Class Notes

Jose Rojas (MS ’93 an sci) has been named director of breeder/hatchery at Jennie-O Turkey Store.

Jane Kersch (A)(’16 pol sci & global resource systems) has accepted a position with the Americorps Emergency Response Team in St. Louis, Mo.

Joseph Alan Smith (’16 performing arts) has created a web TV series called “Outed,” which was filmed in Iowa with support from the Iowa Arts Council. It will be released this fall.

Emily Pontius (A)(’98 journalism) has been elected shareholder of Fredrikson & Byron in Des Moines.

Mike Telford (L)(’76 an sci) has been named executive director of Iowa Farm Animal Care.

Mark Smith (’80 an sci) has been elected president and CEO of First National Bank in Fairfield, Iowa.

Stephen S. Mosher, J.D. (L)(’70 elec engr) has been appointed to the Board of Visitors of Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas for the 2017-2020 term. He also serves on the dean’s advisory council of Texas A&M University School of Law in Fort Worth. He holds a law degree from Texas Wesleyan.

Aaron Grell (’00 indus tech) has been hired as a national product manager for LNS Group’s air filtration produce line.

Mike Finch (’11 an sci) has joined the swine production sales and services team for Deluxe Feeds, Inc., a division of Kent Nutrition Group in Sheldon, Iowa.

Michael Dosmann (MS ’98 hort) has been promoted to keeper of the living collection for Harvard University’s Arnold Arboretum.

Lindsay Calvert (’13 journalism, MS ’16 ag & life sci ed) has been promoted to director of learning and development at the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Sophia Borts (’15 ag and life sci ed) has been promoted to administrative specialist at the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.

Koral Clum (’80 forestry), forester with Clum Forestry Consultants in Dover, Ohio, received the 2017 Ohio Tree Farm of the Year honor.

Mike Breitbach (’92 civil engr), an Illinois professional engineer and certified Envision Sustainability Professional, has been hired as an associate and the civil engineering department manager at the Peoria, Ill., office of Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm.

Mike Breitbach (’92 civil engr), an Illinois professional engineer and certified Envision Sustainability Professional, has been hired as an associate and the civil engineering department manager at the Peoria, Ill., office of Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm.

Glen Smith (A)(’79 ag business), owner of Smith Land Service Company in Atlantic, Iowa, was nominated by President Trump to serve on the Farm Credit Administration board of directors.

Bill Northey (L)(’81 ag business), Iowa secretary of agriculture, was nominated by President Trump to serve as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation.

Kristine Harms (’11 animal science, ag and life sciences education, DVM ’16) has joined the veterinary staff of Topigs Norsvin USA in Burnsville, Minn.

Sarah Wille (’17 ag and life sciences ed) has been hired as the ag educator and FFA adviser for MFL MarMac Community Schools in Monona, Iowa.

Kayla Prosser (’17 ag studies) has been hired as a risk management consultant for Hurley and Associates in Grundy Center, Iowa.

Former Iowa State Daily editor-in-chief Katelynn McCullough (A)(’14 journalism & pol sci) has joined Des Moines’ Davis Brown Law Firm, where she will practice in the litigation division.

Jim Gulliford (L)(’73 forestry, MS ’75) has been appointed Region 7 administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Katie Stutsman (’09 ag business) has been hired as a district manager for Dow Chemical Company.

Amanda Outhouse (L)(’15 an sci) has been hired as a product development scientist with Hormel Foods in Austin, Minn.

Jacob Notermann (’17 accounting) has joined BCC Advisers in Des Moines as a financial analyst.