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Jonell Lee
MLIS, 2002
Jonell and her husband Christopher, also a UW alumnus, welcomed Ava Lee into their family in July 2012.
Monica McQueen
MLIS, 2002
Monica has been Head PYP Librarian at the International School of Geneva in Switzerland since 2012, promoting reading, information and technology skills and experimenting with gamifying the library program.
Alexis Meyners
MLIS, 2002
As of 2020, Alexis is working as an independent contractor in online marketing in Spain and has lived there since 2003
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.
Jeanette Mills
MLIS, 2002
As of 2025, Jeanette is happily retired and volunteers one afternoon a week at the Burke Museum.
Connie Urquhart
MLIS, 2002
Connie is the library director at Camas Public Library in Camas, Washington.
Maureen Barney
MLIS, 2001
As of 2025, Linfield University named Maureen Joyous Barney as the university librarian. She has been an assistant professor and the university’s information literacy librarian since 2020, bringing more than two decades of experience in academic libraries and writing support to her position.
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.