Jeanne-Marie Carr ’86 is focusing on her small family orchard, Carr Family Walnuts, after retiring in June 2023 from 30 years of teaching. She’s also taken up pickleball, trying out recipes she’s collected in a scrapbook over the years, and is contemplating swing dance lessons. Jeanne-Marie is enjoying this next stage of life with her […]

Nancy Madarus ’86 won a North Bay Influential Women Award from the North Bay Business Journal. Madarus was recognized for her work as CEO of Eddinger Enterprises, as well as the many homes and commercial buildings her firm built over the past 55 years. However, Madarus is most proud of the relationships she’s built within […]

Dan Crawford JD ’86 was recently named Chief Legal Officer of Galway Holdings, LP. Before this, Dan was the EVP and General Counsel of Galway’s largest operating company, EPIC Insurance Broker & Consultants, a start-up business he helped grow from 40 employees when he joined in 2007 to now over 4,000. Dan lives on the […]

Jennifer Maguire ’86, M.B.A. ’94 was appointed as San Jose’s Acting City Manager on July 25. Maguire is responsible for managing the day-to-day delivery of services to the community, advising the City Council, and implementing their policies. She oversees a $4.8 billion budget and leads a workforce of more than 6,600 full-time employees.

John Watters ’86 has been appointed president and chief operating officer for FireEye, Inc. Watters previously founded iSIGHT Partners and served as its chairman and CEO from November 2006 to February 2016, leading the company to a successful acquisition by FireEye. Following the acquisition, Watters held various senior leadership roles within FireEye, initially as president […]

A longtime foster child advocate with experience as a court appointed special advocate, Jay MacIntosh ’86 launched The Village, where foster youth connect to individuals and organizations in the greater community who provide support and guidance on their journey to adulthood. MacIntosh hopes The Village will help address youth developmental needs that are typically not met by […]

Lori Pegg J.D. ’86 received the Pro Bono Project’s Silicon Valley Innovator Award at their annual awards dinner. The Pro Bono Project is dedicated to representing clients of limited means and improving access to justice in Santa Clara County.

Silvia L. López ’86, a professor of Spanish at Carleton College, was promoted from associate professor to professor, effective September 2012. López, who joined the Carleton faculty in 1997, teaches a variety of courses that explore the modern literary and cultural worlds of Latin America, as well as Spanish language classes at all levels. López […]

Kathy Kale ’86 will celebrate her 13th anniversary working in the SCU Alumni Office in August, 2016 and feels lucky to have the best job in the world. She and husband Jim live in San Jose with their two kids and is really looking forward to reconnecting with classmates and friends at the October Grand […]

Heidi Finan ‘86 writes: "After reading up on many of my classmates I have to ask, Is it just my imagination or did the class of ’86 produce lots of twins? I have been married 18+ years and I too have twin 13-year-old boys now in 7th grade. When I am not checking homework or […]

Joe Allegretti ’86 writes: "I’ve been married to Kelly Stokes ’86 for nearly 24 years; we’ve lived in the SFV since 1988. We have three children. Our older daughter is 21 and will be graduating from LMU in May. Our son is a freshman at SCU. Our younger daughter is a junior in high school."

Mary Beth Suhr ’86 writes: "Surviving the financial crisis at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney where I help successful individuals and their families oversee and manage all aspects of their personal financial matters. Peter J.D./MBA ’86 and I have spent the past 22 years living in Menlo Park with our sons Michael (21 and an Oregon […]

Mike Kollas ’86 owns an event marketing agency, ONUS Agency, which produces corporate events around the country. Mike and his wife Kathy live in Portland, Oregon and have 2 sons, Matthew and Connor.

Tom Kenny ’86 writes: "I have been married for 16 years to my lovely wife, Julie, and we have three boys, Joe (age 14), Jake (12), and Ryan (8). We have made our home in "The OC" and are constantly on the move with lots of baseball, football and lacrosse games. Generally, when we get a […]

Kenton D. Chow ’86, MBA ’96 has joined Wine.com, the nation’s No. 1 online wine retailer, as Chief Financial Officer. In this newly created position, Chow will oversee the finance functions, business development, mergers and acquisitions and investor relations. Chow brings more than 25 years of experience in high growth public and privately held companies. Prior […]

Mary Beth (Fox) Suhr’ ’86 is a Senior Vice President at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management in Palo Alto, CA. Husband, Peter, J.D. ’86, MBA’86 is practicing business law at Doty, Barlow in Palo Alto. Sons Michael and Jamie are in the final stages of college and Mom and Dad look forward to a pay raise […]

Michael Pola ’86 and his wife, Liz Karr-Pola, live in San Francisco with their 3 boys. Mike is a managing partner at HSS-a healthcare consulting firm. Mike recently joined the SCU Alumni Board and is looking forward to catching up with old friends at the Grand Reunion.

After spending the last 20 years as a CFO/COO for Silicon Valley based venture backed companies, Kenton Chow ’86, MBA ’96 joined as a partner with Financial Leadership Group (FLG) Partners (www.flgpartners.com), the premier CFO service firm in the San Francisco Bay Area. He and his wife, Teri, live in Almaden Valley in San Jose, […]

Laura (Thompson) Donohue ’86 has a tax practice, Donohue & Associates, and works as a certified clinical hypnotherapist. She and her boyfriend, Jason, live in Grass Valley, California. Her son, Matthew, attends San Jose State, her daughter, Sarah, attends Sacramento State, and her daughter, Megan, graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Sharon Carlson ’86 writes: "Let’s see… I’ve been married for 22 years to Dave, whom I met senior year at the CA Jaycees office in San Jose (where I worked during my 4 years at SCU). We have 3 kids — Matt (20), Lauren (18), and Chad (15). I am a CPA and currently working […]