Santa Clara Magazine

Brittany Bramell ’07 is communication director for the Congressional Office of House Speaker John Boehner. Bramell previously served as spokesperson for Republican Chris Christie's 2009 gubernatorial campaign in New Jersey.
 

Julie Gabelein '07 and John Bianchi J.D. '07 were wed on July 24, 2010 in ceremony overlooking Puget Sound on Whidbey Island, WA, presided by Chris Boscia J.D. '08. The bridal party included Jesse Baldwin-Philippi '07, Shannon Bell '07, Kellie Dunn '07, and Sarah Scott '07. Other Broncos in attendance: Robin Bedillion '05, Taylor Bedillion '05, Carrie Clark '07, Sara Forrester '07, Danielle Granieri '07, Seena Kallingal '07, Kristin Love Boscia '03, JD '08, Blossom Marimpetri '08, Kevin Metti JD '07, Asheesh Mohindru JD '07, Kristen Morse '07, Sara Overmier '07, Tara Rooney '05, Kiley Strong '05, and Diannah Vaughn '07. The couple resides in Seattle.

Shubhasheesh Anand MBA ’07 recently joined InsightsOne (http://InsightsOne.com), leading the solutions team. InsightsOne is a well-funded B2C predictive analytics startup in the big-data space. The company is actively hiring data scientists and engineers.

William Amerman MBA '08 has published a new book, Aries at Dawn. The link is: http://www.amazon.com/Aries-at-Dawn-ebook/dp/B004WT7KJE

Stephanie Paulus '08 and Joshua Yee '06, '09 were married on June 26, 2010 at the Mission Santa Clara by Paul Taylor, Young Adult/College Pastor at Peninsula Bible Church in Palo Alto. The bridal party inlcuded Best Man Jonathan Lewis '08; Groomsmen Dane Yoshimura, Chris Salzmann '06, '10, and James Reavis '08; Maid of Honor Kaitlin Paulus; Bridesmaids Suzy Evans, Katie Clarke, and Shayna Yee; Ring Bearers Alex Paulus and Jacob Dally; and Flower Girl Maia Kawaguchi. Ceremony scripture was read by Kevin Hazard '06, Molly Shatzel '10, Andrew Caldwell, and Cameron Nitta. Music was played by Jake Dodson. The couple honeymooned in Hawaii and then celebrated a second reception in Josh's hometown of Honolulu. They currently live in San Jose where Josh works as an electrical engineer at Linear Technology and Stephanie is looking for a position as a registered nurse after recieving her Bachelor's degree in Nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May.

Olvin Veigas, S.J., STL ’08 is now director of the St. Thomas Institute of Philosophy, Theology and History in Moscow, Russia. He started the school year with 60 new students.

EB (Elizabeth) Stanislawski ’08 and Colin Triplett ’08 were married June 23, 2012 at Clos La Chance Winery in San Martin, California. EB currently works for The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco and is presently pursuing her Masters at Santa Clara. Colin started, operated and expanded Mint Condition Fitness in Los Gatos, a boutique holistic fitness club. EB and Colin now reside in their lovely home in Santa Clara.

Mike Sweitzer-Beckman M.Div. ’08 writes: “Back in 2002, I began collecting letters from people who were serving prison sentences for committing acts of civil disobedience at the School of the Americas (now the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation). I wrote to prisoners and asked them to share their stories of what it was like to be in prison, and why they took actions that put them in federal prison. My goal was to show the commitment by these peace activists toward a nonviolent alternative. I also received some letters from people who had committed acts of civil disobedience at other anti-nuclear demonstrations, including nuclear test sites. I am donating these letters to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection.”

Melissa (Lomeli) Sesma ’08 is the new bilingual services program manager at the Monterey County Elections Department. Semsa, a Salinas native, will focus on voter education and will be a resource for the bilingual community and voters at large. She will help register voters, especially in underserved communities, and will assist with the recruitment of bilingual poll workers.

Semsa is an Alisal High School graduate and an alumna of Santa Clara University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and French.

Her goal is “to improve access to the ballot and election information in an effort to make Monterey County a region where people can be educated about the voting process and how they can participate,” according to an Elections Department newsletter.

To contact Sesma about what the Elections Department can do in your neighborhood or for a request of an educational presentation at your organization’s event call her at (831) 796-1478.

J.T. Service J.D. '08, founder of Soul Focus Sports, organized the San Jose 408K Race to the Row, an 8K run on March 11, 2012.

Service got the idea for the race after his company was hired to produce the Giant Race for the San Francisco Giants, which offers half-marathon, 10K and 5K courses, all ending on the Giants home field in AT&T Park. 

"There was something about their connection with the people who felt it was their team and their city," Service said in an article published by the San Jose Mercury News. "About 85 percent of the people running were from San Francisco, and everyone would wear their Giants gear. I felt there needed to be something for San Jose replicating that feel."

The HP Pavilion was chosen for the start and Santana Row for the finish, he said, because they are two of the most prominent landmarks in San Jose.

The Pat Tillman Foundation is the charity partner; Service ran in the San Jose version of Pat's Run before it was discontinued locally and relocated to Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, where it is now held each April. 

The funds raised by The San Jose 408K will be used by the Pat Tillman Foundation for its programs, including the Tillman Military Scholars program, which provides financial support for active and veteran service members and their spouses to complete degree programs.

Amber Valdivia '08 and Sean Seggie were married on May 15, 2010 on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Marcella Reynolds ’08 writes, "For the last year I have worked at Table Mountain Rancheria as the environmental administrative assistant. I have now been promoted to environmental specialist within the Government Affairs and Environmental Department."

Griselda Ramirez '08 was recently hired by The Salinas Californian newspaper to report on news and feature stories from Salinas school districts and Hartnell College, and will also report on districts in north county and south county and California State University, Monterey Bay.

Niamh (Doherty) Radhakrishnan J.D. '08 is now a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Labor, based in the Los Angeles office.

Stuart Poulter '08 and Kristina Chiapella '09 were married June 30, 2012 at David Walley's Hot Springs Resort in Genoa, Nev. Stuart and Kristina celebrated their wedding with fellow SCU alums Ashley Gardner '09, Katelyn (Schlereth) Wood '08, Michael Wood, Michelle Pesce '09, Chad Dupic '09, Elizabeth Storelli '09, Stephen Smoker '09, Bethany Elias Jenner '08, Catherine Waite '08, Elizabeth Czapla '08, Lindsay Mohundro '10, Samantha Go '08, Lauren Roon '08, Kaitlin Thompson '09, Adam Boriotti '08, Deborah Thurtle '08, Krystal Wu '09 and Sam Baker '08.

Viktor Petersson ’08 is co-founder and CEO of YippieMove, a product from startup WireLoad that makes the email migration process as easy as possible. He was recently featured in an article on Tech Crunch, where he notes that YippieMove was designed to address his own needs as an SCU graduate who needed to move his mail from his student account before everything was deleted. Users of YippieMove enter their account details, and YippeeMove, which supports more than 100 email providers, handles the rest of the process without software installation. 

Stephanie Marquez ’08 writes, "After working in the California Central Valley in the Alumni Relations Office at the University of California, Merced for over four years now where I manage the Student A, I recently accepted a new job opportunity in San Diego, CA. I am so thrilled to relocate and start working in the Alumni Relations Office as the Development and Alumni Relations Coordinator at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in January 2013. Following my experience working in higher education I realized that working with undergraduate students is my true passion and calling. I am in the process of applying to graduate school for next fall, now that my aspiration is to begin studying Higher Education Leadership at the University of San Diego."

Becky Ahrens '07 and Zack Mariscal '08 were married December 21, 2008. They have been happily married for over a year and a half and are looking forward to many more years to come.

Brittany Klein ’08 and Kiki Bosio ’09 are champions on the turf. They're teammates on the Orange County Waves Women's Soccer Team, which won the 2011 Women's Premier Soccer League National Championship on July 31 after defeating the Chicago Red Stars in a dramatic overtime finish. Bosio put the team ahead 1-0 just before halftime, and Klein assisted the game-winning goal 11 minutes into overtime. 

Lisa M. Kinslow ’08 is serving as business manager for TDC Medical, a Vention Medical Company, a product design and development house of implantable and disposable medical devices in Sunnyvale.