Jeri Hosang
‘92 BS Criminal Justice, ‘99 BSN • Marquette, MI
Hosang is the owner of Jeri’s Consulting, LLC, a nurse case management company, and is an RN on the Acute Care Unit at UP Health System-Bell. At Northern, she was the director of the NMU Community Outreach gymnastics program and head gymnastics coach at Marquette Senior High School. She was the recipient of the NMU College of Nursing Award of Merit
Amalea Karavias Vega
‘02 BS Public Relations and Business Administration • Denver, CO
Karavias Vega is a senior consultant of advisory solutions for Vizient, Inc., the largest member-driven health care performance improvement company in the country. She is a board member for the Colorado Healthcare Strategy and Management organization, a volunteer patient advocacy trainer with the Citizens for Patient Safety, and a volunteer for the Women’s Sports Foundation. She has a master’s degree in healthcare leadership from the University of Denver. During her time at NMU, she was a member of the Student Leader Fellowship Program and the NCAA Swim & Dive Team, where she served as team captain in 2001.
Kurt VanWormer
‘77 BS Business Administration and Marketing • Houston, TX
VanWormer’s career began in sales followed by product marketing, where he was awarded two U.S. patents. Prior to retirement, he finished his career in supply chain management working in electrical power distribution, automotive, high tech and the oil and gas industries. Some of the companies he worked for include Eaton Corporation, Dell Computer, Direct TV, Toshiba International, FMC Technologies and Oceaneering International. Over the course of his career, business travels have taken him to 22 countries, flying more than two million air miles. He has a master’s degree from Keller Graduate School of Management.
Morgan Waller
‘16 BS Public Relations, ‘18 MPA • Burnham, IL
Waller is a young emerging executive with S&P Global. She was recently elected by the community to serve as the youngest and only African American woman on the school board for Thornton Fractional School District 215, where she serves as chair of the equity committee working to bring fairness to the district. She was also appointed as the membership director for the Chicago chapter of the National Black MBA Association and was named a Top 100 Emerging Leader of 2019 by Diversity MBA Magazine.