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Bri Gabel
Museology, 2021
In 2023, Bri reports that she moved to Sitka and is the first Sustainability Coordinator for the City and Borough of Sitka and the only full-time sustainability professional for a municipality in Alaska. She helps run the city's Sustainability Commission and secured a 12- to 18-month in-depth technical assistance award through the DOEs Energy Transition Initiative Partnership Project (ETIPP) to develop a Community Renewable Energy Strategy. It is a largely community-led project to help co-develop Sitka's energy future.
George Gu
Informatics, 2021
George completed a master's degree at Cornell University in May 2023 and returned to Washington to work as a full-time UI/UX Designer at Xemelgo.
Padma Gundapaneni
Informatics, 2021
As of March 2022, Padma was working as a Data Scientist at T-Mobile and pursuing a master’s degree in Data Science from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Locksley Kolakowski
Informatics, 2021
After graduating from the Informatics program, Locksley TA'd for INFO 200 for one more quarter. Then she joined Accenture as a Software Architect Analyst. She's starting the online MSIM program this fall with her two siblings, who are also Informatics alumni. Her twin sister is working at Avanade and her brother at Amazon.
Seth Kurke
MLIS, 2021
As of 2025, since earning their MLIS in 2021, Seth has applied the principles of information organization, access, and equity to a career in marketing, outreach, and digital strategy. I’ve worked with nonprofits like Documentary Educational Resources and Local Contexts, where he led communications and engagement efforts rooted in community-centered, data-informed approaches—especially in support of Indigenous cultural heritage. Seth's training in metadata, archiving, and user-centered design has directly informed the systems I’ve built for email marketing, CRM management, and content strategy. Most recently, he launched EchoPoint Strategies, a consulting firm focused on helping mission-driven organizations and small businesses communicate with clarity and impact. The critical thinking and information ethics core to Seth's MLIS continue to shape every aspect of their work today.
Seth Kurke
MLIS, 2021
As of 2021, Seth was an archivist/Indigenous studies outreach coordinator for Documentary Educational Resources based in Watertown, Massachusetts. They have a large repository of films made by ethnographers and anthropologists documenting various aspects of Indigenous life around the globe. He was hired to revamp their catalog to make it more accessible and also to do outreach to Indigenous communities documented in the film for efforts of digital repatriation. Since it is a new position, Seth has the advantage of creating a workflow for the position and establishing standard practices.
Mahlon Landis
MLIS, 2021
Mahlon accepted a Librarian position with Seattle Public Schools in November 2021.
Michelle Li
MLIS, 2021
In 2023, Michelle accepted a new position at UCLA as a Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian.
Kendall Marshall
Informatics, 2021
In 2022, Kendall was working as an IT Project Manager at REI, focusing on IT infrastructure. She was assisting with managing requirements for REI’s fourth distribution center opening and was leading the IT scope for 14 store remodel projects.
Caleb Mechem
MLIS, 2021
As of 2023, Caleb was working as the print collection strategist at UVA Library. He stewards the circulating physical collections at all library branches, including an offsite high-density storage facility. He was coordinating the move of 1.2 million books into UVA's renovated main library, scheduled to open in spring 2024.