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Gina Mehmert (BSJ93)

A career marketing leader, Gina Mehmert recently joined the team at Kheiron Medical – a tech startup committed to transforming cancer diagnostics through the power of deep learning – as Vice President of Global Commercial Marketing.

Gina will lead the global launch of the company’s first commercially available product, Mia – a breakthrough AI-enabled solution for breast screening that gives every woman, everywhere a better fighting chance against breast cancer.

“The Kheiron team is filled with incredibly smart, talented, driven people,” Gina said. “The culture here is one of passion and collaboration – and I’m thrilled to bring my marketing superpowers to the team.”

Prior to joining Kheiron, Gina held a variety of senior marketing positions with brand leaders such as GE Healthcare, HP, and Poly. After Medill she received her MBA from the University of Bristol in the U.K.

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Jennifer Mathieu Blessington (BSJ98)

Jennifer Mathieu Blessington writing under the name Jennifer Mathieu, recently visited the set of the MOXIE movie, directed for Netflix by Amy Poehler. The movie is based on Mathieu’s 2017 young adult novel of the same name, published by Roaring Brook Press. Moxie is the fourth of Mathieu’s five young adult novels. Her most recent book, The Liars of Mariposa Island, published in September 2019. Mathieu lives in Houston with her husband and son and continues to work as a high school English teacher in addition to writing novels. The film’s release date is not yet known. Photo: Blessington with Amy Poehler.

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Steven Friess (BSJ94)

Steven Friess and his husband, Miles Smith, welcomed a son, Nevada Ebbess Friess, born Oct. 18, 2019. Friess is a freelance journalist based in Ann Arbor, Mich.