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Life After Graduation | Meet the Team
Life After Graduation, LLC
Toll Free (877) 569-9816
Life After Graduation, LLC is the leading independent publishing company focused on college transition issues. In 1999, Terry Arndt, the President and Founder of Life After Graduation, started the company in response to the clear need for various resources, tools and information that would ensure academic, financial and career success for college students and recent graduates.
Twelve years later, Life After Graduation has worked with more than 600 colleges, employers, and education-based organizations. Their publications have been read and utilized by more than one hundred thousand college students and recent graduates across the country. And with the addition of its free newsletter, Life After Graduation has reached an even larger audience.
The key to Life After Graduation’s success is the company’s focus on producing the highest quality products available. To do this, we incorporate the best research and use the best resources on college transition issues available, including college educators, students, career professionals, recent graduates, recruiters, and industry professionals.
Helping students achieve academic, financial and career success is our company’s mission. However, we cannot do this without our customers. That is why we strive to exceed our customers’ expectations with everything we do.
Terry Arndt, MBA
President & Founder
(206) 201-2361
Terry Arndt started Life After Graduation, LLC with John Ricchini in 1999. The concept for the business was created while Terry and John were attending the University of Florida MBA Entrepreneurship program. They developed a business plan for a company that would provide graduating students the essential financial foundation in which to begin their life after graduation. After competing in the programs Business Plan of the Year competition, Terry and John decided to pursue the business. After graduation, Life After Graduation, LLC was founded and their first publication, Life After Graduation, was released.
The business expanded their publications over the next few years with the introduction of a first-year student orientation guide, Life During College, and career success guide, Backpack to Briefcase, based on feedback from their clients.
In 2005, John sold his interests in the business to Terry in order to pursue a career in the health industry. Terry continued to expand the business with the help of his team, listed below.
Terry’s education includes a Bachelor of Science degree from Washington State University and a Masters of Business degree from the University of Florida. Terry is also a huge fan of bacon. Terry often describes the cured salted meat as - “Bacon is like meat candy."
Kirrin
Coleman
Co-Author
(877) 569-9816
Kirrin Coleman is a teacher and freelance writer who lives on Bainbridge Island, WA with her husband and two daughters. She enjoys hiking, running, reading, and the occasional eight-hour sleep. She has a BA from Western Washington University and an MA from Wake Forest University. Kirrin has avoided writing an articles on the topic of bacon despite Terry’s frequent requests.
Jeanette
Alexander
Designer
(206) 842-6368
One of the priorities in the life of a graphic designer is to create useful, educational, fun, memorable, well-designed, and easily accessible media and print materials. This is why Jeanette appreciates the opportunity to work with Life After Graduation, LLC and it’s clients. In addition to her design practice, she has 10 years experience writing curriculum and teaching design for the Northwest College of Art in Poulsbo, Washington. While there, she frequently helped college students transition through art college to graduation by introducing them to real projects which lead to potential work experience. She has also raised two children of her own – one currently “transitioning” through college. Jeanette has not been asked by Terry to help him create a “bacon book,” but she knows it’s only a matter of time.
Kerwin Burton
Account Representative
Direct: (206) 201-2117
Kerwin spent the first 10 years of his professional life as a Digital Texture/FX Artist in the Video Game industry. That came after getting a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Washington University, and completing Graphic Art & Animation training at the Vancouver Film School. Since then, Kerwin has had success as an educational/motivational speaker, real estate investor, volunteer mentor, and owner of his own DJ Entertainment company. He has recently moved from Dominica (Caribbean) and is relocating to Honolulu, HI with his wife and two children. Kerwin enjoys bacon wrapped scallops and pork appetizers and says he will happily make up a batch of them for Terry if he ever makes it out to HI to visit.
Renee Albert
Account Representative
Direct: (206) 201-2162
Renee has extensive experience in student services at the University level, with 10 years as a student advisor at the University of Washington and 3 years as an administrator at the University of Minnesota. She is in the process of finishing her master's degree in education, and in her free time enjoys running and yoga. Despite the curtailed timeline, Renee still holds on to the dream of completing a marathon before 40. With that in mind, she moderates her bacon intake but enjoys some with her eggs from time to time.
Jason Williams
Accounting Manager
(877) 569-9816
Jason is semi-retired, but finds time to assist with his wife’s accounting practice when he’s not camping, boating, or relaxing at his cabin with his wife and two children. He appreciates a great wine and playing guitar hero. Although he hasn’t tried it himself, he has told Terry that he REALLY wants to try tempura-fried bacon.