2020s

20 New Book

Brady Stiller published his book, Your Life Is a Story: G.K. Chesterton and the Paradox of Freedom, on March 18. — Gabby Meridien; gmeridie@alumni.nd.edu

 

20MBA Summer Updates

Our classmates have been busy as of late with national and international adventures. Kicking this update off with one of the biggest adventures in life, Matt Logsdon and his wife, Danni Kane, welcomed their daughter Evelyn Elizabeth in September. In January, Fernando Quijano married Dr. Madeleine George. The couple first married in January in a symbolic ceremony in beautiful Cartagena, Colombia, where they were joined by fellow MBA classmates Alex Candee, Kevin Gore, Adria Griffin, Nishtha Kaushik, KRS Rao and Paul Trisic. Fernando and Madeleine then had their civil ceremony in April in Durham NC, where they live with their black cat, Judy. Adria Griffin recently accepted a new role in product management at Kroger Technology and Digital, and she and her husband, Matt, will be moving to Cincinnati this summer. They are excited to be closer to family and look forward to attending more Notre Dame games this fall! If you have any updates to share, please send them my way! — Audrey Walker; awalke10@alumni.nd.edu

 

20JD Making Moves

I miss you all dearly and hope many of you are starting to make plans to return to campus this fall for a game. If you find yourself in town, please let me know. I would love to meet up! Our classmates continue to impress with endless exciting career moves. Rachel Miller joined Chain Bridge Bank as senior vice president, counsel and corporate secretary, after working as an associate at Jones Day and as a law clerk for Hon. Chad A. Readler of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit since graduation. In her new role, Rachel will manage the board and committee meetings, advise on corporate governance and provide legal counsel. Katie Takeuchi is returning to Notre Dame (yay more ’20s in South Bend!), joining the Exoneration Justice Clinic — which we all know works tirelessly to exonerate innocent people. As the clinic’s legal fellow, Katie will play a leading role in the selection of new cases for legal representation, oversee the work of clinic students and assist with the clinic’s active cases. I am praying for and thinking of you all, always. In Notre Dame, Go Irish! — Elizabeth (Lombard) Eckert ’15, ’19MBA, ’20JD; 708-334-0213; elombard@nd.edu

 

21 New Accomplishments 

Greetings, Irish Nation! I hope you are all out frolicking and enjoying the beauty and enchantment that the summertime has to offer. Go ahead, get lost in the mystery of the beauty of it all. Before we get into our updates, quick PSA: The ND Class of ’21 football game this year will be ND vs. Louisville on Sept. 28 at Notre Dame Stadium. We will have an allotment of around 100 tickets to sell, so keep your eyes peeled on your emails and @class21nd on Instagram for updates. Speaking of updates, let’s get cracking! Kate Kleiser and Mark Adamo got engaged on campus in early April. Maggie Horan and Colin Denzel also got engaged and set a date of Sept. 7, 2024, to get married. Katelyn Wyatt ’22 and Peter Brown got engaged in October, and will be married Oct. 19, 2024, in Orlando FL. Mary (Benz) and John Hale got married in Detroit on July 1, 2023. Christian Oakley started his M2 year at Vanderbilt School of Medicine. Cindy Emenalo finished her first year at Emory School of Medicine in June. Oksana Oleshchuk graduated from Indiana U with a doctorate in occupational therapy in May. Susan Peters will be attending Harvard Law School this coming fall as a member of the Class of 2027. Michelle Grady will be pursuing her Ph.D. in clinical translational science at Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences this summer. Finally, Sam Cannova of JPW speech lore moved to Nairobi, Kenya, at the end of April to help scale a sustainable fish farming platform. Congrats, all, on some amazing life accomplishments and milestones! As always, for those of you reading along, don’t be shy! When we send out our quarterly emails asking for updates, let us know what you’ve been up to. Or, if you’re too eager to wait for that, you can DM us 24/7 on Instagram @class21nd. We look forward to hearing from you and Go Irish! — Ryan Mullin; rmullin77@gmail.com

 

21JD Class Secretary — Graham Pilotte;

gpilotte@alumni.nd.edu