Winter 2006 - Sacred Heart Schools

Class Notes
1980s
Wendi Hunter Mangiantini (SHPʻ80) is
living in Atherton and married Mike Mangiantini
in July. The reception was held at the home
of her sister, Elizabeth Hunter Kerrigan
(SJSHʻ78, SHPʻ82). Also in attendance were
Aida Jones (SHPʻ80), Ann McGraw Morrical
(SHPʻ81), and her sisters Julene Hunter
(SHPʻ78), Mary Hunter Leman (SJSHʻ83),
and her brother John Hunter (SJSHʻ80).
Michelle Foster (SHPʻ80, SJSHʻ76) is living
in the Los Angeles area.
Kelly Stokes Allegretti (SHPʻ82) attended
Santa Clara University and graduated in accounting.
While in college she met her husband,
whom she married in 1987. For several
years she worked for Arthur Young, a “big 8”
accounting firm. Now she is CFO of Allegretti
and Company, her family-owned business. She
and Joe have three children: Adriana (15), Anthony
(13), and Melanie (11). They live in the
Los Angeles area.
Clare Tuma (SJSHʻ82) is currently working
as a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch in
Menlo Park. She graduated from
Cornell University with a BA in
History and Government, and
then received an MBA at NYU
in Finance and Accounting. She
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INTRODUCING Paedrin
Makena Gillette, daughter
of Erin Rosenburg Gillette
(SHP‘90)
has fond memories of her great teachers
at St. Josephʼs, especially Mrs. Speiker,
Mrs. Burdick and Mr. Rose.
Sue Chang (SHPʻ85) has recently
moved back to the Bay
Area from Seoul, where she
worked as the bureau chief for
Dow Jones Newswires. She is at
UC Berkeleyʼs Graduate School
of Journalism as a visiting scholar. She
is married with a 12-year-old daughter
and a 10-year-old son.
1990s
Erin Rosenburg Gillette (SHPʻ90)
and her husband Kevin welcomed their
first child, Paedrin Makena Gillette on
December 23, 2004.
Thank Nguyen (SJSHʻ87, SHPʻ91)
is living in Minneapolis and has just
completed his General Surgery residency.
He will remain in Minnesota
while he trains for an additional two
years in Transplant Surgery at the University
of Minnesota.
David McMillan (SHPʻ91) is
working at Stanford as a computer administrator
for the Education for the
Gifted Youth program. He has worked
there for almost 10 years. He does all
of his travel on his recumbent bike. In
his spare time David works for several
volunteer organizations including
CLASSMATES Celeste Smith (SHP‘67),
Mary Keith Roberts (SHP‘67), Chris
Lussier Dyer (SHE‘63, SHP‘67), and Gail
Hughmanick Alberti (SHE‘62) get together
“Friends of the Ventana Wilderness” where
he is known for his trail breaking work.
Tom Schubin (SHPʻ94) is living in Rancho
Cordova with his wife Cassie. He is currently
working as a private investigator for a
national agency that combates compensation
and disability fraud. He would love to hear
from any of his classmates.
Melissa Prichard
(SHP‘66)
Melissa was recently named Director of Creative
Partnerships at the Daywalka Foundation,
an organization dedicated to stopping human
trafficking in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh.
Melissa has taken on this volunteer position in
addition to her other responsibilities, including
teaching full-time at ASU, mentoring graduate
students, co-judging the PEN/Faulkner Award,
writing a biography of philanthropist Virginia G.
Piper, and writing short stories.
“Within Daywalka, I work on the Kalam project,
where we teach poetry writing workshops
to children in the brothel districts,” said Melissa.
“My job is to create partnerships with artistic and
creative organizations that can help us with this
work. I intend also to travel as a spokesperson
for Daywalka and to make a documentary film or
films about Kalam’s evolving work with children
born into brothels, and the very young women
who are illegally trafficked and sold into sexual
enslavement.” In January, Melissa took her first
outreach trip, traveling to Nepal and India with a
small delegation of Daywalka donors and board
members.
“Human trafficking is a global epidemic, third
only in illegal trade after drugs and weapons,”
said Melissa. “Although Daywalka currently
works in Nepal and India, the Foundation intends
to expand into Mexico, South America,
Europe, Africa, and North America.”
And how does Melissa find the time and energy
for all this work “My energy comes from my
passion for this issue,” said Melissa. “If you are
passionate about the things you choose to do in
life, you may be a bit tired and overwhelmed at
times, but you are always engaged, aware, and
alive in the highest sense.”
Photos courtesy of Brandon Sullivan
(left) and Zuzana Sadkova (right)
28 Winter 2006