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2023 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Michelle (Pixley) Reichert ’86
Michelle (Pixley) Reichert's internship experience set in motion an educational and career path that culminated in her being named the first female chief executive officer of Consolidated Nuclear Security, a company with more than 11,000 employees that is one of the nation’s largest federal contractors.
2023 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Kolin Huth ’21, ’22
As chief financial officer at Jackson County Regional Health Center in Maquoketa, Iowa, Kolin Huth ’21, ’22 is doing just what he always pictured himself doing. He is, however, doing it a lot sooner than he envisioned.
2023 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Susan (Sue) Rieple Graf ’82
In 2011, Sue Graf's church was looking for someone to prepare a meal to feed 15 people seeking refuge at La Crosse’s Winter Warming Center. Raising her hand for that set her on a path toward founding and running a nonprofit organization in 2021, What I Need Now (WINN), a mobile mission to serve unsheltered people in the region.
2023 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Andrew Santoso ’13
Andrew Santoso credits his Viterbo advisor with steering him toward the field of medical physics. Since graduating with a bachelor’s degree in mathematical physics, Santoso has been speeding along that career path.
2023 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Juan Jiménez ’01, ’06
When he came to Viterbo, Juan Jiménez pictured himself spending his life as a math teacher. He did begin his career as a math teacher, but after returning to Viterbo for a master’s degree in educational leadership, his horizons broadened.
2023 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Georgia Christensen, FSPA ’70
Georgia Christensen, FSPA ’70, always planned on a career in teaching. Little did she realize then how wide ranging that career would be, how far from home it would take her, and how much of an impact she would have when she returned to Viterbo as a faculty member and administrator.
2023 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Linsie (Sanger) Clements ’08
Linsie (Sanger) Clements ’08, a labor and delivery nurse at Gundersen Health System, has a strong sense that she is right where she is supposed to be, and that comes from a sense of openness to new paths. After first specializing in cardiac care, Clements switched to labor and delivery with a passion for supporting the birth process and helping parents going through the grief she had when she lost her child.
2023 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Barbara Quillin
Barbara Quillin and her late husband, Phil, were honored by Viterbo University in 2014 with the St. John XXIII Award, the university’s highest non-academic honor, in recognition of the impact their philanthropy has had on the community. This year, she is being recognized for her impact at Viterbo in particular.
2023 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Dr. Scott Rathgaber ’22
By the time Gundersen Health System CEO Dr. Scott Rathgaber enrolled in Viterbo’s Master of Arts in Servant Leadership Degree program in 2018, 30 years after earning his doctoral degree, he’d already had a lifetime of learning. But growing up in Indiana, his parents instilled in him a strong love of education, and Rathgaber felt the obligation as a CEO to be the best possible leader he could be.