USD Magazine, Spring 2003

ALUMNI GALLERY

degree.. .. Michelle (Stoelker) Lo Cascio and husband Steve live in Del Mar, Calif., where Michelle is a marketing communications manager for Nuera Communications, a high– tech telecommunications company. Steve got his M.B.A. from University of Redlands in 2001, and is a busi– ness development manager for AIG Insurance.... Luis Massieu is exec– utive search director of Bilingua!Pro, a search firm specializing in recruit– ing and placing English-speaking professionals fluent in one or more languages.. .. Rosalba Puentes works at Raytheon IDS in San Diego as a technical software lead... . Michael Viola is in rhe first two years of an M.B.A. program at the University of Notre Dame where his wife, Jennifer (Ross) Viola, is working toward her doctorare in cell and molecular biology.. .. Dr. Mark Woodbridge completed a family practice internship at the Naval Hospira! ar Camp Pendleton, Calif., and serves as a general medical offi– cer for Marines based at the camp. GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Lynne Baker Q.D.) recently was named a General Services Administration Construction Peer in the GSA's national Design and Construction Excellence Program. She also was named to the San Diego Association of Governments' Regional Comprehensive Plan Stakeholder Working Group. She represents Endangered Habitats League in land use, environmental and transportation planning matters. She lives in Poway, Calif., with hus– band Ken and sons Matthew, 11, Joeshua, 8, and Daniel, 3. ... Geoff Given Q.D., LL.M. '98) and wife Synthia moved to Pacific Palisades, Calif. Geoff has joined his family's CPA practice, Given and Co., in Santa Monica, Calif., and serves individual clients in the areas of income tax, estate planning and trust administration.. .. Evelyn Labun (D.N.Sc.) teaches mental care and crosscultural care at the University of North Dakota. Previously, she retired from Red River College where she taught for 28 years. She will teach in a master's program and the doctorate program starring this summer. She continues to research the meaning of health for Punjabi Sikh and Sto:lo First Nations peoples in Canada.

She plans to move back to Arizona in July 2003. She has two sons, Anthony, 5, and Matthew, 4.... Susie (O'Donoghue) Valencia wilJ be living with husband Bruce and 1-year-old daughter Hannah Grace in Hawaii for the next three years. While Bruce flies for Japan Airlines, she is raking a hiatus from school counseling to be a scay-ar– home mother. GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Wendy N. Wutzke (M.B.A.) is recencly married and has her own law practice specializing in estate planning. ... Joanne Zipay (M.F.A.) lives with her husband, Phil Hernandez, and daughter Mariah in Gilbertsville, N.Y. She has directed several productions, including the first three installments of Shakespeare's history cycle. She reports char Phil acted in Les Miserables on Broadway and Mariah began kindergarten. 1994 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Valerie Attisha lives in San Diego and is director of scholarships at The San Diego Foundation, where she raises funds and oversees a scholar– ship program rhar sends 200 students a year to college, some to USD. ... Scott Carr is founder and chief executive officer of SaveWealth Advisors, a financial services firm in Carlsbad, Calif., The Wall Street journal and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants recently profiled the company's Web sire, www.savewealrh.com. He and fiancee Heather recently moved to the University Heights neighborhood of San Diego with their two dogs.... Todd Moutafian and his fiancee, Ruthie Perry, live in San Francisco. ... Sarah (Newstead) Munroe is living in Aclanta with husband Tad, and is reaching fifth grade in Marietta City, Ga. She reporrs hearing from Andrea (Perea) Friedman '94 and David Friedman '94. .. . Pete Schoen moved back to Porcland, Ore., with wife Jenifer in Spring 2000. In May 2001, twins Grant and Grace were born. Pere reports char the family's rime is "occupied with lors of family and friends, outdoor activities and traveling." GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Michael J. Brady (LL.M.) returned after five years in Northern Ireland with a Ph.D . in international human rights law from the Queen's University of Belfast and new bride Suzanne.

He has opened a business consulting office in Tucson, Ariz... . Gayle Frevert (M.S.N.) retired in August 2002 from the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps after 26 years. She lives in Bremerton, Wash., and works with computers. 1995 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Pauline Pfohl had her second daughter, Madelyn, in October 2001. Pauline is a designer for Western Sign Systems in San Marcos, Calif. GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI John Doherty Q.D.) left AIDS Legal Services, where he had been directing attorney for five years, to become district director for California Assemblywoman Sally Lieber, who represents the state's 22nd district. ... Alena Herranen (LL.M.) maintains a solo law practice encom– passing primarily business, contracts and trademark law. She and her hus– band live in San Diego and have three daughters ages 7, 5, and 2.. .. Catherine Kim-Rowlett Q.D.) and husband Bobby Rowlett Q.D.) had a baby daughter in March 2000, and have another 2-year-old son, Nicholas. She reporrs rhar she and her family recencly traveled to Rarotonga, capital of the Cook Islands, near New Zealand, and Hawaii for two weeks.. .. Karen Lintott Q.D.) is living in Santa Cruz, Calif., and recencly opened her own practice in civil lirigarion, with an emphasis on surf law. 1996 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Jon Betti lives in New York City and is training with his family business, H. Betti Industries. He plans to return to the West Coast chis spring to manage California operations and to attend Loyola Marymount University business school. Before moving to New York, he played with rhe band In Rare Form. The band's debut CD is avail– able at www.in-rare-form.net. His e-mail is jpberri@berson.com.... Leslie (Manuel) Magnotto lives in Madrid, where she is pursuing a graduate degree in Spanish literature and culrure through Middlebury College. ... Tamara Tucker-Ham (M.S.N. '97) bought a home, trains horses and plans to compete in dres– sage in Del Mar, Calif., with her horse, John. She reports char she also gardens and is building a horse

facility with her husband. She says her career in the health care field is "advancing beautifully thanks to my excellent education obtained at USD. " GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Larry Perez (M.Ed.) directs rhe residence life program at Stevens Institute ofTechnology in Hoboken, N.]., and has a view of the New York skyline. He reporrs he's happy to return to his New York roots. His e– mail is LPerez@srevens-tech.edu.... J. Alan Warfield Q.D.) was award– ed Public Counsel's Advocate of the Year Award in 2002. He was one of 15 lawyers to receive the honor for each of the six projects sponsored by Public Counsel, the nation's largest public interest law firm. He also is in the final approval stage for becoming a certified specialist in appelJare law. He is a senior associate at Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, L.L.P. , in Los Angeles. He's married and lives in Whittier, Calif. 1997 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Mark Adams works as a chemist at Ligand Pharmaceuticals in La Jolla, Calif., and sings and plays guitar in a punk/ska band called Big Reward. The band's Web sire is www.bigre– ward.net . .. . Sonia Arraut worked in California for five years in supply chain management in the aerospace, telecommunications and entertainment industries. She moved back to her hometown of Miami, and works for Sony Electronics as a sales logistics coordinator for Larin America and the United Scares. She is working toward an M.B.A. special– izing in international business at the University of Miami.. .. Cari (Noble) Blackmore is married to husband Ryan, and is staying at home to raise the couple's three boys, Reid, 6, Max, 3, and Miles, 1. ... U.S. Navy Lr. Daniel Cobian com– pleted his master of science degree in management from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif. He and wife Lilian (Mamou) Cobian will return to San Diego by rhe end of 2003 because Daniel has received orders to a ship stationed there. ... Ashley (Adolph) Farrell lives in downtown Chicago. She works for United Parcel Service as a campus relations representative and employment specialise. .. . Susan Kendall is scarring her sec– ond year at Santa Clara University, where she is pursuing an M.B.A.

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