Upcoming speakers

The free Alumni Speaker Series brings alumni back to campus to share their stories and career advice with current students and fellow alumni. Speakers have earned a University of Washington Tacoma degree, professional certification, or in special cases, have attended a University of Washington campus for at least two years and have graduated from another accredited college or university. This also includes UW alumni who live and/or work in Tacoma or the South Sound and have a positive impact on UW Tacoma, Tacoma, and the South Sound.

Jessica Grout

Jessica Grout, LFMT (BA '10)

Director, Couples & Family Therapy Center, Pacific Lutheran University

October 22, 2025
6 - 7:30 p.m.

More information available soon.

 

 

PAST ALUMNI SPEAKERS

Milgard School of Business

  • Megan Ackaert (MBA '05) – March 2022
  • Jessica Barry (BABA 16) – March 2021
  • Anne Kerker (MBA '10) – March 2023
  • Mohamed Rashed (BA/BABA '11) – October 2021
  • Ty Reed (BA '98, MBA '09) – November 2021

School of Education

  • DeAnn Dillon (Ed.D. '23) – November 2024
  • Alicia Porter (MEd '10) – February 2023

School of Engineering & Technology

  • Eric Barone (BS '11) – October 2024
  • Daniel Gray (BS '16, MS '17) – April 2025
  • Steve Stermer (BS '16) – September 2022
  • James Stevens, (BS '20) – January 2022
  • Matt Tolentino (MS '04) – May 2020

 

School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences

  • Courtney Acoff (BA '10) – December 2021
  • Akua Asare-Konadu (BA '15) - March 2025
  • Omari Amili (BA '14, MA '16) – June 2020
  • Nick Brooks (BA '16) – October 2023
  • Nadia Caldwell (BA '16) – October 2022
  • Paolo Campbell (BA '10) – May 2022
  • Jeff Dade (BA '11, MACP '20) – April 2022
  • DeAnn Dillon (BA '17) – November 2024
  • Joseph Evans (BA '00) – January 2023
  • Mark Glenn (BA '95, MSW '01) – April 2020
  • Ngoma Howard (BA '98) – January 2021
  • Michael Jordan (BA '14) – February 2022
  • Chana Lawson (BA '07) – May 2020
  • Bonita Lee (SIAS '06) – December 2023
  • Alicia Porter (MEd '10) – February 2023
  • Mohamed Rashed (BA/BABA '11) – October 2021
  • Ty Reed (BA '98, MBA '09) – November 2021
  • Dee Sonntag (BA '13) – January 2024
  • Angela Suresh (BA '17) – December 2020
  • Nuk Suwanchote (BA '17) – May 2024
  • William Towey (BA '15, MA '17) – January 2025
  • Jeremy Williams (BA '14) – April 2024
  • Yolonda Williams (BA '05) – February 2025

School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership

  • Peterson Chum (BA '14) – May 2021

School of Social Work & Criminal Justice

  • Alishia Agee-Cooper (MSW '17) – October 2023
  • Mark Glenn (BA '95, MSW '01) – April 2020
  • Armando Mejia (BASW '08, MSW '11) – June 2020
  • Josette D. Parker, LICSW, CDVT (MSW '11) – November 2020
  • Jonathan Teeter (BA '15) – April 2021

School of Urban Studies

  • Nick Brooks (BA '16) – October 2023
  • Jeff Dade (BA '11, MACP '20) – April 2022

Other UW alumni

  • Natalie Hart (BA '11, M.Ed. '15) – December 2024