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 Cindy Blikre-Roche, ’91, originally from Wahpeton, N.D., graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from UND with a bachelor’s degree in public relations. Cindy was active in numerous student activities including Telesis, the University’s student alumni association, and a member of Alpha Phi sorority.
She continued her education at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., where she earned a master’s degree in integrated marketing communications.
Cindy began her career path at Ameritech’s corporate headquarters in Chicago (now Southwestern Bell) as manager of brand communications. She later joined the world of advertising, working for J. Walter Thompson and Ammirati Puris Lintas (now Lowe) advertising agencies.
In 1999 Cindy joined Leo Burnett Chicago. Over the years, she worked on several high profile accounts including: Morgan Stanley, the United States Postal Service and Sara Lee Foods.
Today, Cindy is a senior vice president and account director at the Chicago office of Leo Burnett Worldwide. She is responsible for running a portion of the agency’s North American Procter & Gamble business. With a global network of 96 offices in 84 countries and over 8,000 employees, Leo Burnett Worldwide is one of the world’s largest agency networks. The company’s clients include blue chip giants such as Allstate, General Motors, Hallmark, Kellogg’s, McDonald’s, Procter & Gamble, Nintendo, and Samsung.
Cindy and her husband, Richard, live in Wilmette, Ill. They have one daughter.
 Carla Christofferson, ’89, a Tolna, N.D., native, graduated summa cum laude from UND with a bachelor’s degree in public relations and a minor in psychology. In 1989 she was crowned Miss North Dakota. Carla continued her education at Yale University and graduated with a law degree in 1992.
Carla has spent the past 15 years as a litigation attorney with the law firm of O’Melveny & Myer. She is currently a partner in O’Melveny’s Los Angeles office and was recognized as a Southern California “Super Lawyer” in 2005 and 2006. In 2001 she served as the firm’s first female national hiring partner, and in 2002 she served on the firm’s executive committee. From 2004-06, Carla was the talent development partner for O’Melveny. In that position, she developed and oversaw initiatives designed to better recruit, train, mentor, and evaluate attorneys at the firm. She is a member of the O’Melveny Values Award committee, which recognizes attorneys and staff who most exemplify the O’Melveny values of excellence, citizenship and leadership. Carla was a recipient of the award in 2005.
In 2006, Carla and her business partner, Katherine Goodman, formed Gemini Basketball, L.L.C., which then purchased the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks in December 2006. In addition to her new entry into the sports world, Carla is a member of several non-profit boards of directors, including the Los Angeles Public Library Foundation and the Women’s Care Cottage, an organization serving homeless women and children in the Los Angeles area.
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