2000s

00 Adding to the Family

Hi all. I hope you are enjoying the spring and had a wonderful holiday season. Although our announcements are short with this edition, they are happy ones. Last July, Lauren Herring married Ted Disabato in St. Louis. She was able to share this wonderful celebration with a bunch of her ND friends: Sarah (Kaufman) Jagger, Jennifer (Mika) Johnson, Alicia Coronas, Melissa Tacey, Erin (McGee) Hilton, Katy Murphy, Rob Marek ’98, Maureen Neville ’99, and Chris Beza ’99. Congratulations to the happy couple. Carolina (Ng) Chung and her husband Raymond Chung ’99, ’00 CHEG added to their family with their son Bennett last May. Bennett and his sister, Bellina, live with their parents in Palisades Park NJ. Also in baby news, Justyna and Steve Allred welcomed their third child in October. Son Truman Loren joins his brother Henry Stephen and sister Stasha Grace. The Allred family moved from Chicago to Plano TX about five years ago. Steve is a regional director of physician operations at Texas Health Resources, a large health system in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. The Allreds love Texas, especially the mild winters. I hope all of you have been able to check out our class Facebook page in addition to checking us out on Twitter. I love getting updates from all of you, so please email me your news and feel free to brag. — Laurie (Strotman) O’Malley; ndbug3@hotmail.com

00MBA Class Secretary — Georgette (Leonard) Stubin;

46917 Polo Drive, Canton MI 48187; mba2000@alumni.nd.edu

00JD Spring Class Notes

So at least a few of you are still alive and well. I heard the Val (Steer) Marsh has migrated to Detroit where she is counsel, corporate and finance at General Motors. Marissa McDermott was elected a circuit court judge in Lake County IN. She is the first woman to be elected circuit court judge in the history of Lake County. Danny Cevallos moved from Philly to Manhattan, and is still running his law firm, Cevallos & Wong, while under contract as a legal analyst for CNN. Ryan Bennett, a bankruptcy partner with Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago, is Danny’s biggest groupie. Adam McLeod reports that he and wife Katie are doing fine in Mobile AL. They have five daughters, ages 9, 7, 3, 2, and 1. Adam is a professor of law at Faulkner U’s Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, and recently completed a monograph on the natural law foundations of property law and a textbook on the foundations of law generally. Dennis Ring reports that he and Lauren McCormack were married on Oct. 9, 2015 in their hometown of Queens NY. NDLS 2000 was well represented at the celebration with these classmates attending: Joseph Butscher, Akram Faizer, Michael Galibois, Elizabeth Hanlon, Sarah (Shive) Jansen, Chris Parent, Melissa (Rolland) Parent, Kevin Peinkofer and Eric Steiner. It was a great evening, which included an awful rendition of the ND fight song. And last September, Dennis and Lauren celebrated the arrival of son Dennis Joseph. I’m told that he is the fifth Dennis Ring in a line that stretches back to the late 1800s somewhere in the Irish bogs of North Cork. After nearly a decade in the rackets division of the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, in 2010 Dennis started his own firm. The practice focuses on criminal defense and personal injury litigation. We’ve got momentum now, folks so let’s keep it going. God bless, and go Irish. — Brian J. Murray; 178 Cranston Court, Glen Ellyn IL 60137; doubledomer2000@gmail.com

01 Please Send Updates

Claire Bula married Kevin Keenan in Madison WI. In addition to the parents of the bride, William Bula ’77 and Elizabeth Neary ’77, there was a very strong ND showing including: Christopher Berry ’68, Brian Neary ’73, Robert Dempsey ’73, Frank Byrne ’73, Frank Tennant ’76, Richard FX Johnson ’77, Maggie Gillespie ’77, Paul Gillespie ’77, Lee Ann Russo ’77, Pat Tennant ’77, Michael Bula ’79, Allison Vendt, Kristen Fitzpatrick ’02 and Meghan Johnson ’09. Claire and Kevin live in San Diego where she is the senior director of marketing and communications for CONNECT, a tech and life science startup accelerator. Kevin works in sales for an e-commerce startup. Emma and Michael Anselmi welcomed a baby boy in November. Elias Simmons Anselmi has already found a future girlfriend in Caroline Sheedy, who was born in September to Elizabeth and Patrick Sheedy. Zak Kordik got a tambourine directly from Eddie Vedder at a Pearl Jam concert in Chicago. As of press time, it is unclear whether Zak will be touring with the band full time. I am happy to report any updates you send me, but as you can see, I have been short on news. If you’re like me, you tend to start at the back of the magazine to read these updates, so let’s keep them exciting. — Megan Murray 2015 N. 56th St., Milwaukee WI, 53208; 414-213-4687; meganmurray45@aol.com

01MBA Update for 2017

Mark Ezell successfully defended his dissertation at The U of Pennsylvania and obtained his doctorate in organizational leadership. Please email me any updates you would like to appear in the Class Notes. — Dominic Pang; dpang@panglaw.com

01JD Oh Baby

We have many babies to introduce. Anne-Marie (Wieland) and Scott D’Angelo welcomed son Francesco (Frank) Joseph on Dec. 19. His parents and four siblings were very excited for his arrival. Amy Greene welcomed daughter Catherine Marjorie (Margie) on Dec. 11. Frank and Margie had their first lunch date in early January and became fast friends, just like their moms. JonMarc Buffa and his wife, Liz Kelly, got an early Christmas gift with the arrival of their daughter, Nora Kelly, on Dec. 22. She was a few weeks early, but is doing well. Megan and Jason Scheiderer welcomed son Edward Francis (Teddy) on Feb. 9, 2016. Siblings George, Henry, Patrick, and Olivia gave Teddy a great welcome. In addition to her in-house law practice, Emily Chang has started a retail clothing business selling LulaRoe clothing. I can attest to how comfortable the leggings are. On Nov. 8, Christine (Harding) Mayle was elected to Ohio’s Sixth District Court of Appeals as an appellate judge. She began her six-year term in February in Toledo where the court sits and hears appeals from all trial courts in northwest Ohio. The Sixth District is one of 12 intermediary appellate courts in Ohio, sitting directly below the Ohio Supreme Court. Christine received the Republican nomination just 90 days before Election Day, so she and her family had a very busy fall campaigning. Kristen O’Connor Golby made her way to Chicago in January to visit Shannan (Ball) Younger, and they met up with Sarah (Bassler) Millar, Laura Weiler, and Kathy Brannock. As always, I try to get classmates to friend me on Facebook and ask to join the Notre Dame Law Class of 2001-1 group so that I have a way to keep in touch with you so we can keep our class column full of fun updates. If you’re in that FB group, please don’t accept the requests to join from random people who were not in our class, and don’t add people not from our class. Our listserv has lost about 120 of our classmates. Please also go to my.nd.edu to set up or update your profile with a good email address. Thanks. — Jonell Lucca; cell 602-677-3266; jonelllucca@yahoo.com

02 Reunion Registration

There were no alumni updates this quarter, but I want to take the opportunity to remind everyone that our 15-year Reunion is scheduled for June 1-4. You should have received an email from the Alumni Association with details, but if you haven’t, please go to my.nd.edu and make sure that your contact information is up to date. The weekend will be full of planned activities and plenty of downtime to enjoy campus. Friday night’s dinner is a Taste of ND on North Quad, with food vendors setting up food stations. Saturday night’s class dinner is at Legends. Both evenings include a class beer tent. There will be a class Mass and we are looking to organize an outdoor activity, tournament or gathering. Let us know if you have any ideas. Most questions we’ve received involve child care and the email that went out provides more details. Children ages 4-16 can take part in the children’s program on Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. It costs $100 per child and includes lunch and dinner meals. Past activities have included field trips to a children’s museum, swimming, movies, recreational events, art projects, and Jordan Hall of Science activities. A complete agenda of activities will be posted closer to reunion. Children under 4 are eligible for nightly daycare on Friday and Saturday evening from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. This option costs $40. Our class will have a designated dorm. Families with children can stay in a designated family dorm. If you have any questions or ideas, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me or Chad Silker, csilker@alumni.nd.edu. And if you are on the fence about going, I thought I’d share that I had the best time at our 10-year reunion. I was torn between going back for reunion or a football game, but there is something about being on campus during the calm of summer and having more time to catch up with friends that made it the best decision. I’m not sure I’ll be able to make it this summer because we live 4,500 miles away, but I promise you will not regret it if you go. Please let us know if you have questions or ideas. — Lisa (Sestile) Corcoran; lsestile@alumni.nd.edu

02MBA Class Secretary — Melissa Hurd;

hurdmc@yahoo.com

02JD Zorich in the News

Our classmate Chris Zorich has been in the news recently. Chris is athletic director at Prairie State College, a community college in Chicago Heights, a suburb south of Chicago. The college features nine athletic programs with about 150 student-athletes and 25 coaches under Zorich’s leadership. An article in Chicagoly Magazine highlighted Zorich’s charity work over the years and noted the positive impact that Chris is having at Prairie State. Please send me your news. — Megan Glunz Horton; 521 Elmwood Ave., Wilmette IL 60091; res 847-256-2335; megan.g.horton@gmail.com

03 Passing of a Classmate

I am sorry to announce the passing of our classmate Timothy Garcia. Tim majored in film, television and theater, and was a passionate Notre Dame fan. Tim passed unexpectedly on Nov. 23 in Billings MT. Tim is survived by his parents, his wife Holly, and their son, Alex. Please keep the family in your prayers. Doug Kitchin and Julie Piper-Kitchin were married in the Basilica in 2008, moved around the Midwest and settled in Madison WI with two young daughters. Julie works as an attorney and Doug is a radiologist in a private practice group. They mostly spend their time chasing kids. Annie (Effinger) Esquivel and her husband, Michael, were excited to move back to Indianapolis this year. Annie works as an allergist for Family Allergy & Asthma and Michael works as an anesthesiologist for St. Vincent Hospital. They were delighted to welcome their third child, Jacob, in March 2016, to join siblings Audrey, 5, and Joshua, 2. Alex and Angela (Lyzinski) Clark are expecting their fourth child. Baby is due at the end of March. Alex continues his legal career as a partner at a big law firm, and Angela is taking a break from teaching to stay home with the kids. Sisters Lucille, 8, Melanie, 6, and Maria, 3, can’t wait to add a baby brother or sister to their brood. Victoria (Fetterman) Healy and husband Tom welcomed Lillian Katharine Healy in October on what would have been Lillian’s great-grandfather’s 100th birthday. Everyone is excited by the arrival, especially big sister Violet, 19 months. Finally, my wife Meredith and I are excited to announce the birth of our son, Henry Hatten Gentine, born Nov. 28. Thanks to those who send updates; they are greatly appreciated. — Josh Gentine; jgentine@alumni.nd.edu

03MBA Class Secretary — Rosemary Guillette;

9 Messenger St., Unit 7, Plainville MA 02762; rguillette@alumni.nd.edu

03JD Class Secretary — Lawrence A. Ward;

206-903-8817; ward.lawrence@dorcey.com

04 Entrepreneurs

Beth Doyle started her own personal chef business, BD Cooking Go, after attending culinary school in New York City. Beth makes custom meals, teaches cooking classes, and caters private events in the Milwaukee area. Megan (Fink) Paonessa designed Beth’s logo, which you can check out on her company’s Facebook and IG pages. Mike Pykosz was named by Crain’s as one of the 40 Under 40 for 2016. Mike is the co-founder and CEO of Oak Street Health. In 2013, he and two colleagues from the Boston Consulting Group started a clinic for low-income seniors, focusing on providing them with primary-care preventative treatment in place of emergency room visits. The clinic started in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood, offering same-day appointments, free transport to the doctor’s office, and a care team around each physician to manage chronic illnesses. The company has grown to 15 clinics in Illinois and Indiana, and will expand to Detroit. Ryan Schildkraut and his wife, Courtney, a graduate of St. Ben’s in Minnesota, welcomed their first son, Cal Jacob Schildkraut, on Nov. 17. Ryan is a managing director at Freeland Briese, a boutique investment banking firm in Minneapolis. After nine years as an M&A attorney, he decided to “retire” from the practice of law and try something a little more entrepreneurial. Jonathan Fezco, an attorney at Tucker Ellis, has been recognized as an Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star for 2017. Nicholas Nanovic has been named a member of the firm Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, where he has been an associate attorney in the firm’s Pennsylvania office since 2008. He has been recognized in Philadelphia Magazine as a Rising Star, and serves as president of the Notre Dame Club of Lehigh Valley. Sarah (Novak) Nesbitt and Chase (Phillips) Olson, PE Pyro roommates, welcomed future Knott Hall roommates just a few weeks apart. Sarah and her husband Dave welcomed Maxwell Paul Nesbitt on Sept. 21 and Chase and her husband Chad welcomed Charles Anton Olson on Oct. 6. Max joins big brother, Reid (a family name for Sarah) and big sister Claire, and Charlie joins big brothers, Reid (a family name for Chase) and David, and big sister Evelyn. And I am happy to share updates from two of my three ACE Savannah roommates. Tai (Romero) Hart and husband Jason were blessed with a baby girl, Agatha-Greer Jewel, through adoption last year. This February, the Harts celebrated Greer’s first birthday and their first anniversary as a family of three. John Bacsik began working as a regional director of school culture with the Notre Dame ACE Academies in Indianapolis in July. He works directly with principals and teachers at two Catholic schools. The role focuses on implementing core instructional practices at each school by doing classroom walk-throughs, leading professional learning communities for teachers, and analyzing data from MAP and iStep testing to ensure student growth. Please continue to send your updates. — Carol Martino; carolmartino10@gmail.com

04MBA Quiet Time

We have had a quiet couple of months on the update front. However, based on conversations, it looks like there are quite a few updates coming for the next issue. Please send updates to me. — Harry Howisen; hhowisen@gmail.com

04JD See You at Homecoming

US Attorney for the District of Montana has appointed Brendan McCarthy as a prosecutor to focus solely on civil rights cases. Elizabeth Holden and her husband, Darren Kempner, recently welcomed their first child, a boy named Holden Edward Kempner. Sairah Saeed and her husband Rehan Khan welcomed their second baby in November 2016. Maya Nura Khan joins her sister Ava Alya Khan, who turned 2 in January. If you haven’t heard, the first ever NDLS Homecoming is Sept. 29 and 30. Homecoming kicks off with a Friday night cocktail reception. Events continue on Saturday morning with an academic event and then a Saturday tailgate on the quad before the football game against Miami of Ohio. Let us know if you plan to attend. Keep the updates coming. We love hearing from you. — Finn Pressly, Littler Mendelson, 321 N. Clark St., Suite 1000, Chicago IL 60654, 312-795-3242; finn@alumni.nd.edu; Katie Bryan; LeClair Ryan, 1037 Raymond Blvd., 16th Floor, Newark NJ 07102; catherine.g.bryan@gmail.com

05 Class Secretary — Kristin Boyd;

Credit Suisse, 11 Madison Ave., New York NY 10010; 317-523-1195; kristin.boyd@gmail.com

05MBA Class Secretary — Himanshu Gosar;

hgosar@alumni.nd.edu

05JD Moving Along

I am honored to announce that Katie Anand has been elected to a partnership at Estes Thorne & Carr, a small women-owned firm based in in Dallas. Katie practices commercial litigation. She and her husband Netesh have two sons, Nihal, 12, who was born at ND, and Sahil, 10. Cortney McDevitt left Jackson Lewis, the national labor and employment boutique in 2013, and did a “career pivot” to the world of human resources. She is now the director of people operations (Silicon Valley’s way of saying HR) for Lyft, and has bought hook, line, and sinker into the company’s mission of improving people’s lives through the world’s best transportation. In more personal news, she will marry her fiancé, Mike Marchetti, in May. Back in Philadelphia after spending time in Atlanta, John Bradley has launched Broadfield Insight, which aims to help nonprofit professionals develop as confident, competent, ethical leaders. For the last three years, John has taught courses at the U of Pennsylvania Law School, including Law of Nonprofit Organizations. Finally, I regret to share that the light of the world got a little dimmer when Jennifer Horn Maher of Wendell NC passed away on Jan. 15. She is survived by her husband Tony, parents Tom and Vicki Horn, sister Jackie (Jason) Josuns, in-laws Bill and Rita Maher, many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and countless friends who adored her. She had practiced law since commencement in Michigan and North Carolina. Classmates are encouraged to share condolences and memories about her: lifestorynet.com/obituaries/jennifer-horn-maher.115345. We hope that she is looking down on us, making heaven as much fun as she made law school for us. May she rest in peace. — Adam Russ; 2193 W. 7th St., Cleveland OH 44113; aruss@alumni.nd.edu

06 Wedding Bells, Baby News

Katie Easterly married Andy Mild (’01 Naval Academy) on Nov. 5 in Temecula CA. Despite the Irish loss to the Midshipmen earlier in the day, they had an incredible wedding day surrounded by family and friends. Fellow ND alumni joining in the fun included matron of honor Lindsay Kral Walter, bridesmaids Moira Madden Wessell and Katy Marsh Wrona, as well as Brian Wrona, Peter Steele, Sturges Lochridge, Ricky Nieto, Meg Dwyer Skiba, Jason Cardella ’05, Caitlin Madden ’09, Andy Burkavage and Elizabeth Eufemi Burkavage ’06SMC. Amy Noddings and husband Chris welcomed a baby boy, Nolan James, on Feb. 18, 2016. Amy and Chris work as environmental consultants for competing firms in Santa Barbara CA. Nolan looks forward to dinners at 6 p.m. in the lower left of North Dining Hall with his classmates in 2038. Staci and Josh Henderson welcomed a son, Benjamin Joshua, on Dec. 8. Big sisters Meredith and Elaina are thrilled to have a little brother. — Anna (Skoien) Lall; 55 Wyman St., Boston MA 02130; annagracelall@gmail.com

06MBA Class Secretary — Andrew Sama;

276 Mendoza College of Business, Notre Dame IN 46556; cell 574-339-6115; bus 574-631-5206; nd.mba.classof2006@gmail.com

06JD Class Secretary — Amir Hassan Sadaghiani;

sadaghiani@alumni.nd.edu

07 Reunion Year

June 1-4 is our 10-year Reunion. Please save the date. More information can be found on reunion.nd.edu. Katie Murphy and Mark Desplinter ’05 were married in the Rainbow Room in New York City on Dec. 17. Katie and Mark lit up the city with sparklers on top of a double-decker tour bus with their wedding party that included Mark’s brothers Tom Desplinter ’02 and Brian Desplinter ’09, Tom Kerestes ’04, Kyle Long ’06, Brittany Scott, Kelsey Miller, Stephanie Pelligra, and Kelly Files. Britta (Zoeller) Maciuba and her husband Adam Maciuba celebrated their son Thaddeus David’s first birthday in March 2017. He was baptized last summer with amazing godparents Gina Tennerelli and Joe Maciuba ’10. Stephanie Maciuba ’13 did a wonderful reading for the service. Dr. Joseph Blondin married Tina Diorio on Aug. 1, 2015. Raymond McCarthy served as a groomsman. Joe and Tina welcomed a son (future fourth generation Domer) Joe Jr. on April 20, 2016. Joe obtained his board certification in endodontics in October 2016 and works in private practice in Upstate NY. We hope to see everyone at the reunion. God bless and go Irish. Please send your updates. — Stephanie Pelligra; stephanie.pelligra@gmail.com

07MBA Class Secretary — Joe Curry;

joe@joecurry.com

07JD I’m Kind of a Big Deal. People Know Me.

Brian Kiolbasa was elected shareholder at Lane Powell, PC, a Pacific Northwest law firm with 200 attorneys in Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Brian practices in the Portland office, concentrating on the representation of financial institutions, businesses and individuals in a broad range of commercial and complex litigation matters. Congratulations to Brian on his promotion, and for rising on the donor target list at Notre Dame due to me publishing this. Drinks are on Brian next time. Bruce Connolly has been selected as a New York Super Lawyers Rising Star for 2015 and 2016 in the area of criminal defense. Bruce was admitted to the bar of the U.S Supreme Court in June 2016 and to the Florida State Bar in December 2016. Bruce lives in New York City with his wife and daughter, but the family is planning to move to the Sunshine State. With no publication last time and only two items this time, I will take the opportunity to throw in a little something about me. However, the real credit goes to Brian Salvi ’09, ’13JD, as the first chair for a verdict received for a client of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P. C. Much credit also belongs to Andrew Burkavage ’06, who was instrumental in the client’s result as well. The three of us had the honor to represent a young woman who was struck by an intoxicated driver while parked at a minimart. She suffered serious neck and arm injuries, as well as psychological injuries. The defense essentially believed she was a faker, and their pre-suit offer suggested as much: $25,000. The jury saw otherwise and signed a verdict for $1.4 million. Hooray for justice. I love hearing about your lives. I think others do, too. So make it more frequent. Big or small, give us an update. — Patrick A. Salvi II; Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard PC, 22 W. Washington St., Suite 1600, Chicago IL 60602; 312-372-1227; psalvi2@salvilaw.com

08 Save the Date

Save the date, ’08. It feels like just yesterday we were shattering attendance records at our five-year Reunion, but it’s time to save the date for our 10-year Reunion: May 31-June 3, 2018. Mark your calendars. To join in the planning for our celebration, please email us at classof2008@alumni.nd.edu. After traveling nonstop since graduation, Andrina (AJ) Ong made it to her 100th country: Nicaragua, where she built houses with Habitat for Humanity and sand boarded down an active volcano. Next, she plans to roll her own Cuban cigar in Havana and hike to Everest Base Camp and/or climb Mt. Everest in 2017. Michael Swoboda was honored among 100 St. Louis-area educators to receive an Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award. Now in its 27th year, the awards pay tribute to area educators, from kindergarten teachers to college professors, for their achievements and dedication to the field of education. Honorees are celebrated for their vital role in shaping students’ lives and success for the future. Patrick Robinson and Elizabeth Fritch were married March 5, 2016 at Stanford Memorial Church on the campus of Stanford U. In attendance were classmates and Fisher men: Mike Foley, Tom Bufalino, Weston Hull, Michael Gioia, Curtis Bush, Brian Buck, Paul Taskalos, Kyle Geddes and Jared Bauters. Pat’s sister and brother-in-law, Annie ’05 and Andrew Ward ’03 as well as parents Mary (Walsh) ’78 and Ted Robinson ’78 joined a proud array of Domers. Pat and Liz live in San Francisco where Pat is business development manager at CircleUp, an online investing platform connecting accredited investors to innovative consumer and retail companies. Liz is a project manager at Palantir in Palo Alto. Caitlyn Caster married Mark Bentrott (’10 Stanford) on Aug. 27 in San Francisco at St. Dominic’s Catholic Church, the place where they first met. They had an intimate, family-only ceremony and reception, but Caitlyn’s ’08 Farley’s Finest Kelsey (Montalto) Klupchak, Kristin (DeAmbrosio) Brandtner, Shannon (Morrison) Schriver, Shields (Duss) Hoida, Meghan (Sweeney) Bean, Amelia (Ulmer) Saettele, Eri Tsukamaki, and Molly King were the life of the bachelorette party. Mark and Caitlyn live in Santa Monica where Caitlyn works for the Dannon Co., and Mark works for Google. They are loving married life, except on Stanford v. Notre Dame game days, and are looking forward to seeing everyone at the 10-year reunion, if not before. Please keep the updates coming. We love hearing from you and so do our classmates. — Megan O’Hara; classof2008@alumni.nd.edu

08MBA Class Secretary — Megan Ulrich;

meganlouisefitzgibbons@gmail.com

08JD Accomplished Classmates

Justin Marquez was selected by Super Lawyers as a Southern California Rising Star in 2017. In October, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review of a case Justin successfully argued in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Justin and his wife Eve, daughter Mia, 5, and son Marcel, 2, recently moved to Arcadia CA. Neha (Bansal) Hannan reports that husband Will Hannan made partner at his firm Oxfeld Cohen PC in Newark NJ. Will’s firm specializes in labor law, employment law, employment contracts, and workers compensation law. After personally witnessing the hard work and dedication that Will put forth as bowling team captain for the Bowling Stones 3L year, this recognition comes as no surprise to me. Rocio (Hernandez) Gosewehr wrote to say that Liz O’Connell has published two books that are available on Amazon: The Rowanwood Curse and The Foxfire Lights. Liz joins the ranks of published classmates including Jason Huebinger and Matt Emerson. Who else am I missing? Finally, in memory of Kyle D. Smith, the Class of 2008 Mock Trial Award fund has been established at NDLS. Please donate at donate.nd.edu, and under “Designations” mark “Kyle D. Smith Class of 2008 Mock Trial Award.” This is an expendable scholarship, meaning that we will be able to award the scholarship as long as we have money in the fund. Please be generous this year and in years to come. — Marie-Therese Mansfield; mtmansfield@jumptrading.com

09 Doing Better Than Fine

Geoffrey Mooney, CSC, professed first vows with the Congregation of Holy Cross on July 30 in Colorado Springs. He is back at Notre Dame in his first year of the Master of Divinity Program. Megan Black and Mandy Gonzales celebrated 12 years of friendship and their 30th birthdays by eating their way through southern India in November. They returned with full bellies and great memories just in time to celebrate Christmas stateside. Mandy will relocate to Denver from Nashville in January for a new job. Megan is based in Nashville. Andrew Matasic and Craig Wiborg were lucky enough to be a part of the Super Bowl halftime show with Lady Gaga this year. Jenny (Rolfs) and Greg O’Donnell ’08 welcomed their first baby, Caroline Frances, on Jan. 17. With the initials CFO, she certainly will be a proud member of the ND class of 2039. The O’Donnell family lives in South Bend. Please visit the Notre Dame Class of 2009 Facebook Page to reconnect with members of the class. If you have any news or announcements, please contact me. Go Irish. — Megan Flynn; 1030 Euclid Ave., Apt. 304, Cleveland OH 44115; 574-320-0573; megflynn7@gmail.com

09MBA Class Secretary — Shawn Pulscher;

801-336-7344; spulscher@alumni.nd.edu

09JD Class Secretary — Josh Rinschler;

josh.rinschler@gmail.com