W Club Board Members

Christy (Lindquist) Krutulis is a past president of the W Club. She is a member of the Whitman College class of '92 and currently lives in Walla Walla, Wash. She is the Executive Director of Teaching and Learning for the Walla Walla Public Schools. Originally from Bellevue, Wash., she previously was involved in elementary education, starting off as a teacher. After 12 years in the classroom, she earned her Masters in teaching at the University of Puget Sound then worked as a school principal for nine years. As a teacher she was also a tennis coach and played competitively during that time before retiring from the game. Krutulis also holds a leadership degree from the University of Washington.

At Whitman, she competed for the women's tennis team and was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority. She graduated with a degree in history. 

Johnny Keyes is a former vice president of the W Club. He is a Whitman College class of '05 graduate and currently lives in Walla Walla, Wash. where he grew up. He is a Wealth Advisor at Petersen Hastings, opening the Walla Walla office in 2019.  He has also lived in Seattle where he resided for eight years after completing his undergraduate degree from Whitman.

He competed in golf and swimming at Whitman, most notably carding a hole in one on a par 4 hole at Veterans Memorial Golf Course.

Casey Mickelson is the president of the W Club. He graduated from Whitman in 1975 and spent his career in the Forest Products Industry.  His career path began in Portland, Ore. as a lumber trader, and then moved to Richmond, Va. and, later, Birmingham, Ala. where he served as President of two of the organization’s trading companies.  He retired in 2019 and now splits his time between Phoenix, Ariz. and Gig Harbor, Wash.

While at Whitman, Casey played on the tennis team under coach Burgess.  He is a member of Phi Delta Theta, served as a student body officer in the ASWC, and was active in the college choir and the musical arts program at Harper Joy.  He met and married Lynn Kamman (’75) at Whitman, and they have three grown children and four grandchildren.  The intense friendships he made have stood the test of time – definitely his favorite memories are wrapped in those friendships. 

Kincaid Hoffman, originally from Fort Collins, Colo., serves as the W Club's vice president and is a member of the Whitman College 2017 graduating class. He currently resides in Seattle, Wash. and works as an analyst with Slalom Consulting. He was previously a program associate for a two-year leadership development fellowship at El Pomar Foundation. He has also held positions at Goldman Sachs and Amazon.com.

During his time at Whitman, Hoffman competed on the swimming team and was a club member for the Outdoor Program, Scrambles and Whitman Investment Company while engaging in a handful of other volunteer opportunities. His favorite memories came as a member of the swimming team on their training trips, team meals and competing in the Northwest Conference Championships.

With all three of Tom’s children (Robert ’18, John ’22 and Grace ’24) participating in Varsity Tennis at Whitman, Tom has a focused view into the dynamics of Division !!! athletics and the benefits of being a student athlete in the Northwest Conference. Tom’s interest in helping Whitman Athletics stems from him meeting the driven, intelligent athletes that balance a robust academic and competitive athletic environment throughout their college careers. 

Tom and his wife Michele live in San Marino, California. Tom graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder with a degree in Economics. Michele was a varsity athlete at Stanford University as a rower on the Crew team. Tom has been a Managing Director at JonesTrading, an institutional equity trading firm for the past 30 years. He was the 2013 Chairman of the Security Traders Association, a national association focused on advancing knowledge and professional insight within Congress and the regulatory agencies in the United States and Canada.

John Adkison is a member of the Whitman College class of '70 and resides in Yakima, Wash. He currently works as an orthopedics hand and wrist surgeon and is a senior partner at Orthopedics Northwest focusing on limited to upper extremity surgery. 

At Whitman, he was a four-year letterwinner in both football and track. He captained the football team his senior year and was a member of the 1969 Northwest Conference co-championship team. He also competed in the NAIA national track and field championships in both his junior and senior seasons.

Cam Young, originally from Wenatchee, Wash., is a 2014 graduate from Whitman College. He currently resides in Seattle where he works as an attorney. After Young completed his undergraduate work at Whitman, he went on to earn his Juris Doctorate in 2018 from the University of Washington Law School.

During his time at Whitman, Young lettered for the Blues baseball team. He was also a member of the Student-Athlete Activities Committee (SAAC) and a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Young has also been a pro bono legal advocate for AmeriCorps and was the head coach of the Walla Walla Bears in 2015.

During his time at Whitman, Young recalls eating Taq’ burritos, playing flag football, and going “full send” on the huge slip-n-slide on Ankeny every year. His fondest memories are the annual spring baseball trips he took to Arizona and California with the Whitman baseball team.

Sunny Gulberg, originally from Snohomish, Washington, graduated from Whitman College in 2002 with a degree in Psychology and has served on the W Club Board since 2021. She currently resides in Edmonds, Washington and works in operations at a tech startup. During her time at Whitman, Gulberg was a 2-time all-conference performer on the women’s basketball team and served as captain her senior year. She was also a member of the Delta Gamma sorority, participated in multiple intramural sports, and engaged in numerous volunteer activities. Following graduation, Gulberg spent 4 years as an assistant coach for the women’s basketball program under head coach Michelle Ferenz, winning a conference championship in 2004. Gulberg has coached high school girls basketball in the Seattle area for the past 14 years.

Steve Dodds is a member of the Whitman College class of '73 and resides in Portland, Ore. where he grew up. He is currently the Vice President at Colliers International Industrial Real Estate Sales, Leasing, Development, Investments. He previously worked in electronic advertising sales for radio and television. After Whitman, he earned a second undergraduate degree, a bachelor of science in political science. 

At Whitman, he played baseball for four seasons and was a Phi Delta fraternity president. He also held numerous volunteer positions and was the co-editor of the school's newspaper. His favorite memories are his Fluno/Harbold classes, playing baseball at Ankeny Field, his time in the Phi Delta house an his American Literature and Shakespeare classes.

Alex Izbiky, originally from Englewood, Colorado, graduated from Whitman College in 2020 with degrees in Economics and Psychology, and has served on the W Club Board since 2021. He currently lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan where is a law student at the University of Michigan Law School. Izbiky will graduate with his JD in May of 2025. He previously lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado and worked as a program director for a two-year leadership development fellowship at El Pomar Foundation. 

During his time at Whitman, Izbiky competed for and captained the men's swim team in addition to holding leadership positions on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee at the school and conference level, serving the athletics department on hiring committees, and singing with Whitman's men's acapella group, the TTones.

His favorite memories of his time at Whitman were contributing to the 2017 Northwest Conference Championship title, traveling to Hawai'i and California for winter training trips, and the support he got from fellow Whitties at home dual meets at Harvey Pool.