USD Magazine Summer 2015

KATE (GOODMAN) CRACHY (BA) and her husband, Justin ’00, celebrated the birth of their third child, Jonathan Palmer. Kate recently completed a master’s degree in education and works as a high school religion teacher in San Diego. ADAM GREGORY (BBA) is a vice president at CommCap Advisors, a commercial mortgage banking firm specializing in long-term, non-recourse financing on commer- cial properties. LAUREN (SAPP) HALL (BA) and her husband, Andrew ’04, welcomed their second child, Madeline Marie, in April 2014. Madeline joins big brother, Nolan, age 2. SHANNON HARRINGTON (BA, MA ’10) lives in Del Mar, Calif., with her husband and two sons. She is a special education teacher at Carlsbad High School. GAIRD HELDT (BA) and his wife, Katharine (Nabhan) ’04, moved from Geneva, Switzerland, to Plano, Texas, in August 2014 when Gaird took a new job as director of marketing analytics with Market Fusion Analytics. He says they are happy to be closer to family as Gaird and Katherine welcomed their second son, Axel, on Oct. 6, 2014. KENT KRISTOF (JD) was recog- nized as a rising star by Super Lawyer Magazine , a distinction conferred on just 2.5 percent of attorneys in Southern California. In addition to his law practice, Kent is the liaison from the ABA’s Young Lawyer Division to the ABA’s Commission on Law and Aging. In 2015, Kent expects to com- plete his LLM degree in estate plan- ning and elder law. JOSEPH McKELLAR (BA) and his wife, Megan ’05, returned to Califor- nia after three years in New York City focused on starting Faith, a commu- nity organizing effort. Megan teach- es at a Green Dot charter school in South Los Angeles and Joseph is deputy director of PICO California, overseeing organizing campaigns aimed at immigration reform, dis- mantling the cradle to prison pipe- line, and creating living-wage jobs. CASEY O’NEILL (BA) was appoint- ed to serve as a federal prosecutor and trial attorney for the Criminal Division of the United States Depart-

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