Neil Sarkar, ('99, Microbiology) Director of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. Dr. Sarkar received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. He also received an MLIS from Syracuse University's iSchool. Prior to joining the University of Vermont in 2009, he held scientific appointments at the American Museum of Natural History (NYC) and the Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, MA).  Research in Neil's lab focuses on developing and adapting computational techniques for studying contemporary biomedical and biodiversity research questions. The lab is actively involved with developing algorithms and tools to organize different types of biological data so that they can subsequently be used to postulate testable hypotheses.

Mark Schwartz ('80, Earth Sciences) and Ann Lessner Schwartz ('81, College of Engineering) Professor and Department Chair, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Schwartz received his MS, in Geography at MSUE in 1982, and his Ph.D. at the University of Kansas. Research interests include plant-climate interactions during the onset of Spring in mid-latitudes, especially related to phenology, synoptic climatology of North America, and assessing vegetation condition with remote sensing. He is co-founder and chair of the board of directors of the USA-National Phenology Network. Ann is working as a Change Analyst with Northwestern Mutual in Milwaukee.

(William) Paul Slough, ('03, Mathematics) Attorney at SloughLaw in Gaylord, MI. Paul received his law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, where he graduated in the top 5% of his class with an emphasis on small firm and solo practice. He focuses on bankruptcy and consumer law. A native of Northern Michigan, Paul grew up on a farm in Ellsworth and graduated from East Jordan High School.

Ashima Saigal ('91, Computer Science) and David Fridsma ('88. College of Engineering). Ashima is the Director of Technology at the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI. Before this she worked as Director of Services for the Grand Rapids Office of NPower Michigan. She serves as a board member of the Grand Rapids Community Media Center and the Ada Township Ethics Board. She is currently working on her Master's in Computing and Information Systems at GVSU. David is a Senior Technical Manger at AT&T. They have a 1-year old daughter, Zola.