MATTERS MARIAN - Marian Catholic High School
MATTERS MARIAN - Marian Catholic High School
MATTERS MARIAN - Marian Catholic High School
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ALUMNI NOTES<br />
Take a few minutes and let everyone in the <strong>Marian</strong> family know<br />
how you’re doing by updating your information on the MCHS<br />
website or email cswanson@marianchs.com.<br />
Carol (Yushkevich) Amato ’75 is currently in a marketing career<br />
and was promoted to Creative Marketing and Design Manager.<br />
Carol also went back to school to fulfill her longtime passion in<br />
the culinary arts and enjoys pastry making as well as cooking for a<br />
healthy lifestyle.<br />
Annemarie (Goonan) Huyer ’88 is the Finance Manager at<br />
Treasury Wine Estates based in Napa Valley, CA. She oversees<br />
the Florida, South Carolina, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, and<br />
Latin America markets.<br />
Jennifer (Zajac) Svevo ’88, husband Gregory Svevo and big sister<br />
Tiffani A. Carlsen, welcomed their new addition Zack Gregory Svevo<br />
to the family on November 20, 2012.<br />
Michaelene (Brown) Buzas ’94 married Tim Buzas on May 5, 2012.<br />
Toni Chiappini Ruswick ’96 and her husband Aaron are happy to<br />
announce the birth of their daughter, Caroline Gabriella. She was born<br />
May 6, 2012, and weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce. She joins her big brothers<br />
Jack, five, and Benjamin, four, and big sister Elizabeth, two.<br />
Gia (Fonte) Colunga ’97 has been elected to partnership at Freeborn<br />
& Peters LLP, where she focuses her practice on complex commercial<br />
disputes and employment litigation. She lives in the Wicker Park<br />
neighborhood of Chicago with her husband, Isaac, and daughter<br />
Maria, who is one and a half years old.<br />
Leslie Spires ’97 and his wife, Victoria, welcomed their baby boy,<br />
Leslie J., born on October, 17, 2012.<br />
Jessica (Gehm) Callard ’99 and her husband Michael were<br />
married on July 3, 2011, and are pleased to announce the birth<br />
of their son Michael Gary (MJ) who was born on June 13, 2012.<br />
MJ was 8 pounds, 3 ounces and 21 inches long.<br />
Kristin (Lilly) Tortoriello ’99 and her husband, Dr. Paul<br />
Tortoriello, welcomed their baby girl, Liliana Marie, born on<br />
November 27, 2012. Big brothers Anthony and Christian are excited<br />
to have a little sister.<br />
Joseph ’00 and Jolene (Karwowski) ’00 Cieniawski welcomed<br />
Michael, a healthy baby boy, on December 31, 2011. Earlier in the<br />
year, Jolene graduated from Valparaiso University <strong>School</strong> of Law in<br />
May, 2011 and then was admitted to the Illinois Bar.<br />
Kevin P. Dolan ’00 and his wife Annie are pleased to announce the<br />
birth of their son, Daniel Kevin who was 8 pounds, 12 ounces and<br />
22 inches long! Danny was born on November 7, 2012, the same<br />
day as his Grandpa’s birthday, Pat Dolan ’72. Kevin recently joined<br />
McDonald’s Corporation as a Finance Manager. The family resides<br />
in Chicago.<br />
Samantha (Schreiber) Staley ’01 and her husband Ryan welcomed<br />
daughter, Danielle Rae on February 4, 2011. She joined proud big<br />
brothers Andrew and Colin.<br />
Tim Huizenga ’03, earned a place on the United States Marine<br />
Band, “The President’s Own,” this February. Tim competed with<br />
over 90 horn players from all over the country to earn a spot on the<br />
historic band.<br />
Celia Mimms ’03 received a Doctor of Dental Surgery DDS in June,<br />
2012 from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry.<br />
Rebecca (Gustafson) Bomgaars ’05 graduated with a Doctor of<br />
Chiropractic degree on December 15, 2012, from Southern California<br />
University of Health Sciences in Whittier, CA, and was married on<br />
February 10, 2013, to Justin Bomgaars. They live in Lakewood, CA.<br />
She will work in a sports chiropractic practice in the Los Angeles area.<br />
Carol (Yushkevich) Amato ’75<br />
Michaelene (Brown) Buzas ’94<br />
and husband Tim Buzas<br />
Caroline Gabriella, daughter of<br />
Toni Chiappini Ruswick ’96<br />
Leslie J., son of Leslie Spires ’97<br />
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