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ROBERT JONES (BS/BA) writes, “I started a company that helps clients build income streams outside their day jobs by leveraging the power of online marketplaces such as Amazon and Walmart.” PATRICIA RANGEL-PEREZ (MA) writes, “I was promoted this year to lead/supervisor at my place of employment.” [2008] JOAN BAUMGARDNER (BA) writes, “My husband, Brett, and I welcomed our first daughter, Brooke, in 2021, and are expecting our second daughter in 2023. We recently moved to Grass Valley, California, for more space and peace and quiet.” CLAUDIA LLAMAS (BA) is working as a mental health clinician. [2009] NADIA ANWAR (BBA) says she has two boys, 6-year-old Rehan and 3-year-old Ammar. “Just started a new job six months ago with an international law firm, based in their New York office, but they have a San Diego office as well. Hope to be back in San Diego soon for a visit!” CHELSEA SORICH (MA) is an elementary school counselor in San Diego’s North County. 2010s [2010] BRIDGET HARRISON (JD) married Avery Harrison ’11 (JD) in April of 2014. The couple lives in north Tustin with their two sons. [2011] KATIE (LEPORE) BALATBAT (BACC), ’11 (MS), ’16 (JD) married Richard Balatbat at the Natural History Museum in Balboa Park. Katie is an estate planning and tax attorney in San Diego and Richard is an engineer. KRISTAL MORRELLO (MA) reports that after she finished her master’s degree in counseling, specializing in clinical mental health, she returned home to Las Vegas. There, she worked several years in the counseling field providing counseling and working for juvenile parole. That experience

I couldn’t be anymore grateful for all that USD has prepared me for.” [2012] COLETTE CUSTIN BEVARD (BA) got married in October of 2022 in Chicago “among the company of dear friends and family.” She also celebrated her first year as director of information technology at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. MICHELLE HEMESATH (JD) writes that in 2022, she opened a firm with her partner, Ikuta Hemesath LLP. “We focus on plaintiff medical malpractice. Over the first six months of our practice, we have secured over $11 million in settlements.” DIANNE McCAFFERTY (MSN) has relocated back to San Diego County to work as a clinical informatics specialist at Sharp Grossmont Hospital. [2013] SOFIA LOPEZ BACTOL (BA) writes, “Mar Bactol ’13 (BBA) and I are overjoyed to announce that we are married! We celebrated our marriage in Seattle on July 2, 2022, surrounded by many of our USD friends. We are forever grateful to USD for bringing us together 10 years ago. We currently live in Seattle where I serve as the director of diversity, equity and inclusion at a local high school.” BIANCA BRUNO (BA) recently joined the trade publication, Beer Business Daily , as an editor, where she covers the ins and outs of the beer business, including litigation, legislation and lobbying efforts. She landed the role after working for more than six years as the San Diego reporter and podcast host for national legal news outlet, Courthouse News . LUKE LAUER (BA) writes, “I started my own digital marketing agency in 2021!” [2014] SHEENA BISH TANG (BBA) married fellow alumnus Robert Tang ’15 (BBA) in October of 2018. The couple met at USD in 2011. COURTNEY (OCHI) NORIEGA (BA), ’21 (MEd) writes that she married Andrew Noriega ’14

led her to decide to specialize in a career working with kids. “I decided to go back to school in 2019; I’m in my final year of my EdS degree to become a school psychologist. I’m looking forward to meeting other alumni, especially those in the school system!” SHAYLA (HOHEISEL) PERRIER (BA) recently had her second baby and has more than 120,000 subscribers on her motherhood YouTube channel, Hey Shayla . ROBERT RISCHE (JD) is serving as legislative director and counsel to U.S. Representative James R. Baird of Indiana. ELIZABETH TRESP (JD), ’14 (LLM) was recently selected as Super Lawyers Rising Star for the sixth year in a row (2018 2023), in addition to numerous other accolades as an attorney and business owner. She is the principal attorney at Tresp Law, APC and Tresp, Day & Associates, Inc. She practices in the areas of estate planning, international and domestic asset protection, trust and probate litigation, probate administration and trust administration. She adds, “Just 45 years young, I am a mother of three who, in my mid-30s, embarked on a second career. After obtaining my Juris Doctor and an LLM in Taxation from the USD School of Law, I opened my own estate planning and litigation law firm with offices in Solana Beach and Pacific Beach.” In the years that followed, she grew Tresp Law, APC from a solo practice to a multi million-dollar annual law firm with more than 20 employees and thousands of clients throughout the U.S. and abroad. In 2019, she acquired the nationally recognized asset protection law firm of Day & Associates, Inc., which has operated continuously and successfully in Solana Beach, California, since 1992. Today, she is the owner and principal attorney of both firms and owns two businesses in Wyoming, as well as holding extensive real estate investments from coast to coast. “USD School of Law gave me the skills and knowledge to go forward, conquer and pursue my dreams,” she says. “With all the connections and relationships made, I can integrate my professional and personal networks together.

(BAcc) ’15 (MAcc) on July 9, 2022, at Founders Chapel. “We met as first-years back in 2010 at USD in a community group led by our resident minister in the Valley. We were joined by many of our USD classmates and an ‘Olé’ chant ensued after a group photo.” AFARIN DADKHAH TEHRANI (MA) has been working in human rights advocacy and humanitarian operations since graduating from USD. [2015] RON MCCULLOUGH (MBA) says “I am currently the CSO of Intrigue Health, a disrupter in the diagnostics as a service space. Additionally, I serve as chief of a scientific advisory board for a stealth health care start-up as well as various consulting roles in health care.” [2016] ERIN KUMAGAI (BACC) recently got married to a fellow USD alumnus. MIA (MCGOVERN) O’NEILL (BA) provided this update: “I met my (now) husband at USD in 2012. Ten years later, we’re married, have a baby boy, and just bought our first house together! So thankful to USD for bringing us together!” TORRI SHERLIN (JD) was recently promoted to shareholder at Baron and Budd P.C. ANDREW THOMPSON (JD) joined the law firm of Dunn DeSantis Walt & Kendrick as partner of the firm in January 2023. A fifth-generation San Diego attorney — starting with his great-great-grandfather, Adam Thompson, in 1905 — Thompson continues his family’s legacy and joined the business group of Dunn DeSantis Walt & Kendrick in 2016. His practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions, start‑ups, general corporate governance and contract negotiation, as well as other business and real estate transactions. Having started and run his own small businesses prior to becoming an attorney, Thompson is uniquely qualified to guide clients through their start‑up legal planning and structuring, growth, maintenance and long term exit strategies.

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