1990s

90MBA In Remembrance of a Classmate
It is with deep sorrow that I share that our classmate Charles “Chas” Jerich passed away on March 1. Chas graduated from Duquesne U and the NDMBA Taxation Program, was president of the Allegheny Tax Society in Western PA and worked at Louis Plung & Company. While I did not know Chas while at ND, I got to know him by writing these updates and planning our reunion at the 2023 Pitt game. Chas was a passionate Pittsburgh pro sports fan and was so excited to come see his Irish play and beat Pitt. He will be remembered for his kindness, generosity, love of sports and the lasting impact he had on those who knew him. Please keep Chas and his family in your prayers. A number of our classmates have reached out to let me know they will be cheering the Irish on when we play Miami in November. Bill Harris, Bob Hersh, Greg Pellegrino, Jim Rogers, Craig Thompson, Gerry Wilson, Patti Sheedy and Bill Sheedy all plan to attend with many bringing their spouses. While nothing formal is planned for the weekend at this time, please plan to attend the Mendoza Rally on Friday afternoon so we can catch up and let me know if you plan to attend the game so I can keep you updated on any plans. And make sure to dig out your Catholics vs. Convicts shirts for the weekend. If you’re reading this column and have new news or have not sent me an update in the past few years, I urge you to take a few minutes and email me at the address below so we can keep this column active and stay in touch as a class. Thank you! — Jim Rogers; 1825 SouthPointe Drive, Morganton NC 28655; 336-413-2569; domer8490@gmail.com

90JD Class Secretary — Cathy (Pollock) Gregory; cagregory.home@gmail.com

91 Gratitude
To start, a huge thank-you to Suzi (Criqui) Mueller for handling these notes for the last seven-plus years and thank you to all of you who have sent notes. Please keep them coming! From all accounts, the 35th reunion was a great success. Tom Tressler reports that a group of Dillon Hall friends, including Tom, Kevin Kettler, Ricardo Gonzalo, Bob McAuliffe, Rob Graham, Doyle Olson, Steve Headley and Matt Mittino, attended. There were many laughs as they shared fun memories and got caught up on each other’s lives. I am certain this is true for all the others who attended as well. Andy Hilger and his wife, Jennifer, report that they have been regular visitors to Notre Dame since their daughter, Jane Hilger ’22, arrived on campus in the fall of 2018. In addition, their son Henry Hilger ’27 is now entering his senior year. You can often find them at football games tailgating under the Chile Pepper thanks to Kathy (Zack) and John Kennedy. Andy Pfaff, Brian Lennon, Jason Brino, Chris Carroll, Brian Cody, Scott Nearing ’90, Sean Moriarty ’92, Rob Hayes ’92, Mark Bellafante, John Evans and a host of other Hogs and Honorary Hogs are regulars. I’m not sure how one gets such Honorary Hog status, but I’m going to have to check that out when I return for my next football game! After years in the recruiting industry, Henry spends much of his time helping people navigate an uncertain job market. He recently did a TEDx Talk called “The One Career Skill AI Can’t Replace.” One of those skills may very well be rowing, of which Anne Dinshah is clearly an expert. Anne recently rowed a marathon (26.2 miles in a single scull) in a fundraising event, Row for the Animals, to support the American Vegan Society, where she is the new CEO. John Dever reports that he was fortunate to be nominated by President Trump to serve as the general counsel for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence last year and that he went through the Senate confirmation process and was confirmed last October. If any of our classmates work in the intelligence community, John would love to meet them. John also was blessed to be awarded the 2025 Rev. William Corby, CSC, Award for distinguished military service. The award is presented in honor of Notre Dame’s third president, who was a celebrated Civil War chaplain of the Union army’s Irish Brigade. Finally, we have a couple of books to add to your reading lists. First up is Call Game, a medical thriller co-authored by Laura Downs Cody with her writing partner, Graham Elder. Laura and Graham are both physicians, so they injected the story with a good deal of medical realism. In a nutshell, the novel tells the story of a holiday weekend in a snowed-in hospital with a serial killer loose inside. In other words, a terrible night to be on call! The novel hit the Amazon Bestseller No. 1 spot in early January for medical thrillers and has continued to bounce around in the top 20. The second book to add to your lists is The Catholic Superdeterminist: A New Catholic Philosophical Framework for Belief in the Existence of God and Bodily Resurrection of Human Beings After Death, authored by John J. Bannan. Sounds like an easy beach read! I jest. Please send me some updates for the next issue! — Matthew Gries; matthew.j.gries@gmail.com

91MBA Who’s Cheering for an ND Game?
It’s quiet for this issue of Class Notes, but by the time the fall issue lands in your mailbox, Notre Dame football season will be underway! Are you meeting up with fellow MBAs on campus — or at a bar in some far-off South Bend city — to cheer on the Irish this fall? I’d love to hear about it for a future issue. Go Irish! — Patty (Spiekermann) Lynch; pattylynch05@gmail.com

91JD A New Chapter
In June I retired from the Iowa Attorney General’s Office after 35 years as an appellate prosecutor. It was my one and only job after law school. To say I enjoyed my career is an understatement. But now it is time to slow down a little, enjoy my grandchildren and travel a little more. I plan to keep writing this column, so send me your updates. Until next time, act justly, live tenderly and walk humbly with your God. — Martha (Boesen) Trout; 12823 Clark St., Clive IA 50325; cell 515-249-9235; marthatrout@gmail.com

92 35 Years
Lots of change as we lead up to our 35th year since graduation. Christopher Cox is now at Marquette U as the new research coordinator at the Center for Peacemaking. Tim Brown took a two-year assignment in DC with NNSA and has great views of DC from the new pad. Dana Babbin sent word she enjoyed the PE mini-reunion with some of the dormmates at Lake Maspenock in MA. It was such a great time, they hope to make it an annual tradition! Who made it: Barbara (Praus) Razzino, Sara (O’Malley) Bligh, Catherine (Baytion) Zeliff and Elizabeth (Baytion) Munshi. Nora (Purtell) and Dave Bose started their empty nest era. Daughter Isabella completed her master’s in professional accounting at UT Austin and works with E&Y in Dallas. Anna finished a gap year with AmeriCorps in Phoenix and started medical school in July. Jackson is a senior at TX A&M, studying computer science. Their last, Keira, is a first-year at UT Austin studying biochemistry. Dave and Nora decided to make life more interesting by becoming partners in a local restaurant last year. They also plan to ramp up travel in the fall. In June, Chris Lozier celebrated one year co-hosting his podcast Pour It On hosted with Ben Feller and Shaun Emerson. You can find the 25-plus episodes on Spotify and YouTube. Erik Milito has added author to his resume with the release of The Playbook for Organizational Excellence: Leading Your Team with Values, Passion, and Purpose. It provides a guide for businesses to elevate their performance and is available on Amazon. Also released in May was Mary (Pozar) Klinger’s book More Owen: Searching for Traces of a Son Gone Too Soon. This book about her grief and healing journey is also available on Amazon. Kids on Campus: Christa (Ruebenacker) Fahey shared that her son James will be a freshman at ND this fall. Kristin (Gafvert) Hammerschmitt’s son John joined the Class of 2026, completing his undergraduate degree in May. Tom Kinane sent word that he and Alicia Higgins-Kinane ’92SMC have three wonderful grandchildren: Griffin (10), Sophie (5) and Maxine (2). They love their role as Lolli and Pop. Tom has two years as director of technology at Elmwood Park CUSD 401 until retirement. They celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary next year, noting they married quickly after finals. Jen (Nesbella) Ceonzo sent word about a mini-reunion of the ND Band in Manhattan with Laura (Lavelle) Illuzzi, Michelle (Tambor) Shleck, Mike Coffey ’91, Trish (Greenwood) Coffey ’94, Debbie (Broderick) Brennan ’91 and Ken Ceonzo ’91. Jen and Ken’s daughter is a senior EE major and an RA in Walsh. A group of Lewis Chicks Angie (Buckingham) Melton, Cara (Eckman) McCandless, Jackie (Halder) Fallenstein, Kirstin (Braun) Kellner, Tammy (Meyer) Walters, Kristi Hannam, Kristin (Sadie) Schwarz and Michelle (Janosov) Pearson spent a long weekend in RI in June. Kristi Busack spent the summer traveling. She attended a FIFA World Cup match in Philly with Roni Garza and Julie Baron, then hit the other coast to attend the infamous red card US vs. Bosnia match in Santa Clara before taking off for a jaunt around Italy with Katie McMahon. A group of the Siegfried Hall ladies and many friends flew to Chicago from across the country to honor and say goodbye to Jill (Miller) Valbuena on June 18 after her passing on May 8. Having devoted her life to caring for others and known for her gentle, kind spirit, Jill’s compassion for others was seen with her work at the Center for Social Concerns and Big Sisters program in South Bend before she transitioned to a career dedicated to serving the homeless and mentally ill population in Chicago. Please keep her family and friends in your prayers. Reminder — save the date! June 3 - 6, 2027 will be our 35th Reunion. Please let me know if you would like to join a committee or assist with Class Mass. Check out reunion.nd.edu for hotel information and update your preferred email on my.nd.edu for important reunion emails. If ever in the Dallas area, please reach out. Send some good news and join the class FB page! — Jill-Beth “JB” Hayes; ndclassof92@gmail.com

92MBA Can We Retire Yet?
Kathleen (Drudy) Larkin and Marianne Rullo and I hung out in south Jersey at the start of summer when I was in that area for work meetings. Coleen Carey was meant to join us but ran into an unexpected conflict. Don’t you just love these special ND friendships that stand the test of time? Thanks to an email virus I inadvertently shared, I heard from Chris Hahn. His wife just finished a master’s in genetic counseling and they live in Portland OR. Chris is semi-retired and consulting while they decide their next move. Who else is retired or soon to be? Give me your news! — Julie Pendell; pendell.julie@gmail.com

92JD Class Secretary — Paul A. Drey; 6701 Westown Parkway, Suite 100, West Des Moines IA 50266; 515-271-1765; paul.drey@brickgentrylaw.com

93 Cheers to Anne Marie
Heartfelt gratitude to Anne Marie (Krauza) Yuhas for her incredible 33 years of service with the Class Notes. You will never need to buy a drink in South Bend again! As ND remains your favorite women’s basketball team, Mike Lane in his eighth season as head coach led our class’s second fave, the Highlanders of NJIT, to a school record 19 wins and first post-season tournament in D1 history with a second-round loss to Army in WNIT. Mike and his wife, Jill (Thompson) ’93SMC, hosted many classmates at games home and away including Adam North, Joe DeSantis, Kris Winningham, Casey Ryan, Joe Guariglia, Jerome Heppelmann, Dave Hilal and Mike O’Neil. In January, 20 Lyonites gathered in southern FL for five days of laughter, love, reconnecting and, of course … euchre. Those in attendance were Amy (Hardgrove) Ward, Ann (Verkamp) Kvach, Bridget (Carroll) Murdock, Chrissy (Prask) Hennin, Diane (Abbey) Dimberg, Gabriela (Gonzalez) Tawil, Jahnelle (Harrigan) Reed, Jennifer (Schuster) Lakomy, Kathy Majcina, Kelly (McDonough) Godfrey, Kristin TePas, Laura (Pfouts) McGartland, Margaret (Smith) Brady, Melissa (Lucke) McGarry, Pi (Aquino) Ebeling, Robin (Stumpf) Owings, Sara (Remick) Sullivan, Sarah (Fitzpatrick) Frank, Susie Kurowski and Tara (Gentile) Taucher. Three other Lyonites — Dora Martinez, Kathryn (Albertini) Weismantel and Laurie Sessa — weren’t able to join this adventure, but the friends are all looking forward to reconnecting again at both ND games and future girlfriend getaways. Drew Lawrence has been elected to the executive committee of Marshall Gerstein, Chicago’s largest independent intellectual property law firm. Reporting from Milwaukee, Jon Langenfeld did not lose a single golf ball at Matthew Charles’ member-guest. Dan Renouard and Kevin Berch competed in their member-guest the same weekend, yet it is unknown how many lost balls. Tricia Tilford was elected to the World Board of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts at their triennial meeting in Cambodia. She is one of 17 board members from around the world leading an organization with 11.5 million members in 154 countries. Beth Ann Fennelly published her seventh book, The Irish Goodbye: Micro-Memoirs, with W. W. Norton in February. Of the 30-plus stops on her book tour, her favorite by far was being brought back to ND as a guest of the English department. She was looking forward to seeing former PE roommates Carmen (Lund) Nanni and Denise (Chabot) Karkos; the night before her reading — St. Patrick’s Day! — a third former roomie, Laura (Heimann) Hajdukiewicz, flew in as a surprise. The audience included a former professor, Sonia Gernes; Beth Ann’s freshman year advisor, Ken DeBoer; former classmates Brendan O’Shaughnessy and his wife, Laurel ’93SMC; and Katie (Fitzgerald) Kenney ’94, and even the children of former classmates — Lloyd Adams’ and Doug Cooper’s daughters are both at ND. It was a beautiful welcome home. For more on Beth Ann’s book or events, check out bethannfennelly.com. Matt Bomberger and his wife, Michelle (Hayden) Bomberger ’95, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in May. They hosted friends for the weekend, including our classmates Ken Roach, Jaime Bailey, Deb Sus and Dave Certo. All enjoyed a bus tour of several wineries near Seattle and boat cruises on Lake Union. Matt and Michelle threw a lavish party at their newly renovated dream home overlooking the water, and Matt offered a moving toast in honor of his bride and their children Daniel and Kyra. — Joe Burke; 703-389-1290; burkejoesam@gmail.com

93MBA Listen to Your Body
Corky Vickers sent a letter saying he and his wife, Kris, finished their house last summer after years of working on it. His family celebrated with friends last summer over 100 years of family ownership of their cottage in Fair Haven NY that has been full of many memories. Please keep Corky in your prayers as he found out last September that he has leukemia. He said what he learned from this experience is that while taking care of your body is invaluable, listening to your body can save your life. As you receive this update, it will be football season. Please reach out if you attend a game. I would love to connect with those who come to ND to cheer on the Irish! — Tricia Hug Schorr; 317-987-5000; thugschorr@yahoo.com

93JD Class Secretary — Joe DiRienzo; DiRienzo & DiRienzo, 116 Saint Paul St., Westfield NJ 07090; res 908-812-2765; 908-233-6700; jd1@dirienzo-law.com

94 Short Update This Issue
Liam Brockey has been a professor of history at Michigan State for the last 16 years with a focus on Catholicism and how the Church came out of the Middle Ages (the period about 500 years ago). Liam’s latest book, No Saints: Deceit and Ambition in Catholic Reformation Lisbon, is set to be published by Penn State Press later this year. It’s about cheats and frauds and how their stories tell us about how Catholicism became modern. When not teaching and writing, Liam is busy trying to see his daughters, both recent graduates of the U of Michigan. Please send future updates to ndclass1994@yahoo.com. — Elizabeth Macor Groupp; elizabethgroupp@gmail.com; Matt Cannizzo; mcannizz@nd.edu

94MBA Making Up for Lost Time
Summer is in full swing and we are looking forward to the fall and some great football. I’ll jump right in with the upcoming football season. Daniel J. Pezolt, Kevin P. Dougherty, Pierre “Nonster” Nona and M. Sean O’Neill will be in attendance for the Wisconsin game in Green Bay. Sean’s family will be hosting us in Green Bay as they proudly share their hometown. I also expect to see Elizabeth (Ix) and Tom Buccellato at the game, plus Megan (Lee) and Dave Hilal. I know that Jonny Langenfeld and Dan Renouard will probably be there as well, and at every other home game. Head to the Pole 40 area in Joyce Lot for any home game and you are bound to find them grilling and having a great time. We’ll have a big group at the Michigan State game including Tom and Elizabeth, Dave and Megan, plus Jenner Davis and Papa; Scott Steiger; J. Matt Carr and his lovely wife, Kelly; Mark Mildenberger; and Diana (Stratbucker) and Jeff Cook. Gretchen and Dan Brewer’s son Safe has opened a B&B in South Bend, and several of the aforementioned crew are staying there MSU weekend. Look it up! We will also have Katherine (Lafkas) and Mike Mulligan at the Michigan State game, as well as Pierre, Kevin Doc and Matt Kavanaugh. David Pasquale will be joining us for the Miami game later in the season. Hopefully that will also bring Julie (Snook) and Christopher Brett Ohlmeyer. M. Scott Aubry is too busy in the fall coaching cross country in Toledo OH to join us in South Bend. I’m not sure if Shannon (Davis) Pezolt will be visiting South Bend for a game this year, but I sure hope so. Elizabeth and Tom will likely be at every home game, per usual. Elizabeth visited Jenner in upstate NY this summer while dropping little Bucce off in Utica. Andy Banton was kind enough to write me earlier this summer — he is doing great living out in CA, and had a recent trip to Appleton WI to visit family and watch a minor league baseball game against the Great Lakes Loons. J. Matt Carr has recently taken a new job with Medidata after almost 10 years with Amazon Web Services. Congrats, Matt! I imagine Tom Reyes has been on campus for a game or two, but I have no confirmed sightings and am hoping to see him this year. It sounds like Tom will be at the Rice game along with Steiger, Phil Neri, Cam Johnson, Mark Lambert, Jeff Urban and Carroll Rockey. I’m sure I am missing something or somebody, but this is all I got. Go Irish. Please let Angela and me know how you’re doing. — Rodger Laurite; 678-644-0422; rodgerlaurite@hotmail.com

94JD Stanford Game Reunion Reminder
A reminder that our reunion game this year will be vs. Stanford, Oct. 10. Please contact Jim Carrig or myself for tailgate and/or other meetup information for the weekend. Please drop me a note with any class news. — Doug Duncan; pdouglasduncanjr@yahoo.com

95 Family Milestones and ND Connections
Ann (Jackoboice) ’97 and Kevin Malone are excited that their son, Shay, will join the ND Class of 2030 this fall as an environmental science major and member of the Notre Dame Marching Band Drumline. Chris Murphy reports that his daughter, Colleen, will join the Notre Dame Class of 2030 this fall as a mechanical engineering major. Matt Jezior shares that his son Jack will be an incoming Notre Dame freshman in Carroll Hall. Richard Altier recently celebrated the graduation of his oldest child from Notre Dame. He was also invited to join the College of Science Advisory Council and looks forward to supporting the University’s mission and outreach. The son of Karen (Dalton) and Eric Leitz ’94, Dalton, will be a junior majoring in aerospace engineering. Karen traveled to Huntsville AL to watch Dalton and the Notre Dame Rocketry Team place fourth overall in NASA’s student launch competition with their rocket, Glory’s Mantle. Go Irish, Beat Space! Kyle Fleming and his wife, Lori, recently became empty nesters. Their oldest son, Aidan, graduated from ND in 2026 and is spending a gap year in South Bend while applying to medical school. Their son Keagan is a senior mechanical engineering major at the U of Kansas, and their daughter, Miriam, is a sophomore biology major at Kansas State. Teresa Arosemena’s son, Luis, is a rising ND senior majoring in neuroscience and is spending the summer volunteering at Crossover Healthcare Ministry in Richmond VA. Her daughter, Ana, is expected to graduate from law school in December 2027. Mary Lamb and her husband, Marty, recently celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary. They live in West Bradford PA and have four children. After 14 years as a stay-at-home mom, Mary returned to the workforce in 2014 and now serves as director of business operations at Villa Maria Academy High School in Malvern PA, her alma mater. She earned her MBA in 2025, 30 years after graduating from Notre Dame. After helping her youngest son begin his freshman year at Virginia Tech this fall, she plans to return to campus with her brothers, Brett ’93 and Steve ’02, for the Michigan State game. Mike Niehaus serves as senior director of accounting at Host Hotels & Resorts in Bethesda MD. He and his wife, Kerri, live in Aldie VA. Their daughter, Cameron, attends Tufts U (Class of 2027), and their son, Brady, attends the U of Virginia (Class of 2028). Mike looks forward to reuniting with Flanner Hall friends Jason Pett, Alex Mitrius and others during Miami game weekend. John Connorton reports that his daughter, Daisy, will begin kindergarten this fall at The Convent of the Sacred Heart in New York City, continuing a family tradition. The family lives on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and also enjoys time in Rye NY. After retiring from the US Navy, Rob Silva and his wife, Tracie (Porter) Silva ’94SMC, remained in Virginia Beach, where Rob is now a financial planner and Tracie serves as his administrative manager. Their daughter works as a chef for Disney while pursuing production design, and their son is entering his third year at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, double majoring in electrical engineering and computer and systems engineering. Keep the updates coming! — Molly Donius Boscarino; 745 LeBrun Road, Amherst NY 14226; 412-304-8469; mdboscarino@alumni.nd.edu

95MBA Class Secretary — Renee Werner; 134 Willow Blvd., Willow Springs IL 60480; 773-528-3929; renee.werner@alumni.nd.edu

95JD Legacy
Leslee Lewis is the chair of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of MI. Her son attends ND. — Julia (Schroeder) Meister; meister@taftlaw.com

96 Same As It Ever Was
It was wonderful to see so many of you on campus at our reunion in June. Our class continued its legendary status as the Best Class Ever by breaking the all-time attendance record for a 30th reunion — over 400 people made the trek for an epic weekend of catching up with friends, reconnecting with classmates and making new memories. Although campus has changed in many ways in the last 30 years, in many ways it felt like no time had passed since we were last together under the Dome. Some highlights included: a Thursday night gathering at Jacob Bump’s farm in Granger, a class Mass organized by Holly Forseth and Katie McMahon, the Friday night class dinner at Foley’s, an improv workshop led by Garrett Gray, a book signing with Alex Montoya at the Hammes bookstore, the first in-person meeting of the ND Women of ’96 book club (led by Katie Lawler, Erin Scanlon and Laura Merritt), a revamped Pig Tostal and dancing at Legends, late nights at the Backer, and of course dancing and catching up at our class tent. Thanks to everyone who made this such an amazing weekend, especially Larissa Herczeg, Kevin Kuwik, Paul Berrettini and Nate Ebeling, and let’s make sure to run it back for our 35th! Finally, I am very sorry to report that our classmate Lisa Giannuzzi passed away at her home in June following a courageous two-year battle with ALS. Lisa (Hillis) Miller and Meredith (Gonzales) Good provided the following tribute to Lisa: “Lisa faced her diagnosis just as she lived her life: with humor, creativity and grace. An accountant turned entrepreneur, Lisa traveled the world, served others with warmth and humility, and acted as the consummate hostess to her friends and family. During her time at Notre Dame, Lisa built a wide, vibrant network of friends with whom she remained close. She was also a football manager which was a highlight of her college experience and a spark for her lifelong love of ND football. Her most recent endeavor was as a candle maker, creating beautifully unique candles from repurposed, meaningful wine bottles. Be it from a bottle or from the heart, she poured love into everything she did. Lisa was laid to rest on June 23, in Apex NC. On July 16, on what would have been her 52nd birthday, friends gathered for a Celebration of Life in her beloved Solana Beach CA. Lisa is survived by her parents, Robert and Frances Gianuzzi; her sister, Caroline Connor ’94, and brother-in-law, Sam Connor ’94; nieces and nephews Thomas ’21, Julia, Jack, and Elena Connor; as well as a devoted extended family and countless dear friends. Lisa’s Notre Dame family will forever cherish and remember her intelligence, sense of fun and generous spirit.” Donations may be made in Lisa’s honor to ALS United North Carolina (alsnc.org/donate). — Kate Crisham; catherine.crisham@usdoj.gov

96MBA Class Secretary — Maureen Maher; ndmba96news@hotmail.com

96JD Passing of a Legend
Katy Blakey Cox reports that her father, Prof. G. Robert Blakey ’57, ’60JD, longtime law professor at Notre Dame Law School, passed away at 90 years old on May 1. His obituary is at kaniewski.com. John Dorbin took a new position as in-house counsel with Tire Rack as of July 15. Chris Spataro reports that while all 50 of our Class block tickets to the mini-reunion football game against Miami are accounted for, classmates who did not get in on the block are still welcome to join the fun at our 30th Reunion Year Class Tailgate on Nov. 7! Email me for details. Send updates! — Christopher J. Spataro; 57027 Wedgefield Court, Elkhart IN 46516; chrisjspataro@gmail.com

97 Mark Your Calendars
June 3 - 6, 2027 is our 30th Reunion. Where does the time go? I recently sat through our oldest son’s graduation from Notre Dame and it honestly feels like yesterday that we were all being squeezed into the ACC for our very own graduation. I have attended the last several Reunions and they are simply the best. They are a great way to reconnect with friends and make new ones from our class. If you can block that weekend off, you will not regret it, so visit reunion.nd.edu to learn more about hotel and dorm reservations. If you would like to help plan some of the special events we do for our class, please reach out to me so that you can join our planning committee. The school does all the nitty-gritty of the reunion; we simply add the finishing touches to make it extra special for our class. You will not regret attending! I have no updates for this issue, so please spend your time marking off the first weekend in June and sending me news about your life. Please send all updates to — Kate (Fisher) Murray; 1840 Huntingdon Road, Huntingdon Valley PA 19006; kmurraynd@yahoo.com

97MBA ’90s on 9
JJ Evans has had an amazing summer traveling around and enjoying awesome concert experiences, such as Jack White in New Haven CT, The Midnight and Foster the People, Public Image Limited with Johnny Rotten. Tim Coff continues to be an amazing Class Notes contributor. Tim reports that he visited Mary Beth Pinard and Heather Drinan in May. He has plans to make it out for the Michigan State game in September with Katie Moll, Marybeth Pinard, Ryan Baker, Raissa and Tony Carvatta, and Jennifer and Stu Fortener. That’s going to be some tailgate. Anthony Jowid is planning a motorcycle trip with Chuck O’Neal ’98MBA and Paul Silva through the Dolomites of Italy this September/October. Antman will be at the Wisconsin, Miami and SMU games this year. Ram “Lakshi” Lakshmanan has been very busy with music concerts, interfaith activities and visiting with friends, and he enjoyed watching the FIFA World Cup games. Lakshi keeps busy with consulting work as well. Chris Lundquist is pleased to report that he and the family are in Rochester MI. Chris is the executive director for North American Data Science at VML in the advertising industry. After graduation he began racing triathlons, and he just finished his 100th race this summer! Congratulations, Chris! His older daughter graduated from Michigan and is working as a data scientist. Chris’ younger daughter is a senior at Wayne State doing a BA and BS. Chris and family are hoping to make their way back to campus soon! This summer Kathy and I have been at the beach almost every week and traveled to the Finger Lakes region in upstate NY. The Comedy Festival summer tour has been busy as we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the festival with shows all across Long Island. Thank you to everyone that contributed to this column. It’s always so great to hear from so many of you. It would be great to get updates from even more of our alums, such as Grant Greig, Jimmy Whited, Charlie James, Joe Foppiano, Audrius Balaisis, Guido Gerstl, Tenque Shahruddin and Qun Cao. I’d love to know what Marileen Koppenberg, Joe Fanning, Thomas Howard, Dan Pastore, Larry Aleman, Shawn Beals, Rishi Sadarangani, Ray Wong and Joy Gaffud have been up to. Wouldn’t you? I thought so. Not to mention Tom (Tomislav) Stefanovski, Janice Keen, Dave Hennekes, Ed Midden, Stefan Schroffner, Paul Pertusi, Bill Asch, Chris Penny, Leanne Hensley or Kathleen Noble. Great news. I just got a new iPhone, and it’s easier than ever to reach me via text, email or just dial me up. Find me on LinkedIn as Paul Anthony. As always, thanks for all the positive feedback on the column. It’s been a privilege editing the Class Notes and has helped me stay in touch with so many of our classmates over the years. It’s always great to reminisce about our times on campus in South Bend. Go Irish! Your faithful Class Secretary, — Paul Anthony Mongelluzzo; 646-584-7340; paulanthonymba@gmail.com

97JD Rittinger on the Move
Mike Rittinger joined Stevens & Lee as a shareholder in the Corporate, Finance and Capital Markets Department and is based in its Valley Forge PA office. Mike balances a busy practice with life at home with his wife, Karen, their three daughters, and their son. Mike Whatley is running for US Senate in NC. Jack and I recently enjoyed speaking with Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Jesse Barrett ’96, ’99JD at an event in DC. Please send me any updates as I’m always looking for material for Class Notes. Go Irish! — Julie Vales; cell 973-727-5767; juliemvales@gmail.com; john.vales@dentons.com

98 This Is 50
As we all celebrate the 31st anniversary of our 29th birthdays this year, many of us got together with fellow classmates to mark the milestone occasion. Matt Bittner, John Petz and Patrick McCulloch partied with family and friends last March in Chagrin Falls OH. Sean P. Gallagher (not to be confused with Sean J. Gallagher who was in Navy ROTC and was Sean P’s first-year chemistry lab partner) writes that after 19 years in East Lansing MI, working in his private law practice and attending MSU law school, he and his family moved to Granger IN. Sean’s wife, Katie (Beeler), and their four ND fan children (Conor, Doyle, Ronan and Maeve) are now enjoying life in the town where Katie was born. Conor and Doyle are wide receivers for St. Joseph’s varsity football team and can be seen under the lights at the school’s beautiful stadium right by the “Blue Zoo” or Lafayette Square apartments as it is commonly known to many of us former residents. Katie’s mom, Kathy (Malone) Beeler Regan ’69SMC, and her sister, Molly (Beeler) Corba ’00, live in the area too. Sean and Katie are enjoying catching up and hanging out with old friends who either live close by or have visited for football and basketball games. Shout-outs to Christine (Marsch) O’Malley, Ryan Powers, Paul King, Adin McCann, Steve McMullen, Chris Salata, Tim Moran and Shannon Neely. Jeremy Burke recently facilitated the Spring 2026 Medical Device Manufacturing and R&D Global Summit in Boston. He also shared his knowledge on optimizing supply chains in the medtech sector and led breakout sessions with some of the largest and most influential companies in medical device manufacturing. I’m wishing you all a wonderful end to the 2026 year. Here’s to turning 51 in ’27. Go Irish! — Bob Flannery; rflannery98@gmail.com

98MBA We’re at That Age!
Tom Mannion tells me he has been married for 27 years now and, it seems, has reared some pretty successful kids! His eldest (Jack) graduated from UGA two years ago and is working in Atlanta in tax automation for BDO. His daughter just graduated the Master in Finance program at Notre Dame—a one-year program she rolled directly into after Clemson. She is now working in investment banking for Wells Fargo in Manhattan. Tom himself is starting his 15th year at BDO and heads up the Global TMT (Technology, Media, Telecom) practice. He also co-leads their national Data Center Consulting team. On top of that, he just got elected as president of the Notre Dame Club of Atlanta! He will be at ND vs. Miami this November … as will Sukeshi and Chuck O’Neal, who are still living in the Lake Tahoe area with some time in San Francisco as well. A couple of retirements to report. Sarah Collins/Holland retired in summer 2025 from her life in corporate finance and getting out from behind the computer and off of Microsoft Teams meetings to be more active in the local community. She is loving every minute of life on Block Island with her husband — lots of yoga and beach time. Def no Teams meetings! She would love to hear from any classmates who may be on the island or visiting RI/the East Coast! Brian Miller has also retired (“at least for now”). He and Melissa Miller spent the Fourth of July with Megan and Bryan Glynn in Suttons Bay MI. After a 20-year career with Kellogg’s, Melissa has spent the last seven years with start up Junkless Foods. Brian and Megan’s daughter Ciara graduated from Boston College in May 2025, and their son Jack is a senior at Miami of Florida. Speaking of colleges, Dan Ferry must be beating some records with his ND legacy. Dan’s youngest son Seamus will be starting Notre Dame this fall, which means all four of his kids have attended Notre Dame. “We are so blessed that they got to experience all that we MBAs experienced!!” They have a home one block from campus and welcome all MBAs when they’re in town. — Mark Holloway; mholloway@alumni.nd.edu

98JD Class Secretary — Chris Putt; mobile 574-514-3703; crputt@gmail.com

99 Job Updates and Proud Parents
David Johnson is still with the US Department of State, and currently posted at the US Embassy in Bucharest, Romania, where he will be working until his tour ends in summer 2028. His two boys, Gabriel and Michael, are at the American International School in Bucharest, and enjoying being vampires. Phil Murphy’s son Connor will be following in his dad’s footsteps on the pitch at Alumni Stadium this fall. Phil was captain of the ’98 Irish soccer squad and a member of the ’96 Big East Championship team. Connor is coming to South Bend from Philadelphia where Phil is a consultant for SpencerStuart. Benny Guilbeaux has a new job as a defensive coordinator/strength and conditioning teacher at West St. John High School (alumni: Tyson Jackson and Quinn Johnson). He is coaching his son Zion (6’4”; safety, corner, edge rusher) and teaching his daughter Zoë. Lindsay (Treadwell) and Mike Rosenthal’s son Tread was the starting setter for Hawaii’s men’s volleyball team. The U of Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors won the 2026 NCAA men’s championship. If you have any stories or updates, please send them our way! — Meeghan Mousaw; mkarle@alumni.nd.edu; or Tim Ridder; tkridder@gmail.com

99MBA On the Move
Thank you all for the great updates this quarter. Christina Glorioso was honored to be a part of the inaugural Executive in Residence group for Mendoza’s MBA program for the ’25-’26 school year. She guest lectured on campus for a week each semester, presented to MBA clubs and had many (many!) coffee chats with students. She is part of the Business Advisory Council and is passionate about working with Dean Cremers on increasing the visibility and rankings of the MBA program. She continues to work at NBCUniversal in NYC, going on 13 years, and enjoys visiting campus with her four sons aged 8-14. Mark Haak accepted a new position as head of leveraged credit for the State of Wisconsin Investment Board in Madison WI. The move gets him and Heather back home to WI, closer to their kids and, of course, Notre Dame. Valerie Woolsey met up in Las Vegas with fellow alum Chief Judge Temika (Williams) Murry ’98MBA. — Christy (Hayes) King; christyking@alumni.nd.edu

99JD Send Updates
I’d love to hear from you by October 18 for our next Class Notes column. Please send me some news! — Jim Swartz; jimswartz@gmail.com