USD Magazine Spring 2016

the University of Southern California. Based on the success of the schools, she received grant funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and others to launch charter schools in San Diego. “Along with an amazing teamof educators, I now am the CEO for Thrive Public Schools and serve students from all over San Diego,” she says. The group has been named a Top 100 School Worth Visiting nationwide and it is a national Next Gen Learningmod- el. Last year, more than 240 educators visited the schools. “Thanks, USD, for settingme on this path!” Nicole says. MEGHAN (KAIN) BASARAB (BA) and her husband, Jesse, welcomed their second child, Finnegan James, on Jan. 27, 2015. Finnegan joins older brother, Connor Thomas. The family recently relocated to Redondo Beach, Calif., for career opportunities. Meghan and Jesse enjoy being close to the beach again. KEITH BRUNO (JD) participated in a lawsuit that obtained a record ver- dict in Riverside (Calif.) Superior Court. In June 2015, the lawyers representing the family of a 33-year-oldman who was stabbed to death by an underage drinker at a local restaurant received a $40 million verdict against the restau- rant franchise. Keith and his wife, An- gela Bruno, represented the father of the victim. Keith is recognized as a Su- per Lawyer and a National Trial Law- yers Top 100 trial attorney. Angela is a managing partner at Bruno/Nalu. REBECCA (VARDA) CONDON (BA) welcomed her first child, Kathryn Grace, on Oct. 26, 2014. PRENTICE LE CLAIR (BA) and his wife, Ingrid, moved fromNew York to Marin County in the San Francisco Bay Area three years ago. Ingrid is an edu- cator and STEM and technology spe- cialist in the Reed School District. Pren- tice recently joined Roemer Industries, where he handles domestic and inter- national business development. AURORA MADUENO (BA) is han- dling marketing for Canyon Villas, where she has worked for 12 years. She also just registered her company, Sueño Pay, an international prepaid debit platform. [ 2 0 0 3 ] BASIL CONSIDINE (BA) produced the opera The Clever Artifice of Harriet and Margaret for the 2015 Minnesota

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