welcomed a son, August, on Sept. 27, 2022.
their third child, a daughter, Samantha Jo, on January 9, 2020.
will have a three-volume biography about Stephen A. Douglas, who got his start in politics in Jacksonville, published in May. The work covers the politician’s greatest achievements between 1844 -1850.
Alex Gardner ’16
will start his residency training in anesthesiology in July 2020 in San Antonio, Texas. He is pictured at IC Homecoming with wife Bianca Savarese Gardner ’16.
Kelli Pintar Bockius ’10
recently became a clinical case specialist in the occupational medicine department at Quincy Medical Group. She is pictured with her husband of six years, Chris Bockius ’11, and their two daughters.
Emily Richeson ’10
was promoted to quality and environmental systems specialist for U.S. Paint in June 2019.
David Kleckler ’10
started with Alpha Controls on January 2, 2019.
Jared McDaniel ’08
pictured with his wife Ashley and family, has worked at the Department of Corrections for 4 years in February.
Andy Tinsley ’08
recently became the chief of security for City Water, Light & Power. He served the Springfield Police Dept for seven years.
Sami Martin ’06
is an administrative assistant and case manager at the Law Firm of Tamara Roff, an education services law firm in New York City.
Maggie Henry York ’06
launched a new interior design website at margaretofyork.com. The site features York’s design portfolio from her several years working professionally in the field and a blog. Visitors can also shop a collection of her favorite pieces.
Lisa Orr-Taylor ’06
is vice president at family business Perma-Bound Books in South Jacksonville. She has been married since 2009 and has four children.
Daniel Morhardt ’06
is a social studies teacher for the Excel Center through MERS Goodwill.
Ashley Kort Morhardt ’06
is working as an assistant professor of anatomy at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Casey Grant ’06
has served as campus minister for The Crossing Monmouth church since October 2019.
Marissa Giuffre ’06
earned her Master of Arts in Education from McKendree University in December 2018. She is currently employed as an elementary physical education teacher at C.A. Henning Elementary School in Troy.
Sarah Franklin ’06
is exhibitions and collections manager at Elmhurst Art Museum.
Cara Pratt-Fleming ’06
was named partner at Young Law Partners, P.C., a family law firm in Springfield.
Tammy Lonergan Sowder ’02
was promoted to vice president of administration at Milner Media, where she oversees radio stations WVLI, WFAV, WIVR and WYUR.
Amanda Williams ’01
is practicing immigration law at the award-winning non-profit Legal Services of Eastern Missouri. She previously spent a decade working in government law in St. Louis.
Amanda Shoemaker ’01
has served as the director of alumni relations and continuing education at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry since 2018.
Susann Minnick,
January 2, 2020, Member of the Julian Monson Sturtevant Society.
George Blair Clark,
December 19, 2019.
