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CLASS NOTES DONOR PROFILE Caitlin Garvey (LAS Sean Dolan (JD ’12) is Joe Keery (THE ’14) Rachel Hinton (CMN solution architect/lead ’11, MA ’14) published now executive vice president released a new psych rock ’17) has been promoted to technologist. “ e Mourning Report” of operations and general single, “Keep Your Head chief political reporter of the teacher Joe Slowik, I learned so much. When I left the (Homebound Publications), counsel of DRI– e Voice of Up,” under his solo project, Chicago Sun-Times. Jer Sklar (CDM MFA ’19) Goodman, Carl Stohn Jr., who awarded me the scholarship, her debut memoir, in the Defense Bar. “Djo.” debuted his rst feature lm, hired me to come back to his theatre, the Pheasant Run in October. It was listed by Melissa O’Brien (MEd “Tom of Your Life,” on Sept. St. Charles, Ill. In essence, he started my directorial career.” Lambda Literary as one of Benjamin Paolone (MBA Chrissie Martell (JD ’14) ’17) has assumed the position 1, 2020. October’s most anticipated ’12) has joined Becknell has joined the family law of assistant principal of As with most aspiring theatre professionals, Grimaldi LGBTQ books. Industries as senior vice practice group of Lavelle Wildwood Middle School in moved to New York City and eventually became a producer, 2020s president of its capital Law. She is based in the rm’s Shenandoah Junction, W.V. forming Dennis Grimaldi Productions in 1989. In that Maria Hadden (LAS MS markets team. Schaumburg, Ill., o ce. Emma Durbin (THE role, he has worked with some of the brightest lights ’11) has been named to ’20) premiered her play Crain’s Chicago Business’ Collin Supple (BUS ’12) Ryan Vaughan (MST ’14, on Broadway and beyond, including Mia Farrow, Brian “landscape” on Nov. 20, “40 Under 40” list for 2020. is now the vice president MBA ’17) is now a partner Dennehy, Carol Burnett, Alan Alda and Candice Bergen 2020, as Mirrorbox eatre’s She is the alderman of of the debt capital markets at Mazars USA LLP. He nal production of its virtual in the Broadway run of “Love Letters,” Ron Leibman Chicago’s 49th Ward. group of Brown Gibbons leads the Chicago o ce’s tax season. e theatre is based in the original production of “Angels in America,” and Lang & Company. He is practice and tax credit and in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Holly Johnson (BUS ’11) based in the Chicago o ce. incentives practice. Simon Russell Beale and Stephen Sondheim in the London was named to the board of production of Sondheim’s “Marry Me a Little.” He also Hanna Lavin (CSH ’20) the Betty Brin Children’s Stephen B. Walker Sarah Gorden (CMN ’15), has joined an internship produced “Gypsy” for television, as well as several ice Museum in Milwaukee. (CSH MS ’12) has joined a professional soccer player program developed by Imani skating extravaganzas over the years. She is senior manager of New Hanover Regional with the Chicago Red Stars, Green Health Advocates forensic advisory services Medical Center Physician acted as a sideline reporter His most recent production, “Harry Townsend’s Last » Madison Schroeder to improve environmental for Grant ornton. Group–Neurology in for the United Soccer League Stand,” teamed him with Len Cariou, extending the long (CMN ’17) and physical health in Wilmington, N.C. championship game on Nov. has joined underserved communities in association he has had with the actor that began at the Rachel Elise Johnson (CSH 1, 2020. the Cedar Rapids, Chicago. ’11, MS ’13) was named Capt. Darron Hubbard Iowa, law fi rm of Goodman, where Cariou was a guest artist. “So many of festival artistic producer for (JD ’13) was sworn in to Katherine Lester (MBA Simmons Perrine “Harry Townsend’s Last Stand” star Len the productions I produced or have Mariam Macker (CMN the 2021 iteration of the Allen serve as a full-time special ’15), training and devel- Moyer Bergman PLC Cariou, producer Dennis Grimaldi, director ’20) joined the ABC a liate been involved with have led me back and Gray Musical Festival, assistant U.S. attorney in opment manager for RMB as an associate Karen Carpenter and co-star Craig Bierko WDIO-TV in Duluth, to people who had helped me early on a fundraising festival that the Savannah o ce of the Capital’s wealth management attorney. She focuses Minn., as a multimedia launched online in July 2020 Southern District of Georgia business, has been named a her practice in family in my career,” says Grimaldi. “I’m very journalist and producer. with the mission of amplifying U.S. Attorney’s O ce. partner of the Chicago-based and employment law. proud of that, that I could give back.” marginalized voices in musical rm. Olga Olejniczak (MBA It is because of the scholarship theatre. She is an adjunct Bill Cataldo (MEd ’14) is Pedro Antonino (LAS ’20) has been promoted he earned and the assistance he instructor of mathematics at the new K–8 principal of the David Beck (MBA ’16) ’18) accepted a Fulbright to manager of real estate DePaul University. virtual school Red Hawks is now senior vice president received in his early career that English teaching assistant- development for Opus Online, based in Cedar of commercial leasing with Grimaldi established the Dennis ship to teach in Mexico from Development Company Vi Nguyen (CMN Springs, Mich. Central Bank of St. Louis. An January through May 2021. LLC. She is based in the Grimaldi Endowed Scholarship at ’11) has been hired as a rm’s Chicago o ce. e eatre School at DePaul. e multimedia journalist and Casey Clemmons (LAS Kathleen Murtagh Jones Chasten Buttigieg (MEd general assignment reporter ’14) joined the Minnesota (MEd ’16) published audition-based scholarship, which is ’18), husband of former Edmund Ramsay for NBC-owned WMAQ- Democratic-Farmer-Labor her rst children’s book, awarded annually, is intended to help U.S. presidential candidate (CMN MA ’20), business TV in Chicago. Party as the coordinated “Finding Your Magni cence: Ongoing a rst-year student get the great start Pete Buttigieg, published his development manager for campaign director. A Tail of Self-Exploration” memoir, “I Have Something DePaul University, has that Grimaldi himself did years ago. (Page Publishing), about to Tell You,” last fall. joined the board of Chicago’s a small dog named Molly “One of the principles of the Good- Museum of Broadcast who learns to shine by being Kristy Chipman (MBA Communications. man was teaching through doing, herself. ’18) Legacy and I think that e eatre School is now CFO of Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Daniel Sachs (DBA ’20) Charlotte Pence Bond is really carrying on that tradition. headquartered in Winter is now the executive director (CDM ’16) launched the ere’s nothing from my time at the Park, Fla. of the Polsky Center for podcast “Doubting It” in Entrepreneurship at the ings have a way of turning out right for award-winning Goodman that I would trade. Whether September. It explores issues Breanna Leach (MUS University of Chicago. theatre and television producer Dennis Grimaldi (THE ’68). we had classes with Uta Olson, who of faith, culture and doubt. ’18) is the new band e Melrose Park, Ill., native was eager to pursue a career in was the costume teacher and a major director of Rappahannock Josie Trettin (THE Shaina Wolfe (JD ’16) has acting and choreography, but the teachers with whom he wished in uence on award-winning costume County Public Schools in ’20) began a professional » Kelly Slay (LAS MS joined Dentons Bingham Washington, Va. residency as part of the to study at one institution had moved on to other pursuits. It designer eoni Aldredge (THE CER ’11) » Patricia Hudson Greenebaum as a managing has joined the Emerging Professional was through word of mouth that he learned that an audition ’53, DHL ’85), or a lighting class with (LAS ’14, JD ’17) associate. She practices labor faculty of the Peabody was Chelsea Tayui (CMN ’18) Residents program of the and employment law and for a scholarship to Chicago’s Goodman School of Drama Nick Naselius, I learned so much that College of Vanderbilt recently named to the was chosen as Miss Universe Milwaukee Rep theatre business litigation in the (GSD, now e eatre School at DePaul) was approaching. I was able to store and use later. So it University as an 40 under 40 top Ghana 2020 at a virtual company. On tour with Indianapolis o ce. assistant professor of lawyers lists by the event held in September. When he won the scholarship, he found it was exactly the Lynn Fitzpatrick wasn’t so much going there as an actor, but going there to higher education and National Trial Lawyers She will serve as a goodwill Martin Wells (MM right place to prepare him for a successful life in the theatre. in “No, No really, really learn my craft.” Jorge Aguilar (CDM public policy in the and National Black ambassador for Ghana during ’20) is now the director of Nanette”; at the MS ’17), co-founder of “Dr.