has added Aaron Schroeder ‘02 as a senior vice president based in Milwaukee. Eighth grade math teacher at North Shore Middle School, Jim Vento ’02, M.Ed. ’08, and creative writing teacher at Arrowhead Union High School, Elizabeth Jorgensen M.Ed. ’09, were nominated for the LifeChanger of the Year Award. This award celebrates a K-12 teacher or school employee making a difference in students’ lives. The Women & Girl’s Fund of Waukesha County has elected Lauren (Radonski) Ruff ’07, Marketing Director of Ixonia Bank, to its Board of Directors. Lauren began sharing her marketing knowledge with the Women & Girl’s Fund as a member of the Marketing Committee. Now, as a new board member, Lauren is excited to support women and girls even more - and will work to increase awareness. Brittainy Cherry ’09, author of many romance novels, announced that one of her books, The Air He Breathes, will become a film sponsored by Passionflix. The two main characters of her book will be portrayed by Kelcie Stranahan as “Liz” and Ryan Carnes as “Tristan.” Learn more at bcherrybooks.com/books. Elizabeth Jorgensen M.Ed. ’09 has published four books within the last few years: Gwen Jorgensen: USA’s First Olympic Gold Medal Triathlete, Sijo: Korea’s Poetry Form, Hacking Student Learning Habits: 9 Ways to Foster Resilient Learners and Assess the Process Not the Outcome, and Go, Gwen, Go: A Family’s Journey to Olympic Gold. More information on these books are available at lizjorgensen. weebly.com. 2010s Ross Bukouricz ’12 joined the United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County as controller. Kyle Jones ’12, MBA ’15 has been named Simpson College’s 24th head men’s basketball coach. Jones was a four-year starter for the Pioneer men’s basketball team, spent eight seasons coaching Pioner men’s basketball, and has spent the last three years as the top assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Aras Promotions, a Mequon-based promotional staffing agency and project management services firm, announced that Maddie Zieman-Otto ’12 has been named chief operating officer. Six CU alumni celebrated the birth of their children. From left to right: Jack Rasmussen, born in November 2023 to Kevin ’13 and Megan (Rosenberg) ‘15 Rasmussen, Leland Eggert, born in July 2023 to Nate ’12 and Jennie (Fisher) ’13 Eggert, and Riker Dabson, born in June 2023 to Seth ’13 and Jenna (Scudder) ’14 Dabson. Alison (Vander Pol) Drabek ’14 and her husband, Troy, welcomed Alaina Louise to their family November 7, 2023. The Association of Wisconsin School Administrators has named Jeffrey (Allen) Taege M.Ed. ’14 as its 2023 Wisconsin Associate (AP) Principal of the Year. Taege has served as assistant principal at Butler Middle School in Waukesha for the past seven years. Chris ’14, DPT ’16 and Alicia (Limberg) ’16 Pynenberg were married on April 15, 2023, and welcomed their son, Elliott Jon, on January 10, 2024. Mike ’15, DPT ’17 and Angela (Sondalle) ’15, DPT ’17 Thoreson welcomed Theo Thomas Thoreson to their family on November 10, 2023. Carroll University Alumni Council member Abbie (Bottom) Van Ess ’16, MBA ’18 married Alex Van Ess on October 14, 2023. Rachel (Gibson) Stern ’19 welcomed a baby boy to her family on May 20, 2023. Nursing alumna Jordan Paterson ’19 will be starting school this fall at Milwaukee School of Engineering for her Masters in Science in Perfusion. There were over 200 applicants for a class of eight. Jordan attributes a lot of it to her nursing degree and professional relationships with staff at Aurora St Luke’s as a big reason to why she was selected. “I hope to gain experience to one day work as a pediatric perfusionist to give back in honor of my late nephew Maxwell Riley Paterson.” 2020s Shannon (Affelt) Freeman ’19 wed Joe Freeman on April 14, 2023, in Delavan, Wisconsin. Ian ’19, DPT ’21 and Sarah (Koeppel) ’20 Davies were wed on November 11, 2023. Ian and Sarah met during their Cross Cultural Expierence course in Spring 2018, where they traveled to the Appalachian Mountains with Professor Jon Gordon and 12 other students. Holding six NCAA All-American honors, twotime CCIW Men’s Student Athlete of the Year, Steven Hermsen ’22, DPT ’24, was interviewed by TMJ4 News to talk about his goal of making the Olympic Trials in discus. “He’d be the first one, at Carroll,” Assistant Track and Field Coach Shawn Thielitz said. Hermsen earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy at Carroll in May 2024. Samuel Brickley MPAS ’23 recently joined the Essentia Health-West Duluth Clinic, specializing in family medicine Mary Hoynacki ’11 wrote and published her first children’s book, The Groovy Blube. This tale unfolds around Gerry, a spirited blueberry with an aspiration to play the saxophone in a New York City jazz club. Gerry teaches kids the joy of music, the power of determination, and the importance of following their dreams. Learn more on Youtube, @TheGroovyBlube. Carroll Faculty and Staff Josh Hughes, videographer and photographer, and his wife, Alli, welcomed Shannon Hughes on November 19, 2023. Joelle Curry, senior supplemental instruction coordinator, and her partner, Darvell, welcomed beautiful daughter Alani Elizabeth on October 25, 2023. F1RST | Fall 2024 31 PIONEERS
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