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Andy Campbell ’01, M.A. ’02, Indianapolis, IN, was installed this January as the 142nd president of the Indianapolis Bar Association, which serves 4,500 lawyer-members by promoting justice and enhancing the legal profession. He focuses on health care clients.

Andy Campbell

 

 

Jim Gillhouse M.B.A. ’01, Missoula, was promoted to chief operating officer at Community Medical Center after serving in leadership roles at St. Patrick Hospital.

Jim Gillhouse

John Heaney ’02, Missoula, just became golf coach at Missoula Big Sky High School. Heaney works at Sun Mountain Sports and is a coach at 5 Valleys CrossFit. Heaney has covered golf at multiple newspapers and served as editor-in-chief for the Montanan for eight years.

Pearlynn Houck ’02, J.D. ’05, Charlotte, NC, was named to The Mecklenburg Times’ annual 50 Most Influential Women list. Throughout her law career, she has advised numerous companies and executives, and she co-chairs the firm Robinson Bradshaw’s Governmental and Internal Investigations Practice Group. She also co-chairs multiple committees and has served in multiple leadership roles for the Women’s Impact Fund.

 

Sadie Craig M.A. ’05, Tampa, FL, joined the consumer finance group of Burr & Forman LLP and will advise clients with large businesses against consumer protection claims. Craig brings experience in intellectual property, First Amendment and public records issues, and advertising and marketing law, and she has defended multiple large corporations against consumer protection claims. Craig worked as a journalist for The Associated Press, the Kansas City Star and the Missoulian and was a judicial intern to Judge Amy Totenberg in the Northern District of Georgia. 

 

Sadie Craig


Amy Sings in the Timber J.D. ’05, Missoula, is the new executive director of the Montana Innocence Project. She has worked for the Montana Justice Foundation and the Indian Law Clinic at the Alexander Blewett III School of Law. She also served as a senior leader for Covenant House Illinois, which provides housing and support to homeless, runaway and trafficked young people, and for the Chicago Bar Foundation.


Bethann Merkle ’07, Laramie, WY, was selected to participate in “Her Flag,” a nationwide art performance/installation project celebrating the 19th Amendment. She will design Wyoming’s stripe for a large flag featuring 36 women representing the 36 states that helped ratify the amendment. Merkle is an associate research scientist in the Department of Zoology and Physiology and Biodiversity Institute at the University of Wyoming.


 

Anneliese Warhank ’07, Helena, co-curated the new exhibit at the Montana Historical Society titled “Good Beer Here: Montana’s Brewing History.” It takes an in-depth look at the industry from territorial times to the present and will run through 2022.


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Melissa Baker ’08, Ph.D. ’08, Mandan, ND, became the director of Virginia State Parks – the first female to hold the position in 83 years. Previously director of the North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department, she will oversee 38 state parks and more than 270 full-time employees. Baker taught forest recreation at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and the University of Maine.

 


 

John Boatner ’08, Memphis, TN, recently joined St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where he serves as a clinical social worker on the St. Jude LIFE Study, examining the late effects of pediatric oncology treatment among survivors. Boatner has a doctorate in social work from the University of Tennessee–Knoxville and has been published in the Southern Medical Journal and the Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions.

John Boatner

Colt Anderson ’09, Butte, has been hired by the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals as an assistant special teams coach. He has played for the Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles, Indianapolis Colts and Buffalo Bills. He is a former Montana Grizzly and earned last year’s Grizzly of the Last Decade Award.


Bryce Andrews M.S. ’09, Arlee, received a 2019 Montana Book Award honorable mention for “Down from the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear.”


 

 

Halladay Quist ’09, Kalispell, decided to fix up an old broken-down 1960s bus and bring her music tours around the country in it – and the best part is that it is painted in Griz colors.


Halladay Quist