Jonathan Hollingsworth (C00) of Greenville, S.C., had his first solo museum exhibition. The California Museum of Photography exhibited his photo-documentary What We Think Now from August to October. For the documentary he traveled throughout the state recording young people’s thoughts on the United States’ involvement in Iraq.

Phillip Tony Klaich (KSM00) of Chicago was elected partner at the Crowe Group in Oak Brook. He is a member of its risk and performance services group.

Julie Macintosh Levin (J00) of Philadelphia, a mergers and acquisitions correspondent at Reuters, was awarded the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism for 2006–07. The fellowship provides for one year of study at Columbia University’s graduate schools of business and journalism.

Romil Patel (McC00, GFSM06) of New York City began his four-year diagnostic radiology residency at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital in New York in July after completing his internship in medicine at Evanston Hospital. In 2005 he graduated from Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Jeffrey Anderson (FSM01, G01) of Salt Lake City, a resident physician in diagnostic radiology at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center, wrote Second Genesis (Berkeley Publishing Group, 2006), a science thriller about a genetically altered chimpanzee that is able to read and write.

Jennifer M. Armson (J01) of State College, Pa., assistant director of athletic communications at Penn State University, received the 2005–06 American Volleyball Coaches Association Grant Burger Media Award, awarded to the top volleyball media professional. She was also named the top sports information director in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association.

Amy Caron (WCAS01) of New York City began an emergency medicine residency program in July at New York University/Bellevue Hospital Center. She earned a medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School in June.

Charley H. Ding (WCAS01, FSM05) of Canton, Mich., a doctor at Providence Hospital in Southfield, started his anesthesiology residency in July at the University of Michigan Medical Center. His wife, Erin Chan (J03), is a features staff writer at the Detroit Free Press.

Brian Gould (WCAS01) of New York City is part of the real estate finance group at Guggenheim Partners. His wife, Marissa Kay (J01), earned a law degree from Fordham Law School in 2005 and is now a prosecutor in the district attorney’s office for the Bronx.

Jennifer Kephart (C01) of St. Paul was named senior account executive at Weber Shandwick Worldwide in Minneapolis. She handles national media relations for the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank’s Go Direct campaign.

Evan Ransom (WCAS01) of New York City began his residency training in otolaryngology and head and neck surgery in July at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In May he earned a medical degree from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, and he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society for medical students.

Stacy Thomas (WCAS01) of Rochester Hills, Mich., began a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital. She graduated from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in June.

Debra Podgorski Attiah (KSM02) of Gurnee, Ill., and her husband, Alex, established R.E.I.T. Homes, a real estate firm, in 2002. They specialize in residential realty, investment realty and full-service property management.

Cleo Burtley (J02) of Chicago was promoted to account executive at Sg2, a health care strategy and forecasting firm in Skokie, Ill.

Christine Mattis Deacon (J02) of Saint Charles, Mo., is building a private practice affiliated with Christian Psychological and Family Services in Olivette, after earning a master’s degree in counseling from Lindenwood University.

Benedict F. Figuerres (McC02) of Elmhurst, Ill., started an orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago in July. He received his medical degree from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield in May.

LaRhonda Jackson (J02) of Atlanta became communications manager with the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons in April. Her duties include the team’s off-the-field communications activities, including public relations support for community relations and marketing initiatives and Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation programs.

Alan Johnson (McC02) of St. Paul is continuing his medical training as an otolaryngology and head and neck surgery resident at the University of Minnesota after graduating from the University of Minnesota Medical School in May.

Sonya S. Koo (WCAS02) of San Diego began a family practice residency at Scripps Memorial Hospital in Chula Vista in July. In May she received a medical degree from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Ill.

Jessica Lacher (C02) of Brooklyn, N.Y., writes plays, performs improv and sketch comedy and builds puppets for the New York children’s theater company, the Striking Viking Story Pirates. She also works with the Delicious Theater Group, which she co-founded. She wrote the essay “California,” included in Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers (Random House, 2006).

Kareem R. Muhammad (GJ02) of Matteson, Ill., is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the University of Illinois and founder and CEO of Illanoyze Inc., a hip-hop clothing and media company. In 2006 he launched Noyzemakers: The Talk Show of Hip-Hop, Politics and Entertainment, a monthly television show that he hosts on Chicago Public Access Channel 19.

Amanda Muhs (WCAS02) of Washington, D.C., began a residency in general surgery at Georgetown University Hospital in the summer after earning her medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago in May. She also received the Warren H. Cole Society Award for Excellence in Surgery.

Catherine L. Olivere (WCAS02) of Seattle was named educational and behavioral consultant at Talk, Learn & Communicate in April 2005. In June she earned a master’s degree in educational psychology from the University of Washington.

Alexandros Saratsis (WCAS02) of Washington, D.C., became the international client services adviser at the Chicago-based Coordinated Sports Management Group in February. He heads a new division that manages professional athletes worldwide, working closely with the National Basketball Association and sports organizations in Europe, Asia and South America.

Heidi Warren (GJ02) of Greenville, Pa., is a full-time lecturer in the communication department at Thiel College.

Sara Straeten Dailey (GJ03) of Norfolk, Va., began reporting for WTKR, the CBS affiliate in Norfolk, in May 2005.

Ben Golombek (J03) of Los Angeles is deputy press secretary for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s administration after working on the mayor’s campaign.

Jay Goyal (McC03) of Mansfield, Ohio, vice president of the manufacturing firm Goyal Industries, won the primary race for Democratic candidate for the 73rd District of the Ohio House of Representatives.

Jamie M. Katz (J03) of Raleigh, N.C., is a program coordinator at the United Arts Council of Raleigh & Wake County.

Ben Shields (C03, GC04) of Evanston, a doctoral student in Northwestern’s department of communication studies, co-wrote The Elusive Fan: Reinventing Sports in a Crowded Marketplace (McGraw-Hill, 2006). The book explains how sports teams, leagues, professional athletes and facilities can transform themselves to engage fans.

Kyle Smith (WCAS03) of Omaha is a medical student at Creighton University School of Medicine.

Jacob Reitan (C04) of Eden Prairie, Minn., founder and director of Soulforce Inc., organized the Equality Ride, a spring 2006 bus tour that traveled on a seven-week, cross-country crusade to prompt discussion and dialogue at seven religious or military colleges that ban enrollment of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender students. An expanded Equality Ride, with two buses and two routes, is planned again for spring 2007.

Zachary Benjamin (C05) of New York City is an associate with the Advance Group, a political consulting firm. In May he received a master’s degree in East Asian regional studies from Columbia University.

Allison Aronow Greenfield (WCAS05) of Miami is manager of product marketing for Celebrity Cruises.

Carlos A. Guzman (WCAS05) of Chicago is vice president of Aptigi Inc. and Aptigi Financial, a wealth management and hedge fund firm. He established the firm in June with six fellow Northwestern undergraduates and recent alumni — Daniel Meisner (C06), Omar Hussain (McC07), Zachary Kirchner (C07), Dennis Winstead (McC07), Steven Reeves (WCAS08) and Joseph Van Hanovnikian (WCAS09). Its goal is to provide sound investment management by investing in socially and environmentally responsible companies.

Jerome Pandell (WCAS05) of San Francisco began his second year of law school at the University of California Hastings College of Law after a summer clerkship with the juvenile division of the Alameda County public defender’s office. He was also elected to the intercollegiate moot court team at Hastings and returned to Chicago in October to compete at the John Marshall Law School International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law.

Katrina Shonbeck (C06) of Chicago is business and industrial markets account coordinator at the Chicago office of Google.

Julie Lohela (C06) of Holland, Mich., is teaching English to elementary students in Nice, France, for one year. During her free time she plans to travel as much as possible.