Class Year: 2000

Jennifer Smith ’00 Lane

Jennifer Smith ’00 Lane published Transformed: Eating and Body Image Renewal God’s Way, a Bible study to help women find lasting freedom from eating and body image struggles of any kind through scripture study and spiritual disciplines. Continue Reading →

Jessica Loomis ’00 DeBoer

Jessica Loomis ’00 DeBoer completed a program through the State of Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction and has earned her teaching certification in instrumental music. This is her third year teaching elementary orchestra for the Kenosha Unified School District in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where her husband, Todd DeBoer ’00, is also an orchestra teacher. Jessica continues… Continue Reading →

Kayrl Stead ’00 Reynoso

Kayrl Stead ’00 Reynoso spent 15 years as a school social worker, and in 2017 started working as a special education and behavior consultant for the Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency (Wayne RESA) serving public schools throughout Wayne County, Michigan. She works alongside her colleagues training and supporting schools in Detroit as well as… Continue Reading →

Erin Wysocki ’02 Kostun

Erin Wysocki ’02 Kostun and Michael Kostun announce the birth of Charles Thomas on July 15, 2019. He joins big siblings Claire (8) and Andrew (2). She reports that after suffering from postpartum preeclampsia, she and her husband made the decision for Erin to become a full-time mom instead of returning to work as a… Continue Reading →

Bethany Buege ’02 Thompson

Bethany Buege ’02 Thompson and her husband and their six children have partnered with the organization Foundation For His Ministry and will be moving to Mexico this next summer to become long-term missionaries at an orphanage. They spent the 2018-19 school year there and are excited to go back long term. Continue Reading →

Courtney Brewster ’04

Courtney Brewster ’04 was promoted to director of the College Prep Program at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. The College Prep Program works with St. Louis-area high school students who will be the first in their families to attend college, who come from backgrounds of limited financial resources and who are high-achieving students. Continue Reading →

Billy Norden ’04

Billy Norden ’04 is the retirement and financial education coordinator for the Reformed Church in America’s Board of Benefits Services. He serves in the role part-time along with continuing as a minister at The Community Church in Ada, Michigan. Continue Reading →

Samara Webb ’05 Gibson

Dr. Samara Webb ’05 Gibson of Orchard Lake, Michigan, and Dr. Matthew Wixson ’08 of Ann Arbor, Michigan, both received Kujichagulia Alumni awards (named for the second principle of Kwanzaa, meaning self-determination). Gibson is a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology with the DMC Medical Group, and Wixson, who was recognized in absentia, is an anesthesiologist… Continue Reading →

Amy McEwan ’06 Flavin

Amy McEwan ’06 Flavin received the Presidential STAR Award at Concordia University Wisconsin. This award is bestowed by the staff, recognizing one of its own as the outstanding staff member of the year for making outstanding contributions and bringing honor to the university through service, teamwork, action and results. The award recipient is a model… Continue Reading →

Angela Stoyanovitch ’08

Angela Stoyanovitch ’08 became an entrepreneur and founded Legal Drugs Agency, a media and consultancy firm in January 2019. She launched Legal Drugs Podcast in July 2019 and has received more than 1,000 unique downloads in 23 countries around the world with just 12 episodes. Continue Reading →

Matthew Wixson ’08

Dr. Samara Webb ’05 Gibson of Orchard Lake, Michigan, and Dr. Matthew Wixson ’08 of Ann Arbor, Michigan, both received Kujichagulia Alumni awards (named for the second principle of Kwanzaa, meaning self-determination). Gibson is a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology with the DMC Medical Group, and Wixson, who was recognized in absentia, is an anesthesiologist… Continue Reading →

Ali Thompson ’09 Harrell

Ali Thompson ’09 Harrell received her MBA from the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota in 2017. She and her husband, Pete Harrell, welcomed Tyler Caldwell on Jan. 17, 2018, and Ryan Maxwell on March 29, 2019. She works at Target Corporation, managing the front-of-the-store guest experience and merchandise programming. Continue Reading →