STACEY ISAACSON HUFF ’94 Flower Mound, Texas President/Owner of T-GRIP Graphics & Signs
ADAM STOUT ’05 Milwaukee, WI Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Marquette University
WHAT ARE YOU UP TO NOW? I am married to the most amazing man I could have ever wished for and have a beautiful teenage daughter Lauren who is the light of our lives. Sounds cliché I know, but it is so very true. When I'm not sitting behind a computer at work, my husband JD and I spend most weekends at softball fields watching our daughter play the sport she loves so much, similar to her mom. And when we are not at the softball fields, we are spending our time with family and friends.
WHAT ARE YOU UP TO NOW? After graduating from Marquette University, I spent six months in Orlando, Fla. working at Disney’s Animal Kingdom (Animal and Conservation Programs). I sweat it out as long as I could in the humidity before returning to the frozen tundra and accepting a position in admissions at my alma mater. For the last six years, I’ve served prospective students in various capacities, but most recently transfer students that are considering switching universities and joining us here at MU. I fell in love with an Iowa girl and we got married in November 2014. Shortly after, we bought a house, got a dog and in September 2016, we welcomed our first child, Alexander Patrick Stout, into the world! At work, I spend most of my time educating students about the admissions and financial aid process while traveling around the country to build relationships with colleagues and students at other institutions.
PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT? In 2012, my brother Brian Isaacson and I partnered up and started a successful graphics and signs company in North Texas. Yes, it is quite a challenge and has been a very educational journey to say the least. However, I wouldn't change it for the world. I am a firm believer that when you make a decision on what path you want to take in life, and you set forth on that said path, the skies the limit for you. You can achieve anything. It may take some blood, sweat and tears, but in the end it's so rewarding. Don't ever give up on your dreams and don't ever sell yourself short of what you can do in life. IF YOU HAD AN EXTRA HOUR IN THE DAY, HOW WOULD YOU SPEND IT? I would spend it with family and friends because they are the ones that help get you through the tough times, and they help you enjoy the good times. Life is way too short to not spend it with the people you love the most. Hopefully this mystical extra hour would be by a beach during sunset or someplace similar.
GIANNA GRUENWALD PRANATA ’95 AND RUBEN PRANATA ’95 Aliso Viejo, CA Gianna – Trust and Estate Litigation Partner at Wersching & Wolcott LLP Ruben – Strategic Partnership Manager at Telogis
WHAT ARE YOU UP TO NOW? Outside of work, we spend our weekends at the beach or enjoying other Southern California fun spots with our 4 year-old boy, Luke. LUCKIEST MOMENT? Reconnecting at our 10-year Santa Margarita Catholic High School reunion in 2005, which eventually led to getting married in 2010. IF YOU COULD BOARD A PLANE TODAY WHERE WOULD YOU TWO GO? We would head to Charleston, South Carolina. We had a great vacation there a few years ago, visited many amazing restaurants and enjoyed the fun, historic city!
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FAVORITE SM MEMORY? Hard to limit it to just one. Homecoming games filled with the energy and enthusiasm of SM students. The quality of faculty, coaches and administration is truly extraordinary. A lot of formative time was also spent playing around in the ETV truck. I had the opportunity to direct ETV morning news, spend time behind the camera and in front of the camera and work the controls. I have an appreciation today for the process of creating television and film.
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