CL ASS NOTES by Libby Singer, Assistant Director of Development
Take a look at these updates shared by members of the Blazer alumni community across the decades. To share your update for future publications, please email the Alumni Office at alumni@bush.edu. 1970s
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Michelle Purnell-Hepburn ’75 was awarded the 2021 Thaddeus Spratlen Legacy Award. The award, presented by the Association of Black Business Students at the University of Washington Foster School of Business, is for Michelle’s work on urban growth and inclusion.
Saunder Jurriaans ’96 was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) for his work as a composer for the hit series Ozark. Congratulations, Saunder!
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2000s Mandela Gardner ’04 is the volunteer coordinator at El Centro de la Raza. During the election season, in partnership with King County Elections, he worked to increase voter registration and outreach. His first encounter with El Centro de la Raza was volunteering during his AMP in the Upper School at Bush. Now, years later, he has returned to make a positive impact on the community.
Monica (Garbutt) Anselmetti ’82 and Clara Savage ’96 saw each other at work! Both are MD OB/GYNs at Swedish Hospital in Seattle.
Cindy Peyser Srafronoff ’88 published a book, Dedication: Building the Seattle ranches of ary aker ddy’s hurch, entennial tory art to 1929. For her work, she was awarded gold in the Illumination Book Awards. Crediting much of what she knows about writing history to Sis Pease, Cindy said the historical research is helping preservationists show why this place (which also happens to be Sis Pease’s church) matters.
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Jay Wyatt ’04 and fellow Bush teachers James Batey and Marilina Kim went on the adventure of their lives on Race to the Center of the Earth, which premiered in March 2021 on National Geographic. Filmed in October 2019, these Bush faculty members competed against three other teams all dropped in far-flung locations around the world, racing to be the first to reach a central location.
Emily Henke ’05 is the executive director of the Oregon Public Health Institute (OPHI) and director of Pacific Northwest Projects and was named 40 under 40 by the Portland Business Journal in 2021. During the pandemic, her team has focused on tracking health with contact tracing, working with four different counties and 120-130 staff in the Pacific Northwest, especially focused on supporting the Latinx community. She utilizes her bilingual skills in English in Spanish, which she began practicing at Bush during a study abroad opportunity to the Canary Islands in 2004, to better connect with the communities OPHI serves.
