Other Young Alumni | Impressive Outcomes | Ohio Wesleyan University

An Ohio Wesleyan education has lasting benefits, continuing to propel graduates to ever more significant achievements as their lives progress.

“So many of my experiences at OWU were important for my success now. I think the emphasis on service was most significant in shaping my outlook on the whole experience.”

Alison Drake ’03 (German and International Studies double major) was accepted into the highly selective Teach for America program in rural North Carolina, an experience that opened her eyes to the achievement gap in the U.S. education system and inspired a passion to do something about it. She is now teaching at KIPP Believe College Prep School in New Orleans, a charter school well on its way to achieving the goal of putting its 100 percent African American, majority low-income student body on the path to college.

“My Geography and Urban Studies majors directly prepared me for what I do on a daily basis. Writing skills were a strong emphasis.”

Kim Rybold ’05 (Geography and Urban Studies double major) completed a graduate program in City and Regional Planning at The Ohio State University and is now a land use planner at Virginia’s Fairfax County Department of Planning and Zoning.

“My career in private equity requires me to think broadly as an investor, economist, forensic accountant, business strategist, management coach, operations consultant, human resources manager, and salesperson, among other roles. A liberal arts education from Ohio Wesleyan is the ideal background for this career.”

Anand Philip ’00 (Economics major) is principal and vice president of Castle Harlan, a private equity firm with more than $3 billion in assets worldwide. He also mentors OWU first-year students in the Economics Management Fellows program.

A few more graduates of the last ten years

Trent Marburger ’03 (Zoology and Psychology double major) is starting his second year of residency in pathology at Cleveland Clinic and co-authored an article published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Mike Mathieu ’00 (Creative Writing/Literature major) and Andrew Connor ’99 (Theatre and Dance Education major) are former members of OWU’s improv group, The Babbling Bishops, who teamed up in the Seattle area in 2004 to create The Cody Rivers Show, hailed by critics across the country as “brainy, high-energy farce” and “one of the most unique, inventive, straightup brilliant live productions ever.”

Prakrity Silwal ’10 (Zoology and Anthropology double major, Nepal) is pursuing her master’s in public health from the University of Connecticut Health Center.

Kimberly Broker Jones ’01 (Fine Arts major) is the Director of the Pace/MacGill Gallery in New York City.

Marija Ignjatovic ’03 (International Studies major) is the Desk Officer for the Western Balkans Cluster at the United Nations in New York.

Mark Zunkiewicz ’00 (Pre-med major) is an orthopaedic surgeon at the Upper Valley Medical Center in Troy, Ohio.

Katie Nees ’01 (Psychology major) earned her Master of Science in Human Services from George Washington University and is now a Child Life Specialist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

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