2000s

00 Fall Fun

Happy fall, and happy football season! Hopefully your weekends are full of game watches, relaxation and raking leaves. Or, if your life is like mine, the weekends are busier than the work week, with fall ball, soccer games and the start of hockey season. The leaves don’t get raked as often as they should in my yard. Either way, I hope fun plans are also on your calendar. Christine (Hughes) Thompson is definitely busy as she just accepted the vice president role of the ND Club of San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the biggest clubs in the country, so she will have lots of work and fun ahead! Christine and Matt continue to live in the Bay with their two kids, Alexis (age 15) and Kyle (age 10), and will celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary this October. In January, Matt took Christine’s dad, Ernie Hughes ’78, and her brother to the Notre Dame National Championship game for his 70th birthday. The last time Ernie was at this prime time game was his own, as starting right guard for the 1977 National Championship team. Our class also had some football fun at the ND vs. Texas A&M game class tailgate. Thank you to all who came, it was a great turnout. Special thanks go out to Nicole (Moye) Durham, Melissa (Tacey) Goodwin, Alicia Coronas and Kelly Orsi for hosting, and Justin Liu for donating parking passes. When donating to Notre Dame, please keep in mind that you can earmark your donation to the Class of 2000 to help fund tailgates like this, the hospitality room at Reunions and other class activities. I hope you guys continue to enjoy your fall, and you can catch me at the hockey rink because Lord knows I won’t be raking my leaves! Don’t forget to send me your news, updates and brags. I would love to hear from you! — Laurie (Strotman) O’Malley; ndbug3@hotmail.com

 

00MBA Football Opportunity

Carol Anderson chaired the Reunion committee, and wrote with a recap on the event: May 2025 marked the 25th year since the MBA Class of 2000 graduated from the University of Notre Dame. In these 25 years, our MBA class has experienced many accomplishments, gains, successes and losses, with significant career accomplishments, growing families, lost loved ones, illnesses and blessed recoveries, and even many mini-reunions across the country to network, socialize and enjoy ND sports. What we had never done as a class was return to campus for an official ND Alumni Association Reunion. This past May, we changed that! Twenty-five classmates plus family members gathered on campus from across the United States and internationally, with Jose Portillo coming in from San Salvador, El Salvador, to Sucheth Davuluri traveling the farthest all the way from Hyderabad, India. We were blessed to host a class Mass led by Rev. Ollie Williams, CSC, who was often the celebrant for our weekly class Masses while we were in the MBA program. We held our class dinner in the famed Legends, where we had spent many a TGIT from 1998 to 2000, and where each attendee at the dinner shared his/her personal updates. We quickly learned that no one’s experience was entirely foreign, as so many had very similar life events we could relate to and empathize with. That enhanced our bonds even more and made the last 25 years feel much shorter than a quarter century. Together we toured campus, which has expanded immensely, while many of us braved dorm life for Reunion. We explored the new Raclin Museum, joined the all-class fun in the Refreshment Hub on DeBartolo Quad in perfect weather, snuck in our individual Class of 2000 photo before the general “MBA Graduates” call time, enjoyed dinner on the floor of the hockey/fencing rink, joined the entire reunion class for exceptional food varieties at breakfast and lunch in North Dining Hall, celebrated the award program and all-class Mass led by newly inaugurated President Rev. Robert Dowd, CSC, ’87 and all the former University presidents still on campus. We rocked a night out at the “swanky” Linebacker Lounge, a late night at Rohr’s in the Morris Inn, and thoroughly enjoyed the incredible hospitality of the Alumni Association, University community and complimentary shuttle/golf cart service providers the entire long weekend. Our team’s greatest accomplishment was designing and delivering one of only 10 plenary sessions offered the entire weekend, “ND Network for Life: Value & Impact 2.0.” Ours was the most diverse panel and the only one led by a graduate alumni class. Thank you to Tina Villalobos Mitiguy (moderator), John Casserly, Sucheth Davuluri and Carol Anderson (panelists) for sharing the ways they have remained connected to and served the University and our peers over the last 25 years and into the future. Thank you to all who attended our first official class reunion: Albano Garcia (and his beloved), April Whitfield (RC), Carol D. Anderson (RC), Georgette Leonard (RC), Hernan Tejeda, Jason Young, Jeane Stewart (and her beloved), John Casserly (RC), Jose Portillo (RC), Kshitij Shah (RC), Liberty Blunier (RC) (and her beloved and daughter), Matt Baumel, Maureen McDonnell, Michael McComb (and his beloved), Roman Mrozek, Roxy Maldonado Young, Steven Cieckiewicz, Sucheth Davuluri (RC), Tim Conlon (and his beloved), Tina Villalobos Mitiguy (RC), Torbin Fuller, Wendy Cooling (RC), Yuko Kikkawa, and our very own Brian Lohr (RC). Thank you to all those who served on the Reunion Committee who attended Reunion, along with Aimei Zhong (RC), Brendon Scott (RC), Jeanine Skendzel (RC), and Luis Fasano (RC) who served but were unable to attend. Football Gathering! If you were not able to make the summer Reunion, or if you just want another opportunity to reconnect, 85 of us will be gathering in South Bend for the ND-USC game on Oct. 18. For those of you who purchased tickets, Mike McDaniel will be sending them to you as soon as they arrive. For those who need more tickets, or for those who didn’t make the initial deadline but would still like to attend, below are our seat assignments so you can find tickets near us on the open market. Sec. 104, Row 23, Seats 19-36; Sec. 104, Row 24, Seats 1-36; Sec. 104, Row 25, Seats 4-34. See you in October! Please send any personal and/or professional updates to the email address below. — Mike McDaniel; Highland Village TX 75077; mba2000@alumni.nd.edu

 

00JD Class Secretary — Daniel Hardwick; danhardwick@gmail.com

 

01 Save the Date

Summer is in full swing, but we don’t have too much to share. I am pleased to report that Kenneth Kleppel has joined the Indianapolis office of Ogletree Deakins as of counsel. Also, a friendly reminder to visit reunion.nd.edu to learn more about registration and activities for Reunion June 4-7, 2026 (registration opens in January). Please continue to share photos via @nd2001alumni on Instagram or submit Class Notes via email. Go Irish! — Michael Anselmi; 415-860-7130; manselmi@alumni.nd.edu; classof2001@alumni.nd.edu

 

01MBA Class Secretary — Dan Hennessy; hennessy50@yahoo.com

 

01JD Life News

Marytza Reyes is now a named partner in the Los Angeles employment defense firm Sanchez, Amador & Reyes LLP. Adrienne Franco Busby is now general counsel at Round Room, where she sits on the executive leadership team and supports their two wireless companies and their nonprofit. Since 2019, Amy Gaughran MacDougall has been teaching art to young children at Minni Studio. In September, she began as the art teacher for the Croft School, a small private elementary school in Boston. Emily Chang is now general counsel at Red Dog Media and has relocated to Las Vegas. Stephanie Renner recently started a nonprofit, Gilly’s Friends, in her son Jordan’s honor. Through “Gilly’s Favorite Things,” they spread kindness and hope with random acts of love. They also work in partnership with mental health and suicide prevention programs. See gillysfriends.com. Rebekah Casteel Latchis is now the vice president of global compliance investigations, data and governance at Medtronic. She also completed 10 months of treatment for breast cancer. Julie Foster is now chief legal and human resources officer for Council Bluffs Community Schools. She can network with Frances Nicastro, who leads the employment law group in-house at PwC. Shannan Ball Younger became the manager of the Women’s Impact Fund, a collective giving circle, in Charlotte NC. Chris Spring and his wife recently finished their second year as adjunct professors co-teaching trial practice at Boston College Law School. Tessa Davis has relocated to Austin with her husband, Miguel, and 11-year-old twin sons, Connor and Logan. She is part of Apple’s Global Energy and Sustainability team procuring renewable energy for their 2030 carbon-neutrality commitments. Mark Pasko began a new job with MAPFRE USA as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary. MAPFRE is a global insurance company operating in over 100 countries. Kristina (Curkovic) Pasko teaches AP English literature and AP research at Villa Walsh Academy in Morristown NJ and recently finished a two-week international choral symphony tour with their daughter Sabrina in Ecuador! Please remember to send me any news updates for our column. — Jonell Lucca; cell 602-677-3266; jonelllucca@yahoo.com

 

02 Honorees, Service, New Ventures and Fast Cars

Kristen Fitzpatrick was named Person of the Year by the ND Club of Detroit. Kristen was presented this award by classmate Greg Wright on May 7. Surrounded by family and friends, Kristen was recognized for her outstanding contributions to not only the Notre Dame community but the greater Detroit community. Also known for her epic tailgates, stop by Pole #10 next fall and congratulate her on this well-deserved recognition. Bernard Vallejos JD was named the president of the Defense Trial Counsel of WV. Bernard has previously been named as a fellow of the WV Bar Foundation. As a fellow, Bernard was recognized as a lawyer whose professional, public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the welfare of their communities and honorable service to the legal profession with the individuals selected reflecting the diverse nature of the legal profession in WV. He was honored to have his wife, Andrea, and children with him for his recognition. Kelechi Ndukwe celebrated 22 years of service to the Navy and our country. He serves as the commanding officer of the USS Halsey. After participating in ROTC while at Notre Dame, Kelechi has chosen to continue a life of service to the Navy and is impacting all sailors and providing a role model for all. Steve Lickus has founded NextPlay Jobs. NextPlay is an AI-driven, human-led, connection-driven professional staffing company that’s redefining how great teams find great talent. As founder and CEO, Steve is leveraging his expertise to truly change the game of talent acquisition. In May, Bernard Vallejos, Jason Wilkerson ’03 and I joined 300,000 other fans at the Indy 500. This tradition dates back to 2002 when John Moravek, Mike Mikiciuk, Adam Dolan, Adam Russ, Pete Henning, Mike Hannon, Sean Harrigan, Steve Lickus, Chris Roche and JR Keller began attending it. We are a little more responsible now, but not much. Do you have any updates? Next generation of Irish? Fun gatherings? Please share them with me so we can share with the community. — Peter Countryman; pcountry@gmail.com

 

02MBA Class Secretary — Melissa Hurd; hurdmc@yahoo.com

 

02JD Class Secretary — Ryan D. Costantini; 414 S. Notre Dame Ave., South Bend IN 46617; mobile 574-339-8050; ryan.costantini@gmail.com

 

03 Happy News

Michael A. Shea was recently ordained to the order of deacon for the service of the Church of Newark within the Permanent Diaconate Program of the Archdiocese of Newark. Deacon Michael has been in formation for the last five years at the Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology at Seton Hall U, earning his second master’s degree in theology. He looks forward to serving his home parish, St. Luke’s Church, in this new ministerial role. Geoff Polk was sworn into the Hawaii Bar in June, bringing his total bar admissions to 48, including DC and the Virgin Islands, and earning him the unofficial world record for most US bar licenses. He is awaiting final approval in MS and is actively pursuing admission in CA, NV and DE, which would make him the first person to be licensed throughout the entire country. Geoff is also in the process of securing official recognition from Guinness World Records. The Greater Indianapolis Chapter of the American Red Cross IN Region welcomed Matthew Barr to the board of directors in July. Matthew is an attorney at Barnes & Thornburg LLP, a board member for the Indianapolis Bar Foundation, and a member of the Policy and Program Committee for the Coalitions for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention (CHIP). Go Irish! — Josh Gentine; jgentine@alumni.nd.edu

 

03MBA Class Secretary — Rosemary Guillette; 9 Messenger St., Unit 7, Plainville MA 02762; rguillette@alumni.nd.edu

 

03JD Congrats Tom

Thomas Galvin was re-elected to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in AZ last November. Tom was elected by his colleagues in January to be chairman of the board, leading a county of 4.5 million people, the fourth largest in the United States. Tom, a conservative Republican, attracted national attention by standing up to segments of his political party who made baseless accusations of election fraud in previous election cycles. Tom stood up for the rule of law and was re-elected by his constituents with a 14-point margin. He continues to practice law as a partner at Rose Law Group. Tom and his wife are raising their young son in Phoenix. — Lawrence A. Ward; 206-903-8817; ward.lawrence@dorsey.com

 

04 Fall Updates

Sean MacCready joined Engineering Tomorrow this year to launch their development department and corporate partnership programs. He’s grateful to Dennis Barrett, whose outreach inviting Sean to talk with Engineering Tomorrow’s executive director, Megan (Thompson) Barrett ’03, about how to recruit for the role ultimately led to Sean joining the Engineering Tomorrow team. Dennis and Megan welcomed John Daniel Barrett to their family on March 16. Older sisters Ellie (9), Kate (7) and Nell (5) are enchanted with their baby brother and have been wonderful helpers. The Barrett family lives in Bethesda MD, where Dennis is a partner with the law firm of Schaner & Lubitz PLLC, which specializes in representing nonprofit foundations, particularly in the rare disease space. Megan is completing her first year as the executive director of Engineering Tomorrow. Engineering Tomorrow provides no-cost engineering labs to high schools and introduces students to professional engineers and college mentors across the country. Send your updates to me. — Carol (McCarthy) Martino; carolmartino10@gmail.com

 

04MBA With Heavy Heart

It is with a heavy heart that I am including the obituary for our classmate and friend Ryan Webb. Ryan passed away June 21 in Atlanta at the age of 50. Ryan lived a life full of curiosity, compassion and quiet strength. He left a lasting impression on everyone fortunate enough to know him through his sharp intellect, thoughtful heart and unforgettable sense of humor. Ryan married Brandi Gard, and together they had two daughters, Kierstyn and Kaija. He loved them both deeply and was endlessly proud of them. He was a cancer survivor who faced multiple serious health challenges in recent years including open-heart surgery earlier this year and passed away after suffering a catastrophic stroke. A die-hard Utah Utes fan, Ryan bled red and lived for game days. He followed the Utes with passion and loyalty that never faded. In remembrance of Ryan, Go Utes! — Harry Howisen; hhowisen@gmail.com

 

04JD A Life Too Short

It is with extreme sadness that I report the passing of our beloved classmate Chris Kubiak. Chris passed away from various health complications on Feb. 19 at Stanford Hospital near his home in Menlo Park CA. He is survived by his wife and parents. Chris had worked for several international corporate law firms throughout his career. May he rest in peace. — Katie (Wharton) DeFerrari; katiedeferrari@gmail.com

 

05 It Was 20 Years Ago Today

It was wonderful to be back on campus and see so many classmates for our 20-year reunion at the end of May. I don’t have the column space to list all the folks who joined us, but suffice it to say our turnout was impressive! Pete Gaffney sent the following note: “Hard to believe that our class celebrated 20 years since graduation. It was wonderful to catch up with classmates at the Class of 2005 dinner at Foley’s in the football stadium. Among the classmates I saw: Dr. Jill (Joehl) Sims, Dr. Erica Martin, Brian Shula, Dolores Diaz and Martha (Fulcher) Roman. In other news, on June 22, my wife, Christine, and I welcomed our fifth child, Evelyn Renee. She is the highlight of all our summers, most especially with her 6-year-old sister Noelle, who finally has a sister!” I want to acknowledge a number of our classmates who helped make the Reunion experience extra special. Thank you to our Reunion Committee for their time and dedication: Andrea Brault, Joanna Cornwell, Jacqueline Pimentel-Gannon, Nicole Phillips, Annie Envall-Letowski, Chris Villani, Deanna Sortino (who also designed our class merch and yearbook photo buttons!) and Beth (Duran) Thomas (who is also our class liaison for the Alumni Association). Thank you to Dr. Erica Bove and Love and Science (loveandsciencefertility.com) for sponsoring our class dinner! And thank you to our class officers who have helped to plan our reunions and served our class for the past 20 years: Darrell Scott, Lauren (Flynn) Craft, Kristin Boyd and Tom Raaf. I’m already looking forward to our 25-year Reunion. Please keep your updates coming in the meantime! — Caroline Meehan; ndclassnotes05@gmail.com

 

05MBA Athletics Director

In May, Andrew T. Goodrich was named the director of athletics at the U of Akron. He was previously the VP and director of athletics at Gardner-Webb U — an NCAA Division I school with 22 varsity sports that competes primarily in the Big South Conference. Congratulations, Andrew, and thank you for the shout-out to our alma mater during the press conference. Please send in your updates for the next column at hgosar@alumni.nd.edu or to the Notre Dame MBA Class of 2005 Google Group by emailing at NDMBA2005-owner@googlegroups.com. Take care and good luck in life and work. — Himanshu Gosar; hgosar@alumni.nd.edu; ndmba2005-owner@googlegroups.com

 

05JD Shining Bright

In New York City, classmates continue to shine as bright as the big city’s lights. Alex Lorenzo serves as a partner at Alston & Bird, where he concentrates his practice on complex commercial litigation, with a particular focus on financial services and insurance coverage litigation. Alex has extensive experience representing financial institutions in disputes arising from their roles in securitized transactions. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in trials, appeals, arbitrations and pre-litigation counseling matters, including as lead counsel to numerous US and foreign entities in federal and state courts throughout the country. Marisa Lorenzo leads Kelley Drye’s pro bono efforts and manages firmwide award-winning pro bono initiatives. Prior to her current role, Marisa was a litigation partner focused on investigations, enforcement actions and lawsuits involving the communications industry. She also represented clients in a variety of industries in all phases of complex federal and state commercial litigation, including trials, appeals, arbitration and mediation proceedings. Other classmates have taken on new challenges. Meghan (Rhatigan) Holmes took on a new role at Thermo FisherScientific at the end of 2023. She became lead counsel, viral vector services and advanced therapies in Boston. In May, Adam Townshend finished up a 15-year term of service as an assistant US attorney in the Western District of MI. He joined Warner Norcross + Judd in Grand Rapids MI as a partner focusing on complex litigation, criminal defense, health care, and government and internal investigations. Classmates also continue to serve our country with honor and conviction. In Colorado Springs, Dom Angiollo was promoted to colonel in the Air Force Reserve during a ceremony in July. The event was filled with family and friends alike, including his niece, Carolyn Angiollo, who read an invocation that dedicated the ceremony to those well-qualified and dedicated servicemembers — past, present and future — who have been denied the opportunity for promotion or service merely because of their sex, race, sexual orientation or gender identity. Dom’s father-in-law (a retired lieutenant colonel) was invited to give him his first salute as a colonel. The ceremony finished with the “Air Force Song” and, of course, the “Notre Dame Victory March.” On the civilian side, Dom serves as the director of student and faculty support at the US Air Force Academy. Meanwhile, former NM state District Court and Court of Appeals judge Daniel Gallegos graduated from Georgetown U Law Center in May with an LL.M. in national security law. He was selected for promotion to commander in the US Navy JAG Corps Reserve. His two-year mobilization to the Pentagon and Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ended in July, and he has returned to private practice at Harrison & Hart LLC in Albuquerque NM, until the next challenge arises. As for me, after nearly 20 years in practice, I finally had the privilege to co-counsel a matter with an old friend and trial advocacy teammate, Paul Harris of Taft Stettinius, on a trade secret and restrictive covenant matter across multiple jurisdictions. with successful results for the client. Go Irish! — Adam J. Russ; Houston TX; adamjruss@gmail.com

 

06 Save the Date

We love to hear your updates about your professional and personal achievements, so please send me news about you or your classmates! In the meanwhile, please mark your calendars for our 20th Reunion (!!) on June 4-7, 2026. Visit reunion.nd.edu for the latest information. Registration opens in January. If anyone would like to be on the reunion planning committee to help plan our Class Mass, dinner or special class merch, let me know! — Anna (Skoien) Lall; annagracelall@gmail.com

 

06MBA Send Updates

Greetings, fellow classmates of 2006! I would love to include your stories, professional, educational and personal, in Notre Dame Magazine and keep our extended family up-to-date on our success and challenges! So please contact me with your latest and greatest news. As for Councilman Lloyd, it’s been a challenging year in the Town of Herndon, getting through the FY 2026 budget cycle, capital planning for the next decade and a host of issues facing our town in the coming years. In addition, I currently am in possession of the 10th dog I have rescued out of Wyoming County WV this year. CJ spent 10 days at the vet, had surgery and is recovering in my home as he moves into the foster-forever home pipeline. Your good wishes are appreciated. — Mike Lloyd; 651 Nathaniel Chase Lane, Herndon VA 20170; cell 312-388-0501; mt_lloyd@yahoo.com

 

06JD Still Looking for Updates

This quarter my inbox was quieter than SEC fans have been since the Georgia game, so I am once again encouraging classmates to send in updates for the next issue. Please take a moment to send me a note — two sentences are plenty. With our class nearly having 20 years under our belt, I am sure that there is a lot to share! — Brian E. Hammell; behammell@yahoo.com

 

07 Workplace Honors

Evelyn D’Angelo has joined Fox Rothschild in NY as counsel in the real estate department. Evelyn primarily focuses her practice on providing legal advice to condominium and cooperative boards and homeowners’ associations on a full range of operational and governance issues. She earned her JD from Brooklyn Law School and her MA from Bowling Green U and is currently an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School. She is also an active member of the NYC Bar Association Housing & Urban Development Committee. Congratulations, Evelyn! Ryan Ricketts was selected as a 2025 Microsoft Pinnacle Award winner. An extremely prestigious honor, Ryan was one of 43 employees selected out of over 228,000 for contributing transformational impact while also demonstrating outstanding leadership and values. He was the sole recipient from marketing. Also, a little behind the scenes: Ryan shot the photos and designed the campaign materials for your 2007 Class Officers, so we’ve been well aware of his genius for years. Bravo, Ryan! We love hearing from you! Please keep us posted on your life updates and accomplishments. God Bless and Go Irish! — AJ Cedeño; ndclassnotes2007@gmail.com

 

07MBA Class Secretary — Tim Ponisciak; tponisci@nd.edu

 

07JD Class Secretary — Patrick A. Salvi II; Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., 161 N. Clark St., Suite 4700, Chicago IL 60601; 312-372-1227; psalvi2@salvilaw.com

 

08 Wedding Bells

Can you feel it? The crisp freshness in the air? Fall has arrived and with it, baby Kevin (no, not baby-faced Kevin Carrier). Maura Short ’09, ’12JD and Joey Valdivia ’08, ’13JD welcomed Kevin John in May, joining brother J.J. (5) and sister Elise (3). Doug Schlarman is wedded and the wedding vibe felt similar to Finnegan’s in spring 2008: steamy with no rhythm but many loud noises. Laura (Campochiaro) and Dave Sena shared a cab to the wedding with Pat O’Brien: The shuttle forgot about the Fairfield Inn. Kate (Dresser) Winnick provided poignant guidance on Doug’s intricacies. Analisa Arizpe put her iPod down (she was listening to Hinder) to serve in the wedding party. Cassie Belek (who is now a fabulous Chicago mother) could not attend but FaceTimed many during the ceremony. Christina Lee attended; her husband is stunning, like Maggie Wickett-Altier’s husband. Other attendees included Magda (Karol) Villela, Kate (Dresser) Winnick, Jenna Rogers, Colin Dunn, Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, Jess Zarra, Sarah Geisman and Regina Gesicki. Those who attended Doug’s wedding have enjoyed the classiest mobile bathroom experience. Truly. Ever. Brian Sullivan bought a GE Profile icemaker for small cubed ice, believing that the smaller cubes enhance the hydration experience. Matt “Spicy” Mattare disagrees, preferring larger cubes. Drew Whiting falls on the larger cube carousel, reasoning that larger cubes create less melted water in the drink. Dr. Andrew Zeiser does not like ice. Will Kearney was not at the Windy City Smokeout in July, but Pat McInerney took his kids. There, he saw Tom Bufalino and Mike Reilly, who somehow both conned their way into grilling meats. These three short kings took a photo together holding up the Fisher Hall “F.” Julia (Vogelheim) Hudac and Kelsey (Montalto) Klupchak are excited to announce that their ACE roommate, Kelly Foyle ’10MEd, will wed Matt next summer. Folks, you are going to want to score an invitation to this Chicago wedding. In the running for groomsmen (or bridesmen) are Kelly’s former ACE roommates: former Hope College football player George Klupchak ’10MEd, Francisco Castillo-Fierro ’10MEd and Pat O’Brien. There is zero chance Andrew Zeiser and Alan Bauer will be invited. But there is a possibility that Tim Will ’10MEd, John Biddle, Megan O’Hara, Dr. Cassie Brownell ’10MEd and Mike O’Connor make the list. In August, Chris Cugliari ’10 married Kristine. Attendees included Chris; Kristine; Jesse Brawer; Hunter “Muffin” Land and his wife, Dr. Anna Land ’09 (Anna rejected a date request from Jesse in spring 2006 — smart); Nicole (Koors) ’09 and Pat Burns; Mark Weber ’09; and many more. The wedding is four weeks after publication, but we imagine the wedding will resemble Doug’s: steamy with no rhythm but many loud noises. Jesse will call Mike Lee ’09 and Lawrence Sullivan, who were invited but excused themselves for baseless reasons, and say deeply hurtful words. Nobody will call Pat Ryan. Congratulations, Chris. Many never thought you would make it to the wedding aisle. Sometimes, difficult news hits our class too soon. It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our dear classmate Jiyoon Sim. Jiyoon was a former resident of McGlinn Hall and an attorney in Seoul. Please keep Jiyoon’s parents and all of her loved ones in your thoughts and prayers. May Notre Dame Our Mother grant them comfort and peace. See you this fall. Dan Husack, how are the reunion plans coming along now that you are married? — Patrick O’Brien; classof2008@alumni.nd.edu

 

08MBA Class Secretary — Megan Ulrich; meganlouisefitzgibbons@gmail.com

 

08JD Class Secretary — Marie-Therese Mansfield; mt.mansfield1@gmail.com

 

09 Doing Better Than Fine

Stephanie and Leo Rubinkowski welcomed their first child, Luca, in January and celebrated his baptism in February with family and friends. Andrew Matasic and Craig Wiborg paraglided over the Swiss Alps this spring. They enjoyed the breathtaking views and exhilaration of being weightless. Please visit the Notre Dame Class of 2009 Facebook Page to reconnect. If you have any news, please contact me. Go Irish! — Megan Flynn; megflynn7@gmail.com

 

09MBA Class Secretary — Shawn Pulscher; 801-336-7344; spulscher@alumni.nd.edu

 

09JD Class Secretary — Josh Rinschler; josh.rinschler@gmail.com