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Susan Powell ’00, Canaan, NY, is the proud co-owner of Home Range Winery in eastern New York, which opened this fall. Powell holds a degree in forestry. “Forestry is very closely aligned to the horticulture required to maintain a sustainable crop of grapes and fruit products that we utilize in our product,” she said. “I’m very grateful to have received a high level of training from UM that lends to this venture.”


Shelby Scharen ’00, Detroit, has become a landscape architect for the Detroit office of Quinn Evans. She has worked on cultural landscape studies and plans for historic sites and parks throughout the country. She is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Historic Preservation Professional Practice and the Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation.


Shelby Scharen


Brian Glaspell Ph.D. ’02, Eagle River, AK, is the new chief of refuges for the Alaska region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He leaves behind his job as the National Elk Refuge manager in Wyoming. He previously worked as manager of the National Arctic Wildlife Refuge. In his new position, he oversees 77 million of the 100 million acres of refuge on the continent.


UM alumni remain connected all over the world. Pictured is President Seth Bodnar and College of Business alumna Miho Itabashi ’03 in Japan.


Miho Itabashi, left, and President Seth Bodnar hold small UM flags and pose for a photo

 


Megan Schuknecht M.S. ’04, Missoula, has helped develop multiple nature-inspired innovations for the Biomimicry Institute as the director of design challenges. She built the Biomimicry Education Network and the Biomimicry Fellows Program for faculty who use biomimicry in their curricula, as well as the catalog AskNature. She also has designed the Biomimicry Launchpad to help university students and professionals advance their ideas beyond concepts.


Megan Schuknecht and a child pose for photo in a flower garden


Sarah Aronson M.S.W. ’07, M.F.A. ’17, Missoula, is debuting her collection of poems “And Other Bodiless Powers” with a Montana book tour. The anthology received the 2018 New American Poetry Prize. Aronson also is a producer for Montana Public Radio and host of “The Write Question.”

 


Sarah Aronson


Jessica Demarois ’07, J.D. ’11, Cert. ’11, Helena, has returned to Missoula to join Goodrich & Reely PLLC as an associate attorney. She previously practiced in Seattle and Helena in the areas of tax, estate planning, business transactions and liquor licensing.


Hilary Zaranek Anderson ’08, Melville, MT, was honored at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., for her nationally recognized conservation work. Anderson’s efforts focus on developing practices that allow wildlife and livestock to coexist, and her ranch north of Yellowstone has been featured in National Geographic and Montana magazine for its example of coexistence between grizzly bears and livestock.


Michael Malament ’08, Missoula, is out on the river most of the year photographing the people who paddle through the Alberton Gorge. As the owner of Montana River Photography, he has marked 10 years and millions of photos capturing the adventurers on Montana’s rivers.


Ryan Hansen ’09, M.B.A. ’16, Missoula, is the CEO of LumenAd, which just became No. 29 on the Inc. 5000 list. LumenAd, a software company, made the list for its exponential growth – 7000% over the past year. UM holds distinction as one of LumenAd’s first clients.


Ryan Hansen with computer and magazines in background