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Mikala Salley
Informatics, 2012
As of 2021, Mikala reported being a Quality Assurance Engineer at Amazon, Seattle Sounders supporter and outdoor enthusiast.
Colleen Salmi
Informatics, 2012
Colleen joined Pinterest in 2020 as an engineering manager.
Matt Shannon
Informatics, 2012
As of 2020, Matt works on the Amazon finance organization's red team, where he conducts red team engagements, penetration testing and other information security assessments.
Ritu Sidana
MSIM, 2012
In 2021, Ritu reported joining Seattle based non-profit SEIU 775 as a project manager. Ritu says: "I'll be happy to help answer any questions related to my job, in case anyone want to know more about my role."
Sarah Squire
MSIM, 2012
Sarah quit her job at the University of Washington to start her own technology consulting company, Engage Identity, which focuses on people-centered solutions to identity and access management. Some of her clients include the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institute for Standards and Technology, MIT, and the Province of British Columbia.
Christa Strickler
MLIS, 2012
As of 2022, Christa was serving as Associate Professor of Library Science and Resource Description Librarian at Wheaton College in Illinois. In August 2022, she started a new position as Collection Metadata Integrity & Management Librarian at the University of Notre Dame.
Julie Tanaka
MLIS, 2012
In 2022, Julie returned to her home state of California. In May, she started as the new Director of Special Collections and College Archives at Occidental College in Los Angeles. She also co-presented a webinar, "Disrupting Assumptions: Forging Interdisciplinary Archival Engagement," with Claudia Willett (Processing Archivist, Stanford University) for the Society of California Archivists and co-authored a poster presentation, "Do What You Can with What You Have: A Rebuttal to 'Do More with Less'," for the 2022 Society of American Archivists Conference.
Monnee Tong
MLIS, 2012
Monnee started working as a Teen Services Librarian at the San Diego Central Library in 2014. She has worked for the San Diego Public Library since 2012, previously in the Art, Music, and Recreation section. She was named a 2014 ALA Emerging Leader.
Harrison Weingard
Informatics, 2012
Harrison is working as a software engineer at Apple, developing tools and processes that can build, release and support operating systems that power Macs, iPhones, Apple Watches, Apple TVs, etc.
Sola Whitehead
MLIS, 2012
In 2014 Sola began working as the Medical Librarian for the VA Portland Health Care System, supporting both patients and clinicians.