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1994
Congratulations to Kelly Compiseno Lamirand for being named one of the YWCA’s Women of Achievement for 2025. Each year, the YWCA Woman of Achievement Award is presented to a select group of Northeast Ohio women who have achieved extraordinary accomplishments through career success, community service, leadership, mentoring, and dedication to YWCA’s mission of eliminating racism and empowering women.
2000
Sarah Gelsomino, partner at Friedman, Gilbert and Gerhardstein, has been honored as one of Crain’s Cleveland’s 2025 Notable Litigators and Trial Attorneys. A DePaul University graduate with both bachelor’s and law degrees, she built her early career as a civil rights attorney in Chicago before returning to her Cleveland roots. She has since established herself as a respected civil rights advocate in the Northeast Ohio legal community.
2005
Samantha Beattie and her husband, Paul, welcomed their second child, Madeline, who joined son Arthur (4), in August 2024.
2006
Katherine Pofelko Alexander is a registered nurse who was recently promoted to clinical operations manager for the Hospital At-Home program at Beth Israel Lahey Health in Massachusetts. This innovative program provides hospital-level care to patients in the comfort of their own homes, improving outcomes while reducing the need for traditional hospital stays. In this role, she oversees the operations, ensuring high-quality, patientcentered care while expanding access to this mode of acute care delivery. She lives in Woburn, Massachusetts, with her husband, who is active duty for the Coast Guard in Boston, and four daughters.
2010
Director of Alumnae Relations Caitlin MacBride Berg and her husband, Jared, welcomed their first child, Maeve, in February 2025.
2011
Tess Kilbane Myers married Kevin Dorn on April 5, 2025, in Washington, DC. Her sister, Joanne Kilbane Myers ’13, served as maid of honor, and the celebration was made even more special with 20 alumnae in attendance. Tess wore the wedding gown of her grandmother, Joanne Golden Moss, a 1948 graduate of Lourdes Academy. The Gospel reading at the wedding Mass was Luke 1:39–55, known to Magnificat alumnae as The Magnificat. The couple met while taking evening courses at Georgetown Law, and Tess now serves as an attorney advisor at the Office of the Pardon Attorney in the US Department of Justice.
2012
Chandler Martin Rostron and her husband, Kevin, welcomed their son, Jude Dawson, in January 2025. He joins big sister, Sloane.
2018
Gabby Weist and Daniel Walker welcomed Charles Jacob in February 2024.
2021
Sarah Mangels is studying cosmetic science and formulation design at University of Toledo, the only program of its kind in the United States. Sarah visited Magnificat with a college classmate in April and met with students to discuss her program of study at University of Toledo and career opportunities in cosmetic science.
2023
Lilia Stanton is a junior at Purdue University, majoring in electrical engineering. She also interned at NASA this past summer.
