Kenneth Davis, 2001 Film Production, founded a postproduction firm in the Baltimore/Washington area in 2002 that provides services to videographers, corporate/government clients, independent filmmakers and media enthusiasts. Davis remains active with SCUBA and adoring his new niece, Krista.

Tonja (Olson)Tallent, 1998, Biological Sciences, worked at a winery as a microbiologist, then for a bio-tech company doing the same. She recently left corporate America and started a business with her husband and now happily runs a tea-bar in Fair Oaks, Calif.

Tyler Cline, 2009 History, pursued his Master of Arts in Public History from Sacramento State University, graduating in 2011. While pursuing his M.A., Cline worked as a processing archivist at the California State Archives. He then worked as an archivist in Anchorage, Alaska, with the U.S. National Parks Service. In 2013, Cline accepted a tenure-track position with the University of Wyoming American Heritage Center as the Digital Programs Archivist, where he is responsible for preservation born-digital collections, and oversees a department of six engaged in mass-digitization of collection material for access on the web.

Brian Alan Reed, 1984 Theatre Arts, is a Professor of Theatre and Resident Designer at Whittier College, where he received the Nerhood Award for Teaching Excellence in 2013. Reed also has designed scenery for the Gascon Theatre, Zephyr Theatre, Pacific Resident Theatre, Odyssey Theatre, California Theatre Center, Pomona College Theatre, and ten productions at the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival. Reed serves on the Western Region Board of United Scenic Artists, IATSE Local USA-829. He also has served on the Board of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology and chairs USITT’s California Section. He and his wife Suzanne will celebrate their 30th anniversary in 2015.

Tom Langkau, 1978 Social Work, retired from the Veterans Administration in March. He spent his entire career working in the Vocational Rehabilitation field in Northern California, ’78 to ’95. From 1995 to present, he lived in Winter Park, Fla. He is married to Professor Lani M. Harris (’77) of the University of Central Florida. Together, they fondly remember their meeting at HSU and their lives together, which includes two children and three grandchildren. Professor Harris grew up in Eureka and remains in touch with her family in Humboldt County.

Romi Hitchcock Tinseth, 1988 Communication, after 26 years gaining teaching, outreach, presentation, and community relations experience, is thrilled to be living out the dream of many HSU alumni: Returning as full-time faculty to the academic department that built my academic foundation. Tinseth says she owes much of her success to HSU and is thankful for the opportunity to give the same to future students.

Anne M. Eggleston, 1974 Speech Pathology and Audiology, worked in public education for 37+ years: 8 years as a speech therapist, 12 years as a resource specialist and 17 years as an elementary administrator. Eggleston misses the interactions with students, but not the paperwork and politics. In her retirement she is quilting, knitting, raising two golden retrievers, swimming, playing Bunco, and generally doing what the heart wants to do at the moment.

Katie (Mallett) Krier, 1974 Nursing, retired from a career in woman’s health nursing. Krier worked in labor and delivery, in Santa Barbara County obstetrics and family planning clinics, and in the public health sector doing disease control. Since retiring, Krier has been enjoying traveling, sailing and gardening. She would love to hear from friends from Humboldt.

Jessica Ann Sellers, 2013 Wildlife, spent two summers working on the Wyoming toad recovery project doing captive breeding, research, surveys, and releases. Sellers also spent some time in Key Largo, Fla., interning for REEF doing fish surveys and lionfish research and removals.

2013 - present: Refuge Wildlife Biologist

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge
2493 Portola Road, Suite A
Ventura, CA 93003