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Class Notes

Do you have a new job? Have you been promoted? Retired? Did you get married? Let your Trinity classmates know what you have been up to! Read messages, announcements, and updates from fellow Trinity alumni, or leave one of your own.

Newer updates will appear at the top of each decade, and updates will be displayed for 3 months.

Updated: May 29, 2026

Bella Tablante-de Hoog ‘23 and Donovan De Hoog ‘21
Class Year: 2021 and 2023
Bella Tablante-de Hoog ‘23 married Donovan De Hoog ‘21 after the couple met and began dating in 2019.

Sara Kate Phelps
Class Year: 2021
Sara Kate Phelps moved back to Texas and accepted a position as a One Stop Navigator at Texas State University.

Matthew Jones '16 and Jordan Bethea '16
Class Years: 2016
A note was shared as a surprise for Matthew Jones, a former Trinity University men’s basketball player. Matthew Jones and his wife Jordan Bethea both attended Trinity University, graduating in 2018.

Jones is currently an assistant coach for the men’s basketball team at the University of Idaho. His team recently captured the Big Sky Conference Championship on March 11, 2026 and advanced to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, March Madness, to compete in Oklahoma City on March 19, 2026. The achievement marks a significant milestone for the Vandals as they were the 7th seed in their tournament and secured their first NCAA tournament appearance in 36 years.

Sana James
Class Year: 2016
Sana James got married to her partner, Jon Kuhl, on September 18, 2025.

Stephanie Allen-Givens
Class Year: 2010
Stephanie Allen-Givens accepted the position of Collections Manager for the Crow Museum of Asian Art at the University of Texas at Dallas in 2024. She helped design and install a new Museum facility on the campus of the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, TX, which opened to the public in September of 2024.

Sana James
Class Year: 2016
Sana James got married to her partner, Jon Kuhl, on September 18, 2025.

Stephanie Allen-Givens
Class Year: 2010
Stephanie Allen-Givens accepted the position of Collections Manager for the Crow Museum of Asian Art at the University of Texas at Dallas in 2024. She helped design and install a new Museum facility on the campus of the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, TX, which opened to the public in September of 2024.

Christina Rasmussen
Class Year: 2010
Christina was promoted to Chief Operating Officer at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center in Palm Beach Gardens, FL on September 1, 2025.

Jared Shelton
Class Year: 2010
Jared Shelton M’10, the recipient of Trinity's 2024 Momentum Award, made the 2026 Modern Healthcare and Fort Worth Inc. 40 Under 40 lists. He is president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, one of the largest acute-care hospitals in North Texas, a role he assumed in September 2024.

Updated: February 10, 2026

Caleb Manifold
Class Year: 2025
Caleb Manifold began serving as a Liaison Officer with the Bexar County Office of Emergency Management in October 2025.

Van-Quayen Mai
Class Year: 2019
Van-Quayen Mai ‘19 and Chance O'Sullivan were married on Saturday, September 6th, 2025 at The Peach Orchard in Houston, TX. Van-Quyen graduated in May 2019 with her B.S. in Finance.

Gabriel Levine
Class Year: 2018
Gabriel Levine started a PhD in chemistry at the University of Chicago. This follows stints advancing new kinds of scientific funding models at the National Science Foundation and working to scale manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries at a startup.

Lauren Jaramillo Eureste
Class Year: 2016
Lauren Jaramillo Eureste graduated in 2016 with a degree in Business Marketing, unsure of where the field would take her. She worked at ExxonMobil, from 2016-2021 as a procurement specialist while cultivating a photography side business and hobby informed by her Marketing degree expertise.

In July 2022, she left corporate America to launch Imagine Lauren Photography. In October 2024, she had purchased her first commercial property and transformed it into her own photography studio, where she now specializes in newborn, maternity, cake smash, family, and other portrait sessions.

Veronica Richter McDonald
Class Year: 2012
Veronica Richter McDonald, husband Ian, and son Pierce welcomed Margaret Jane McDonald at the end of October.

Rachel Podd
Class Year: 2012
Rachel Podd earned her MA in History from York University and her PhD from Fordham University after graduating from Trinity. Her research has been published in the academic journal Continuity and Change, and within the past year her work was cited in an exhibit on medieval English women at the British Library. She is currently in her third-year teaching at St. John’s School in Houston, where she teaches 9^th and 10^th grade history from the fall of Rome to the present day.

Thomas Bell
Class Year: 2011
Thomas Bell’s new book, The Constitution of Conflict: How the Supreme Court Undermines the Separation of Powers was just published by the University Press of Kansas.

Updated: May 29, 2026

Julia Shaddox
Class Year: 2008
Julia Shaddox recently led the development and launch of Wild Thumb, a new app designed to help Texans incorporate more native plants to support pollinators and conserve water.

Updated: February 10, 2026

Sarah Castro Nash
Class Year: 2007
Sarah Castro Nash earned her MBA from the Jones School at Rice University and joined Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management.

Allyson Weaver Bunker
Class Year: 2006
Allyson Weaver Bunker has been appointed Historian and a member of the Executive Committee of the Women’s Board of the prestigious, Lincoln Park Zoo. The Lincoln Park Zoo is a historic, free zoo in Chicago, Illinois, known for its free admission and central location in Lincoln Park. It is one of the oldest zoos in the U.S., founded in 1868, and features a wide variety of animals in naturalistic habitats, alongside extensive gardens and conservation programs.

Photo shows Allyson with her husband Brian Bunker at the 48th annual Zoo Ball raising a record $1.8M for the Lincoln Park Zoo.

Juliana Robles
Class Year: 2005
Juliana Robles, a pediatrician, has spent nearly 11 years with Centromed providing compassionate care to underserved children on San Antonio’s South Side.

Updated: May 29, 2026

Scott Bennett
Class Year: 1999
Scott Bennett M’99 was announced earlier this year as the new senior vice president and COO of Southwest Transplant Alliance.

Jennifer Huerta Montes
Class Year: 1996
In January 2026, Jennifer Huerta Montes accepted a position at the University of Texas at San Antonio as an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Social Work.

Alexis Moor Eidson
Class Year: 1994
Alexis Moor Eidson serves as the Board Chairman of San Antonio PetsAlive! One of the largest nonprofit rescues in San Antonio, they save the most vulnerable cats and dogs from euthanasia at the city shelter. SAPA was founded by a Trinity alumni and now has 3 alumnus on their board. Since founding, the organization has saved over 80,000 little lives! I still remember the sense of giving back and volunteerism we learned at Trinity and as part of Spurs Sorority.

Mary C. Maloof
Class Year: 1994
In 2024, Mary C. Maloof purchased an historic farmhouse in Windsor, North Carolina, located between Virginia Beach, Raleigh, and the Outer Banks. Restoring it is the project of a lifetime and a true labor of love. She plans to dedicate more time to another great love of hers, writing, in the months to come. She encourages those traveling through the area to stop by and reconnect.

Tara Lowery Rolstad
Class Year: 1991
Tara Lowery Rolstad is a professional speaker on organizational culture, mental health, and parenting. In March 2025, she published “What to Do Right Now When Your Child Is Suicidal”, a guide for parents of children in mental health crisis.

Updated: March 3, 2026

Daniel Monson
Class Year: 1991
Daniel Monson has transitioned into a Mortgage Banker role at Sunflower Bank in Houston, Texas.

Updated: February 10, 2026

Richard Johnson
Class Year: 1998
Richard Johnson is the co-author, with Peter Macleod, of Democracy’s Second Act: Why Politics Needs the Public (University of Toronto Press, February 10, 2026), which explores why frustration and polarization are on the rise, and how reclaiming the power of the public can lead to a more hopeful future for democratic societies.

Updated: March 3, 2026

Bill Miller
Class year: 1987
Bill Miller is serving as an Army civilian and the pest management consult for Army garrisons and installations around the world. He just completed serving four years as the Chairman of the Armed Forces Pest Management Board. His current focus is on the biosecurity of Army equipment and cargo to prevent the introduction of invasive species to the US or Countries the Army trains in or during deployments.

Marc Smith
Class year: 1986
Marc Smith is a career civil servant with 30 years of service in Air Force Intelligence and at the national level. He currently serves as a Contractor Officer Representative, managing Department of Defense contracts at the 57th Intelligence Squadron, 16th Air Force. He has been married to his wife, JoAnn, for 36 years. Together, they have one daughter, Amber, and five grandsons.

Lisa Crowley Feinstein
Class year: 1985
Lisa Crowley Feinstein served on the “Delivering a Strong Education for New Jersey Children” policy action team, one of 10 groups formed during the transition of New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill. Lisa is a retired New Jersey public school teacher.

Elisa Massimino
Class year: 1982
Elisa Massimino is Visiting Professor and Executive Director of the Human Rights Institute at Georgetown University Law Center, where she recently served as the Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Chair in Human Rights. She serves as a senior fellow in national security and international policy at the Center for American Progress. Before joining the Georgetown law faculty, she was a senior fellow with the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a practitioner-in-residence at Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. Previously, Elisa spent 27 years in the last decade as president and CEO at Human Rights First. The Washington publication The Hill consistently named her one of the most effective public advocates in the country. Washingtonian Magazine has repeatedly recognized her on their list of the most influential people shaping U.S. foreign policy. She enjoys kayaking and spending time on the Chesapeake Bay with her husband and their dog, Charlie.

Jeff Ramsey
Class year: 1981
Jeff Ramsey completed a series of 12 meditations designed to accompany the 12 Steps of recovery from alcoholism and other addictions, expressing sincere hope that the work will support those struggling with the disease.

Updated: March 3, 2026

Jeff Smith
Class year: 1983
Jeff Smith is regarded as a pragmatic visionary and a serial technology entrepreneur with a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence and robotics. Beyond his professional achievements, he is a devoted husband, a proud father to a magical child, and best friend to Harley. Retired to build a homestead in East Texas, then moved to an English hamlet in the forest south of Atlanta, GA in a community called Serenbe. He spends most of his time building robots in his makerspace, teaching and consulting in artificial intelligence and robotics, and hiking with his wife of 28 years at their homes in Serenbe and in the Rocky Mountains.

Updated: May 29, 2026

Brooke Shaner Oestreich
Class Year: 1979
Brooke Shaner Oestreich retired from the federal government and relocated to Panama City Beach, Florida. In May 2026, she will mark a significant personal milestone celebrating four years of sobriety. #ODAAT

Heather Turner Vick
Class Year: 1979
During her time at Trinity, Heather Turner Vick spent a year studying in France and ultimately graduated early. She lived in South and Lightner dormitories and would welcome the opportunity to reconnect with anyone who remembers their time together. She is a STEAM teacher at Casady Private School in Oklahoma City, OK.

Evelyn Delgado
Class Year: 1977
Evelyn Delgado recently retired from a Texas nonprofit organization, Healthy Futures of Texas, following a long career in state government overseeing statewide preventive health programs for women, children, and families. While CEO of Healthy Futures of Texas, Delgado guided the organization through a strategic merger with the Texas Campaign and the North Texas Alliance to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy in Teens in 2022. The move created a unified statewide organization with greater reach, resources, and momentum to reduce teen unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections across Texas. She was recognized nationally for her public service and advocacy to improve access to preventive healthcare for Texas women.

Chris Scruggs
Class Year: 1973
Chris Scruggs has begun the publishing journey for Leviathan & the Lambs, the final book in the Arthur Stone series written under the pen name Alystair West. The series, which also includes Marshland and Peace at Battle Mountain, follows Arthur Stone’s evolution from an uncertain young lawyer to a skilled and successful attorney. Each novel weaves together financial crises, murder, and economic crimes with spiritual themes, exploring the interplay between visible events and hidden spiritual forces.

In Leviathan & the Lambs, Arthur Stone confronts a global financial crisis fueled by greed, risky lending, and Wall Street manipulation, threatening his family, colleagues, and the nation. He faces his most dangerous adversary yet—one of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful men.

His book, Leviathan & the Lambs, is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other platforms. Scruggs encourages readers to purchase, read, and review the book online. While he has paused novel writing for now, he is considering a future spy novel in an imaginary place near where he grew up.

Updated: February 10, 2026

Erick Blackwelder
Class Year: 1979
Erick Blackwelder sold his company in Northern Virginia and moved to Wilmington, North Carolina to enjoy a warmer climate and to be near the beach. Erick has two daughters and two granddaughters who live in Northern Virginia.

Brenda Coffee
Class Year: 1974
Brenda Coffee wrote MAYA BLUE: A Memoir of Survival and was published by She Writes Press / Simon Schuster. Her Memoir has been nominated for the prestigious 2025 Kirkus Prize and named one of Kirkus Reviews’ 100 Best Books of 2025. The book was also selected by Maria Shriver as one of her 2025 Best Summer Reads, and it has attracted interest from Hollywood for a potential film adaptation. MAYA BLUE is a memoir that reads like a thriller: a true story of love, cocaine, Big Tobacco, abduction, and survival. It's Working Girl meets Taken, and in the end, Brenda Coffee is the last one standing.

Updated May 29, 2026

Jay Gamel
Class Year: 1966
Jay Gamel, retired and divorced, continues to live in Kenwood after losing his home in the 2020 wildfires. Like many in his stage of life, he contends with the usual assortment of aging-related issues. Despite those challenges, he spends his days writing and catching up on the many books he postponed reading over the past 40 years. He also devotes time to playing music, hiking, and otherwise making the most of the years he has left.

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