Christina Brown, ’01 BA Biology, has been named an American Medical Association Foundation minority scholar. She received the award, which is only given to 10 students nationwide and includes a $10,000 scholarship, in recognition of her excellence as a medical student at the University of North Dakota. She is a student delegate to the American Academy of Family Physicians. She won the Toiyabe Indian Health Service Award for Outstanding Achievement in 2003 and a Minority Graduate Exposition Award for a cell biology poster presentation in 2001. She has been active in the Native American Student Association.
Zachary B. Coughlin, ’01 JD, has joined the Reno office of Hale Lane as an associate practicing primarily in commercial and civil litigation. He has represented clients in the areas of construction defect, real property, commercial disputes, medical malpractice, and intellectual property. While in law school, he was a member of the Nevada Law Journal and made the dean’s list from 1999 through 2000. He received the highest grade awarded in contracts, business organizations, and communications law.
Christopher H. Colee, ’02 BA Political Science, graduated from law school in May and passed the bar exam in July. He works as a deputy district attorney for Alabama’s Fifteenth Judicial Circuit. He lives in Montgomery.
Chad T. Orrock, ’02 BS Business Administration, is assistant vice president of U.S. Bank’s commercial banking division. He lives in Anacortes, Wash.
David J. Sesma, ’02 BA Criminal Justice, graduated from the FBI Academy in 2004 and is an FBI special agent based in Sacramento, Calif. Previously, he worked at the U.S. Department of Energy in Las Vegas. He lives in Fairfield.
Jill L. Hineman, ’04 BA Criminal Justice, re-enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve in June and is working in the military police field. She previously spent 12 years in the military and also spent 12 years working in the transportation department of the Clark County School District. She describes receiving her UNLV degree at age 40 as the highlight of her life. Her hobbies include spoiling her three dogs, playing golf, attending Diamondback games in Phoenix, and being the biggest Pittsburgh Steelers fan in Las Vegas.
