USD Magazine Fall 2016

ects are in Southern California and the Bay Area. In 2013, she completed her Master of Architecture at the Universi- ty of Texas at Austin. RACHEL (MAUPIN) SULLIVAN (BBA) reports that she was married to Evan Sullivan on March 28, 2015, in Turks and Caicos. They live in Kan- sas City, Mo., where Evan practices law and Rachel is a physician, prac- ticing bioidentical hormone replace- ment therapy at her own practice, BioBalance Health. [ 2 0 0 9 ] SHERMAN GILLUMS (MSGL) was promoted to executive director of Para- lyzed Veterans of America in January 2016. The changewas ratified by the board of directors inMay 2016. Sher- man adds, “First veteran of the post- 9/11 era to head one of the Big 6 veter- an service organizations (PVA, DAV, VFW ,VVA, AmVets, American Legion).” Hewas featured on the cover of the Summer 2016 issue of USDMagazine . FRANCOIS PORTEE (MEd) is a high school teacher in the San Diego Unified School District for at-risk homeless students. He is also the president of Follow the Leader Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 2006. Learn more at www.followtheleaderfoundation.org. ELIZABETH SPANGENBERG (BA) writes, “I am active-duty Navy, but right now, I am a full-time student in the peace and justice master’s pro- gram at USD’s Kroc School.” She re- cently hiked Mount Kilimanjaro with two fellow USD alumni and stu- dent-athletes: Meghan O’Brien and Erin Voyles. Meghan and Erin were swimmers and Elizabeth was a rower. GILLIAN (HEMMES) VAN DER SCHAAF (BBA) reports that she married Tyler Van Der Schaaf ’09 in October, 2014. 2010s [ 2 0 1 0 ] AMANDA (THEIS) ACCIOLY (BA) reports “Luca Joseph Accioly was born on May 1, 2016, to Amanda and Guilherme Accioly. Big sister Gabriel- la is excited to have a little brother.”

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