mike co-founded Plum Analytics, which tracks, harvests, and displays metrics from online sources to measure the influence of researchers, groups, and institutions. In 2014, the company was acquired by EBSCO Information Services.
Lola Estelle
MLIS, 2000
As of 2024, Lola was a Senior Implementation Consultant for FOLIO services at EBSCO.
Gwendolyn Haley
MLIS, 2000
Gwendolyn works as a Library Services Manager for the Spokane County Library District and is in charge of Explore and Discover service priority--a job that encompasses programming for members in elementary school, middle, high school, and beyond. She and her team work closely with community partners to provide programs, classes and events that allow our community to explore and discover their interests, passions, and hobbies, as well as engage with their community.
In 2014, Gwendolyn was elected as Vice-President/President-Elect of the Pacific Northwest Library Association.
Cassandra Kvenild
MLIS, 2000
Cass was appointed Dean of the University Libraries at the University of Wyoming in March 2024.