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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.
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.