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Alumni Class Notes Sarah Swigart ’04 Sarah competed on the Country Day track and cross country teams for four years, and then attended Georgetown University where she studied chemistry and raced with the Triathlon Club. She is now taking that energy across America. Through her nonprofit organization, Motion Commotion, Sarah will be biking 4,100 miles from California to Washington, D.C. and delivering fun health education to students. The Motion Commotion message emphasizes physical activity as a means of building confidence and friendship. Follow her journey on MotionCommotionUSA.org
year to start work in a cancer biology lab at UC Irvine. After more than 4 years of on-and-off long-distance dating, Alison and Casey were married on May 5, 2012.
Mateo Levy ’02, Jessica Grossman
Alex Zyman ’02, wife Stella Hernandez
Mateo Levy ’02 Mateo is engaged to Jessica Grossman. Mateo and Jessica met at Loyola Marymount University and have been dating ever since. They live together in La Jolla Shores with their puppy, Baxter. Mateo is a partner with his father, Isaac, in the family business, which focuses on life insurance and estate planning for their clients. To learn more about their business, visit www.levyfs.com. Jessica works in development for the Jewish Community Center and works very hard to keep donors happy and contributing to the various programs at the JCC. Alex Zyman ’02 Alex graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law in Spring 2011. Since then, he passed the California Bar and got married to his beautiful wife, Stella Hernandez. In January of 2012, he began an LLM in Taxation at the USD Graduate Tax Law Program. He also practices as a tax attorney. In addition, Alex is working on an executive suite concept for attorneys and other business professionals (ExecutiveLawSuites.com).
Sarah Swigart ’04
Brian Geffen ’03 Brian lives in San Diego and is managing his own custom printing business, Duds by Dudes, LLC. He got engaged to Amanda Diamond in November 2011 after finishing his first half marathon. Joely Pritzker ’03 and Jacob Gelfand ’02 Joely and Jacob are enjoying married life in San Francisco. Joely is in her first year of a family nurse practitioner program at UCSF. Jacob recently graduated with a JD/ MBA from University of San Francisco. Jacob currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer for the startup GlampingHub.com and works as a holistic business coach. Clara Saks ’04, husband Timothy Kenny
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Sergio Martinez ’05 Sergio joined the Army after graduating from Notre Dame. He is currently assigned as an intelligence officer to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, KY. Sergio recently completed an intensive language course in Pashto in preparation for his role as a military advisor. He is in Afghanistan as part of the first wave of Security Force Assistance Teams. SFATs focus on counterinsurgency operations and are embedded with Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police units. Sergio proposed to Amanda Maloof in April 2012. He met Amanda next to a castle in Angers, France, during his first day of studying abroad. They are engaged to be married in the summer of 2014. Jacquelynn (Vanderlip) Holly ’06 Jacquelynn graduated from UC Riverside in March 2010 with a B.A. in Creative Writing and Journalism. She currently works at Space and Naval Warfare Headquarters (SPAWAR HQ) in Old Town, for a small company called Programs Management Analytics and Technologies (PMAT) based out of Norfolk, Virginia. Jacquelynn is also coaching her third season of LJCDS track and field as a hurdle and sprint coach. Go Torreys! Jacquelynn and her husband, Geoff, were married November 19, 2011, in Coronado and are excited to announce they are expecting a baby boy in July!
Clara Saks ’04 Clara and Timothy Kenny were married in San Diego in the summer of 2011. Members of the bridal party included alumni Rosemarie Wagner ’04 and Shannon Mimnaugh ’04. Clara and Timothy met in Washington, D.C., and currently reside in the United Kingdom, where Timothy is pursuing a graduate degree in business. Clara continues her work in the field of applied behavior analysis focusing on early interventions for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Living abroad as newlyweds is the ultimate year-long honeymoon!
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