1970s
Sherry Nebel (’76 Comm.) received a 2026 Edward R. Murrow College of Communication Hall of Achievement Award. Nebel started her career at KIRO-TV and later joined Boeing, holding leadership roles in public and media relations
Mark Howell (’78 English, Ed.) retired from Skanska USA after 38 years. He joined the firm in 1988 and served as a senior vice president since 2014.
1980s
Chalapathy Neti (’83 MS Elec. Eng.) is assistant vice president of enterprise artificial intelligence at Fordham University and will develop a university-wide strategy for AI use.
Sieg Snapp (’83 Agro., Soil Sci.) is associate dean for research for WSU’s College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences.
Jeffrey Franks (’84 Poli. Sci., ’85 Econ.) received the WSUAA Alumni Achievement Award. He spent three decades at the International Monetary Fund, eventually serving as director of the IMF’s European Office and senior resident representative to the European Union.
Greg Witter (’84 Comm.) received a 2026 Edward R. Murrow College of Communication Hall of Achievement Award. He served as a press secretary and legislative aide for US House and Senate members, later joining Alaska Airlines where he managed corporate and strategic communications. He is also co-founder and executive editor of Cougfan.com.
Gerri Martin-Flickinger (’85 Comp. Sci.) is chair of the board of directors for Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K-12 education technology.
Terry (’85 Ani. Sci.) and Sylvia Wolters (’85 Ani. Sci.) received the Minnesota Pork Board’s Family of the Year award. Terry is vice president of customer and industry relations, and Sylvia is public relations director at Pipestone.
Daniel Puckett (’86 Accounting) was appointed by Procept BioRobotics to its board of directors and audit committee. Puckett was most recently the chief financial officer of Shockwave Medical.
Jim Snyder (’87 Comm.) has retired after 38 years in broadcast journalism. Snyder has been a morning show anchor for News 3 Las Vegas since 1991.
Eric Patrick (’89 Comm.) is president of Northwest Cherries and the Washington State Fruit Commission.
1990s
Crystal Donner (’90 Civ. Eng.) received the ACEC-WA Engineer of the Year Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies. Donner works for engineering firm Ardurra.
Michael Reisig (’92 MA Crim. Jus., ’96 PhD Poli. Sci.) received the 2025 Alumni Achievement Award from the WSU Alumni Association. Reisig is a professor of criminology and criminal justice at Arizona State University.
George Busch (’95 Agribusi., ’98 MBA) is senior vice president at Banner Bank and manager at Spokane Commercial Banking Center.
Mark Shuster (’95 Accounting) is director of industry connected programs at WSU Tri-Cities. In his new role, Shuster oversees industry-focused programs Career Center and Cougar Tracks.
Jeff Haney (’97 Biol.) is senior vice provost for health sciences at WSU. A medical doctor, he was vice dean for clinical affairs and the chair for the Department of Medical Education and Clinical Sciences in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine.
Sam (’97 Accounting) and Andy Largent (x’06), owners of the Seattle-based, golf-centric Flatstick Pub, are opening another location in Woodinville. The brothers opened their first location in Kirkland in 2014 and expanded across the Puget Sound region and to Bellingham and Spokane.
Shawn McWashington (’97 Comm., ’02 MA Higher Ed. Admin.) is director of sales for Delta Dental of Washington. McWashington was a WSU wide receiver at the 1998 Rose Bowl.
2000s
Andrew Miller III (’06 Psych.) was appointed chief financial officer for commercial operations across North and Latin America at SharkNinja.
Michael Bumpus (x’07), former WSU wide receiver, was inducted into the Pacific Northwest Football Hall of Fame. He hosts on the Seahawks Radio Network and a weekday sports radio show on KIRO-FM.
Brad Guthrie (’09 Poli. Sci.) is the west coast area vice president for Medicreations, a leading innovator in aesthetic medical devices.
Julianna Simon (’09 Bioeng.) is director of the Penn State University graduate program in acoustics. She is a Penn State faculty member in acoustics and biomedical engineering since 2017.
2010s
Asti Gallina (’12 Poli. Sci.) has rejoined the Spokane office of Foster Garvey as counsel in litigation practice.
Eric Robertson (’14 Finance), an attorney with Miller Nash LLP, has been named president-elect of the Nonprofit Organizations Law Section of the Oregon State Bar.
Dwight Tardy (’15 Soc. Sci.) is head football coach at Moscow High School in Moscow, Idaho. As WSU running back, he amassed 788 all-purpose yards during his senior season.
Bradley Warren (’18 Comm.) traveled to Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, to cover Super Bowl LX. Warren is a regional reporter for KHQ-TV in Spokane.
Jamie Clark (’19 DVM) received the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ inaugural Olive Kendrick Britt Rising Star Award. She is a Montana-based equine ambulatory relief veterinarian.
Nick Ziegelmann (’19 Econ.) is an assistant coach for women’s volleyball at McNeese State University.
2020s
Alyssa Fisk (’21 Kinesio.) is a doctor at Chewelah Family Chiropractic in Chewelah.
Alex Franke (’21 MD) is one of two fellows matched to the WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine’s first fellowship program. Franke, who was in the inaugural class of Coug Docs, will join Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett for the critical care medicine fellowship.
Alberto Preciado (’23 MBA) is finance director for the city of Davis, California.
Ryan Scott (’23 MS Ag.) is president of Monterey Pacific, a leader in vineyard management across coastal California.