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Carl Burnett
MLIS, 2012
Carl works as an Ontology Engineer at Healthwise, a nonprofit producer of consumer health information, located in Boise.
Sarah Caldwell
MLIS, 2012
Sarah is a Senior Research Librarian with the Congressional Research Service (CRS) in Washington, D.C., where she works on policy areas such as immigration and federal child care. Sarah was initially hired by CRS as part of the organization’s graduate recruit program.
Michael Carpenter
MLIS, 2012
Michael is working at Tableau, overseeing its global sales enablement content strategy. It aligns digital resources, asynchronous sales coaching, and e-learning programs with sellers around the world.
Susan Castelin
MLIS, 2012
Sue retired as an assistant librarian from the Pierce County Law Library in 2021. Her work was varied with a small staff, and included helping patrons, helping establish satellite law sections in the Pierce County Library System, and helping staff set up ebooks and other material on the library's website. In 2023, she reports: "I had a great experience working with a dedicated staff. Now, I'm spending time with family and grandchildren."
Warren Chin
MLIS, 2012
As of 2021, Warren was a children services librarian at Seattle Public Library's Columbia Branch, the same library where he volunteered in high school.
Michael Cohen
Informatics, 2012
As of 2021, Michael was working as a software development manager at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Smritilekha Das
MSIM, 2012
Smritilekha has worked as a Risk Assurance Consultant for PwC Seattle since 2013.
Aaron Emde
Informatics, 2012
Aaron currently works as a Technical Architect at AXMentor in San Diego, CA. He also participates in Business Intelligence development, focusing on Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP systems. "Fun and cutting edge stuff!"
Anna Endter
MLIS, 2012
Anna has been promoted to Head of Research Services at the Gallagher Law Library. She is also the President of the Law Librarians of Puget Sound, the local chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries. She wrote the cover article for the September issue of NWLawyer (the WSBA's magazine).
Jack Falk
MLIS, 2012
Since July 2014 Jack has worked as a Senior Technical Writer at Synopsys in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Previously, Jack was a Project Archivist with Oregon Historical Society, processing the photograph collection of The Skanner, an African-American weekly newspaper published in Portland and Seattle. The collection is now available through the Northwest Digital Archives.
In 2024, Jack's exhibit of no-smoking signs went on display at the Tigard Library.