Profiles in Leadership
Priesthood and Religious Life
- Rev. Mark Bachmann, O.S.B. (’82)
Co-founder and Subprior
Monastery of Our Lady of the Annunciation of Clear Creek - The Very Rev. John M. Berg, F.S.S.P. (’93)
Superior General
Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter - Sr. Marcella, M.C. (’86)
U.S. Mid-West Regional Superior, Missionaries of Charity - Rev. Gary Selin (’89)
Formation Director
St. John Vianney Theological Seminary
Archdiocese of Denver - Sr. Thomas Aquinas Halbmaier, O.P. (’84)
Former President
Aquinas College (Nashville, Tenn.) - Rev. Joshua Morey, O.S.B. (’00)
Subprior
Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey
Hulbert, Oklahoma - Sr. Mary Margaret O’Brien, O.P. (’00)
Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist
Ann Arbor, Michigan - Rev. Patrick Seo (’06)
Parochial Vicar
Our Lady of Mercy
Park Ridge, New Jersey. - Rev. Miguel (Gaspar ’08) Batres, O.Praem.
Nortbertine Fathers
Silverado, California - Rev. Deneys Williamson (’10)
Curate
St. John the Apostle
Johannesburg, South Africa - Sr. Maria Battista of the Lamb of God (Maria Forshaw ’07)
Carmel of St. Joseph
St. Louis, Missouri - Rev. Jeffrey Hanley (’13) & Rev. Maximilian Nightingale (’13)
Canon lawyers in training
Diocese of Kalamazoo, Michigan
Education
- Dr. Joseph Almeida (’81)
Professor of Classics
Franciscan University of Steubenville - Dr. Thomas A. Cavanaugh (’85)
Medical ethicist, propfessor of philosophy
University of San Francisco - Laura Berquist (’75)
Founding Director, Mother of Divine Grace School
Author, Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum - Dr. John Mortensen (’97)
Associate Professor of Theology & Philosophy
Wyoming Catholic College
Winner, 2010 Award of the Pontifical Academies - Dr. Jean Rioux (’82)
Chair of the Department of Philosophy
Benedictine College - Carl Sauder (’77)
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Elizabeth Trojack (’06)
Foundress and Head of School
Elizabeth Ann Seton Montessori School (St. Paul, Minnesota) - Michael Van Hecke (’86)
Headmaster
St. Augustine Academy (Ventura, California) - Dr. Mary Dzon (’95)
Professor of English
University of Tennessee - Dr. John Finley (’99)
Professor of Philosophy
Kenrick-Glennon Seminary
St. Louis, Missouri - Andrew M. Lang (’06)
Headmaster
Holy Spirit Academy
Monticello, Minnesota - Dr. Adam Seagrave ('05)
- Kinder Institute Associate Professor of Constitutional Democracy
University of Missouri - Dr. Kathleen Sullivan (’06)
English teacher
Oakcrest School
McLean, Virginia
Drs. Susan (Burnham ’78) and Michael Waldstein (’77)
Professors of philosophy
Franciscan University of Steubenville
Business
- Rolfe Kratz (’97)
Associate Broker
Classic Real Estate (Washington, D.C.) - David O’Reilly (’87)
Owner, Founder, Vintner, Winemaker
Owen Roe - Shane O’Reilly (’95)
Staff Vice president for Corporate Sourcing
WellPoint - Jane Neumayr Nemcova (’98)
Vice President and General Manager of Global Services for Machine Intelligence
Lionbridge, Technologies, Inc. - Ken May (’03)
CEO and owner of Swift Chip
Certified Ethical Hacker
Information Security and Compliance Auditor. - Stephanie (Bujnak ’07) Ward
- Fodservice Consultant
Henrico, Virginia - Paul McCown (’10)
CFO and Executive Vice President
Dataspeed, Inc - Maggie Tuttle (’10)
Lead
Talent Solutions Support Services
LinkedIn - Anna (Dunlap) and Dominic O’Reilly (both ’12)
- Proprietors
Topa Mountain Winery & Anna’s Cider
Ojai, California - Kayla (Kermode ’12) Six
Strategic Sourcing Manager
Anthem, Inc. - Peter LaFave (’13)
Strategic Sourcing Consultant
WellPont - Sarah (De Laveaga ’14) Ellefson
Owner, Sarah Ellefson Photography
Santa Barbara, California
Law
- Katie Short (’80)
Vice President for Legal Affairs
Life Legal Defense Foundation - David A. Shaneyfelt (’81)
Attorney
The Alvarez Firm
Camarillo, California - Mary Bridget Neumayr (’86)
Chairman
White House Council on Environmental Quality - Rebekah Shapiro (’05)
Attorney
Wild, Carey & Fife (San Francisco, Calif.) - Andrew Zepeda (’79)
Founder and Shareholder
Lurie, Zepeda, Schmalz, Hogan & Martin (Century City, Calif.) - Edward Froelich (’88)
Of Counsel
Morrison Foerster - Michael Swanson (’93)
City Attorney
Klamath Falls, Oregon - Raymond Tittmann (’94)
Partner
Wargo French
Los Angeles, California - Patrick Laurence (’96)
Associate
Murtaugh Meyer Nelson & Treglia LLP.
Irvine, California - Justin Alvarez (’97)
Founder
The Alvarez Firm
Camarillo, California - Sean Murray (’97)
Partner
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Irvine, California - Patrick Mason (’03)
Partner
Mason & Isaacson
Gallup, New Mexico - James Layne (’08)
Counsel
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee - Tim Cantu (’10)
Attorney
Pepple Cantu Schmidt PLLC
Clearwater, Florida - Rev. Jeffrey Hanley (’13) & Rev. Maximilian Nightingale (’13)
Canon lawyers in training
Diocese of Kalamazoo, Michigan
Public Policy
- Peter Colarelli (’92)
First Ward Alderman
Lockport, Ill. - Michael Swanson (’93)
City Attorney
Klamath Falls, Oregon - Thomas A. Alexander (’99)
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counter Narcotics and Global Threats - James Layne (’08)
Counsel
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee - William ‘Billy’ Gribbin Jr. (’10)
Chief Speechwriter for Sen. Ted Cruz - Paul McCown (’10)
City Councilman
Troy, Michigan - Josh Altic (’12)
Associate Project Director
Ballotpedia - Brandon Ristoff (’17)
Master of Public Policy, Pepperdine University’s School of Public Policy
Graduate student in applied statistics, Loyola University Chicago - Siobhan Heekin-Canedy (’18)
Graduate Student
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Military / Law Enforcement
- Lieutenant Commander Josh Bergen (’05)
Foreign Area Officer
U.S. Navy - Officer Rex Mohun (’90)
California Highway Patrol - Col. Sam Shaneyfelt, USAF (’86)
35th Operations Group Commander
Misawa Air Base
Misawa, Japan
Medicine
- Dr. Samuel Caughron (’96)
- President and CEO
MAWD Pathology Group (Kansas City, Missouri) - Thomas Hart, D.D.S. (’91)
Owner
Wahoo Family Dentistry (Wahoo, Neb.) - Dr. Caroline Johnson (’97)
Transplant Nephrologist
Waco, Texas - Dr. Francis “F.J.” Milligan (’85)
Family Practitioner (Bow, N.H.) - Dr. Nadine St. Arnault (’78)
Anesthesiologist (Denver, Colo.) - Col. Paul W. White, M.D. (’95)
Consultant to the Surgeon General for Vascular Surgery - Beau Braden, D.O. (’00)
Owner and Managing Physician
The Braden Clinic
Ave Maria, Florida - Franz Wall (’16)
Dental student on full U.S. Navy scholarship - Olivia Cobb (’16)
Biostatistician and cancer researcher:
Arts & Architecture
- James Langley (’85)
Professor, Savannah College of Art and Design - Mark Donnelly (’89)
Professional musician
Vancouver, British Columbia - Maria Rangel (’99)
Artist
Rangel Studios - Erik Bootsma (’01)
owner of Erik Bootsma Design
Richmond, Virginia - Will Dowdy (’05)
Architect
Anderson|Kim Architecture+Urban Design - Anthony Grumbine (’00)
Principal
Harrison Design
Santa Barbara, California - David Isaac (’05)
Co-founder
Orpheum Music Productions, LLC - Zoe Appleby (’18)
Graduate student in art history at the University of California, Riverside - Stephen Grimm (’75)
Media
- Christina (Andres ’82) Deardurff
Editorial Assistant
Inside the Vatican - Mary Rose Bacani (’03)
Producer and Reporter
Salt + Light Television, Canada - Karen Walker (’76)
Founder and Managing Member, Catholic Business Journal, LLC
Founder & Producer, The Catholic Business Hour with Dick Lyles - Katrina Trinko (’09)
Managing Editor
The Foundry - William ‘Billy’ Gribbin Jr. (’10)
Chief Speechwriter for Sen. Ted Cruz - Josh Altic (’12)
- Associate Project Director
Ballotpedia - Lauretta Brown (’13)
Reporter
Cybercast News Service (CNS) - Patrick Cross (’14)
Cartoonist
Nonprofit & Social Work
- Maureen Gahan (’76)
Milestones Clinical & Health Resources Director
Stone Belt Arc (Indiana) - Matthew Kuemmerlein (’07)
U.S. Peace Corps, Philippines - Gregory A. Pesely (’77)
Mission Integration Manager
OSF Healthcare System (Peoria, Ill.) - Dr. Pia de Solenni (’93)
Theological Consultant
Office of the Bishop for the Diocese of Orange, California - David Trull (’13)
Hilo Rojo
Peru
Technology
- Jane Neumayr Nemcova (’98)
Vice President and General Manager of Global Services for Machine Intelligence
Lionbridge, Technologies, Inc. - Nathan Haggard (’99)
Systems engineer
Apple Inc. - Ken May (’03)
CEO and owner of Swift Chip
Certified Ethical Hacker
Information Security and Compliance Auditor. - Daina Andries (’09)
Metadata Technician
Digital Resources Division
Law Library of Congress - Maggie Tuttle (’10)
Lead
Talent Solutions Support Services
LinkedIn - Robert Goyette (’19)
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– Patrick Nazeck (’19)
Ridgecrest, California
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– The Most Rev. José H. Gomez
Archbishop of Los Angeles