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3 in graduate school. Monica wants to mention that the support her family received from SAA classmates and faculty this September after the death of her young niece was amazing. Words cannot express how grateful she is to the SAA community for their kindness and words of encouragement during that dark and difficult time. Melissa Garlington ’86 joined the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston as Vice President of Development in January. Prior to joining BGCGH, Melissa was the Director of Development for the Children’s Museum of Houston. She is the former Senior Director for the Memorial Hermann Foundation at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, and before that served in multiple positions at Houston’s Ronald McDonald House. In 2002, she was recognized by Texas Tech University as a Distinguished Alumni from the College of Human Sciences in 2002. She served as an active member of the Junior League of Houston for 20 years and recently became a sustaining member, where she serves as the Development Council Sustaining Advisor. The Junior League of Houston honored Melissa in 2013 with the Sara Houstoun Lindsay Award, the League’s top volunteer honor for an active member. Melissa has held the distinction of being a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) since 2002. She is also an active member of the Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club, serving as the immediate past Co-President.
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Mary Kay Messina Cimo ’87 and husband Philip, welcomed baby girl Cecilia Ann on February 11, 2015. They are tinkled pink, and Mary Kay says it’s an adjustment being 45 and starting all over again. Big Sister Sofia (5) is very excited and helpful. The Cimo family resides in Houston. After 18 ½ years with a title company, Dana Loper ’88 has moved to a new company, Chicago Title Sugar Land Branch, and was promoted to Assistant Vice President/Escrow Officer. Suzanne Forney Parsons ’89 is married to Brett Parsons, has two sons (ages 11 and 9) and lives in Marin County, CA. Suzanne is employed at Accenture and enjoys her work as the Global Learning & Talent Development Lead for Accenture Strategy Industries. If any ’89 alumnae are visiting the Bay Area, please reach out! Jennifer Bautista Smith ’89 lives in Australia with her husband of three years, Shane, and her two sons, Aleksander (2.5 years) and Sebastian (7.5 months). She is currently not working and not sure how long she will be out of the country. She has a BS in biological/physical sciences from UH-D and a BS in nursing from UTHSC-Houston as of 2004. 1990s Gabriella Marshall Mackin ’90’s quadruplet daughters (16) and son (14) all attend Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
in Houston, and are having a wonderful experience there. Gabriella is working for Hewlett-Packard as a fraud investigator. Susan DeCell Shifflett ’90 and classmate Veronica Cardenal-Vogel ’90 reunite in Nicaragua. (3) Mikey Keating Smith ’90 and husband, Sam, welcomed Iris Suzanne Smith on October 24. She joins big sister is Lucy (2.) (4) Laura Mayer Robertson ’91 was promoted to Deputy General Council of Litigation & Arbitration at ConocoPhillips Company in Houston. Tiffany Harper-Silva ’92 recently became a First Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo. She studies at Young Brother’s Taekwondo under Grand Master Mark Giambi and hopes to continue competing and ranking up to at least until 4th Dan. It has now become a family thing - her son is trying to catch up with his “cool” mom. Jessica Vickery Karlsruher ’95 and her family moved from Washington, DC back to Texas in fall 2013. Jessica, her husband, David, and their children, Connealy (4) and Duke (2), have settled in Austin, Texas where Jessica heads the Testicular Cancer Foundation. (5) Tanya Merla Leiber ’95 and husband, Jason, welcomed Trevor Anderson on
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