V. Paul Chattergy (HI ‘88) started work in April as the Investment Specialist with the State of Hawaii Employees' Retirement System (HIERS). He reports directly to the Chief Investment Officer of the approximately $11.5 billion pension fund, which provides retirement benefits to the employees and their dependents of the state, county, and judiciary of Hawai'i. He is very pleased to be back in the public sector, and able to bring his broad experience in financial markets to the position.

Ms. Shawn Vogt Sween (MN ‘99) was named one of Minnesota Lawyer's "Up & Coming" Attorneys for 2011: http://www.svslawoffice.com/2011/04/minnesota-lawyer-recognizes-shawn-vogt-sween-as-2011-up-and-coming-lawyer/ 

Wendi Adelson (FL '00) will begin a new position as Clinical Professor and Director of the Medical Legal Partnership at Florida State University College of Law in August. The Medical Legal Partnership at Florida State University, a collaboration between the Colleges of Law and Medicine, is an innovation in interdisciplinary education. Law students will partner with medical students, social work students, lawyers and physicians to examine patients’ social determinants of health. Wendi would love to connect with other Trumans working in public health.

Dr. Marcia Chatelain (IL ‘00) was appointed Assistant Professor of History at Georgetown University.   She and her husband Mark Yapelli will be moving to Washington, DC in August.  Her first book "South Side Girls: African-American Girlhood in Chicago, 1890-1950" will be published by the University of Illinois Press.a

Marie-Adele (Sorel) Kress (MD ‘04) was married to Jeremy Kress in Washington, DC on April 3. “It's great to be starting a new phase of life, and we're looking forward to a delayed honeymoon in Big Sur at the end of the month,” she said.

Sarah Sattelmeyer (GA ‘04) complete an MPP and an MPH at the University of California - Berkeley in May. She is returning to Washingotn, DC to work on health and welfare policy.

Anthony Shop (MO ‘04) was a member of the winning team in The George Washington University Business Plan competition (www.gwbizplan.com). He and his teammates received $25,000 in seed funding for their new venture, LeadDriver, which develops software. Shop will graduate from GWU with his MBA in May.

Pooja K. Agarwal (MO '05) is recently engaged to Chuck Rickert. Chuck, an "honorary Truman" pursuing a public service career in medicine, has met many a Truman over the years and he enjoyed the 20th Anniversary of TSLW in Independence, MO last year. They look forward to spending the rest of their lives together, in public service, and as part of the Truman community.

Brett Keller (AR '07) will be working this summer as an Epi Scholar with the New York City Department of Health, studying childhood lead poisoning in the city.